Medics (and applicants) general chat thread Mk V

I know! But i'm not a particularly filmy person. Though I did see Inglourious Basterds the other day - it was brilliant!

As for your second point - I think people saying 110% or whatever is intensely annoying and makes them sound thick

I personally trust my own judgement, over-cautious speed limits annoy me. But by the same token, i'll go below the speed limit if it seems appropriate.

I only intentionally speed if i'm rushing home for a cigarette or the loo

So you are against apprenticships? the problem is that that view opens up cretinous anti-degrees epitomized by media studies.

No, I wouldn't say I'm against apprenticeships, mainly because they're a different route for a job. You need training like an apprenticeship for something like plumbing - it would be madness to have to go to University to study it.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I dislike vocational degrees because they force people to limit their options early for no real benefit (if you are of the opinion that someone with maths can do the same job that something trained in accounting can do). Apprenticeships are different because without becoming an apprentice it would be very difficult to just walk into that kind of job with something more universal.

But these aren't just films! It's like saying you've never heard of the Beatles, or the Rolling Stones.

I used to have a football manager who every ******* game would give a pep talk like that. At the end we were on something like 200%. He also told us to dive and foul people when the ref wasn't looking. He was a right prick.

This is on a duel carriage way that was a 70 until a year ago when some idiot tried to take the bend at around 100 and went over the edge down a steep bank. So now instead of having advisory of 40 it a 40mph speed limit from just approuchin the bend to just after it. I didnt even see the traffic cops sat there

No, I wouldn't say I'm against apprenticeships, mainly because they're a different route for a job. You need training like an apprenticeship for something like plumbing - it would be madness to have to go to University to study it.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I dislike vocational degrees because they force people to limit their options early for no real benefit (if you are of the opinion that someone with maths can do the same job that something trained in accounting can do). Apprenticeships are different because without becoming an apprentice it would be very difficult to just walk into that kind of job with something more universal.

Blackberry, strawberry and peach.

I found something else inappropriate to type in google images; gay bus. But do so at your own risk

I think the Beatles are **** - I really don't get why everyone makes such a fuss about them - though I suppose they were revolutionary at the time, I like to think we've moved on

And yeah, that football manager does sound slightly prickish

Right, fair enough - well explained. One thing though, there is a huge overlap between many degrees. The degree is much about proving a level on intelligence and effort as knowledge (excluding of course vocational ones)

Pretty much from the horse's mouth (I probably shouldn't refer to him as a horse) because I just asked out of curiosity:

If you want to do accounting, for example, accounting with professional accreditation is preferred (I imagine other business vocations have proffessional accreditation but I didn't ask), and if you want to do something, for example, train track management (again, just an example from the top of his head, not specifically), a course in engineering is desirable, but a course very specific to that vocation such as http://prospectus.shu.ac.uk/CourseEntry.cfm?CourseId=629 would be snapped up by employers.

I also read an article earlier about degrees such as "golf management" or something, where they're being taken by employers because it gets accreditation.

The CEO of his business has a degree in International business, but the experience he had was what got him the job.

Rewinding rather a lot...

Why did you decide to search for "gay bus" in the first place?

I was just using them as an example of iconic-ness really (although Back in the USSR is one of my favourite pop songs ever ). But like them or loathe them, everyone knows them - Citizen Kane should be like that! But now you have a copy of Shawshank, it might be worth giving it a try. You should be very pleasantly surprised.

On a Shawshank note, I had some fun reading some reviews from when it first came out today. Some guy from the NY Times called it "Incredibly hateful".

And yeah, he was. He was the first person to ever make me not enjoy playing football.



Why thankyou.

That's an interesting point about degrees as well.



That's all well and good, but what if after 3 years you decide you hate golf courses? That's my point about why I don't really like them.

Dual carriageways I will intentionally speed on, if they're deserted - for instance in the evening. I have no problem with about 85mph if they're clear. But then, practically no one goes 70 on a dual carriageway.

But what you've said shows how one stupid person can ruin it for everyone

I was just using them as an example of iconic-ness really (although Back in the USSR is one of my favourite pop songs ever ). But like them or loathe them, everyone knows them - Citizen Kane should be like that! But now you have a copy of Shawshank, it might be worth giving it a try. You should be very pleasantly surprised.

On a Shawshank note, I had some fun reading some reviews from when it first came out today. Some guy from the NY Times called it "Incredibly hateful".

And yeah, he was. He was the first person to ever make me not enjoy playing football.

A friend who is moving to London just bought a membership to a gay club in their home town so I said they could get the gay bus back and then went looking for a picture

Yup the village next to us is the worest they have gave loads of old grannies speeed cameras im just waiting for loads of warning letter for speeding up just before the national signs

There was a gay bus in the pride parade.

I'll certainly watch Shawshank Redemption at some point



Soz, I get confuzzled - but are you the one who didn't guess I was gay despite me being pretty obvious about it?

And right, that's a pretty good reason I suppose

We were driving along a road in the Peak District and it had speed camera after speed camera, with a ridiculously low speed limit. Counted 28 speed cameras in total, along one stretch of road

No, I was the one that kept on making Brent Corrigan jokes (remember the fluffy kittens)