L. Marcus Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... I was thinking of shale shingles. Or the Shingles. That last thought was very weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Re: The Last Word Heh. The Shingles sounds like a cheesy punk band. Which is less of a contradiction than it would've seemed about 30 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Re: The Last Word Ah, the good old days of alternative music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Back when bands tried to play Get Out Of Denver in the shortest possible time. Or was that just an Austin thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... But weren't they already out of Denver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Well, the song is sort of about going to Denver and being unable to leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... Bob Denver or the real Denver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Denver, Colorado. The song is near the top of my list of "Don't listen while driving" songs; you'll inevitably be driving 15-25 mph faster at the end of the song than you were at the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Who's it by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Bob Seger; the most famous version is (I think) from Live Bullet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... For some reason I got I Wanna Be Sedated from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Hmm, that's a little different, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Yah, pretty much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Too many papers to grade still. Got the exams all done, but I lost a day and a half last weekend due to visits with relatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... I don't like to swear, but at this point in time, I'm pretty adamantly opposed to ever work in education. But before I know it, I'll probably get some work as an amanuence ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Had to look up what that means in your context, but yeah, the Great Comedy Writer In the Sky seems likely to yuk it up at your expense in that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word An amanuence is a more experienced student that betimes acts as a guide for less experienced students in labs. It's a paid job at a university department (though the pay is probably peanuts) and sometimes it offers possibility for research. That last bit is what could maybe, maybe tempt me ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Yeah, I figured that out. Here we just call those graduate assistants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... Because they have graduated and assist anyway, or that they assist graduates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word They're grad students (just about always), and being paid to assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word How's the pay scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word On a scale from 1 to sucks, it sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Sounds familiar. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word Did you hear the one about the guy who went into academia to make a fortune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Re: The Last Word They sent him straight to the asylum for the suicidally insane, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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