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the only doctor who tells you the truth and bills you anyway.
means A person skilled in repairing and maintaining machinery, especially engines and vehicles.
from From Greek 'mēkhanikos,' meaning 'pertaining to machines or ingenious devices,' built on 'mēkhanē'—a contrivance or clever engine, the same root that gives us 'machine' and 'mechanism.' It traveled through Latin 'mechanicus' into English, where it first described anything related to manual labor or machinery before settling on the grease-handed expert who keeps the engines running.
- engine cardiology
- Listens to motors like hearts, diagnosing by sound
- oldest trade
- Ancient Greeks built geared computers for star charts
- hand decoder
- Permanent grease lines map years of fixed problems
- tool hostage
- Master sets exceed the price of cars
- f1 ballet
- Pit crews change four tires in two seconds
lee iacocca — saved chrysler from bankruptcy in 1979, famous mechanic-turned-executive
richard petty — nascar legend with 200 wins, known for understanding every mechanical detail of his car
carroll shelby — built the shelby cobra in 1962, merged mechanical genius with racing
ferruccio lamborghini — tractor manufacturer who became supercar maker after 1963, hands-on with every design