Re: End of an era.
Quickly getting back to the subject.....
I suspect the American use of 'engineer' dates from the man who worked on the steam engines - in fact guards, as we (used to) call them are called engineers in America. No-one's fault, just different meanings of the same word. But as we share a common language, the term gets devalued.
I have had some customers who do know these things start to treat me with more respect when they realise I am really an engineer, albeit one who decided, for several reasons, to fix tellies for a living.
Another cry this morning of "how much? Oh no, I'll collect the TV then", so no money in the till yet.... And we weren't talking about a king's ransom either.
Still a few sets have arrived for repair later, so while the flow continues I'll stay here.
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