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GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes Back

Reply 560

*Corinna*

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by apotoftea

It is snowing in London but as I'm not living in London I just get rain at home... :wink:

oh sorry, I thought you live in London.

Reply 561

apotoftea

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by Xristina

oh sorry, I thought you live in London.

Nope, only study up there, have stayed down south for the moment. I'll probs move at some point! Too much of a country girl :biggrin:

Reply 562

The_Lonely_Goatherd

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I don't like snow :no:

I might just barricade myself indoors and only go out for my ABBA lecture :yes:

Reply 563

scarlet ibis

Have been on trains for last 5.5 hours. This train was supposed to arrive in Cambridge at 10:05 and is an hour and a quarter late. We are now just outside Cambridge, but have been stopped for 15 mins with no explanation. Massive massive fail.

Edit: points failure awaiting. This train is stuck behind broken track for the second time this journey and is this time stuck within walking distance of home. Let me off!

Reply 564

Craghyrax

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Its finally snowing in Norwich :awesome:

And its heavy enough that there will be a decent amount tomorrow!
Unfortunately Met Office only predicts snowfall tonight. No sign of any more in the next four days :sad:

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by apotoftea

Nope, only study up there, have stayed down south for the moment. I'll probs move at some point! Too much of a country girl :biggrin:

I'd avoid living in London if I could humanly help it.

Reply 565

apotoftea

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by Craghyrax

I'd avoid living in London if I could humanly help it.

Was trying to explain to supe that I actually get a lot of reading done on the train...

Reply 566

Craghyrax

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by apotoftea

Was trying to explain to supe that I actually get a lot of reading done on the train...

Heheh. I sometimes manage to read on the bus. Its 40mins :colonhash:

And the Uni is only 4 miles away, and its a direct bus :lol:

Reply 567

apotoftea

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by Craghyrax

Heheh. I sometimes manage to read on the bus. Its 40mins :colonhash:

And the Uni is only 4 miles away, and its a direct bus :lol:

Well I have 90mins to kill and there's only so many times you can read the Metro and I dislike using up battery life on my phone playing Tetris/Cut the Rope/Paper Throw etc
He wasn't convinced oddly enough.

Reply 568

Craghyrax

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by apotoftea

Well I have 90mins to kill and there's only so many times you can read the Metro and I dislike using up battery life on my phone playing Tetris/Cut the Rope/Paper Throw etc
He wasn't convinced oddly enough.

Lol! Well departments obviously want their PhDs to be around in order to create a community/support eachother/show up to talks, etc. But I wouldn't move if I were in your shoes.

Are you living with family?

Reply 569

apotoftea

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by Craghyrax

Lol! Well departments obviously want their PhDs to be around in order to create a community/support eachother/show up to talks, etc. But I wouldn't move if I were in your shoes.

Are you living with family?

I'm there at least twice a week (then other days in the BL/archive/wherever) plus have been told to only go to the seminars that actually appear interesting (massive seminar list on offer 5 days a week!) And it's a decent workspace too as we've got our own quiet room plus ref only library. Will have the private coffee/tea room back next year as well :love:

Yup, and it's actually not that bad. Paying rent and as I'm out the house so much I really can't complain. Plus have a decent uni library on door step too. :biggrin:

(edited 14 years ago)

Reply 570

Craghyrax

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by apotoftea

I'm there at least twice a week (then other days in the BL/archive/wherever) plus have been told to only go to the seminars that actually appear interesting (massive seminar list on offer 5 days a week!) And it's a decent workspace too as we've got our own quiet room plus ref only library.

Yup, and it's actually not that bad. Paying rent and as I'm out the house so much I really can't complain. Plus have a decent uni library on door step too. :biggrin:

Sounds alright. Lots of people living in London have long commutes so it wouldn't necessarily be much better living there. I assume you're saving a lot of money too, still getting London PhD rates?

Reply 571

apotoftea

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by Craghyrax

Sounds alright. Lots of people living in London have long commutes so it wouldn't necessarily be much better living there. I assume you're saving a lot of money too, still getting London PhD rates?

I do love the city, but I love getting out of it more and I so prefer the pace of life down here. And the manners. Don't get me wrong, being at home has its moments but it could be a lot worse. And yup, saving quite a bit which is no bad thing currently!

Reply 572

Cirsium

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of all the days for the internet to be really intermittent and buggy did it have to be the night when I want to email my 2MB presentation to myself and book a hire car for the morning? Really struggling to switch off and just go to bed with stuff undone but the webpages just won't load and I'm better off trying in the morning :sigh:

Reply 573

Craghyrax

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by Cirsium

of all the days for the internet to be really intermittent and buggy did it have to be the night when I want to email my 2MB presentation to myself and book a hire car for the morning? Really struggling to switch off and just go to bed with stuff undone but the webpages just won't load and I'm better off trying in the morning :sigh:

Erk! Which service provider do you use?

Reply 574

Piggsil

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by sj27

Notting Hill annoyed me because Julia Roberts's character is so self absorbed I can't figure out why anyone would fall in love with her :confused:

I'm not really into chick flicks but really enjoy Love Actually and Bend it like Beckham. Otherwise I'm more into Tarantino, V for Vendetta, Fargo, and stuff like In Bruges. My favourite film of all time is True Romance. Which has a happy ending :cool:

Edit: oh, and Monty Python.

I love Fargo too! My favorite films change all the time, but I love the Bourne trilogy, LOTR and things like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Reply 575

laeti

I hope this snow doesn't stick around! I'm flying out to a conference in Austria next weekend and will be very put out if the tiny amount of snow here stops me getting to the large amount of snow in the mountains :rolleyes:

Reply 576

*Corinna*

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by laeti

I hope this snow doesn't stick around! I'm flying out to a conference in Austria next weekend and will be very put out if the tiny amount of snow here stops me getting to the large amount of snow in the mountains :rolleyes:

I really want to go to Austria!! My mum says it's the most beautiful country! How is travelling for conferences? Do you get any time to see the place? Although in my subject most conferences are either somewhere in the UK or in the US. There is one in Italy that I really want to go to, it's basically for postgraduates, but if I get accepted I'll have to go in April during my dissertation studying and I worry I won't have the time. Maybe I should leave it for this year, if I stay for a PhD I will have all the time to go to conferences then... (well, not all the time, but the Masters seems to be flying by)

How important are postgraduate conferences? I mean, should we do our best to participate to as many as we can, or are they not as important since they only are for postgrads?

Reply 577

sj27

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We're forecast a high of 34deg C today, which means where we live will probably get to around 37 or 38 late afternoon. So I'm not really relating to this snow talk properly right now. :lol:

Reply 578

*Corinna*

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by sj27

We're forecast a high of 34deg C today, which means where we live will probably get to around 37 or 38 late afternoon. So I'm not really relating to this snow talk properly right now. :lol:

where do you live?

Reply 579

sj27

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by Xristina

where do you live?

Cape Town.

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