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From: steve auvache on 30 Jul 2010 17:52 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:34:28 +0000 (UTC), "Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > > Then I lost my job. I thought I was safe on a two-year rolling >grant but apparently the possibility of grant cuts from Swindon Town >Football Club is so great that Brunel can't renew my contract on October >1st. So, no Higgs discovery for me[1], and mebbe I'll be going back to Oz >earlier than I thought. Does this mean you will have to give them their black hole back? -- steve auvache
From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 30 Jul 2010 17:55 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:52:38 +0100, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote in <6bi656hsp7eat5nrhlfs0bntarqmpl3l4r(a)4ax.com>: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:34:28 +0000 (UTC), "Dr Ivan D. Reid" ><Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >> Then I lost my job. I thought I was safe on a two-year rolling >>grant but apparently the possibility of grant cuts from Swindon Town >>Football Club is so great that Brunel can't renew my contract on October >>1st. So, no Higgs discovery for me[1], and mebbe I'll be going back to Oz >>earlier than I thought. > Does this mean you will have to give them their black hole back? Yeah, but I get to keep the taupe one. -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
From: Salad Dodger on 30 Jul 2010 17:58 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:30:38 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >Dr Ivan D. Reid <Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > ><Snip> > >> I'm going to have to change my .sig. > >Bummer. > >Of course, if you can get the Hadron Collider to turn back time, Thanks, I've now got an image of Ivan leaping about on a battleship in a wig, leather jacket and revealing leotard.
From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 30 Jul 2010 18:05 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:58:27 +0100, Salad Dodger <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> wrote in <rhi656lp3id2d9ue0gk2ik35qv3e9glr1l(a)4ax.com>: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:30:38 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >>Dr Ivan D. Reid <Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >><Snip> >>> I'm going to have to change my .sig. >>Bummer. >>Of course, if you can get the Hadron Collider to turn back time, > Thanks, I've now got an image of Ivan leaping about on a battleship in > a wig, leather jacket and revealing leotard. Aawww, Nick, why didn't you tell me about these fantasies before? -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
From: bobharvey on 30 Jul 2010 19:05
On 30 July, 20:34, "Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.R...(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > Then I lost my job. Bummer. If'n you fancy a wbo jetting round t' whirled fixing huge motor drives, I know where there are 4 going. No chance of getting published, or famous, mind. |