"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:02:29 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:04:00 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:03:43 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:41:57 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:02:20 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 14:18:08 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Andy Evans wrote:
Being a professional musician and having a good 'ear' for sound
are not
- by a long chalk - interdependent

Extraordinary statement. So would you say that being an engineer
and
being able to understand circuits "are not - by a long chalk -
interdependent" as well?

Plenty of excellent recording engineers have little understanding of
circuits at the component level. It just isn't necessary.

Ahem - that may perhaps not be a good application of the term
'engineer' - somewhat akin to 'road sanitation engineer'........

An maintenance engineer is a different matter.

Design engineers rarely have any involvement in the operation of
audio
equipment on a pro basis.

Very true - but they often have excellent hi-fi systems!

WTF do *you* know about it???

That would be because I'm a design engineer,

Was one, Pinky. Past tense. You are now an IT clone.

Once an engineer, always an engineer. And the world is controlled by
digital stuff nowadays, didn't you know?

Yes, but you were an analogue engineer weren't you, so even less
relevance.

Precision analogue specialist in the '70s, mixed signal engineer in
the '80s, as the front end signal conditioners acquired more digital
content. The kit I was designing (mainly automated test equipment) was
always computer-controlled, although the computers became massively
more powerful in the '80s. Progress, y'know.....

I don't call myself either a sailor or a paramedic just because I used
to be one. Perhaps you should realise the past is past.

OTOH, I'm still doing engineering work, and I'm on an engineering
salary grade.

Out of interest what exactly is your official job title?

Document developer and project manager, Group Technology, grade
Infrastructure C. Unluckily, I only get one salary for the two hats!


Another handy little example of this lying ****'s bull**** - he *snips* dose
he? - Count the indents, gotta be up to 9 by the time I send this off.

(I guess those that don't *want* to see it *won't* see it...???)

Ya gotta larf.....

:-)