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Jan 26th 2004, 1:50 pm

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Re: info on jobs & moving to florida

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"Maritime" Does that mean he look after ships clocks...

Ha Ha Ray very... uh.... funny

Jan 26th 2004, 1:52 pm

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Re: info on jobs & moving to florida

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Originally posted by excpomea
Lol, too true, thankfully the Americans reserve the title engineer for people who actually 'engineer' things as opposed to 'technicians' who flip the burgers.

Yes, the technicians do the easy part and flip the burgers. The engineers do the tough part and make the burgers.

Hey, it's not easy remembering "Bun, burger, lettuce, tomatoes, mayonnaise, mustard, THEN bun"!

Jan 26th 2004, 10:00 pm

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Re: info on jobs & moving to florida

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Originally posted by excpomea
Lol, too true, thankfully the Americans reserve the title engineer for people who actually 'engineer' things as opposed to 'technicians' who flip the burgers.

It's one of the pros for me of moving to the US, engineers here command more respect and higher salaries than in the UK. Now if I could just get an engineering job I'd be sorted!