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Originally posted by poof
I am an ASE certified Master Truck Technician (I work on trucks and heavy junk).
The theory us professional mechanics have about partsmen is as follows.
If your daughter comes home with a man she has declared as "the one", and he is a partsman, you can feel safe.
A partsman doesn't know what he is looking for, and doesn't know what to do with it when he finds it.
Oh yeah, they like to put a little screwdriver in their pocket protector and try and convince do it yourselfers that they are a mechanic.
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Good one, poof! I'm ASE certified, too, since 1993. Just recertified this spring. I used to help my brother, the ASE certified Master Technician study for HIS tests. I've driven tow trucks for AAA, worked at a service station, helped manage a production engine rebuilder/ installer plant, and managed two independent auto parts stores. I do not pass myself off as a mechanic, by a lot of very good "technicians" call me for advice every day.
We auto parts professionals recognize each other: we're the ones who learned how to read AND clean our fingernails!