I would require the ability to increase or decrease the force of friction according to my whim. Sometimes friction pisses me off, sometimes lack of friction pisses me off. That's it really.
[s]The_Farwall wrote on 14:07, 9th Mar 2003:As I understand it, that involves being good at your subject doesn't it? Some of us just don't have the option, sadly.
Nope. I'm doing a PhD in a subject that I don't have a previous degree in. It's all a matter of luck.
[s] McK wrote on 12:06, 11th Mar 2003: Oh yeah, and actually I'm gay too and in my own way was perhaps attempting to respond to this 'subconscious institutionalised homophobia'. I think that, too, is my choice. Certainly a choice, but being offensive to people who are not-aware of themselves causing...
I didn't say "large", I said "disproportionately large" - as in, in relation to the rest of the posts. If we take an estimate of 2% of the population are out homosexuals ( and I'm well aware that there are arguments to suggest both higher and lower %), then we can see that more than 2% of the relati...
[s] McK wrote on 10:08, 11th Mar 2003: And to answer the query of the guy before you, about gay people: PISS OFF. There are as many gay people in St Andrews as anywhere else. Don't make sweeping generalisations and then cover it up by saying 'but I'm not homophobic'. Academic families don't hide gay...
[s]Unregisted User Portly Steve wrote on 12:31, 28th Jan 2003:I never really went in for Rego, I never really liked the subtle approach. I prefered the obvious delights a bit of Creo or Perdo would give you. Always one for the easy fix me.
Wearing "shite" could be considered an alternative to clothing. It might smell a bit though. Actually - was that a metaphorical "shite" or a literal "shite". It might matter to the RRRRRRRRockSoc posse. (please note the repetition of the letter "R" in "RRRRRRRRock" is used with a statistically signi...
How come these Americans are, like, totally hijacking my thread on powerful wizards. I wanna talk about the considered effects of rego mentem, and their gibbering about their personal lives just keeps getting in the way.
Hey girls, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn say "Get a life".
Actually, I think that the term "Magus", being the singular of "Magi" is derived from Latin, and is often pronounced with a hard "G". So there. I stand by my original point.
[s]Unregisted User wrote on 02:09, 23rd Jan 2003:EH, thats MY moose your bangin', EH
That sounds more like a Dundonian accent to me. Although the Dundonian practice of rodent bashing has actually fallen out of practice recently, except in a few, small, isolated parts of the town.
[s] Unregisted User chuffed wrote on 15:36, 20th Jan 2003: Clothing that suits the (general) tastes of the majority of people in RockSoc - hence 'Alternative' and not 'alternative'. A style of clothing that differs from what the majority of the population would consider the norm. See but you refer t...
What's alternative clothing? Personally, I like normal clothing - it keeps me dry and warm, and hides the bits the govenment doesn't want me to let other people see (normally). Or by alternative clothing, do you mean clothes what I don't already have? There are lots of shops that sell clothes I don'...
It had to be a Cathedral with a Spire to qualify as a City, and that is no longer a valid defining feature anyway. There are other Scottish towns with Cathedrals with spires that have to ask the government if they can be Cities.
[s] Al wrote on 18:59, 19th Dec 2002: First of all, I made a comment about [i]Southerners . I never realised that they made up the entire English nation. And secondly as they were my comments, I think that I am entirely justified in saying that they were meant to be light-hearted.[/i] Yes it does. E...