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- From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: Re: National Asian Brotherhood of Skiiers?
- References: <1992Nov18.023520.6376@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov18.195849.8938@clarinet.com> <LAUNCE.92Nov18155628@medusa.med.utah.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 21:48:07 GMT
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- In article <LAUNCE.92Nov18155628@medusa.med.utah.edu>
- launce@medusa.med.utah.edu (Tri-Ungulate) writes:
- >I decided to go for a thesis here in
- >Ootah is to get a few more years of skiing (and climbing) in before
- >moving on. Of course, being in a good lab helps things loads, but...
-
- Well you are in the school where my Uncle was told he could have Wednesdays
- off to go skiing. But then that was after he got his MD.
-
- >There are *easier* ways to ski/hike/bike/climb than flailing about in
- >an _ad hoc_ MD/PhD program, of course...
-
- Yeah, he got both of those.
-
- >Ah, grasshopper, you have not been raised with the Confucian work
- >ethic -- 4 out of 5 Asian-Americans recommend it over the Puritan
- >type. heh heh
- >
- >Wow. Cool idea Grant. Go for it. That's how I ended up here in
- >Ootah in the first place. School was secondary, when I decided to "get
- >a real life" (tm) -- (not that graduate school in any way resembles
- >real life of course)
-
- Well! We need to tell your advisor you aren't doing enough work!
- Put some of that Confucian work ethic to practice!
-
- > >work ethic line,
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Is this referring to water skiing? Or the new, extended rope tow at Alta?
-
- Rope.
-
- >Perhaps there is a middle path...
-
- Naw?! Really?!
-
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