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Re: Oban transit marina approved
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:34 pm
by Fingal
claymore wrote:Be careful you dont get hit with another "academic" barb. Your post has the ring of a well researched paper about it to me.....
Nah, he'd never get intae a 4* journal with a piece containing a sentence beginning 'I understand that....'
I am delighted to hear that the Oban Bay Marina will go ahead. Ideal for stocking up on pies before heading West.
Re: Oban transit marina approved
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:11 pm
by ubergeekian
claymore wrote:Be careful you dont get hit with another "academic" barb.
My skin is thick. If we academics were a bit better at our jobs, "academic" wouldn't mean "pointless, impractical or irrelevant".
Re: Oban transit marina approved
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:00 pm
by cpedw
ubergeekian wrote: If we academics were a bit better at our jobs, "academic" wouldn't mean "pointless, impractical or irrelevant".
I fondly recall slogans of the AUT (the now-replaced trade union for academics in the pre-1990's universities). There was the catchy "Britain needs its universities" and the unforgettable if esoteric "Rectify the anomaly".
As a retired academic, I find "pointless, impractical or irrelevant" quite inappropriate whereas before retirement ...
Derek
Re: Oban transit marina approved
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:44 pm
by marisca
Green Boat wrote:
I am delighted to hear that the Oban Bay Marina will go ahead. Ideal for stocking up on pies before heading West.
Why stock up in Oban? - the pie shop in Tobermory is one of its few delights.
Does this and the Orkney hint mean you are finally escaping the mud and squalor? When can we expect to see you?