Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29868 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2002 17:54:54 -0000 Received: from marstons.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.223) by mailstore with SMTP; 8 Nov 2002 17:54:54 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: (qmail 26297 invoked by uid 10001); 8 Nov 2002 16:54:09 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 8 Nov 2002 16:54:09 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 18ACJ6-0004mN-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 16:48:32 +0000 Received: from [147.197.200.9] (helo=hestia.herts.ac.uk) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18ACJ6-0004mE-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 16:48:32 +0000 Received: from gemini ([147.197.200.44] helo=gemini.herts.ac.uk) by hestia.herts.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 18AByt-0006Ih-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 16:27:39 +0000 Received: from [147.197.232.252] (helo=rsch-15.herts.ac.uk) by gemini.herts.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18AByj-0000ca-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 16:27:29 +0000 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20021108154131.00a918d8@gemini.herts.ac.uk> X-Sender: mj9ar@gemini.herts.ac.uk X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 16:27:28 +0000 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "James Moritz" In-reply-to: <01C28737.29992A90.g4jnt@thersgb.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MailScanner: No Virus detected Subject: RE: LF: To Ponder over the weekend Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=5.0tests=ACT_NOW,DEAR_SOMEBODY,IN_REP_TO,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01version=2.42 Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Dear Andy, LF Group, At 14:57 08/11/2002 +0000, you wrote: >Can tell you come from a university background Jim, do you ask that of >applicants for courses at herts.ac? >I was asked exactly the same question when applying for Southampton Uni. in >1976. It has been doing the rounds for ages - I remember there were once the inevitable long exchanges in the letters pages of Wireless World about it. But they don't ask prospective electronics undergraduate students questions about capacitors now, in case it puts them off. The question they are now asked here is (on a good day) "Can you pay the fees?". On a bad day, it's "Can you start now, please?"...:-) Cheers, Jim Moritz 73 de M0BMU