As ever you are correct
I actually preferred the skiing to CSI because at least I could look at the snow and daydream about going sledging (which I missed out on YET AGAIN). CSI and it's brethren are so ludicrously unscientific from time to time that it makes me seethe and want to throw things at the tv.
I coped by spending most of my evenings hiding upstairs, trying to smoothe the tic out of my cheek.
(berk, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:12, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

This is where not being remotely scientific has it's benefits.
Ignorance is bliss and all that.
( girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:16, Reply)

It's when they go to a crime scene and log into the suspect's webmail that gets me
Not only have they contaminated the crimescene and rendered the computer inadmissable, they've stepped outside the boundary of their search warrant by accessing files on a remote server. GAH!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:27, Reply)

Unfortunately I can't even think about skiing with a straight face after a Viz top tip:
"Want to go skiing but can't spare the expense in these recession-riddled times? Simulate the experience by strapping planks of wood to your feet, then sitting in the freezer for an hour before running headfirst into the nearest tree."
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:29, Reply)

*snort*
yes, I can see how that thought might ruin televised skiing for you. How's you, anyway?
(berk, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:33, Reply)

Not bad at all, thanks. (Makes a change, I realise)
The year seems to have got off to a reasonable start. I'm still chronically un-productive at work but no worse than I was before, and other, more interesting things seem to be happening around it so I'm going to take that as a positive thing. How about you? Did you get your car fixed in the end?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:36, Reply)

Yeah, my brother hit it with a screwdriver
and it bizarrely was fine thereafter. (Took it to the garage anyway and they charged me despite finding nothing wrong) but at least it got me home without blowing up or charging at high speed in to the central reservation.
Glad to hear things are better than before Christmas though. Do you think you're nearly done with your PhD or still a ways to go?
(berk, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:40, Reply)

It's amazing how many things can be fixed by belting them with a blunt object.
Sadly a PhD is not one of them. I'm going to be here a while longer. Probably still going to be here after the funding runs out, if I'm honest. Not that this should discourage you if you're still looking to do one - the more people I talk to, the more convinced I am I just drew the short straw with this one.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:47, Reply)