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Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:40 am
by bradrn
Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:36 am
What kind of person drinks warm soft drinks?
A Scot, apparently.
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:16 am
by MacAnDàil
alice wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 2:39 pm
MacAnDàil wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:41 amWhen I was asked what football team I support on the Megabus, I said "Scotland". That is honest, and an appropriate answer to avoid football rivalry within Scotland.
Ah, but what team do you support when you're
not on the Megabus?
If I ever would watch a football match again? Scotland, Germany, Réunion or France
bradrn wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 10:30 pm
MacAnDàil wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:38 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Apr 09, 2025 11:04 pm
After thinking about it and talking to as many people as I could, I accepted this offer yesterday. Thank you to everyone here who gave me advice! Of course, I’m still feeling very contradictory about it, but I’m determined to make the most of this opportunity.
(Climate
is genuinely my biggest concern, since it’s the biggest unknown for me. A few nights ago I had a dream where I was walking through a city and it was -20 °C, and I think I ended up falling off a cliff into the sea and being frozen into an ice block…)
Congratulations! When will you arrive in my home country then?
September, I expect.
That's a shame because we shall have left again by then. We shall be over for most of July and the first half of August.
alice wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:14 pm
bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 5:32 am
Raphael wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 5:22 am
So you get the Australian winter immediately followed by the Scottish winter? I'm sorry to hear that.
Yep. I go straight from the middle of Aussie winter to Scottish autumn — which is the same temperature, note — and then it gets
even colder. Ain’t I the lucky one.
(Still, there is a possibility that I may get to travel back to Australia in November. I’d better use the time to defrost myself.)
A glass of warm Irn-Bru is much cheaper and likely just as effective
How about mixing the Irn Bru with a whisky hot toddy?
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 6:26 pm
by Man in Space
bradrn wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:40 am
Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:36 am
What kind of person drinks warm soft drinks?
A Scot, apparently.
Cherried Out NOS, long since sadly out of production, tasted
fantastic when warmed.
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:21 pm
by bradrn
MacAnDàil wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:16 am
That's a shame because we shall have left again by then. We shall be over for most of July and the first half of August.
Ah well, the PhD is 3.5 years long, so I’m sure you’ll come back sometime during then…
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:30 pm
by alice
bradrn wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:40 am
Raphael wrote: ↑Thu Apr 17, 2025 5:36 am
What kind of person drinks warm soft drinks?
A Scot, apparently.
Not so unlikely when you consider the infamous deep-fried pizza, aka "coronary on a plate".
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2025 9:56 am
by MacAnDàil
bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:21 pm
MacAnDàil wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 9:16 am
That's a shame because we shall have left again by then. We shall be over for most of July and the first half of August.
Ah well, the PhD is 3.5 years long, so I’m sure you’ll come back sometime during then…
Maybe. This is the first time coming since I went for fieldwork for my own PhD in 2022.