Batesmotel Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 25 minutes ago, tous said: Consider that in order to attain a post-graduate degree, one must a) write a master's thesis (at least in my day) and b) write a doctoral dissertation. None of these documents are considered valid if poorly written and the degree will nor be awarded. I understand that it is popular to characterize those with post-graduate degrees as somehow being oafs, absent-minded, eccentric or just plain clueless compared to the cool kids. Oh he is not an oaf. His scholastic works took years or months to write and rewrite. Lots of support in review and revision. Even tougher because English is not his native tongue. It is a lot different in industry where he gets hit with short timelines to have grants, proposals or technical manuals due. His strength is not writing. He hires someone who has those skills. I think it is crappy to think someone is an oaf because they are not experts in every aspect of their field. But they are smart enough to find people who are better in those facets of the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tous Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, Batesmotel said: Oh he is not an oaf. His scholastic works took years or months to write and rewrite. Lots of support in review and revision. Even tougher because English is not his native tongue. It is a lot different in industry where he gets hit with short timelines to have grants, proposals or technical manuals due. His strength is not writing. He hires someone who has those skills. I think it is crappy to think someone is an oaf because they are not experts in every aspect of their field. But they are smart enough to find people who are better in those facets of the job. I may be odd in that I like to write and I take pride in doing it well, but there were instances where my attention was focused on solving the problem, not documenting it. We had others that did that. I agree that one should spent their time doing what is valuable, not what is required. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, tous said: Consider that in order to attain a post-graduate degree, one must a) write a master's thesis (at least in my day) and b) write a doctoral dissertation. None of these documents are considered valid if poorly written and the degree will nor be awarded. I understand that it is popular to characterize those with post-graduate degrees as somehow being oafs, absent-minded, eccentric or just plain clueless compared to the cool kids. I never intended to ridicule the possessor of an advanced degree. I did, however, experience that some highly intelligent people wrote poorly when the writing was not of primary importance to them. The idea was. A thesis was the culmination of years of hard intensive work. As such, it had the advantage of many, many hours or review and re-writing by alternative editors. Our Company proposals didn't get that kind of critiquing. We also acquired Billion dollar programs as a result of our proposals. Edited April 20, 2021 by janice6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cougar_ml Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 7 hours ago, railfancwb said: Spam is a diet staple and menu item in Hawaii I remember seeing gift packs of Spam in South Korea when I was there. I didn't know there were that many varieties (and frankly never cared) but I thought it was interesting that a product like that was considered to be an appropriate gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 5 hours ago, ChuteTheMall said: Is Ann Margret speaking Italian and riding a Moto-Guzzi random enough? She never put money in the photo booth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MO Fugga Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, gwalchmai said: Brownian movement. I'm on it now! Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Cougar_ml said: I remember seeing gift packs of Spam in South Korea when I was there. I didn't know there were that many varieties (and frankly never cared) but I thought it was interesting that a product like that was considered to be an appropriate gift. A variation on the gift card with less versatility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 hours ago, pipedreams said: Getting snow shower right now, going to cover the flowers. Ours is coming Wednesday night. tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, deputy tom said: Ours is coming Wednesday night. tom. Wife just talked to a friend in KC and apparently they got quite a bit of snow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChuteTheMall Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Historian said: She never put money in the photo booth. She didn't wait 3 minutes either. I'd invest 100 lira to make 1000 too. ATGATT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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