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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Luckily I'm not writing itWe're supplying a very expensive piece of kit that can only come from one source, yet the purchasing dept still want us to jump through the hoops.
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Oh deartry speaking to the academic involved. "prior data"* is my go-to excuse as it's easier to bullshit than "there's only one supplier"
*as in, "I would like this quarter-of-a-million pound AFM. Other models of AFM are available, however i did some work with someone else's one of these before and generated data with I used to get the grant so I need to carry on with the same model" .. foolproof.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 29 Jul 2013, 10:15,
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