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Dammit Jim I'm a Doctor, not a PhD student!
2011-07-13, 5:48 PM #1
I was thinking of asking for vibes beforehand, but I was too damn nervous to even think about it,

But my viva was today and it went well, about 3 1/2 hours, then the cheeky buggers kept me waiting 20minutes while emails flooded round the department notifying everyone but me that I had passed... with minor corrections, always the case....embrassed to say but my german and portuguese examinors were correcting my grammer :P)

I'm just waiting for my next plane flight where they ask if there is a doctor on board, I will damn well answer and offer my expertise at particle identification :D

I am pretty pissed at the moment, we cleared off 3, or was it 4, bottles of wine and then 4 pints in the pub and a bottle of champs at home and a chocolate cake :D....

jesh...I keep getting told i'm a Dr. now....**** if I can believe it.

I came to this site before I even had my A-Levels, I now have a degree and doctorate in Physics...crazy world.
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2011-07-13, 6:02 PM #2
Congratulations! I hope to make it there someday too! Do you plan on continuing being a research oriented Prof or are you just looking to be an instructor mainly?
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2011-07-13, 6:21 PM #3
Congrats. :)

Now explain to me again why a plane on a treadmill can't take off...?

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2011-07-13, 6:50 PM #4
Congratulations! I remember how proud I felt graduating from uni, I can't even begin to imagine what it feels like to reach that kind of accomplishment. I hope you enjoy every second of it!
2011-07-13, 7:16 PM #5
Go use your large hadron to collide with a girl in celebration.
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2011-07-13, 8:48 PM #6
Congrats! :D Mr. James Dr. ​Bond.
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2011-07-13, 8:50 PM #7
Wow, congrats! That's an incredible achievement!
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2011-07-13, 10:33 PM #8
Congratulations! That's awesome man!
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2011-07-13, 10:41 PM #9
Congrats! And welcome to the club! ;)
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2011-07-13, 10:59 PM #10
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
Congrats! And welcome to the club! ;)
Since when were you a doctor?

And congrats, man! I had trouble enough just getting an undergraduate degree, haha!
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2011-07-13, 11:48 PM #11
Congratulations!
Now go find the higgs.
2011-07-13, 11:54 PM #12
Originally posted by Gebohq:
Since when were you a doctor?

And congrats, man! I had trouble enough just getting an undergraduate degree, haha!


JD's a doctoral degree, bro!

dammit i don't care what any of you say, i'm a doctor
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2011-07-13, 11:57 PM #13
also why did i just say "bro"
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2011-07-14, 12:39 AM #14
I don't know, McLongname. Too many Smirnoffs? ;)
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2011-07-14, 1:14 AM #15
That's awesome man! I don't even have a masters :P
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2011-07-14, 4:20 AM #16
Amazing, well done. And I was so proud of my masters until now - think you've had a slightly more productive 5 years than I have!

Also, I was just looking at my manager's CV, and he was a post-doctoral fellow here when he was 23. Bloody ridiculous.
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2011-07-14, 5:13 AM #17
*Massive pat on the back*

Now go find me some Dark Matter. :P
2011-07-14, 5:39 AM #18
Originally posted by Wolfy:
Go use your large hadron to collide with a girl in celebration.


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2011-07-14, 2:10 PM #19
Originally posted by Tibby:
Congratulations!
Now go find the higgs.

Keep an eye on the news, notes (from both ATLAS and CMS) are in approval status...

I did not tell anyone about this :P

And woot, new comment under my name :D
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2011-07-14, 4:11 PM #20
Congrats!!
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2011-07-15, 12:59 AM #21
Originally posted by poley:
Keep an eye on the news, notes (from both ATLAS and CMS) are in approval status...


I'd completely forgotten about that! Was chatting to my dad about it months ago. Ridiculous how long it takes to get things published
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2011-07-16, 5:08 AM #22
I'll be a Dr (PhD kind) in 2 years as well, so actually much congrats, definitely know what you went through, **** defenses, **** thesis writing, blah blah blah

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