When chatting to CC, we often ask where (in general terms) we each live,. Last Friday, the very pleasant young lady (at my age, they all seem young!) said she came from Chelmsford. She was enthralled to hear that it used (in the 1960s) to be impossible to get from end to end of Moulsham Street in an evening having a half pint in each pub. We couldn't manage 17 pints.....even as apprentices!
These days, you could have a quart in each pub that remains and still be thirsty...
With German doctors, I usually end up being addressed as Herr Engineer: after a delay on LH when the senior CC asked what I did for a living, i was 'Herr Engineer' for the rest of the flight.
Engineers actually command respect in Germany and Italy!