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A discussion of all things Thursday !
Re: Time.......
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 02:59PM
<HTML>I never know who he is and where he is at the same time, certainly. Or where he is and what he's doing, which is more worrying.
I've managed to confuse myself. I blame the double espresso followed by 3 cups of coffee since lunchtime. On a serious caffeine buzzzzzzz</HTML>
I've managed to confuse myself. I blame the double espresso followed by 3 cups of coffee since lunchtime. On a serious caffeine buzzzzzzz</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: December 11, 2002 03:09PM
<HTML>I have a cat like that. It's Minsky's infuriating little adopted ginger nephew Klinsmann. I generally ask visitors to find out what he's doing and tell him to stop it.</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 03:33PM
<HTML>Klinsmann drinks espresso? Cool. A wired cat.</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Rob (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:11PM
<HTML>If it helps clarify things, I have some maths degrees.</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:11PM
<HTML>or some degree of maths.</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Adam (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:14PM
<HTML>"some maths degrees" - how many exactly?</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Rob Johnson (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:20PM
<HTML>I'm afraid that's a difficult question as I'm not exactly sure.
(Not good for a mathematician, you'll agree !)
I think it's 3 - MA. MSc. PhD.
(It's a stupid Cambridge thing where they give you a Masters degree
for staying out of prison for 3 years. I think it replaces my BA so I
no longer have a Bachelors degree. You'll have to consult DeBrett's
or something for official stuff...)</HTML>
(Not good for a mathematician, you'll agree !)
I think it's 3 - MA. MSc. PhD.
(It's a stupid Cambridge thing where they give you a Masters degree
for staying out of prison for 3 years. I think it replaces my BA so I
no longer have a Bachelors degree. You'll have to consult DeBrett's
or something for official stuff...)</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:21PM
<HTML>wasn't one of those degrees in burning stuff?</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Adam (212.137.30.---)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:22PM
<HTML>That's a serious amount of sums</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Rob Johnson (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:28PM
<HTML>As I think I've mentioned before I did a weighty tome
"The Mass Flux Response of Flames to Rapid Changes in Pressure"
(How a diesel engine works - to you or I. I really won't bore you with
details.)
Adam: Alas, it's quality not quantity. I've certainly done a <b>lot</b>
of sums some of which were quite tricky but nothing earth shattering.</HTML>
"The Mass Flux Response of Flames to Rapid Changes in Pressure"
(How a diesel engine works - to you or I. I really won't bore you with
details.)
Adam: Alas, it's quality not quantity. I've certainly done a <b>lot</b>
of sums some of which were quite tricky but nothing earth shattering.</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: dave (---.addleshaw-booth.co.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:30PM
<HTML>your sums involving how much rent I had to pay certainly seemed tricky, it kept going up!</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Rob Johnson (---.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 04:41PM
<HTML>That wasn't tricky at all. Simply trying to get as much money as possible
for allowing you to live in such palatial accommodation with, if I say so
myself, a very kindly and generous landlord. (I let you do the washing up,
decorate your room and everything !)</HTML>
for allowing you to live in such palatial accommodation with, if I say so
myself, a very kindly and generous landlord. (I let you do the washing up,
decorate your room and everything !)</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: fuzz (---.cableinet.co.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 09:46PM
<HTML>There's nothing wrong with being a mathmatician, just so long as you keep it in perspective and remember you're not as useful as a physisist.
*ducks*</HTML>
*ducks*</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: All-American-Cutie (---.dalect01.va.comcast.net)
Date: December 11, 2002 10:02PM
<HTML>suddenly feeling like a major peon</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: December 11, 2002 10:03PM
<HTML>join the club ,,, if I have to count past ten people start saying "Can you smell sweaty feet?"</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Jon (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: December 11, 2002 10:04PM
<HTML>Having said that, I can spell 'physicist'. Don't know what one is, but I can spell it.</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: polly (---.cache.pol.co.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 10:11PM
<HTML>Soon-to-be-ex-husband 1.1.1 was a physicist and he was pretty useless.</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: Sarah (---.vip.uk.com)
Date: December 11, 2002 10:12PM
<HTML>Wilfred the penguin is very proud of the fact that he can spell "hic". Actually, considering how drunk he is, he's probably quite justified. :-)</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: fuzz (---.cableinet.co.uk)
Date: December 11, 2002 10:15PM
<HTML>ah, well, the (only?) advantage of being a physicist is you're not expected to be able to spell, which fact may explain my choice of degree. Also we have computers to do our counting for us :)</HTML>
Re: Time.......
Posted by: dave (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: December 11, 2002 10:15PM
<HTML>ah, I was an <i>astro<\i>physicist, so doubly useless...</HTML>
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