Comments on: A 2- or 3-year machinist or mechanic apprenticeship was mandatory for admission to any German engineering academy https://www.isegoria.net/2025/07/a-2-or-3-year-machinist-or-mechanic-apprenticeship-was-mandatory-for-admission-to-any-german-engineering-academy/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:40:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2025/07/a-2-or-3-year-machinist-or-mechanic-apprenticeship-was-mandatory-for-admission-to-any-german-engineering-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-3758813 Isegoria Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:28:25 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53281#comment-3758813 You’re more than welcome, David! I definitely did not know the backstory on ”Just lucky, I guess.”

]]> By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2025/07/a-2-or-3-year-machinist-or-mechanic-apprenticeship-was-mandatory-for-admission-to-any-german-engineering-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-3758804 David Foster Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:37:01 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53281#comment-3758804 Thanks for the link.

Some editions of the book are subtitled “Just lucky I guess”, which phrase Neumann credits to Christine Keeler, who was a major figure in a 1960s British political sex scandal. It was her response when she was asked how she became such a successful courtesan, the questioner had probably had expected her to talk about her wrong turns in life.

Her friend Mandy Rice-Davies, the other women associated with the scandal, wrote a really excellent historical novel, The Scarlet Thread, which I reviewed here.

https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/66725.html

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