The big problem in Ph D studies is your own review a few weeks before submittal time when you realize the things you should have done, at this point your own 'cluster' and always available is a "beyond price" jewel asset' to you. Awaiting priority on faculty assets could cost you your degree.

Good luck to you. Good thinking out of your priorities.

Some UK cards require Chip (on card) PIN entry on card machine and signature as well into machine. It detects after the fact false records, originally for use inside banks so elderly (memory loss etc for PIN numbers) can get teller to enter PIN from a record in bank, the signature verified the request to enter PIN.

Referring to the post from idle tank/septic tank cleaner this job cleaning the night privies and disposal was the highest paid job in UK circa 200AD to 1750AD outside 'politics' (Crown /diplomats court layers etc). The families concerned laid off cash as loans to aspiring politicians. Muck pays. Just make sure you have an other 'job' for status e.g. church lay officer / treasurer etc

That is why I have Grandfather duties alongside my wife.

"Animals have dental problems, but we generally don't hear them complaining about their teeth."
You can speak to them! Your skills are wasted on /.

we still like lard butties in the north (of england)

Likewise in UK. I buy local honey from local shop. They stock what is available from local beekeepers so varies with seasons. about 20% over supermarket price and label defines the beekeeper and flower variety. While a kid in Scotland we bought by 'honey can' a tin drum about 7 litres, but that was only heather honey, very strong taste and dark. Kept us through the winter.

UK constituencies are redrafted every so many years to try to keep members of Commons House of parliament with equal constituents. It causes many problems as each government tries to adjust boundaries to ensure a "safe seat" for its party . Latest proposals 2012 not accepted by house so next possible adjustment in 5 years time. The geopgraphy is not redone. The boundaries of the political constituencies are redrawn - they do not necessarilly align with shires or county sub divisions of the country. I see no reason why a US member of a house should be tied to a specific 'state' but to a 'nominal state' with overlaps or underlaps to secure equal numbers.

I have a friend who delivers high cost cars. He accepted one for delivery, drove out of EU manufacturer's works and while driving was told by phone to keep driving at a fixed speed and return to works and under no circumstances to brake (!) or make an attempt to try to stop, as he had been sent out of works without a "key" inside car. Note "inside car or in close proximity to car". Key was a fob for your pocket, the works inspector had it so car started and my friend could drive many miles without a key in the car.. Brake could only be used when he was back inside works track.
He was glad he was a well trained professional driver but say it was a ride he will never forget
Impressed, I am glad I have not got toe wealth to get that expensive make of car.
With this 'proximity key' as next technology, the ideas here about stopping by key use to neutral will soon be history.
The disabled car may have had the same type of proximity key fitted with the modifications made to it.

Concur. Concur. concur.
3 types of MS Office installed on 5 computers, all also have LibreOffice, and most work done on Libre Office previously used OpenOffice.org. MS office only used to get spreadsheets from accounting packages that do not export to a spreadsheet format but only to a working MS Excel OR to check formatting errors in incoming MS formats from others.

I have used an LED printer for some 12 years now in three versions (upgrades) after abandoning 'laser type' by a well known manufacturer due to faults.

In Scotland and in Korea there are many people with full first middle and surname the same. The Korean solution is to have firstname.lastname at domain ONLY for the first registered person with that name and thereafter each new name added has a unique number (usually issued sequentially) after the last name before the domain. The same system is used by UK banks in Scotland. Your main difficulty skipped over above is whether the family name is first (as USA/UK ango-saxon practice) or allow also family name first as is Chinese, Korean and some European places. Forcing family name last is possible if you register folk with family name last. Also the Romanised name for Chinese should follow either old system or new system of romanisation but not both. eion.macdonald235@ domain

I am surprised that 50% of /. are outside USA, i would have surmised a lower %age; but being in UK (GMT +1), I know many LUG users are on /.

"a careerist prosecutor. ... for Public Office" this seems strange to UK eyes, as procsecutors for crown service cannot by reason of office then or thereafter stand for public office. Maybe that is the corruption. (Prosecuting antorneys (baristers) who act in court for the Crown Officers must do BOTH prosecution and defence as called, and a lot of these stand for political office after they make their money in law. They get fixed fees for prosecution but some private money (big!) for defence of rich clients.