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_at_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
>
>
Received on Thu Jun 24 2004 - 15:33:00 BST