[BITList] The way to do it

[HUGH]

John,

That made me feel better, though in the early 50s I did fire up my old Royal 
Enfield Model G to ride 300 yards up the hill to buy the Melody Maker.

The young do tend to think us ignorant and incapable of appreciating the 
benefits of present day life. After I left the MN I worked in Ferguson's 
shipyard in Port Glasgow here, 1961. The Engine DO was small - chief 
draughtsman; four senior draughtsmen; two junior draughtsmen; one tracer. 
They built a lot of vessels of all types.  Later, in the late 70s, I was 
loaned out to them from Scotts to help progress some vessels, and I found 
myself in a familar room. It was the old Engine DO, now become the Print 
Room with a photo copier, etc.  I mentioned to the spotty faced youth 
waiting his turn at the copier that this small space used to be the Engine 
DO. "Ah," he said, before imparting some hard won wisdom to me, "Ships are 
more complicated nowadays.  More staff is needed."  I was grateful for that 
morsel.

Hugh.