tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post7394979268377343736..comments2024-03-08T09:51:10.142+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: BeerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-29956306434048179672017-08-13T03:31:19.566+01:002017-08-13T03:31:19.566+01:00If you haven't read C.P. Snow's 'The T...If you haven't read C.P. Snow's 'The Two Cultures', you should. That battle over the feeling that the sciences and engineering are not 'true' academic pursuits is alive and well.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-82565529893350375832017-08-12T20:35:11.298+01:002017-08-12T20:35:11.298+01:00Apologies for the removed comment , my fault.
I w...Apologies for the removed comment , my fault.<br /><br />I was in Germany back in the late fifties in a representative cycling meet on the local velodrome, I stayed with a local family and one night when after dinner the lady of the house said her husband was late back from work I asked what her husband did for a living.<br />She told me "he was an engineer" but it was the way she told me that stuck with me to this day, her face lit up with pride at what he did.<br />Not something you are likely to see in this country either then or now. wiggiatlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679399861131265080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-2092061341208199902017-08-12T13:04:49.418+01:002017-08-12T13:04:49.418+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.wiggiatlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679399861131265080noreply@blogger.com