Bruce Napier wrote: > On 16 Feb 2007, at 11:50, Steve Haywood wrote: > >> Interesting. I've not heard 'cat herding' before. Is it common >> parlance in >> scientific academic circles? >> > In academe generally, it's accepted that organising academics to do > anything is like herding cats (vide efforts to modernise the > governance of the University of Oxford, for example) >> >> ps don't consultants spend 6 long years (and more) to be called Mr? >> > Only surgeons, a throwback from the days when they weren't medics, but > barber-surgeons. Consultant physicians are Dr, though many will not in > fact have a doctorate, so people like Ron are more entitled to the > title than most medics, hence my embarrassment.
And I can't lose it either :-) It's mine all mine and no-one can take it away (the *only* regulation that can do this is if a charge of plagiarism can be proved relating to the original thesis). Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
