If I were president of the world...

secretsam

Tangled Metal wrote:

If medical doctor's get protected title status and respect then so should professional engineers

Absolutely. The man in the British Gas van is not a "Heating Engineer". He didn't design the system, specify the safety parameters, pressures, etc.

He fixes boilers and so forth. He is a repair man.

Please note: I am not an Engineer, far from it. But I know a number and the denigration and belittling of their profession is a national disgrace, and puts people off training as engineers.

PS: same thing applies to "Accountant". Only if you have an accountancy qualification.

fat daddy

Didnt the name engineer originate from the dude on the train that fixed the engine ??? ... the giant boiler on wheels

If anything that gas man is more worthy of the name than a pencil pushing process monkey that's done a hnd using a CNC machine

Oh ... I did a nd, hnd and degree in engineering so feel I am qualified to take the p155

secretsam

Programmes on TV about rich people who have done nothing to earn their wealth (Kardashians, etc) will be banned.

smoggysteve

SecretSam wrote:

Programmes on TV about rich people who have done nothing to earn their wealth (Kardashians, etc) will be banned.

No more MOTD then

chris_bass

SmoggySteve wrote:

SecretSam wrote:

Programmes on TV about rich people who have done nothing to earn their wealth (Kardashians, etc) will be banned.

No more MOTD then

if being good at something thousands of people want to spend their money on watch you'd better ban live music too in that case

RallyBiker

If I were President of the world I would ride an Orange Stage 5 as well as a Whyte 29C hardtail, so there!

secretsam

RallyBiker wrote:

If I were President of the world I would ride an Orange Stage 5 as well as a Whyte 29C hardtail, so there!

You'd have 4 legs and 2 butts???

meanredspider

fat daddy wrote:

Didnt the name engineer originate from the dude on the train that fixed the engine ??? ... the giant boiler on wheels

If anything that gas man is more worthy of the name than a pencil pushing process monkey that's done a hnd using a CNC machine

Oh ... I did a nd, hnd and degree in engineering so feel I am qualified to take the p155

No the word is waaaay older than that. For starters, the things they attacked castles with in the Middle Ages are siege engines and some say it comes from the Latin.

Either case, I'm voting for Secret Sam for president.

rjsterry

Etymonline says:

engineer (n.)
mid-14c., enginour, "constructor of military engines," from Old French engigneor "engineer, architect, maker of war-engines; schemer" (12c.), from Late Latin ingeniare (see engine); general sense of "inventor, designer" is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in reference to public works, is recorded from c. 1600 but not the common meaning of the word until 19c (hence lingering distinction as civil engineer). Meaning "locomotive driver" is first attested 1832, American English. A "maker of engines" in ancient Greece was a mekhanopoios.

pinno

The boys on the Nardern Eyrelan ferries call themselves jokingly "Ceramic engineers" when they are on bog duties.