Chris Froome tweet

above_the_cows

Salsiccia1 wrote:

mfin wrote:

Salsiccia1 wrote:

By the way, I don't have a degree, and dropped out of A-Levels after 3 months. Am I qualified to comment?

No I'm afraid you can't, your views will be blinkered.

Damn.

You may not be allowed to contribute to the thread but you can help me mark these essays if you want?

TheBigBean wrote:

...the person with the 1st always has to prove that they are not a geek...

And I wear glasses and everything. Help me...

Anonymous

Exeter is hilly! I got my 1st from there. (athough opposite to ATC - I was crap at essays and excellent at exams)

No_Ta_Doctor

Above The Cows wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

In my experience, people with first c lass degrees were generally those that spent their university time absolutely committed to their studies and didn't get out much. When they got up to collect their degrees the hall murmured "who the hell is that?" If you really want to find people who are open to new ideas, responsive to counter argument from others and generally quite balanced in their opinions then look to the ones who were smart enough to get a 2.1 while spending most of the time down the pub or pursuing other interests.

Proud owner of a 2.1 and a wealth of other experiences.

I got a first and spent a considerable amount of time in the pub by strategically selecting my final year courses, choosing ones that had no exams only essays because I'm rubbish at exams but good at essays.

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Daughter of Art School Nerd and Pub Goer Extraordinaire; BA Hons 1st (University of Leeds); MSc Distinction (University of Exeter); PhD (University of London); BKO - Basiskwalificatie onderwijs (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

I refer you to the word "generally".

I'm sure the BR Pro-race forum will happily accept your masterful strategic final year course selection as the deciding factor in any future debate regarding race tactics ;-)

blazing_saddles

frenchfighter wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

How does it feel to be so right about everything Rich? :roll:

I don't know, I only got a 2.2

Bet you can handle your beer though.

And a whole lot more besides

Pork pies, pasties and heartache?

Shouldn't that read: Pork pies, pasties and heartburn?

I'm probably the Luca Paolini of degree holders around here.
Swanning lazily, right at the back, but occasionally making the winning post. :P

No_Ta_Doctor

Pross wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Pross wrote:

gsk82 wrote:

I got a 2.1 from Leeds btw.

Surely degrees from northern universities don't count?

Rubbish. They count double if you're a cyclist, climber, hillwalker, fell runner etc.

Compare the hills round Northern universities to hills round Cambridge or Oxford.

It's pretty hilly around the University of Glamorgan and that's in the south

Let me guess, you didn't read geography ;-)

Pross

No, but it's definitely in the south. I can tell you that without a first.

salsiccia1

Above The Cows wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

In my experience, people with first c lass degrees were generally those that spent their university time absolutely committed to their studies and didn't get out much. When they got up to collect their degrees the hall murmured "who the hell is that?" If you really want to find people who are open to new ideas, responsive to counter argument from others and generally quite balanced in their opinions then look to the ones who were smart enough to get a 2.1 while spending most of the time down the pub or pursuing other interests.

Proud owner of a 2.1 and a wealth of other experiences.

I got a first and spent a considerable amount of time in the pub by strategically selecting my final year courses, choosing ones that had no exams only essays because I'm rubbish at exams but good at essays.

----
Daughter of Art School Nerd and Pub Goer Extraordinaire; BA Hons 1st (University of Leeds); MSc Distinction (University of Exeter); PhD (University of London); BKO - Basiskwalificatie onderwijs (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

above_the_cows

So if we get double for going to hilly universities do I get a double first for the BA and a double distinction for the MSc?

RESULT! 8)

Oh and north, south, all relative and constructed concepts, there is no north, south, top or bottom in a universe of infinite space. Although I did once spend a semester as a visiting fellow at the University of Otago which is VERY south (if we are to take such excepted geographical constructs) sadly it doesn't quite get the award for the MOST southerly that's some Argentinian jobby BUT it is VERY is very hilly in and around Dunedin (home of the steepest paved road in the world).

above_the_cows

Salsiccia1 wrote:

This was taken on one of my better days I think. They got me at my best angles.

blazing_saddles

Well, it seems Froome has got a successful response.
Twitter functioning in this case.
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/05/uci-s ... unt-teide/

Turfle

I have a library card, and have read over 100 books.

Anonymous

Hi, I'm Garth Marenghi and I'm one of the few people you'll meet who's written more books than they've read

warreng

I got a 3rd in Physics from Liverpool Uni.

I had to get someone to type this for me

This is how all threads involving FF should end up

fleshtuxedo

I got a 2.2 from leeds poly that I now discover is available on the internet for a tenner. If only I'd known then how blinkered my inferior degree would make me...

frenchfighter

Froome is signing copies of his book tomorrow in Manchester. Would make it maybe the 5th time he has been to the UK.

http://events.whsmith.co.uk/event/chris ... k-signing/

RichN95.

coriordan wrote:

Hi, I'm Garth Marenghi and I'm one of the few people you'll meet who's written more books than they've read

Like Katie Price then.

r0bh

frenchfighter wrote:

Froome is signing copies of his book tomorrow in Manchester. Would make it maybe the 5th time he has been to the UK.

http://events.whsmith.co.uk/event/chris ... k-signing/

Would you like me to pop along and get you a signed copy Frenchie?

above_the_cows

FleshTuxedo wrote:

I got a 2.2 from leeds poly that I now discover is available on the internet for a tenner. If only I'd known then how blinkered my inferior degree would make me...

Yeah but Leeds Poly (or Met as it is now) used to have wicked indie nights. If you didn't stumble out in the wee small hours with plastic beaker bits in your hair and stinking of Carling then you hadn't lived. Happy days!

No_Ta_Doctor

Above The Cows wrote:

Oh and north, south, all relative and constructed concepts, there is no north, south, top or bottom in a universe of infinite space.

All concepts are constructed. We weigh them only by their usefulness and internal coherence. Rejecting a concept merely because it is constructed serves no purpose.
The universe isn't infinite.
North and south are indeed relative, as they're intrinsically directional rather than locational terms. In common UK parlance, however, there is a common(ish) frame of reference that imparts a locational quality to the terms, though things get a little hazy north of Watford.

Reminds me of a Norwegian mate of mine, who insisted on calling all Scots "soft Southern bastards". :-D

bompington

That's nothing, you should hear what my Inuit friend says about the Norwegians.



Bompington, BSc (Hons) 1st class (achieved entirely during office hours by the novel tactic of getting up in the morning)

Anonymous

RichN95 wrote:

coriordan wrote:

Hi, I'm Garth Marenghi and I'm one of the few people you'll meet who's written more books than they've read

Like Katie Price then.

Haha. Brilliant

fleshtuxedo

Above The Cows wrote:

FleshTuxedo wrote:

I got a 2.2 from leeds poly that I now discover is available on the internet for a tenner. If only I'd known then how blinkered my inferior degree would make me...

Yeah but Leeds Poly (or Met as it is now) used to have wicked indie nights. If you didn't stumble out in the wee small hours with plastic beaker bits in your hair and stinking of Carling then you hadn't lived. Happy days!

Poly bop + pints of special brew snakebite at £1.12 = reduced academic expectations, at least for me. But yes, happy days.

above_the_cows

No tA Doctor wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Oh and north, south, all relative and constructed concepts, there is no north, south, top or bottom in a universe of infinite space.

All concepts are constructed. We weigh them only by their usefulness and internal coherence. Rejecting a concept merely because it is constructed serves no purpose.
The universe isn't infinite.
North and south are indeed relative, as they're intrinsically directional rather than locational terms. In common UK parlance, however, there is a common(ish) frame of reference that imparts a locational quality to the terms, though things get a little hazy north of Watford.

Reminds me of a Norwegian mate of mine, who insisted on calling all Scots "soft Southern bastards". :-D

I am not saying we should reject concepts because they are constructed, that would be an impossibility, only that we recognise that these are indeed constructed and that their construction is representative of a particular history, culture and set of power relations. That we find them useful for ordering our world, that they are able to act as interpreters and mediators and that they may not be used by others to order their world is what we should be cognisant of.

No_Ta_Doctor

bompington wrote:

Bompington, BSc (Hons) 1st class (achieved entirely during office hours by the novel tactic of getting up in the morning)

That is utterly perverse and confirms the worst stereotypes of people that got firsts. I note that you're lacking the all important geographical component of your qualification, I'm assuming that either you're too humble to assert your claim to a double first by attending a Northern university, or too ashamed of the worthlessness of your Southern honours.

Anonymous

Hey. ATC got a double for Exeter, so I'm taking that too. The south west is hilly. Any windy

Garry H

Pross wrote:

It's pretty hilly around the University of Glamorgan and that's in the south

You mean Pontypridd Polytechnic though

No_Ta_Doctor

Above The Cows wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Oh and north, south, all relative and constructed concepts, there is no north, south, top or bottom in a universe of infinite space.

All concepts are constructed. We weigh them only by their usefulness and internal coherence. Rejecting a concept merely because it is constructed serves no purpose.
The universe isn't infinite.
North and south are indeed relative, as they're intrinsically directional rather than locational terms. In common UK parlance, however, there is a common(ish) frame of reference that imparts a locational quality to the terms, though things get a little hazy north of Watford.

Reminds me of a Norwegian mate of mine, who insisted on calling all Scots "soft Southern bastards". :-D

I am not saying we should reject concepts because they are constructed, that would be an impossibility, only that we recognise that these are indeed constructed and that their construction is representative of a particular history, culture and set of power relations. That we find them useful for ordering our world, that they are able to act as interpreters and mediators and that they may not be used by others to order their world is what we should be cognisant of.

Of course. Though I'm sure that if your students merely pointed out a concept was constructed, rather than digging down into its history and place in the dynamic of the narratives of power you would upbraid them accordingly and mark them down heavily. Sorry to mention marking, I was originally attempting to distract you from your tedium.

pat1cp

I've been away a while, been busy at work.

I've just skimmed through this thread and remembered why I bogged off in the first place.....Frenchie, yer a pain.

And before you start going on about the number of posts, I was here a long time before you first pitched up asking what a peloton was.

I'm probably still on his snubbed list. :roll:

smokey_bacon

coriordan wrote:

Hey. ATC got a double for Exeter, so I'm taking that too. The south west is hilly. Any windy

Damn it, why did I not know about this earlier, could have given my 3rd in law from Derby uni slightly more sparkle. In my cross eyed naievity ive been relying on my epic stories relating to the opposite sex!

above_the_cows

No tA Doctor wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Oh and north, south, all relative and constructed concepts, there is no north, south, top or bottom in a universe of infinite space.

All concepts are constructed. We weigh them only by their usefulness and internal coherence. Rejecting a concept merely because it is constructed serves no purpose.
The universe isn't infinite.
North and south are indeed relative, as they're intrinsically directional rather than locational terms. In common UK parlance, however, there is a common(ish) frame of reference that imparts a locational quality to the terms, though things get a little hazy north of Watford.

Reminds me of a Norwegian mate of mine, who insisted on calling all Scots "soft Southern bastards". :-D

I am not saying we should reject concepts because they are constructed, that would be an impossibility, only that we recognise that these are indeed constructed and that their construction is representative of a particular history, culture and set of power relations. That we find them useful for ordering our world, that they are able to act as interpreters and mediators and that they may not be used by others to order their world is what we should be cognisant of.

Of course. Though I'm sure that if your students merely pointed out a concept was constructed, rather than digging down into its history and place in the dynamic of the narratives of power you would upbraid them accordingly and mark them down heavily. Sorry to mention marking, I was originally attempting to distract you from your tedium.

Oh of course! Well if they get that far, actually having paid attention in class and done the reading. I was initially merely trying to stem the north-south 'where is it' discussion in a typically 'smart-arse' academic way it has to be said. Anyway back to the marking.