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Chemistry Research, Durham University
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Reply 8460
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Jelkin
17
I finally got to be SRC Treasurer. Go me :biggrin:

My boyfriend and I stayed at home, ate dinner whilst watching the Simpsons with his housemates, then went upstairs and watched a film about the Holocaust. All good. (No, really, it was cool. And he did get me flowers.)

P.S. For anyone who remembers my ranting and raving about his mother: she sent him TWO Valentine's cards this year. "anonymously." Mine's better though.
Chemistry Research, Durham University
Durham University
Durham
Not just the wine; there was some champagne as well. :redface:

And then the vodka.

My valentine's days are usually "bleurgh", as River put it, so I guess this was an improvement.
generic hybrid
Not just the wine; there was some champagne as well. :redface:

And then the vodka.

My valentine's days are usually "bleurgh", as River put it, so I guess this was an improvement.

Wasn't it "bleurgh" anyway, or did you manage to hold it down until past midnight?
Reply 8463
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*River
15
I have just signed the contract for my house :smile:.
jelkin
For anyone who remembers my ranting and raving about his mother: she sent him TWO Valentine's cards this year. "anonymously." Mine's better though.


I remember that!

Have things got any better?

I have just signed the contract for my house :smile:


:smile: well done.
*River
I have just signed the contract for my house :smile:.

Cool. Which one did you go for?
Reply 8466
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Jelkin
17
Itchynscratchy
I remember that!

Have things got any better?

Not really. I went to a party held by his parents in Yorkshire, which I was assured had nothing to do with shooting (I despite shooting), but it turned out it was ALL about it. There was a song called "Grouse in the Blood", which was meant to be comical, and they made me sing a verse solo, which mocked the RSPB, and then there was a speech, and we had to applaud all the people who go shooting, which wasn't fun. Then they called for the "WAGs" to stand up. I was actually applauded for being a WAG, and I had to stand up, and smile, and acknowledge that I was a WAG, and be applauded for it. I was so horrified. It's bad enough that they're always demanding to know why I don't go to watch my darling enjoy himself killing things (probably so I can be pleased at how manly he is). Anyway, by this time I was feeling as though all my principles and dignity had been flushed down the toilet, and then The Mother came over, smiling in this funny way, and said, "We have all just been saying how you sing like a grouse."

I would like to add that my boyfriend himself is lovely, is most definitely NOT a rah, and is worth all of that crap. I try to console myself with the fact that essentially, I've won, and his mother will have to deal with that. Ha!
wow jess, that sounds pretty horrific. He must be one super-dooper bf to be worth all that.

Also, did anyone elses internet go down for the last hour or so :confused:
Reply 8468
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Aula
18
Itchynscratchy
Also, did anyone elses internet go down for the last hour or so :confused:


yup, mine did. Well, not quite that long, but it did go down for a while.

and I can't log into DUO at the moment.

edit: DUO is okay now, but that's the second time today it's happened :frown:
Itchynscratchy
wow jess, that sounds pretty horrific. He must be one super-dooper bf to be worth all that.

Also, did anyone elses internet go down for the last hour or so :confused:

Nope, though you and Aula are probably on the same segment of network.
Reply 8470
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*River
15
Hopping Mad Kangaroo
Cool. Which one did you go for?


The one in Claypath. I am very, very relieved to have it all sorted.
Reply 8471
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Tufts
17
essays. meh :work:
Tufts
essays. meh :work:

Montage? :p:
Reply 8473
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Tufts
17
Hopping Mad Kangaroo
Montage? :p:


Boobeses :teeth:
Tufts
Boobeses :teeth:

You mean you did it while the place was crowded? :p:

And why the warning points, who cried wolf to a moderator?
Reply 8475
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Tufts
17
Hopping Mad Kangaroo
You mean you did it while the place was crowded? :p:

And why the warning points, who cried wolf to a moderator?


swear filter avoidance :king1:

How are you this evening dude?
Tufts
swear filter avoidance :king1:

They must protect the poor little kiddies eyes I guess. Lest they bleed :wink:

How are you this evening dude?

Full of flu, so not too good. Yourself?
Hopping Mad Kangaroo
If you are a Nat Sci then Dave Robson knows all it seems, try him. Otherwise you will have to see every dept administrator, they must have them stashed away somewhere.

The guy reading though his profile seems smooth with words, more like a politician than anything. Hence his professorship, you do know how they award them I take it?
No, please enlighten me!
RobbieC
No, please enlighten me!

They get effectively elected to a chair so to speak. In the same way our heads of department, some senate members and holders of various other posts get positions. Its about being good at politics, little else. Hence how our friend has his post.
I went out for dinner for Valentines. With my mum. :biggrin:
It was ace, we went to Oldfields and it was YUM.

Jess, your bf's family sound, well ---> :afraid:
:s-smilie:

But congrats on getting treasurer!! :biggrin: :five:

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