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I passed my viva! Hurrah!

Ahem, sorry for the self-aggrandisement, but I'm still quite excited about this, more than I expected to be in fact.

That's all, anyway. I will be having celebratory drinks when I return to London (ie beginning of August).

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)

RAAAAAAAAAAH! Well done Dr the Toby. You the man. How is Durham treating you?

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude! Well done!

Now, can you have a look at my ingrowing toenail? It's giving me all sorts of gip.

― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Yay! Well done!

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Viva Grebt!

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

see you soon

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah does this mean people will take their clothes off for you at parties? also don't forget to tell the bank :)

well done ;)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Yay ~~Toby~~ Dr Toby!! Congrats dude!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Well done geezer!

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

3x12, what is it?!!

huge congrats, see you soon

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

congratulations ! the next long term target: Professor

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

How about Reader as an intermediate?

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

so, that will be: Reader in Advanced Mathematics

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

What's up, Doc? *gnaws carrot*

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Fucking hell, congratulations mate... I hearby request you change your screen name to Dr. G forthwith.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks everyone. durham is treating me quite well, mostly by keeping me so busy (it's basically maths from 9-7 every day) that i probably won't even see the city centre until sunday.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 07:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I heart Durham.

Congratulations Dr Toby!

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

huzzah

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 07:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Well done, Dr Toby.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Wahey, well done Dr T!

― Sarah (starry), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 08:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Viva Forever!

Well done

― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't see this. So well done you even though you told me on the phone.

People: what he's not telling you is that the thesis evaluator types also said that Toby's work was technically very impressive and they don't think they will see the like for several years.

I'm so proud of you, x.

― Anna (Anna), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I passed my VIVA i'm not gone give up, i'm not gone stop, i'm gonna work harder

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

People: what he's not telling you is that the thesis evaluator types also said that Toby's work was technically very impressive and they don't think they will see the like for several years.

rather embarassingly what they actually said was that they thought they were unlikely to ever see such a technically impressive thesis again. ahem. they did also say that it was disappointingly badly written though (which is true).

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

and thanks for the congratulations everyone, it's quite weird because almost everyone here in durham already has a phd, so it's nice to be reminded that this is actually quite a good thing to have.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 10:41 (twenty-one years ago)

What does technically impressive mean? Can you tell us a bit more about what you've done?

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

they did also say that it was disappointingly badly written though

doctors' handwriting, etc.

congratulations, toby!

: D

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Can you tell us a bit more about what you've done?

Ha!

I am often left feeling like a 50's housewife.
Me: How was work?
Toby: Oh you know, Tom made some bizarre joke and then I spent most of the afternoon working on a paper with Kevin.
Me: What on? [Uh oh, say the audience]
Toby: Well it's looking at log stats and shimura curves and how they relate to a mode [Charlie Brown's teacher noises] we had a problem with [may as well be speaking Hungarian] but I think it's going to be okay.
Me: That's nice honey.

― Anna (Anna), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

hey just realised that UR a member of the site that dare not speak its name...

have fun the with the little cats...

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

by "U" i mean Dr.Gee...

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Congratulations on doing the thing I always said I would do but lacked the
a) Intelligence
b) Gumption
c) Interest in the long run
( d)would have been funding but the other three should have sorted that out).

I'll have to catch up and become a doctor of filum now.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

how about a doctorer of film?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

(I bet Toby used a calculator)

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 17:11 (twenty-one years ago)

well done on showing your workings!!!

― Porkpie (porkpie), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

ha, of course that was the thing that i didn't do so well.

i think i am officially sick of maths for the moment. unfortunately i have another week of 10+ hrs/day of the stuff. aarrggh.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 22 July 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

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