Re: Old ADUK...oh dear
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:39 am
And they probably spit like dodgy carburettors 
skodatezzer wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:Sounds great! I've always been interested in Physics, was considering engineering as a degree, but I'm afraid all the engineers I know are rather dull, and although pleasant, not the kind of person I'd invite over for dinner. However, the Physics lot have all been a bit on the insane side and they are closer in personality to me
I think physicists get the highest score on my personal weirdometer, just beating mathematicians by a short head. All musicians, by contrast, are completely normal and balanced individuals. One of my very favourite ex-pupils (now a Facebook friend. and a not-half-bad 'cellist to boot) is in her first year of a Physics degree at Oxford, and vehemently refutes my position on the matter. This girl keeps two llamas in her (extensive) back garden. I rest my case.
And this forum is all about advanced driving, right?
But I have a golden example at my school. There were 3 physics teachers, one who has a PhD in Nuclear Physics (Dr.), one who has a MA in Physics (MPhys), and one who has left now, he had a MA in Engineering (MEng).
The two that did a physics degree (MPhys taught me for AS physics alongside the one with a MEng, and the Dr. is currently teaching me for A2), I get on with famously. They love to chat about all the weird things in life, and I even had an extensive discussion with the MPhys teacher about the differences in types of suicide between ladies and men, and how men would probably throw themselves in front of a train or off a bridge for maximum death story material, whereas ladies would just pop a load of pills and die quietly in a room somewhere so they don't inconvenience anyone. You get the gist. The Dr is also equally fascinating, and we will happily spend whole lessons just chatting about various things that have nothing to do with Physics. It's a wonder I even learn anything
The one with an MEng was incredibly clever, and he lead a very long and interesting life, and he had lots of friends all of whom had done this and that etc. Unfortunately, I found him about as interesting as a deceased fly. He was pleasant to chat with (read: listen to as he burbled on about yet another life experience), but I really wouldn't want to spend much more than a hour with him, as he was so wonderfully rational and dull that he never ever wanted to engage in philosophical discussions on various aspects of life. Unfortunately, I wish I could say he was a rare kind of person, but no. Nearly every Engineering person I've encountered was like him, they've lead extraordinary lives and have a lot of wonderful stories, but I'd never gel with them.
