My dad is the opposite of a Luddite. At 88, he still works for the airplane manufacturer, builds his own computers, and is getting into VR.
Sounds like my dad, who after working as a computer programmer consultant since the early 70s, has become a Luddite. I wonder what a railroad engineer would tell your father.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
jimbolauski@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It would not take much for a boiler on a train to blow, I’m sure there were all sorts of corners cut.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Do Diesel engines even use boilers? I know electric ones don’t. You don’t see a whole lot of functioning steam engines these days. They are neat though. Noisy AF.
jimbolauski@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I thought you were talking back in the day when you referenced railroad engineers talking to op’s father. Ie even way back when the people that ran old steam locomotives had the same opinion.
Funny enough my FIL was a train engineer for steam engines but transitioned to maintaining boilers at a hospital as most steam engines were being phased out early in his career.