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defiantshrimp

Ibid wrote: »

I doubt defiantshrimp is our beloved Foundation Scholar, Shay.

I am. Way to give the game away Also I've been around a long time. I just don't post often. And even then not always in TCD.

Tricity Bendix

shay_562 wrote: »

Hee! You give yourself one poorly thought-out nickname one time...

It was a very good nickname. I'd change back if I was still donation moollah to Boards. I cry because it was b.ie curious. And also, if we're going to be calling each other by defunct nicknames she should have used original psycho and angrybanana.

Awayindahils

Deleted User wrote: »

Drinks in mine tonight? To drink to the last ever open day that we will have experienced in TCD as undergraduates.. also to bitch about the really loud annoying architecture students running rampant around the Ussher today..

Is this an open invitation? Or an invite at all? Or musings?

gilroyb

zuchum wrote: »

I've no love for the man. AMaking economics boring goshdammit!

Also,maths exam tomorrow =certain failure

I know you'll find it hard to believe, but O'Toole is a really good lecturer in a small class environment. I had him in final year for Industrial Organisation and he was my best (and favourite) lecturer of the year. He can make very complicated topics very easy. (The problem is that in 1st/2nd year he seems to make very easy things complicated)

They need Ruane back for teaching the early years, she knew how to marshal a full Ed Burke. Save O'Toole for when class sizes allow for personal interaction.

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defiantshrimp wrote: »

I am.

ZOMG! We u Mr. GM. Also I was disappointed you didn't come to my house last night after I offered you the key. But that's in the past, what matters is our beautiful future together.

Awayindahils

Ibid wrote: »

ZOMG! We u Mr. GM. Also I was disappointed you didn't come to my house last night after I offered you the key. But that's in the past, what matters is our beautiful future together.

*cough* gold digger *cough*

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Gold digger? Hah, he's the one who stole my books!

defiantshrimp

Ibid wrote: »

ZOMG! We u Mr. GM. Also I was disappointed you didn't come to my house last night after I offered you the key. But that's in the past, what matters is our beautiful future together.

I was very disappointed that you didn't invite me in to your house yesterday. Only B.ie Polar seemed to be wanted..... I cried myself to sleep with your 6th edition of Varian's Intermediate Microeconomics.

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The 6th edition is so much cooler than the one the kids are using. What edition is the current one? 9th? After you didn't visit, I cried myself to sleep with the 3rd edition of Varian's Microeconomic Analysis. (I'm a final year, don't you know.)

Layard and Walters all the way though.

Awayindahils

defiantshrimp wrote: »

I was very disappointed that you didn't invite me in to your house yesterday. Only B.ie Polar seemed to be wanted..... I cried myself to sleep with your 6th edition of Varian's Intermediate Microeconomics.

I think you may bring third bess representation to a level of nerd never before seen on TCD boards.

The 6th edition is so much cooler than the one the kids are using. What edition is the current one? 9th? After you didn't visit, I cried myself to sleep with the 3rd edition of Varian's Microeconomic Analysis. (I'm a final year, don't you know.)

Layard and Walters all the way though.

On second thoughts I take that back.

EGaffney

Ibid wrote: »

The 6th edition is so much cooler than the one the kids are using. What edition is the current one? 9th? After you didn't visit, I cried myself to sleep with the 3rd edition of Varian's Microeconomic Analysis. (I'm a final year, don't you know.)

Layard and Walters all the way though.

Gravelle and Rees, or Romer, if you think you're hard enough.

shay_562

defiantshrimp wrote:

I am. Way to give the game away

To be fair, you kinda gave your own game away by identifying yourself as the Maths/Econ person me and Hils would know (shouldn't you have been cramming for Investment Analysis right about then?). Can't believe you didn't mention to any of us that you post here - I feel betrayed! (not really, but I'm bored and seek drama)

b.ie polar wrote:

It was a very good nickname. I'd change back if I was still donation moollah to Boards. I cry because it was b.ie curious. And also, if we're going to be calling each other by defunct nicknames she should have used original psycho and angrybanana.

Really? I seem to remember you taking umbridge at our mangling of your username the first time around too, which is why I considered it poorly thought-out - witty, certainly, but easily mocked. And you are a sensitive soul...

shay_562

gilroyb wrote:

They need Ruane back for teaching the early years, she knew how to marshal a full Ed Burke.

Word. Man, I miss her. The rudimentary understanding of economics she gave me has seen me through the bulk of my 2.5 years in college so far.

manicmonoliths

zuchum wrote: »

I've no love for the man. AMaking economics boring goshdammit!

Also,maths exam tomorrow =certain failure

I know, he's so bad, I actually fall asleep in his lectures, literally. I once woke up and I had no idea where I was, quite embarrassing really. He should not be using that double period anyway, everybody just leaves during the 'seven minute break'

The economics exam wasn't that bad really! The long questions were piss easy, messed up question 5, the one with the Average Total Cost and Marginal Cost curves, but other than that most we're alright, the MCQ's were easy too. The test was hyped up to be much harder than it actually was! (But people still told me they failed!)

Maths is down aswell! One more to go! Org and Man-The mystery exam!

Tricity Bendix

shay_562 wrote: »

Really? I seem to remember you taking umbridge at our mangling of your username the first time around too, which is why I considered it poorly thought-out - witty, certainly, but easily mocked. And you are a sensitive soul...

Witty and easily mocked sums me up pretty perfectly. That is why I liked it.

EGaffney wrote: »

Gravelle and Rees, or Romer, if you think you're hard enough.

Hate that book.

Pio-pio

Hi

I’m a student of sociology at the university of warsaw. I’m looking for someone from TCD who wants to take part in Erasmus exchange in warsaw, but I don’t know how I can get in touch with students from sociology.

could you help me? I haven’t found any forum for sociology student…

many thanks

peter

bright

Does anyone from JF Economics have the access code for the pearson myeconlab. The one that is necessary to set up the program. It was on a piece of paper in a handout and it was something like ''o'toole242674''.

Come to think of it I believe it is called the course code...;) anyone?

manicmonoliths

bright wrote: »

Does anyone from JF Economics have the access code for the pearson myeconlab. The one that is necessary to set up the program. It was on a piece of paper in a handout and it was something like ''o'toole242674''.

Come to think of it I believe it is called the course code...;) anyone?

Yeah the code is o'toole41632

Enjoy doing mindlessly repetitive economics questions. Well still, its moderately more interesting than O'Toole's lectures.

europerson

manicmonoliths wrote: »

Well still, its moderately more interesting than O'Toole's lectures.

Franny = Legend. Fact.

Where else would you get imaginative examples of cherry-picking and second-mover advantage?

manicmonoliths

europerson wrote: »

Franny = Legend. Fact.

Where else would you get imaginative examples of cherry-picking and second-mover advantage?

Aye, he's legend in JF's eyes too but in a different way. Among us he's known for using imaginative examples of alcohol. Heineken and Carlsburg seem to be his personal favourites:p

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Just wait until Somerville convinces you to drink stout.

In the Buttery Bar.

With pornography.

EGaffney

Ibid, kids nowadays don't know what the Buttery Bar was. They call it the "Buttery Café".

xebec

Ibid wrote: »

Just wait until Somerville convinces you to drink stout.

In the Buttery Bar.

With pornography.

Bad memories. I hated his lectures. He did make the point that we weren't in the cinema though when people got up to leave, dunno why that has stuck more than any of the actual economics

manicmonoliths

Ibid wrote: »

Just wait until Somerville convinces you to drink stout.

In the Buttery Bar.

With pornography.

Sommerville's my tutour actually! Wow you can't help marvel at the wide range of characters Trinity's Economics department attracts:)
Isn't our econ department ranked pretty highly actually? I guess they're all eccentric masterminds then:p

Randomness

omg i came back after christmas determined to pay more attention in the double economics lecture, that kinda went out the window today.........at least i was there tho, got i feel sorry for him when like half the class leaves.

although i'm begining to wonder would it be more beneficial to go read the book for the two hours??

Running Bing

What do SS think of Dudders?

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Not much. I did laugh when I read his email today though: he really expects our projects to display less knowledge of F-tests than EC2040?? . Score.

europerson

Dudders? First time I've heard that! I had him for International before Christmas, and I have to say he's not my personal favourite. He's friendly, good to chat to and all, and his credentials are sound, but, for me, at least, he fails bridge the gap between economist and economics lecturer. I say that with reference to groups: any dealings I've had with him on a one-to-one basis have been fine. I'll reserve judgement on Securities for now, but the econometrics he's doing is, eh, basic. Don't forget though that in his first lecture, he did say repeatedly that the weather depends on ice cream consumption... A lesson for Met Éireann, if ever there were one.

That was funny, especially when he slagged off Hendry, another econmetrician who wrote (and 'scientifically' proved!) that inflation caused rainfall*.

However, I find him a good lecturer, he does know his stuff and is interested in it. Plus he is a nice guy to boot.

Then again, I liked McGoldrick but I disliked Ruane..




*David Hendry, Alchemy or Science? - Its a good paper.

Tricity Bendix

Deleted User wrote: »

I disliked Ruane..

Hmm, you stir up many emotions in me. This could take several emoticons.

:mad::(:eek

Maybe this is how Hitler felt about the Jews...