Times Change

[Celsius]

In the good old days every Brit and American on this forum used to be Special Forces / SAS

 

These days a more popular employment history seems to be an advanced degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry and weather forecasting.

 

Then we have quite a few posters who seem to be experts in Statistical Science.

 

I blame this on Trump.

 

 

[novacova]

6 minutes ago, Celsius said:

In the good old days every Brit and American on this forum used to be Special Forces / SAS

 

These days a more popular employment history seems to be an advanced degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry and weather forecasting.

 

Then we have quite a few posters who seem to be experts in Statistical Science.

 

I blame this on Trump.

 

 

Do you have a PhD in AN analysis?

[JBChiangRai]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

In the good old days every Brit and American on this forum used to be Special Forces / SAS

 

These days a more popular employment history seems to be an advanced degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry and weather forecasting.

 

Then we have quite a few posters who seem to be experts in Statistical Science.

 

I blame this on Trump.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, novacova said:

Do you have a PhD in AN analysis?

 

He has a degree in temperature scales.

[timendres]

Old days, special forces.

These days, crypto millionaire / digital nomad.

[Photoguy21]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

In the good old days every Brit and American on this forum used to be Special Forces / SAS

 

These days a more popular employment history seems to be an advanced degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry and weather forecasting.

 

Then we have quite a few posters who seem to be experts in Statistical Science.

 

I blame this on Trump.

 

 

There are people on here who believe they are experts in everything.

[sqwakvfr]

I actually have a degree in Quantitave Methods and Analysis. This was back in the late 80's and  advances in computer technology made my degree and job prospects pretty much useless. Even back in the 1980's and 1990's  computers could make calculations faster then I could with a calculator. I still have my Hewlet Packard 12C calculator which I bought back in 1987.  Still ticks after many battery changes.  So I did the next logical thing and become a police officer. Yes it sounds rather absurd but it pretty much sums my life. 

[KannikaP]

18 minutes ago, timendres said:

Old days, special forces.

These days, crypto millionaire / digital nomad.

I was in the Boy Scouts, does that count?

[timendres]

2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I was in the Boy Scouts, does that count?

 

Just refer to your "Scout Coins" and you are in!

[HauptmannUK]

Believe it or not there are some well educated ex-pats out there. In Pattaya/Jomtien area I am friends with a retired Professor of Ionospheric Physics from the UK, a Professor of Hydrology from France and a Professor of Biochemistry from Norway who also speaks about a dozen languages including Thai, Chinese and Japanese. I suspect there are plenty more retired academics elsewhere in Thailand. I have a BSc and PhD in Physics, MSc Advanced Engineering, BA East Asian Studies and an MBA. 

[JBChiangRai]

23 minutes ago, HauptmannUK said:

I have a BSc and PhD in Physics, MSc Advanced Engineering, BA East Asian Studies and an MBA. 

 

Then my Mum would say you probably don't have any common sense.

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

Then my Mum would say you probably don't have any common sense.

My mom would say oh jeeze, not another schoolteacher. 

[Prubangboy]

I keep hearing about statistical analysis but so far, have never seen any of it. Statistical analysis is a moron's conception of what smart people might do with their smartness.

 

Luckily, we have a poster here with a 130 IQ (down from a previous claim of 185) to explain everything to us. He also slept with 1,500 women.

 

And yet, and yet, these geniuses have all day to post here. Usually, for hours on end. Check the timestamps. 

Edited August 12 by Prubangboy

[StreetCowboy]

7 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

I actually have a degree in Quantitave Methods and Analysis. This was back in the late 80's and  advances in computer technology made my degree and job prospects pretty much useless. Even back in the 1980's and 1990's  computers could make calculations faster then I could with a calculator. I still have my Hewlet Packard 12C calculator which I bought back in 1987.  Still ticks after many battery changes.  So I did the next logical thing and become a police officer. Yes it sounds rather absurd but it pretty much sums my life. 

Those calculators were beautiful.  I bought an 11C while travelling in the US, but it became sadly misplaced, possibly stolen, from my jacket pocket whilst in the pub.

[GinBoy2]

Now I feel a little sad

 

Never held a gun, no secret agent, no crypto genius.

 

Just a regular retired old crusty, albeit working as an airline grunt in my latter days

 

I just gotta get an alter ego to compete!

 

I have no stories of parachuting in to enemy territory to heroically rescue fallen comrades.

 

Best I can do is get someones lost bag to them! 

 

So sad lol

Edited August 13 by GinBoy2

[Celsius]

1 hour ago, GinBoy2 said:

Now I feel a little sad

 

Never held a gun, no secret agent, no crypto genius.

 

Just a regular retired old crusty, albeit working as an airline grunt in my latter days

 

I just gotta get an alter ego to compete!

 

I have no stories of parachuting in to enemy territory to heroically rescue fallen comrades.

 

Best I can do is get someones lost bag to them! 

 

So sad lol

 

That is perfectly fine.

 

If there some kind of Airline disaster in the future you can pitch in as a Flight Mission Specialist/Principal Engineer/Pilot.... take your pick.

[saintdomingo]

17 hours ago, Prubangboy said:

I keep hearing about statistical analysis but so far, have never seen any of it. Statistical analysis is a moron's conception of what smart people might do with their smartness.

 

Luckily, we have a poster here with a 130 IQ (down from a previous claim of 185) to explain everything to us. He also slept with 1,500 women.

 

And yet, and yet, these geniuses have all day to post here. Usually, for hours on end. Check the timestamps. 

I worked for three months in the Dept of Census and Statistics in Rhodesia in the seventies. Does that count.? I'd like to say that I had carnal knowledge of a statistician but I didn't.

[daveAustin]

20 hours ago, timendres said:

Old days, special forces.

These days, crypto millionaire / digital nomad.

To be fair, beings as there are literally thousands of special forces (active/retired), it wouldn't surprise me if a few made it on here... though they would/should generally keep quiet. As to the barstool sas... hmmm 😴

Same crypto, a huge number of people made big money since 2010 ish.

[Yellowtail]

13 hours ago, StreetCowboy said:

Those calculators were beautiful.  I bought an 11C while travelling in the US, but it became sadly misplaced, possibly stolen, from my jacket pocket whilst in the pub.

I had an HP 48GX, dang I loved that thing. Used it for 20 years until the display took a dump. 

[JimTripper]

22 hours ago, timendres said:

Old days, special forces.

These days, crypto millionaire / digital nomad.

They never tell you what exactly they are doing and if you do ask it's something vague like consulting or marketing. A young-ish fellow hunched over their laptop at a high end cafe acting like they uber successful. It always seems to be a millenial.

Edited August 13 by JimTripper

[BakedPanda]

I'm still with the special forces, the SBF. Special Beer Forces.

[Yellowtail]

FBI "Female Body Inspector" 

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, saintdomingo said:

I worked for three months in the Dept of Census and Statistics in Rhodesia in the seventies. Does that count.? I'd like to say that I had carnal knowledge of a statistician but I didn't.

I bet it helped you keep score afterwards, though.

[Lacessit]

I don't see how the OP can blame this on Trump, there are only three statistics he is interested in.

[In the jungle]

22 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

I actually have a degree in Quantitave Methods and Analysis. This was back in the late 80's and  advances in computer technology made my degree and job prospects pretty much useless. Even back in the 1980's and 1990's  computers could make calculations faster then I could with a calculator. I still have my Hewlet Packard 12C calculator which I bought back in 1987.  Still ticks after many battery changes.  So I did the next logical thing and become a police officer. Yes it sounds rather absurd but it pretty much sums my life. 

 

Newfangled calculator tech.  It will never catch on.

 

I had a Jakar slide rule.

[GinBoy2]

1 hour ago, In the jungle said:

 

Newfangled calculator tech.  It will never catch on.

 

I had a Jakar slide rule.

Not sure if someone put a slide rule in my hands today I could actually remember what to do with it.

 

The Texas Instruments Scientific Calculator transformed my college life back in the day.

 

From the day I owned one never looked at a slide rule again

[GinBoy2]

5 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

That is perfectly fine.

 

If there some kind of Airline disaster in the future you can pitch in as a Flight Mission Specialist/Principal Engineer/Pilot.... take your pick.

I like that, I'm gonna work on my job title before the next disaster.

 

But for today focused on the fact I got a damn FAA audit today. I'm kinda feeling I'd prefer that parachuting into enemy territory thing!