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Subject:Re: BBC's Reputation for Quality Broadcasting
Date:Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:45:29 +0000 (UTC)
From:"RobH" <nospam@nospam-echo-xray-papa-charlie-oscar-november.co.uk>
Newsgroups:uk.tech.broadcast

"Tony Quinn" <tony@sixpints.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:kBpLhX2zcOS$EwxX@sixpints.demon.co.uk...
> In message <4d3ee211.0308231832.734d63fb@posting.google.com>, Steve
> <steve41@totalise.co.uk> writes
> >"Dave Liquorice" <newspam@howhill.com> wrote in message
> >news:<nyyfbegfubjuvyypbz.hjzk5v1.pminews@192.168.8.1>...
> >> On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:05:05 +0100, DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:
> >>
> >> > Books eh? They should be outlawed. Only fools read books.
> >>
> >> The only fools are those who think they know everything after
reading
> >> a few books.
> >
> >
> >Did I say I know everything??
> >
> >
> >> > Tell me, did you go to university?
> >>
> >> No, I got a job after A Levels and learn't through experience.
> >> Experience that has also taught me that if you want some one who
knows
> >> what they are doing, has decent skills at doing it and knows their
> >> limitations get some one who has done the job and not just read a
> >> book.
> >
> >
> >Oooh dear, we have hit a raw nerve haven't we. What's up, overworked
> >and underpaid and bitter about it? Probably should have stayed on to
> >go to uni my friend.
>
> Irrelevant, arsehole. A modern myth is that University equips you for
> the real world. That's why my local plumber earns more than me after
20
> years as a broadcast engineer. If only I'd considered plumber as a
> trade, I'd be better off!
>
And plumbers have probably contributed more to the health of the nation
than _any_ other profession.


--
RobH
The future's dim, the future's mono.