Bazza Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... With Tipp-Ex? Liquid Paper Lets fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: The Last Word Just don't apply it to the monitor screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... Sure sign of a Swedish secretary ... ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... Sure sign of a Swedish secretary ... ^^ any blonde too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Re: The Last Word Tropical Storm Barry I'm famous, kinda ironic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... Your middle name is Tracy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... Your middle name is Tracy? No no no no. I went through Cyclone Tracy. (see link) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Re: The Last Word A Programmer and an Engineer were sitting next to each other... A Programmer and an Engineer were sitting next to each other on an airplane. The Programmer leans over to the Engineer and asks if he wants to play a fun game. The Engineer just wants to sleep so he politely declines, turns away and tries to sleep. The Programmer persists and explains that it's a real easy game. He explains,"I ask a question and if you don't know the answer you pay me $5. Then you ask a question and if I don't know the answer I'll pay you $5. " Again the Engineer politely declines and tries to sleep. The Programmer, now somewhat agitated, says, "O. K., if you don't know the answer you pay me $5 and if I don't know the answer I pay you $50! " Now, that got the Engineer's attention, so he agrees to the game. The Programmer asks the first question, "What's the distance from the earth to the moon? " Then Engineer doesn't say a word and just hands the Programmer $5. Now, its the Engineer's turn. He asks the Programmer, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down on four? " The Programmer looks at him with a puzzled look, takes out his laptop computer, looks through all his references and after about an hour wakes the Engineer and hands the Engineer $50. The Engineer politely takes the $50 turns away and tries to return to sleep. The Programmer, a little miffed, asks, "Well what's the answer to the question? " Without a word, the Engineer reaches into his wallet, hands $5 to the Programmer, turns away and returns to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word The engineer should have told the programmer his interface card was failing and the server had become unreachable, and the next status update would be in 6 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word ... Time to get started on the pre-exam revisions. Tomorrah morno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word Good luck, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word Thanks. I'll start by ordering a better pathology book -- my condensed one is a joke; no details when you need them ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word From my few conversations with pathologists, I believe that. And I expect the good books are hard to come by. You might ask any pathologists you know (in addition to instructors) for recommendations about books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word I know the book I want. And I know the book I don't want at all -- the low, low number on the price tag was really an indication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word Sometimes all that low price means is that it's a previous edition. But sometimes it is, as you say, a suckitude warning light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word It's half as thick as the other books. It's murder, I tell you! But on the other hand, it's much easier to lug around. My vertebrae like me, these days! ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Re: The Last Word Heh. Wish I could say the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Re: The Last Word Sometimes all that low price means is that it's a previous edition. But sometimes it is' date=' as you say, a suckitude warning light.[/quote'] could also mean that it was printed decades before. Eg Bohm's book of Quantum Mechanics would still make a good intro to the subject even if some of the info is no longer relevant and become superseded with new info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Re: The Last Word In relativity, I'm using (the department's choice; I didn't have an option, but I don't object) a book originally published in 1964. Now, why a 46-year-old text in softcover costs $65 is egregious piracy on the part of publishers, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Re: The Last Word I believe it's customary for student literature publishing execs to keep parrots who can only say "Pieces of eight!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Re: The Last Word They're like mutual fund managers like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Re: The Last Word Mutual as in "What's yours is mine, and what's mine is mine." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Re: The Last Word Aye-yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Re: The Last Word Bastards. It's like grand viziers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Re: The Last Word More like petty, thieving viziers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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