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From: JonG on 31 Jul 2010 09:06 Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: > ...then what's going to hit me next? > Then I lost my job. Commiserations 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. > Some, of course, would regard that as a sterling silver lining.....but probably not when unplanned. -- JonG I went to the polling station, but the only option given was to vote for one or other of the politicians.
From: Mike Smith on 31 Jul 2010 10:18 "Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:slrni57jbq.gup.Ivan.Reid(a)smtp.orangehome.co.uk... > On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:23:39 +0000 (UTC), SIRPip <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> > wrote in <xn0gx9xig6u4bk601u(a)news.eternal-september.org>: >> Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: > >>> I'm not panicking yet. > >> Neither should you. It'll all turn out for the best, as my old Granny >> used to tell me - excepting the mangle incident, but we never mentioned >> that, never. > > Well, no, grannies and mangles never did go well together. The one > time gramps got something caught in the mangle, well that was altogether > eyewateringly different! > > Very sorry to hear about the higgs project/job, all I can offer on the positive side is the thanks I have been meaning to send for a week now - that Velcro did the job, problem solved, person is delighted (1). Being a lapsed agnostic I cannot comment on any Great Plan for the Universe, or how that may affect you, I have a stack of platitudes in my desk drawer (the Chinese symbol for crisis is the same as for opportunity etc), but you will have heard them all by now anyway. I do however believe that maintaining a sense of humour is essential in a universe as ridiculous as this one. Regards Mike (1) Part of the reason for the delay was necessity of visit to a client in Layton Hospital, 'No problem Mike, the missus'll give you a lift'. (2) I had wondered about all the trophies in the cabinet, turns out they were hers, for rally driving, and she cannot 'turn it off'. I vaguely recall signs whizzing past on the lines of '350 collisions here in the last three years', which would not have been so bad had we not been passing them at eye level. (2) Frodsham in Cheshire is a nice place to live (bar the flying rally drivers) with a selection of fine country pubs and there is a nuclear accelerator of some description in the vicinity, cannot for the life of me remember enough to gurgle it for details but you probably know all about it. On the http://www.sciencefile.org physics forum the moderator appears to have some connection (for one thing they live in Frodsham) so might be worth checking if (a) you wish to remain in the UK and (b) you fancy accelerating particles for a living.
From: Mike Smith on 31 Jul 2010 10:26 "Wicked Uncle Nigel" <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message news:yrXc7qMqU0UMJAGn(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk... > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older Gentleman > <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed >>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, you >>could change all this. > > Heh! > > <Ivan's finger hovers over large red button marked "Really Big Black > Hole"> > > Oh, sod it... > > <CLICK> > > Calibration! 'Dont Touch that!' Click 'Dont Touch that!' Click 'Dont Touch that!' Click Reminds me of the Mad Scientist who built a machine that could destroy the universe instantly, he wasn't sure it would work so he poured himseff a stiff ginger beer and turned it on. He never did find out if it worked. Regards Mike
From: Champ on 31 Jul 2010 10:33 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:18:49 +0100, "Mike Smith" <notmike(a)invalid.not> wrote: >Being a lapsed agnosti... Hmmm. That could mean several things, I think. -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 31 Jul 2010 12:20
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:18:49 +0100, Mike Smith <notmike(a)invalid.not> wrote in <i31bca$sra$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>: > (2) Frodsham in Cheshire is a nice place to live (bar the flying rally > drivers) with a selection of fine country pubs and there is a nuclear > accelerator of some description in the vicinity, cannot for the life of me > remember enough to gurgle it for details but you probably know all about it. > On the http://www.sciencefile.org physics forum the moderator appears to > have some connection (for one thing they live in Frodsham) so might be worth > checking if (a) you wish to remain in the UK and (b) you fancy accelerating > particles for a living. Cheshire? That sounds suspiciously like Daresbury. <google-earths> Yes, that'd be it. </g-e> -- 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". |