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03-28-2011, 05:44 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
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Just a thought
Have you ever wondered if you'll end up as someone's PhD thesis?
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03-28-2011, 06:11 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Why?
I think that today I was a data point in somebody's psych paper. A bunch of ditzy girls were running up to people headed out from the grocery store, and asking them for hugs. I guess they could count me as one more in the "ignored and kept walking" column, since I was tired and they obviously weren't lacking in hugs.
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03-28-2011, 06:13 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Originally Posted by Khan
Have you ever wondered if you'll end up as someone's PhD thesis?
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You were probably thinking along the lines of that Nobel prize winning thesis ...
"The Optimal Lifeplan of Khan - Measured six different Ways"
You should worry more about being someone's lab rat science experiment. Whether or not they publish isn't as important.
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03-28-2011, 06:15 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Well, I've been cited and acknowledged. But no one's ever actually studied me (thank heavens). Not that I know of, anyway.
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03-28-2011, 09:47 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: Collin County, TX
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Have you ever wondered if you'll end up as someone's PhD thesis?
Good gosh almighty no......  .......
...but then again.... 
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03-28-2011, 10:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khan
Have you ever wondered if you'll end up as someone's PhD thesis?
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Military veterans get that a lot.
One of the reasons I started writing "The Military Guide" was Russ Graves' PhD thesis on whether military officers were financially independent (and could stop working after retiring from the military) or had to find another job as soon as they retired from the military.
It was based on a survey. Some of the sketchier data indicated that the more senior military officers (hypothetically the ones who achieved FI more easily) were much less likely to retire for good but instead would keep working until they were no longer able. This was not surprising, given some of the senior officers I've seen, but it piqued my curiosity.
http://repository.tamu.edu/bitstream...pdf?sequence=1
Russ' last duty station was at Texas A&M, where he retired from the military to get his PhD and keep on teaching. To his credit, if I was living/teaching in College Station then I'd have no reason to stop working either. I haven't e-mailed him in a while but when the book is shipping to the exchanges then I'm going to mail him a copy.
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03-28-2011, 10:36 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Nope; insufficiently self-absorbed for that fantasy.
Ha
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03-28-2011, 10:41 PM
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No, what do I need to do? 
But if it's going to make a mess of my meal times, then forget it.
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03-29-2011, 05:03 AM
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Administrator
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I'm hoping to be an example in the new DSM-5.
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03-29-2011, 07:31 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nords
... if I was living/teaching in College Station then I'd have no reason to stop working either.
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Yep, you'd need something to do to keep the symptoms of chronic depression at bay. Me, I'd strongly consider moving out of state... 
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03-29-2011, 07:46 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Do an online search using these keywords
"Consent to Participate in Online Research"
Pick a card, any card... 
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03-29-2011, 08:11 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nords
Military veterans get that a lot.
One of the reasons I started writing "The Military Guide" was Russ Graves' PhD thesis on whether military officers were financially independent (and could stop working after retiring from the military) or had to find another job as soon as they retired from the military.
It was based on a survey. Some of the sketchier data indicated that the more senior military officers (hypothetically the ones who achieved FI more easily) were much less likely to retire for good but instead would keep working until they were no longer able. This was not surprising, given some of the senior officers I've seen, but it piqued my curiosity.
http://repository.tamu.edu/bitstream...pdf?sequence=1
Russ' last duty station was at Texas A&M, where he retired from the military to get his PhD and keep on teaching. To his credit, if I was living/teaching in College Station then I'd have no reason to stop working either. I haven't e-mailed him in a while but when the book is shipping to the exchanges then I'm going to mail him a copy. |
Nords..... don't listen to REWahoo.... College Station is a good place... and if I had a gig teaching at a college (heck, any college) I would not retire in a few years either....
Also, a lot of classes are going online... my wife is signed up for two and both are online classes... the profs are usually available on Skype at regular times... one was 'teaching' while he was traveling in Europe... nice...
As for the OP question.... nope...
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03-29-2011, 08:53 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khan
Have you ever wondered if you'll end up as someone's PhD thesis?
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Pigs will be circling over New Orleans in January before that happens.
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03-29-2011, 09:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khan
Have you ever wondered if you'll end up as someone's PhD thesis?
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All right, Khan, what have you been up to now? 
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03-29-2011, 09:55 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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03-29-2011, 09:58 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nodak
Pigs will be circling over New Orleans in January before that happens.
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I didn't notice any last January, so I guess you are safe for now....
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Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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03-29-2011, 10:04 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Khan
Have you ever wondered if you'll end up as someone's PhD thesis?
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When I was in the first grade I was the subject of a college students term paper. She took me around to a few places (museum, art gallery, airport) and observed me. My mom gave me the copy of the paper later. I was certainly an obnoxious, egotistical kid.
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03-29-2011, 10:18 AM
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gone traveling
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Being that I'm unique, I doubt very much my experience over time would be considered of any value to the general population, nor would reuire a paper to describe  ...
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03-29-2011, 10:20 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I thought the purpose of my life was merely to serve as a warning to others.
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03-29-2011, 10:38 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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No way. I'm neither exceptional nor screwed up enough to be fodder.
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