Dr Ferrari's Camper Van (off-topic discussion)

Darkglasses

Tonyandthewhale wrote: »

I'm not, since Thursday.

I won't be from Monday week! Eeeep

Vélo

Alan Pardew named Premier League manager of the season...now just 1 more win and hope someone else slips up.

C'mon The Toon!

ednwireland

Darkglasses wrote: »

is anyone here not a student?

not for about 21 years (god i feel old)

manafana

ednwireland wrote: »

not for about 21 years (god i feel old)

feel or are?

Mycroft H

manafana wrote: »

feel or are?

both?

ednwireland

both :rolleyes:

Mycroft H

Emmmm, I'm not sure that would be a good idea Brendan....

tomasrojo

AstraMonti wrote: »

(although studying never ends IT sucks, become a plumber, you ll get more money )

I had to leave it. The annual salary was ok -- plenty for a skinflint like me -- but the constant unscheduled, unpaid overtime was too much.

furiousox

Did 72km on the bike earlier.
On the couch now drinking coffee and watching the Giro.
Mrs ox gone shopping with the kids.
Bottle of chianti in the kitchen for later.
Carlsberg don't do perfect days, but if they did......:)

AstraMonti

I had a very interesting debate about helmets over lunch. People really think it's a magic hat.. it's amazing.

Mycroft H

AstraMonti wrote: »

I had a very interesting debate about helmets over lunch. People really think it's a magic hat.. it's amazing.

Like a wizards hat?

Mycroft H

How I feel walking into a bike shop. Those of a certain generation will get this

Lumen

BX 19 wrote: »

Like a wizards hat?

That would make my armwarmers wizard's sleeves. Hmmm....

BX 19

BX 19 wrote: »

Like a wizards hat?

And your robe?

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja

Captain Havoc

AstraMonti wrote: »

I had a very interesting debate about helmets over lunch. People really think it's a magic hat.. it's amazing.

AstraMonti is magic,
he wears a magic hat,
and when he sees a planet-x campag,
he says "I'm having that"

bcmf

Bravo, Mr.Havoc,Bravo..

Captain Havoc

bcmf wrote: »

Bravo, Mr.Havoc,Bravo..

Don't see Beasty or RobFowl thanking it though :pac:

RobFowl

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Don't see Beasty or RobFowl thanking it though :pac:

Post reported (personal abuse...)

bcmf

If you haven't seen the soccer result today then you may not want to see this yet:

Well at Man U have the Champions League Final Europa League Cup FA Cup ......errrmmmm ... Well done City

Darkglasses

Oh my God what an end to the season. Just unbelievable. City could not have done it more dramatically.

awec

Think I spotted a boardsie today, but it wasn't because of his gear so can't post it in that thread. Recognised the bike.

Black bike with yellow high vis tape all over it to make it look like a wasp, in the Sandyford area.

Was it you? :pac:

Inquitus

How not to start a monday.

1) Wake up to find the kids have left lights on in the car and its now dead.
2) Sure thats no bother the weather looks grand, I'll get out the fixie.
3) Forget to tuck trousers into socks
4) Get trousers caught between chain and chainring
5) Go over handlebars outside office
6) Rip said trousers off at the knee

Roll on Tuesday

manafana

Inquitus wrote: »

How not to start a monday.

1) Wake up to find the kids have left lights on in the car and its now dead.
2) Sure thats no bother the weather looks grand, I'll get out the fixie.
3) Forget to tuck trousers into socks
4) Get trousers caught between chain and chainring
5) Go over handlebars outside office
6) Rip said trousers off at the knee

Roll on Tuesday

you have a fixie? :eek:

furiousox

Inquitus wrote: »

How not to start a monday.
1) Wake up to find the kids have left lights on in the car and its now dead.
2) Sure thats no bother the weather looks grand, I'll get out the fixie.
3) Forget to tuck trousers into socks
4) Get trousers caught between chain and chainring
5) Go over handlebars outside office
6) Rip said trousers off at the knee
Roll on Tuesday

Best read while listening to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg

ednwireland

Inquitus wrote: »

How not to start a monday.

1) Wake up to find the kids have left lights on in the car and its now dead.

For future reference , dont let your kids drive the car

Junior

Looks like Manolo Saiz is selling off his collection

http://barredamuseum.shutterfly.com/pictures/8

AstraMonti

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/david-hurban-surgically-implants-magnets-into-wrist-to-wear-ipod.html

Yi Harr

AstraMonti wrote: »

Magnet implant story

I read a thread over on Reddit earlier about an electrical engineer who had neodymium magnets implanted into his finger tips. Body modifications have come a long way from piercings and tattoos.

Mycroft H

Yi Harr wrote: »

I read a thread over on Reddit earlier about an electrical engineer who had neodymium magnets implanted into his finger tips. Body modifications have come a long way from piercings and tattoos.

I have such evil fun with them. Wiping hard drives with a sweep of ones finger.

Colmhayden76

Saw a driving instructors car yesterday with a little dungarvan cc jersey hanging in the back window. Does this mean that the next generation of south east drivers will actually know what a cyclist is:pac:

Holyboy

AstraMonti wrote: »

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/david-hurban-surgically-implants-magnets-into-wrist-to-wear-ipod.html

It was only down to laziness that I never went down the implant road, thank the good lord for making me lazy! Now if I could just get rid of all the pesky tattooes and stupid hoopy ears I would be one happy camper!

furiousox

Nice of the Man Utd squad to stop by the hospital and visit the supporter who told Fergie about Aguero's goal.

Chips Lovell

Holyboy wrote: »

It was only down to laziness that I never went down the implant road, thank the good lord for making me lazy! Now if I could just get rid of all the pesky tattooes and stupid hoopy ears I would be one happy camper!

Me ears are in a hoop!

Junior

Colmhayden76 wrote: »

Saw a driving instructors car yesterday with a little dungarvan cc jersey hanging in the back window. Does this mean that the next generation of south east drivers will actually know what a cyclist is:pac:

I'm going to take a stab at who that driving instructor is, the brother of a former professional and a committee member of Dungarvan CC.

AstraMonti

Truly hilarious: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cyclops-Turbo-Trainer?item=221019888017&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8419229223165735367#ht_561wt_1396

CheGuedara

Passed my viva yesterday! Woohoo!

Jawgap

CheGuedara wrote: »

Passed my viva yesterday! Woohoo!

Dr CheGuedara has a better ring to it - well done!

ROK ON

CheGuedara wrote: »

Passed my viva yesterday! Woohoo!

Chapeau. Well done Doc.
Welcome to the real world now boy :-)

AstraMonti

Hungrycol

^^ LA would disagree .

CramCycle

CheGuedara wrote: »

Passed my viva yesterday! Woohoo!

Can I ask the title or the discipline if you don't want to be too revealing?

Mycroft H

CramCycle wrote: »

Can I ask the title or the discipline if you don't want to be too revealing?

Forgive my ignorance but what is viva thing?

ROK ON

BX 19 wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but what is viva thing?

Short for viva voce.

An oral defence of ones thesis.

CramCycle

BX 19 wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but what is viva thing?

It is a defence of your research in front of your peers.

Usually talked about in terms of PhDs where by you would give a presentation and then defend your thesis from an expert in the area. They will stand you up and ask why you done certain experiments, timecourses, question your rationale, your conclusions, ask you why you did not think something else, why you thought what you did, ask you why you did not do other related experiments, basically bust your balls.

Afterwards your thesis can be refused with no comeback (ie its judged that the idea is not novel enough and never will be enough to be awarded a doctorate), accepted with major corrections (ie back to the lab to answer or clarify any points), accepted with minor corrections (can be as little as phrasing in a paragraph, or interpretation of certain datasets), accepted with no corrections (rare but pretty much means you can fork it over straight away).

dastardly00

CheGuedara wrote: »

Passed my viva yesterday! Woohoo!

Congrats Dr. CheGuedara!
I hope to get to that stage myself before the end of the year.

Mycroft H

CramCycle wrote: »

It is a defence of your research in front of your peers.

Usually talked about in terms of PhDs where by you would give a presentation and then defend your thesis from an expert in the area. They will stand you up and ask why you done certain experiments, timecourses, question your rationale, your conclusions, ask you why you did not think something else, why you thought what you did, ask you why you did not do other related experiments, basically bust your balls.

Afterwards your thesis can be refused with no comeback (ie its judged that the idea is not novel enough and never will be enough to be awarded a doctorate), accepted with major corrections (ie back to the lab to answer or clarify any points), accepted with minor corrections (can be as little as phrasing in a paragraph, or interpretation of certain datasets), accepted with no corrections (rare but pretty much means you can fork it over straight away).

Ahh I get it.

Thankfully, I did not require a dissertation/thesis for my Bsc, though I did have to give several grilling presentations. All I'm waiting is for some results and the piece of paper at this stage.

CheGuedara

Many thanks guys - stoked to have it finished and looking forward to getting on with the real world and some work!

@ Cram - no problem asking at all (it'll be easily found in the TCD library soon enough once I've my thankfully minor corrections made). It was a molecular oncology thesis looking at an interaction between ovarian cancer and blood platelets during metastasis

@dastardly - best of luck man, it can be a bit of a flog to get there but it's a great feeling when you do

Jawgap

BX 19 wrote: »

Ahh I get it.

Thankfully, I did not require a dissertation/thesis for my Bsc, though I did have to give several grilling presentations. All I'm waiting is for some results and the piece of paper at this stage.

No dissertation???? That's not a BSc, that's a diploma:D:D:D

Sincere best of luck with the results.

Mycroft H

Jawgap wrote: »

No dissertation???? That's not a BSc, that's a diploma:D:D:D

Sincere best of luck with the results.

Meh there was a 8 week project last summer

I think that counts

Lusk Doyle

How does someone who uses this word to describe something...

CheGuedara wrote: »

Many thanks guys - stoked to have it finished and looking forward to getting on with the real world and some work!

Go on to produce something like this?!?!

CheGuedara wrote: »

@ Cram - no problem asking at all (it'll be easily found in the TCD library soon enough once I've my thankfully minor corrections made). It was a molecular oncology thesis looking at an interaction between ovarian cancer and blood platelets during metastasis