24 Jun
2004
24 Jun
'04
8:33 a.m.
Father always told me:
Expert
EX previous-has been
pert <spurt> - a drip of water under pressure
so ex-pert is a has been drip.....
George Rachor
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George L. Rachor Jr. george(a)rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon http://rachors.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Tony Duell wrote:
Acknowledging that you don't pretend to know everything means that you
are
more than just a pretend engineer (I was going to use the word wanker
I was once told that the real experts realise how little they know (and
also are not too arrogant to ask colleages, etc when said colleages would
have more knowledge or experience).
I don't claim to be an expert in anything. I also realise how little I
know, and I certainly seek advice when approriate (all the time ;-)).
but
this is a family mailing list :-). Tony please don't take this as
something
personal, it's just I'm fed up with (generally younger IT people
Why should I be offended. I have _never_ claimed to know everything and
never will.
-tony