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From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 1 Aug 2010 20:06 On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 23:40:04 +0100, Hog <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote in <i34t40$kmo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>: > Dr Ivan D. Reid <Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >> ...then hopefully the third is the failed kitchen fluorescent >> light tube I just replaced after it got all flickery last night. I >> seemed to have got the last one in the store (Focus) so I was >> terribly worried about breaking it as I shopped in eTcso and brought >> it home. > Well I hope that purged it! Meet oo. > Jolly bad news about the job, any chance of staying involved with CERN from > another angle? I enjoyed the little snippets and was rather hoping to see > you make the most significant ever UKRM post. Yes. I haven't even started to tap the Old Boys' (as it were...) network yet. Possibly slim pickings in the UK, CMS is only Brunel, Imperial, Bristol and Rutherford Appleton Labs, whereas Atlas has most of the other Physics departments in their collaboration. emails have been flying over the weekend, so I'm waiting for the US to wake up late this afternoon to see if there's any reaction. -- 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: YTC#1 on 2 Aug 2010 05:37 On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:18:10 +0000, Richard Bos wrote: > "Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > >> 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. > > In such cases, I've always asked it to go back to roughly where I'd left > off, and never mind the few that get lost in the cracks. > >> Then I lost my job. > > Argh. I know what that's like, and it's not nice. That depends if you actually wanted to lose it or not. -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, Pegaso 650 Trail (x2) one red one grey POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: Mike Smith on 2 Aug 2010 06:59 "YTC#1" <bdp-spambin(a)ytc1.co.uk> wrote in message news:pan.2010.08.02.09.37.41.494426(a)ytc1.co.uk... > On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:18:10 +0000, Richard Bos wrote: > >> "Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.Reid(a)ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> In such cases, I've always asked it to go back to roughly where I'd left >> off, and never mind the few that get lost in the cracks. >> >>> Then I lost my job. >> >> Argh. I know what that's like, and it's not nice. > > That depends if you actually wanted to lose it or not. > > It is perhaps worth noting that it is very unlucky to be superstitious. Regards Mike
From: CT on 2 Aug 2010 07:05 SIRPip wrote: > I'm sure something will turn up: perhaps not Bosun-shaped, but > something, eh? Does anyone know what shape a Bosun is, and if not, how will we know of what turns up is Bosun-shaped or not? -- Chris
From: Champ on 2 Aug 2010 07:15
On 2 Aug 2010 11:05:29 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >SIRPip wrote: > >> I'm sure something will turn up: perhaps not Bosun-shaped, but >> something, eh? >Does anyone know what shape a Bosun is, and if not, how will we know of >what turns up is Bosun-shaped or not? This sort of shape: http://www.pirates-uk.co.uk/Images/Bosun-Bones-Gloucester-Dock.jpg -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |