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Sounds to me like this world will be interesting to grow up in.

I want to be a doctor, but the projections for the NHS are dim. Being an engineer is the alternative, but I like the idea of making people better.
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al newall wrote:Pity they don't mention that before you go to uni.
Ah well, this was the 1970's, a decade very much in a state of flux, impossible to predict


 
 
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pre65 wrote:
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pre65 wrote:I heard on the radio today that the over 60's winter fuel allowance may go for a burton.

That's me done for. :wink: :lol:
Ouch. Perhaps slightly insensitive given the context?
Not sure I understand.
The winky smiley thing at possibly losing your winter fuel allowance when there are some that have "the misfortune to be out of work" and struggling to pay their bills?
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Sorry Simon.

But I am out of work, and the meagre private pension that I am about to receive is only just enough to exist on till I get the state pension in 2015.

So the loss of the winters fuel allowance is not a joke to me.

Sometimes it is more palatable to make light of bad situations.
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Always look on the bright side of life...

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It's the only way ! :wink:
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why?
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andrew Ivimey wrote:why?
Because it is ! I am utterly convinced (for very many reasons) that adopting a positive attitude to all things in life is the only way.

But each to their own.

As Gloria Gaynor sang, "I will survive".:wink:
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chris661 wrote:Sounds to me like this world will be interesting to grow up in.
You wouldn't want it to be dull :).

This world is a fascinating, exhilarating, rewarding, dangerous, scary place to live. It's all there for you to experience and enjoy, just be prepared for it to bite you on the rear when you least expect it. A positive outlook on life and positive mental attitude are the best tools you can carry with you.

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pre65 wrote:Sorry Simon.

But I am out of work, and the meagre private pension that I am about to receive is only just enough to exist on till I get the state pension in 2015.

So the loss of the winters fuel allowance is not a joke to me.

Sometimes it is more palatable to make light of bad situations.
Indeed. Can you not see the irony of it all? Oh well, let's all move on.
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most of us remember the structural change that occurred 30 years ago.
Oddly it surprises me how many folk I talk to that don't.
Sounds to me like this world will be interesting to grow up in.
You could always combine the two and go into life sciences, I remember Andrew L telling me that Agilent (HP as was) was going into bio-analytical measurement

http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/l ... bg_bam.pdf
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Nick wrote:For example this pre I am working on, its got the best part of £1k worth of iron in it and about £15 worth of valves. But its doing something I have never heard another pre do (including a £6k Modwrite), and it shows clearly the faults in what I have built in the past.
Mmmm, I want one :). A grand is a lot of iron in a pre - can you describe the circuit a bit?
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Nick wrote:
most of us remember the structural change that occurred 30 years ago.
Oddly it surprises me how many folk I talk to that don't.
Blimey, I'm getting old. I feel even older.
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Nick wrote:For example this pre I am working on, its got the best part of £1k worth of iron in it and about £15 worth of valves. But its doing something I have never heard another pre do (including a £6k Modwrite), and it shows clearly the faults in what I have built in the past.
Mmmm, I want one :). A grand is a lot of iron in a pre - can you describe the circuit a bit?
It started life as Lynn Olson's Raven, but has morphed a bit since then. But it gives the general idea. It was how good I thought the balanced output stage sounded on the Buffalo DAC that started me down that route.

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Nick wrote:
most of us remember the structural change that occurred 30 years ago.
Oddly it surprises me how many folk I talk to that don't.
I think it did depend very much on personal circumstances and geographical location. Where you and I were Nick, well, it was hard to miss. When I went to London to go to Uni I wondered if I had moved planet , not 250 miles.
Sounds to me like this world will be interesting to grow up in.

You could always combine the two and go into life sciences, I remember Andrew L telling me that Agilent (HP as was) was going into bio-analytical measurement


http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/l ... bg_bam.pdf
Yep, their hope is that's its going to be big, as big as the computer and communications revolution has already been. The key difference to, say the Internet for example or the humble PC, is that bit and bytes have become a commodity very quickly, with the human body (biosciences) involved regulation and safety will probably prevent, or slow, the commoditisation process.

If you want to hedge your bets for bio-science or engineer or doctor then, Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Physics would be the ideal combo for 6th year studies. But don't listen to me I'm no career's adviser.

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