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Re: Hi


 

LOL! Well someone accused one of our postdocs of "botanical vandalism" because he was taking yew tree clippings:


He was using it to make the anti-cancer drug Taxol.
John


On Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 11:22:21 GMT, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:


I looked into doing a PhD at Exeter but could not settle on a project. I did enjoy the estate, though, wandering around all those super trees, and found a book about them in a charity shop!
Best
Susan


On 16 Feb 2021, at 20:35, John Miller via <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

Yes, back at Exeter when we were doing our Ph'Ds we used to get a thing called the PFO letter.
Well, the 1st letter stood for Please, the 3rd for off!
I'll leave you to fill in the rest!
Kind of when I worked at Boots' research lab. We called the head office the mushroom factory,
"Because they kept you in the dark & shovelled...on you
John

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