Unlurk
I have my dream job - it's research lecturer position. The good thing about this is that if i can bring in the money i could end up with my own research group and there's a chance i could make professor before i retire.
The down side is that i'm not very good at it! The grant success rates are about 5-30% and they're a nightmare to write :(
I do have plenty of time to lurk on here as a distraction from reading the oh so many papers i need to read though.

Alt - i'll listen to anything really
(The Ginger Penguin la la la la la la, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:27, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

The other downside is that you are a Ranga.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:29, Reply)

Eh?
A what now?
(The Ginger Penguin la la la la la la, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:29, Reply)

Ginge

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:31, Reply)

A Ranga.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:31, Reply)

Ranga
O-ranga-tan
Ginger nut
Ginga
etc
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:31, Reply)

Ah
Yes, this is distressingly true. I've not heard that term before though.
(The Ginger Penguin la la la la la la, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:31, Reply)

Aussie innit

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:32, Reply)

I heard it from a friend from Huddersfield.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:33, Reply)

That maybe be so, but it's an aussie term of abuse
My favourite foreign term of abuse is the Spanish for disabled - "sub-normal" in a Spanish accent obviously
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:36, Reply)

Are you Irish rich auburn ginger
or freckled, white eyebrowed and get burnt by strip lighting sort?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:33, Reply)

Somewhere in the middle
I get burnt in about 10 minutes and have an abundance of freckles but i don't have the proper auburn hair. My son is extra ginger, fluorescently orange hair and skin as pale as snow. I worry about him starting big school, he's cute enough to pull it off at the moment.
(The Ginger Penguin la la la la la la, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:39, Reply)

Monty got it from Tim Minchin
He loves Tim Minchin
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:34, Reply)

You got AIDS from Tim Minchin

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:35, Reply)

Nooooooo! Not Ginger AIDS!
That's the worst of all the AIDS!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:39, Reply)

Can anyone explain the appeal of Tim Minchin
Maybe I'm getting old, or maybe I just don't get it, or maybe I am too cynical, or maybe I'm right and they are wrong, but why do people find him funny? My brother loves him and went to see him live. I would rather pull my own teeth out.
( Peej, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:49, Reply)

He is quite clever in his humour, but I don't tend to find him funny, aside from one song.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:50, Reply)

I think he's funny
That's about the size of it, frankly
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:51, Reply)

He's not funny at all.
'Musical comedy' is shit and he's a ranga cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:01, Reply)

He needs to brush his fucking hair

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:03, Reply)

Welcome Bert.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:31, Reply)

:)
I am the wrong sex to be Bert, i do have a sister though
(The Ginger Penguin la la la la la la, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:33, Reply)

Lies
There are no girls on the Internet
( Peej, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:39, Reply)

She's been on here before.
*vouches*
( girlinthehole, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:33, Reply)

OH it's a LADY penguin.
I don't spend anywhere near enough time here these days. Except for these days. I'm approaching 17,000, what the fuck have I done with my life?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:35, Reply)

Pffft ok you've got twice as many as me, no offence intended.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:35, Reply)

*awaits some kind of penguin pandatron*

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:01, Reply)

Woo
It's true. Although i have generally had very little to contribute in the past, just a bit of a rant.
(The Ginger Penguin la la la la la la, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:36, Reply)

You are in good company there.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 9:45, Reply)

Yes, they are a nightmare to write.
Success rate is dependent on the field and how well you write them, though. It's not just an arbritrary percentage. You have a lot of control over how likely the success is.

Don't read papers. That's what you have PhD students and postdocs for.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 16 Jun 2011, 10:01, Reply)