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Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues
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lostinrates wrote: »He might have been right that I should have stopped a bit earlier, but it was good fun. And means we've scratched the surface of painting the top coat now. I should add up how many exterior metre to paint so we can all have a reward at half way.
I really wouldn't advise scratching the surface of the top coat ... you'll only have to re-paint it
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I really wouldn't advise scratching the surface of the top coat ... you'll only have to re-paint it:D
I felt quote chuffed with what was done today until adding up on that bit alone I did 30 metres of a total 160 metres,
That's one bit of wall. Then there are all the barns and stuff. :eek:
Our steel frames all need repaint ing and some are quite badly rusted at the bottom so we need to frame and concrete set the bottom of those once we have painted.
Should probably get on with that quite soon really.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »I didn't know that, how interesting!
Why?
In the 13th century they didn't feel the distinction between arts and sciences was particularly important.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Which university? All subjects at Oxford (and I think also Cambridge) are BA for first degree. I have a BA in physics. At least, I did. I've upgraded it to an MA now.
Cambridge. She did geography / geology at Girton. I think she said she forked out £10 for an MA, but did a proper masters, too. About the interaction of glaciation and vulcanicity in Iceland....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Cambridge. She did geography / geology at Girton. I think she said she forked out £10 for an MA, but did a proper masters, too. About the interaction of glaciation and vulcanicity in Iceland.
I think my MA was about £10 too. It's not just the money, though. You have to get four more years of life experience, too. Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
In the 13th century they didn't feel the distinction between arts and sciences was particularly important.
Conversely, the BCL (Bachelor of Civil Laws) at Oxford is a master's degree....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I think my MA was about £10 too. It's not just the money, though. You have to get four more years of life experience, too.
Did you get my PM?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I never collected my MA - didn't feel I had earned it.I think....0
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A Tutor-marked Assessment. It would be a pack of questions based on your teaching materials (textbooks, broadcast lessons on BBC2 VHS tapes, etc). The philosophy was teaching through marking, befofe feedback became the buzzword. You'd write oodles of feedback as you marked it. HQ would sample your marking and quality-check it. Very rigorous process and as efficient as a Swiss watch.My dad did his PhD in 1954 or about then. He wrote it by hand, but then it had to be typed up, by a typist who had to be paid for the service, and when he got the typescript back he had to go through writing in all the equations by hand. It was a maths thesis, so naturally there were a lot of equations.
I did mine in 1995. It was all done on a computer, but had to be printed and bound and submitted as hard copy.
What is a TMA booklet?
You'd get to know the last posting place in your neighbourhood as your marking had to be posted by a rigid deadline. This fellow's website would have been useful!Which university? All subjects at Oxford (and I think also Cambridge) are BA for first degree. I have a BA in physics. At least, I did. I've upgraded it to an MA now.
It was a PITA when I were a mere student that the humanities students got a MA as a first degree instead of a Bachelor's (this BSC /MA thing was standard in traditional Scottish unis)
plus they took no second year exams - so when I was memorising the molecules of Krebs Cycle, the Arts students were outside in the sun throwing frisbees around.
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I had to take my masters almost two decades later. It was a humanities degree but an MSc. Mind you if i'd completed my doctorate I don't know if I'd bothered!
Nikkster -good luck!I never collected my MA - didn't feel I had earned it.
Go for it. Everybody needs some sparkle on their CV.In the 13th century they didn't feel the distinction between arts and sciences was particularly important.
Nor should it be. Hence my endless rambling criticisms of the three A level system. Depth without breadth. Wrong priority, if you ask me, which nobody did.:DThere is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
My masters is an MBA. It confuses people who don't know what it is and they ask if it is an MA or a BA.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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