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14192. thoughtful - 3/17/2005 5:51:05 PM At the feed store? Cows have 4 stomachs, but i divagate... 14193. judithathome - 3/17/2005 5:52:49 PM I've got that Oak Shower here, too...no wonder I'm sneezing like someone in a pepper factory.
Mags, I think you should send that card back with no comment. Just return it and don't say a thing. That will fry her because she'll know you read it but have nothing to say to her. 14194. alistairconnor - 3/17/2005 5:58:01 PM Divagation : that's something stray dogs do, in France.
Divagating dogs will be impounded or shot. Words to that effect.
I do it all the time myself. 14195. alistairconnor - 3/17/2005 5:59:28 PM I wish my divagating ponies would come to the point. I'm off to the hardware shop in a minute, to get some materials for a proper concentration camp. 14196. robertjayb - 3/17/2005 6:21:05 PM Taking French leave, are they? 14197. PelleNilsson - 3/17/2005 6:26:24 PM We still have a lot of snow but the temperature has been well above freezing for the past 48 hours. As a result there is a lot of standing water everywhere because the ground is still frozen. Now temperatures well below freezing are predicted for the next couple of days. This will mean chaos on the roads and in the emergency clinics as the hip bone fractures pile in. And I have to go into the city early tomorrow. 14198. jayackroyd - 3/17/2005 6:44:12 PM Heh. It is nothing compared to St Patrick's day in my neighborhood. The parade ends 7 blocks south. 14199. iiibbb - 3/17/2005 7:30:29 PM PUBLISHED!!!
Man this has been a bitch. The manuscript was submitted last Feb and it got tied up in some bad reviews.
Called the editor today... he said he's going to recommend it through. 14200. PelleNilsson - 3/17/2005 7:37:12 PM Congratulations! 14201. robertjayb - 3/17/2005 7:38:38 PM Well done, iiibbb! 14202. iiibbb - 3/17/2005 7:48:37 PM I am excited, because this paper was really the centerpiece to my whole disertation. I came up with a new type of data analysis which solves, partially, a very difficult and highly confounded question.
This was my 'good idea'... I was beginning to wonder if it would be validated or not.
There are 2 ways you can get a PhD... the way they tell you is that you need to substantially advance or contribute to the science. The way most people wind up doing is have a good idea that doesn't quite work out and do an exhaustive evalution of why. It can be hard to get pubs out of the second way... so this is really big.
I will resubmit a related paper next week. Now I just have 2 others to write and that'll make 5 total that come from the dissertation. 14203. thoughtful - 3/17/2005 8:06:48 PM Wow! That's excellent and impressive!
Congrats! 14204. Magoseph - 3/17/2005 9:41:58 PM Good work, iiibbb, very happy for you. 14205. arkymalarky - 3/18/2005 3:18:46 AM Good deal, 3i3b! Congratulations! 14206. arkymalarky - 3/18/2005 3:22:14 AM I feel for you, Mags. I think Alistair's right, but it's hard not to let that stuff get to you, which is I think the main reason people do it. 14207. alistairconnor - 3/18/2005 10:01:50 AM Hi 5, iii!
Now... can you write a hundred-word summary of your neat idea, intelligible to the likes of us?
(should be worth extra points for the doctorate!) 14208. Magoseph - 3/18/2005 1:11:55 PM Good idea, Ali.
I don’t even know why Fridays are good days for me—maybe it is because they were when I worked. I feel liberated every Friday and I think of the weekend although I already know what is going to happen: fish fry is a regular event when we meet with family usually and reading practically the whole time away is the other immutable action we both indulge in because we do nothing of what we should be doing, like making beds and doing dishes. 14209. Ms. No - 3/18/2005 6:26:23 PM I'm counting down to Acapulco. We leave a week from tomorrow so I've got this weekend to get all my crap together for the trip.
The only thing I have left to buy is sandals. The sorting of what clothes to take will be a lenghty process which is odd for me. Generally I can pack in about ten minutes for most strips, but I don't vacation at the beach much.....hell, I haven't been to a beach vacation in more than 10 years. I'm not used to packing for that kind of thing.
I've been tempted to buy a digital camera before I go, but I really shouldn't. I take pretty good photos with my current camera and my brother will have his digital with him so I should save the money for now, but man oh man I've got the "I-wants".
I may not be able to control myself.
14210. PelleNilsson - 3/18/2005 7:53:03 PM Yes, the question of suitable initial clothes for strips at the beach cannot be easy. 14211. Ms. No - 3/18/2005 8:14:03 PM Well, I'm pretty casual most of the time. I'm a blue-jeans kind of person rather than a color-coordinated sweater set sort of girl. And even though I live in LA, it's been cold here (well, for us) for the last few months so summer clothes haven't even been an option and none of the stuff I could've worn last year will stay on this year so it's rather more of a dilemma than one would expect.
Found a bunch of flowy cotton skirts and a couple of blouses all of which can be worn over a swimsuit if needed. But I know we'll probably go out someplace nice a couple times that week as well so I can't spend all my time looking like a bum in cut-offs, you know?
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