Well, I am no genius here, but how much worse a situation could we be in? I mean, it's like Dad's army on a Special forces training mission! Would seriously like to have Chris come up here & put me out with a 45 John
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Well, & I am no genius here. The only guy who "beat the system" was at Cranford. He had a 1st Class honours Brain & a 1st Class degree. That was really tough. When I was a lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, I always did my best to treat "my students with respect". Sometimes it was hard: Putting Chlorinated waste into mainstream waste. The Lab Technician was ready to take an axe to these boys & girls. Well, one time I had a guy who had acid burns, just because someone had not said? "There's been an accident here!" But I guess I am out of the loop here John
On Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 15:45:44 GMT, zuiko via groups.io <zuiko@...> wrote:
That¡¯s very interesting, John. ?I had no idea that it existed.
Well, I hope you'll not see this as bragging but a statement of fact. There was so much discrimination going on towards me, I seriously wondered if I'd graduate at all. Before you accuse me of paranoia, look up Francis Foeke at Bristol Universities Mathematics department:
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That¡¯s very interesting, John. ?I had no idea that it existed.
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Well, I hope you'll not see this as bragging but a statement of fact. There was so much discrimination going on towards me, I seriously wondered if I'd graduate at all. Before you accuse me of paranoia, look up Francis Foeke at Bristol Universities Mathematics department:
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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
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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Well, I hope you'll not see this as bragging but a statement of fact. There was so much discrimination going on towards me, I seriously wondered if I'd graduate at all. Before you accuse me of paranoia, look up Francis Foeke at Bristol Universities Mathematics department:
The rubric was missing before I sat the exams. I asked the departmental tutor about the number of questions "he said it would be the same number as last year". It wasn't. To be thoroughly honest again, I must confess to some degree of "cheating". Well, if someones playing dirty with you... I took smart drugs, Aricept (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donepezil) wasn't developed then, but I think you get the drift. It was truly hell. I didn't get a 1st. I graduated Best of Year in Organic Chemistry John
On Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 11:15:07 GMT, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
I got a 2:1 because there was too much literature involved; my language side was, according to my professor, Dean of Department or whatever, I forget the nomenclature, a high first class. ?Bummer, eh? Best
I'm sorry to say this, but everything my family has earned has been through, has been earned, "blood, sweat & tears". Not hyperbole, just the truth. Don't be impressed Chris. Certainly, at Manchester, I beat the "So & so's" but as Rocky said: "It's like I broke something inside of me." There's at least been some PTSD. Sometimes I wake up beating the walls. How can I have a wife after that? I have dreams about people chasing me with torches & pitch forks. I don't think you have to be Sigmund Freund to work that out If there is a faintest sound I am on a hair trigger. I probably should have settled for a 2:1, but I graduated best of year John?
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Thanks, Jude. ?I didn¡¯t manage to find such a plugin in my brief search.
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Jude?On 17 Feb 2021, at 9:42 pm, zuiko via??<zuiko@...> wrote:
?But there are many stories on the Internet about it . ? . ?.
Chris On 17 Feb 2021, at 11:30, zuiko via ??< zuiko@...> wrote:
Hmm, it looks convincing, but I¡¯d be very surprised if a single pixel GIF or PNG could do anything, let alone report back to mother ship.
Chris
Dear All, Normally I'd be inclined to dismiss such stories, but this comes from the BBC:
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On 17 Feb 2021, at 9:42 pm, zuiko via groups.io <zuiko@...> wrote:
? But there are many stories on the Internet about it . ? . ?.
Chris On 17 Feb 2021, at 11:30, zuiko via < zuiko@...> wrote:
Hmm, it looks convincing, but I¡¯d be very surprised if a single pixel GIF or PNG could do anything, let alone report back to mother ship.
Chris
Dear All, Normally I'd be inclined to dismiss such stories, but this comes from the BBC:
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On 17 Feb 2021, at 11:30, zuiko via < zuiko@...> wrote:
Hmm, it looks convincing, but I¡¯d be very surprised if a single pixel GIF or PNG could do anything, let alone report back to mother ship.
Chris
Dear All, Normally I'd be inclined to dismiss such stories, but this comes from the BBC:
John
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Hmm, it looks convincing, but I¡¯d be very surprised if a single pixel GIF or PNG could do anything, let alone report back to mother ship.
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Dear All, Normally I'd be inclined to dismiss such stories, but this comes from the BBC:
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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
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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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I got a 2:1 because there was too much literature involved; my language side was, according to my professor, Dean of Department or whatever, I forget the nomenclature, a high first class. ?Bummer, eh? Best
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I'm sorry to say this, but everything my family has earned has been through, has been earned, "blood, sweat & tears". Not hyperbole, just the truth. Don't be impressed Chris. Certainly, at Manchester, I beat the "So & so's" but as Rocky said: "It's like I broke something inside of me." There's at least been some PTSD. Sometimes I wake up beating the walls. How can I have a wife after that? I have dreams about people chasing me with torches & pitch forks. I don't think you have to be Sigmund Freund to work that out If there is a faintest sound I am on a hair trigger. I probably should have settled for a 2:1, but I graduated best of year John?
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My half siblings ¡.I could write a book ¡.. or a series¡..plenty of fodder ?:-)?
Jude
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That is some story, Jude! She obviously did it all her way, at others¡¯ expense and how the heck did she get away with it? Those men must have loved her! Best Susan Initial shock one might say but she had had her health issues. Grossly obese at times and under top specialist at Royal Brisbane. But she led a merry life. Knew all the best places to eat around town. Well versed literature etc. Very intelligent. But at the time of her death she had a husband and a boyfriend. We took her husband along to the funeral service (I thought it would bring closure for her bad behaviour) and the boyfriend spouted up front. Boyfriend got her superannuation!! Husband who had looked after her always was almost in a position of having his house challenged but I said I would sign a stat dec as to my sister¡¯s statement about the house etc.?
If she got into health troubles she would desert the boyfriend and go home to husband who ran round her and prepared sustenance for her¡.she had Crohn¡¯s disease¡and then she would devil off again back to the boyfriend. I once said to her what on earth was she doing and how unfair it was to her husband. She said the other bloke was a ¡°handbag¡± ¡her words¡.he dressed up nice and was presentable at functions whereas her husband didn¡¯t want a bar of that side of her life.?
So no not entirely a shock ¡..she did it her way. I felt sad for the people at the office. She heaved a large sigh and sat down heavily in her office chair. Bloke heard it from down the room and vaulted two desks to do CPR but to no avail and ambulance got there in 5.
Boyfriend has the ashes. Refused to return to rest of family who had plans to bury her in the vicinity of mother and my stepfather.? I wrote a eulogy ¡¡.carefully. ?:-) ?:-)
Jude
Oh my, that must have been a nasty shock for you all, so sorry! Best Susan I¡¯m the eldest of 7 - youngest 21 years younger than me. One half sister died suddenly at work at 46 yo
Jude ?Harvey¡¯s sister is five years older but still has the ¡°little brother¡± attitude towards him! Best Susan My sister is far worse Jude. She was born 6 years earlier than me & used to call me junior. Now she says she's 49 when I'm 52 John
I love my iPad; I pre-booked one of the very first models out as soon as I heard about it, since it was, quite literally, just what I had been waiting for from Apple and even had cash put aside for it! Later on, I sold that model and bought an iPad Air and now have an iPad Air 2. Very happy with it and I keep it for Words With Friends or Wordfeud (I enjoy word games) and other games for iPads. ?Monument Valley is a beautiful game and there are some older ones that I play on an old Mini iPad of Harvey¡¯s. ?Doom runs on that old model and I still love that very old game! ?Quake runs, believe it or not, a special version for Mac! Sorry, I do love my games! ?:D Best Susan Anyone using Procreate? I have looked high and low for anyone doing lessons for young people as some village locals are interested for their teens -- but nothing. Even Apple shops not doing anything.
I sort of got interested myself -- but lack an iPad. I've always resisted iPads as being rather ?useless things that just run cut down software and not much use to anyone --- not in the things I get involved in anyway.
But looking into it I got myself curious. ?My husband asked what I wanted for my un-birthday..... he asks this every year then ducks and runs. ? I could get expensive.?
Jude
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That is some story, Jude! She obviously did it all her way, at others¡¯ expense and how the heck did she get away with it? Those men must have loved her! Best Susan
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Initial shock one might say but she had had her health issues. Grossly obese at times and under top specialist at Royal Brisbane. But she led a merry life. Knew all the best places to eat around town. Well versed literature etc. Very intelligent. But at the time of her death she had a husband and a boyfriend. We took her husband along to the funeral service (I thought it would bring closure for her bad behaviour) and the boyfriend spouted up front. Boyfriend got her superannuation!! Husband who had looked after her always was almost in a position of having his house challenged but I said I would sign a stat dec as to my sister¡¯s statement about the house etc.?
If she got into health troubles she would desert the boyfriend and go home to husband who ran round her and prepared sustenance for her¡.she had Crohn¡¯s disease¡and then she would devil off again back to the boyfriend. I once said to her what on earth was she doing and how unfair it was to her husband. She said the other bloke was a ¡°handbag¡± ¡her words¡.he dressed up nice and was presentable at functions whereas her husband didn¡¯t want a bar of that side of her life.?
So no not entirely a shock ¡..she did it her way. I felt sad for the people at the office. She heaved a large sigh and sat down heavily in her office chair. Bloke heard it from down the room and vaulted two desks to do CPR but to no avail and ambulance got there in 5.
Boyfriend has the ashes. Refused to return to rest of family who had plans to bury her in the vicinity of mother and my stepfather.? I wrote a eulogy ¡¡.carefully. ?:-) ?:-)
Jude
Oh my, that must have been a nasty shock for you all, so sorry! Best Susan I¡¯m the eldest of 7 - youngest 21 years younger than me. One half sister died suddenly at work at 46 yo
Jude ?Harvey¡¯s sister is five years older but still has the ¡°little brother¡± attitude towards him! Best Susan My sister is far worse Jude. She was born 6 years earlier than me & used to call me junior. Now she says she's 49 when I'm 52 John
I love my iPad; I pre-booked one of the very first models out as soon as I heard about it, since it was, quite literally, just what I had been waiting for from Apple and even had cash put aside for it! Later on, I sold that model and bought an iPad Air and now have an iPad Air 2. Very happy with it and I keep it for Words With Friends or Wordfeud (I enjoy word games) and other games for iPads. ?Monument Valley is a beautiful game and there are some older ones that I play on an old Mini iPad of Harvey¡¯s. ?Doom runs on that old model and I still love that very old game! ?Quake runs, believe it or not, a special version for Mac! Sorry, I do love my games! ?:D Best Susan Anyone using Procreate? I have looked high and low for anyone doing lessons for young people as some village locals are interested for their teens -- but nothing. Even Apple shops not doing anything.
I sort of got interested myself -- but lack an iPad. I've always resisted iPads as being rather ?useless things that just run cut down software and not much use to anyone --- not in the things I get involved in anyway.
But looking into it I got myself curious. ?My husband asked what I wanted for my un-birthday..... he asks this every year then ducks and runs. ? I could get expensive.?
Jude
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Dear All, Normally I'd be inclined to dismiss such stories, but this comes from the BBC:
John
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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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I'm sorry, if I've been out of place. Please forgive me. Covid 19 is getting to me. Hugs John
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Sorry, that should have said "You should meet any request, your Wife as in full! It's amazing how a little change in grammer, can be so difficult The difference between Polish & polish Hope that language error is forgiven! John
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 16:17:37 GMT, John Miller via groups.io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:
Well, I'm very vanilla, but I feel, I should meet any request your wife has in full! John
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 16:14:23 GMT, John Miller via groups.io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:
Chris, Now you are getting naughty!! ;-) John
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 16:12:01 GMT, zuiko via groups.io <zuiko@...> wrote:
I¡¯m impressed, John. ?You could be her Toy Boy ;-)
Dearest Chris, & you can hold me to this!. I Promise to pay for all the drinks if you can get me an evening with Kate Chapshaw!
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I'm sorry to say this, but everything my family has earned has been through, has been earned, "blood, sweat & tears". Not hyperbole, just the truth. Don't be impressed Chris. Certainly, at Manchester, I beat the "So & so's" but as Rocky said: "It's like I broke something inside of me." There's at least been some PTSD. Sometimes I wake up beating the walls. How can I have a wife after that? I have dreams about people chasing me with torches & pitch forks. I don't think you have to be Sigmund Freund to work that out If there is a faintest sound I am on a hair trigger. I probably should have settled for a 2:1, but I graduated best of year John?
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Well, I'm very vanilla, but I feel, I should meet any request your wife has in full! John
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 16:14:23 GMT, John Miller via groups.io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:
Chris, Now you are getting naughty!! ;-) John
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 16:12:01 GMT, zuiko via groups.io <zuiko@...> wrote:
I¡¯m impressed, John. ?You could be her Toy Boy ;-)
Dearest Chris, & you can hold me to this!. I Promise to pay for all the drinks if you can get me an evening with Kate Chapshaw!
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Chris, Now you are getting naughty!! ;-) John
On Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 16:12:01 GMT, zuiko via groups.io <zuiko@...> wrote:
I¡¯m impressed, John. ?You could be her Toy Boy ;-)
Dearest Chris, & you can hold me to this!. I Promise to pay for all the drinks if you can get me an evening with Kate Chapshaw!
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