Durham General Chat Thread

TKR

smokers are people too... :frown:

To be quite honest, I couldn't give a crap! :rolleyes:

If they want to smoke, they still can...but they can do it:

1. out of my view
2. with great difficulty
3. out of the way of my nose
4. by destroying their finances
5. not in my food/drink
6. without then going to the NHS because of cancer/lung diseases/heart diseases/ etc etc

Reply 5702

RobbieC

15

TKR

smokers are people too... :frown:

Didn't you lead the charge on that Luxembourgian fellow for him wanting to smoke? I think he was so brutalised by our conservativism he never returned!

:confused:

Reply 5703

WELL my friends....

at 47 pages...
at 13,383 words...
at the library...
at about 10.03pm tonight...

my dissertation was officially (just about) FINISHED!!!! :biggrin:

WOOOOHOOOOO :biggrin:

I just need to do my abstract...

Reply 5704

arkbar

12

Well done Kev! So your advice is that I should do my research ths summer instead of in February?

Reply 5705

arkbar

Well done Kev! So your advice is that I should do my research ths summer instead of in February?

Well, maybe!

But to be fair, although I have had no social life in the past few weeks (not because of lack of time but because I have needed to be fully functioning during the day!!!)....it's really not stressed me as much as I expected...I haven't had to do any all-nighters or anything, so it's all good.

As long as you're organised with the actual write-up, that's the main bit! I crammed a lot of research into the last few weeks then organised out my time and made sure I sticked to my targets, which I pretty much did, meaning I will be able to print out the final version tomorrow...just 1 day behind what I had hoped for!

Also...although it has been pretty stressful...I don't seem massively more stressed than anyone else (in fact I think I've been less stressed than most people!)...so "in conclusion" I'd say that it really depends on what kind of person you are....I like doing all-nighters for my essays, essentially I'm a "last minute" person...which I guess I've done with my dissertation, just on a longer time scale! Just find what works for you and go for it :smile:

Reply 5706

dobbs

WELL my friends....

at 47 pages...
at 13,383 words...
at the library...
at about 10.03pm tonight...

my dissertation was officially (just about) FINISHED!!!! :biggrin:

WOOOOHOOOOO :biggrin:

I just need to do my abstract...

Congratulations! That's awesome! :biggrin:

*is so glad she doesn't have to do a dissertation*

Reply 5707

Right....HOW annoying?!?!

Back in JANUARY I sent an e-mail to a lecturer at Northumbria University who is really involved in graffiti, epsecially in Newcastle, basically just asking him if he knew any good publications/books which I could look at based on my topic.

He never got back to me, which didn't bother me too much to be honest.

TODAY....yes....TO-BLOODY-DAY he sends me an e-mail with a MASSIVE list of references, of which about 80% are DIRECTLY related to my dissertation topic and I have NEVER heard of, never mind READ!!!!

ARRRRGHGGHGGGGHHHHHGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

Oh well... :redface:

Reply 5708

Too late now I suppose! Send him one back saying "Erm thanks, but I've just finished my dissertation. Cheers, bye!"

Then he'll feel really guilty. :p:

Reply 5709

Jelkin

^ annoyingly, he probably won't.

That kind of thing always happens to me, like then the stupid friggin library tells me it has the books I want but NONE of them are on the shelves, so I do a book request form and they don't find them until after I've finished.

I got an angry note from housekeeping saying my room is too messy and can I tidy it next time :frown:

But there's no time for that!

Reply 5710

socialist cook

8

Becca

Congratulations! That's awesome! :biggrin:

*is so glad she doesn't have to do a dissertation*

That is absolutely brilliant news Kev, I'm dreading actually starting my dissertation even though on my year abroad I am meant to be doing most of the research for it. I don't really know where they expect me to get the time though as well as studying at the University here!

Don't you have to do a dissi at all Becca? This just brings me to yet another conclusion that Linguists are just part time students. :p:

Reply 5711

durhamdosser

4

Still not started. Argh. I *do* have a plan now though...

Reply 5712

Jelkin

Good for you! At least you get to write about Darcy and Knightley and Wentworth. Not that they'll be all you write about ... *imagines a dissertation where that would be the case* ... mmm.

Reply 5713

AdamTJ

12

On that note...did anyone see that poll in which apparently Pride and Prejudice was declared the nation's favourite books. Jane Eyre was pretty high up the list I seem to remember as well.

Both are melodramatic drivel! How could this have occured? 19th century literature is very overrated...

Reply 5714

socialist cook

That is absolutely brilliant news Kev, I'm dreading actually starting my dissertation even though on my year abroad I am meant to be doing most of the research for it. I don't really know where they expect me to get the time though as well as studying at the University here!

Don't you have to do a dissi at all Becca? This just brings me to yet another conclusion that Linguists are just part time students. :p:

No I don't have to do one at all! I could *choose* to do a 5,000 one, worth one module, but why bother when I'm far better at exams than coursework?! I do have to do year abroad essays though, they are annoying. But my French one is basically finished, just needs editing, but will do that later. Thinking of doing my Italian one on differing attitudes towards smoking!

Reply 5715

Danny_777

AdamTJ

On that note...did anyone see that poll in which apparently Pride and Prejudice was declared the nation's favourite books. Jane Eyre was pretty high up the list I seem to remember as well.

Both are melodramatic drivel! How could this have occured? 19th century literature is very overrated...

No! Pride and Prejudice is great!

Reply 5716

durhamdosser

4

Jelkin

Good for you! At least you get to write about Darcy and Knightley and Wentworth. Not that they'll be all you write about ... *imagines a dissertation where that would be the case* ... mmm.

My reasoned literary response on rereading P & P, when it came to the second proposal, was to go 'awwwwwwwwwwww'.

Reply 5717

RobbieC

15

Just a change of topic. I know you will all cry, it's a stereotype, don't be so harsh on locals!

In my home-town, never in my life has I had a mouthful of cider spat in my face when walking along, minding my own business.

There is some ****ing scum in this place, thankfully I was adept enough to be holding my pen in my writing hand at the time, and using the blank canvas of my hand, spun on my right foot to eagle-eye cherry their number plate.

Shame the police will do **** all about the absolute scrotes. But they're lucky I can walk without my crutch now, because if I'd had that I would have ****ing swung it at that pricks face. ****ing dirty ****.

Reply 5718

socialist cook

8

Becca

Thinking of doing my Italian one on differing attitudes towards smoking!

Spain and Italy are very similar in this respect. We've had a ban on smoking in bars but does anyone respect it? Do they hell as like!!

I have to do an 'essay' on my time abroad too but I don't think it actually counts towards my degree and I think yours do, do they not?

Reply 5719