See what happens when I get called away in the middle of posting and have to do actual work for a few minutes?

Ah well, I still added more details. And at least we agree.



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Illegal methods of research: Warning this may be boring.

Sorry for being away again, this is now practically off-topic, so...


I was a researcher for a headhunter (aggressive recruitment.) Ye olde international finance bank (Goldman Sachs, Deustch, Schroder Saloman Smith Barney) would say unto Ivan (my Boss)
"Ivan, we want to hire a convertible bond seller for the German Market"
and Ivan would say to me "Octavia- Map the convertible bond sellers of the world, mwa ha ha ha!"
And I would say "Bugger"
Then I'd ring up lots of banks and tell lies to make them tell me who was working on the CB desk. Lots of lies. Such as; being a conference organiser, wanting someone to speak/invite. Being a stupid web-journalist who spoke to someone last week and now can't remeber their names. Being from the admin department (phone trouble) etc etc etc.
This is why it was illegal, however, ring a desk up and tell 'em you're a headhunter, you're lucky if they just tell you to **** off before putting the phone down on you.



My reality check has just bounced again.......

A question to run off-topic again...

Anyone read any Freda Warrington?

And if you have, have you read that triology that starts with 'The Amber Citadel'? I've got it by my bed but haven't started it yet. Just wondering what to expect...



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There's a hole in my creativity bucket and it's all leaked out.

ooooh, I did all kinds of that sort of research. As a legal librarian you're asked to find out all sorts. Like how many copies of a single a particular artist sold in a certain time-period. You try getting that out of the Chart Information Network without them telling you (in a very polite way) to sling your hook.

Weirdest request though was one partner who needed a copy of the morse code alphabet cos his mate had sent him a postcard in morse code.

All chargeable to a client, I'm sure.... ;-)

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> Illegal methods of research: Warning this may be boring.
> snip

Oh. I was hoping for more necromancy, myself.



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My Ladies Guide says "In our opinion, sentimental literature...has a direct tendency in the direction of impurity. The stimulation of the emotional nature, the instilling of sentimental ideals into the minds of young girls, has a tendency to develop passions prematurely, and to turn the thoughts into a channel which leads in the direction of vicious habits." Anyone wanna know how the authors define 'vicious habits'? NO? thank god for that.

I'd like to know how they define "sentimental literature". The first time I ever read "Jane Eyre", I was about 14 and I wept buckets. It wouldn't have been so bad but we were doing it in English classes at school...



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Sentimenal litrature? Anything more recent than Pamela, probably. I read Les Misserables (in english, I have no french) when young, and even now, the death of Jean valjean makes me cry, even after the 1000000 reading.

Hope you are feeling better. I will send you Fred to kick the germs away (with his very own Mars Bar of Mass destruction tm) if required....



My reality check has just bounced again.......

Thanks - I'm a lot better now, though it would almost be worth feeling ill to enjoy the spectacle of Fred the platypus engaged in this unusual form of germ warfare. :-)

I've never read <i>Les Miserables,</i> I'm afraid. After all, given my susceptibility to floods of tears, the title didn't exactly fill me with encouragement!



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That which does not kill us makes us stranger.
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Jane Eyre made you weep?

Now come on, it's not THAT badly written...



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I used to be a librarian, or rather a [lower- ranked] 'library assistant', too...
It was a Saturday job (mostly just shelving retruned books) for about 2 1/2 years in my late teens, and then a Summer job (filling in for regular staff who were going off on holiday, and thus more varied in nature) for three years running (i.e. just before I went off to university, & then the Summer breaks between my years there...) afterwards. That was in the London Borough of Ealing, 1976-1980, and worked out as being about equivalent to one year's full-time employment in the job in terms of days worked.
My books WERE filed alphabetically for a while, but then they got too numerous for keeping in one place _ and piles of newer acquisitons started appearing around the room _ and that situation lapsed. However I did recently finish sorting my CD collection (currently = just over 1500 titles) out into categories & arranging those in each category alphabetically according to either composers (for most of the 'Renaissance' or 'Classical' ones) or main performers (for most of the rest), or by title for compilations.

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If Jane Austen counts as sentimental literature, then I think I know what they were on about. I read a lot of Austen when a girl. When I was a girl, I mean, not Jane.

Ooh, another newbie! Hello Katie, make yourself at home. Nice sig, btw.

Am I really the only person to not massively enjoy reading Jane Eyre? It was alright, but I wouldn't rush to re-read it. I almost ended up in a fight with one of my friends over it the other night, curiously. However I rescued it by steering the conversation round to Alice, who we both think is annoying.



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I had to read 'Jane Eyre' for the English Literature O-level, didn't find it particulalry interesting back then and haven't tried re-reading it since... Maybe I will do so now that I've got a different viewpoint on it...

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By the way, I see that this thread has far more entries than have any of the other ones in this particular fforum. Might it be that the title has been attracting people's attention more than is usually the case?

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That is quite possible. Though any newcomer who isn't familiar with this Fforum may well be baffled that a thread called "Knickers!" has ended up being all about "Jane Eyre".

I think that's part of the charm of the Fforum. ;-)



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Presumably Jane wore some?

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Erm, wouldn't be too sure on that - I'm not sure how modern they are.

I know that they found a pair of Queen Vic's pants - 51 inch and crotchless. No, really...



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*vigerously scrubs eyes with bleech*
cheers psd, I reall needed _that_ image.



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She left them behind in Castle Howard, apparently



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