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From: Scraggy on 31 Jul 2010 03:39 Dr Ivan D. Reid <Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > ...then what's going to hit me next? > > Firstly I lost my news-swerver. Which means I've also lost all my > unread posts because there's no way to synchronise between the > departed Brunel swerver and this one I'm test-driving. > > Then I lost my job. Sorry to hear that Ivan, time to substitute the Nurburgring for that pale copy you've been cooped up in. -- I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Groucho Marx "I own a BMW", Lozzo 18/07/10
From: nev young on 31 Jul 2010 03:45 On 30/07/10 20:34, Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: > ...then what's going to hit me next? > > Firstly I lost my news-swerver. Which means I've also lost all my > unread posts because there's no way to synchronise between the departed > Brunel swerver and this one I'm test-driving. else thread has mentioned e-s so I shall not. > > 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. Oh jolly bad luck and all that. > > So what am I going to lose next, my virginity? As long as you don't lose it down a black hole. > > I'm going to have to change my .sig. Oh now that's a reall bummer. hang on that's 4 things. -- nev
From: Tosspot on 31 Jul 2010 05:21 On 31/07/10 00:10, Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:26:07 +0100, Ancipital > <ancipitalISPERSUEDBYEVILCLOWNS(a)hotmail.com> > wrote in <4kI4o.5$pW4.0(a)hurricane>: > >> (Also, all levity aside, if they don't let you continue to smash stuff >> up, hopefully you'll at least land some decent teaching gig to keep you >> in fast women and wild bikes, and possibly tea. Anyone who can infect >> passers-by with such enthusiasm for the esoteric is probably an asset to >> edumacation.) > > Thanks, I'll save that for posteriority. I've had some official > events where I've done "outreach" but I don't think I've had more success > educating the public than on these two newsgroups. Hard to quantify for a > performance review, thobut... (Especially if the reviewers don't ride > motorcycle sheds!) > > [Note to self: email Jim Al-Khalili in the morning] Mention him to me, he might remember. His sister was a bit of a cutey.
From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 31 Jul 2010 07:11 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:39:51 GMT, Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote in <clr756hajo18d29mcc2a5b22b4o9j0iiq0(a)4ax.com>: > If it is any help, a mate of mine here works for a company that finds > work for engineers. www.enginuitypeople.com.au I'm about to go out to > the pub with him (wot with it being night-time over here) and happy to > pass on recommendations if you want. Thanks, Kev. I've dropped a line to a good friend who just happens to be head of the Physics Dept at Newcastle; I'll see what comes out of that. <checks website> They appear to be more "real" engineers than anything I've dealt with. </cw> -- 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: SIRPip on 31 Jul 2010 07:49
Krusty wrote: > > > >>> 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. > > Oh that's a major bummer. > > P.S. why didn't I get any messages in this thread prior to Kevin's? Ivan's blackholed you. Fear the Doctor's finger! -- SIRPip : B12 |