From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 09:58:09 +0100,
> this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>
> >Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:11:53 +0100,
> >> this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> >> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Everyone says teachers ought to get more,
> >> >> but no one wants to foot the bill.
> >> >
> >> >I don't. I think teachers are on the whole quite well paid, in both the
> >> >US and the UK. I can think of ways of making things better for teachers
> >> >(it can be a very stressful job) but pay isn't one of them. In many
> >> >cases School teachers in the UK now earn more than University lecturers
> >> >(or US assistant/associate professor for many institutions.)
> >>
> >> Most work longer hours.
> >
> >Yes, true, but lecturers are expected to do other things (research) too,
> >and they don't usually have other jobs. BTW, I also tend to think that
> >lecturers are well paid too, but it's not as high an earner as it was a
> >few decades ago.
>
> Judging from the number of hours some of my son's lecturers worked
> they could have easily hold down jobs in three or four universities at
> the same time. Perhaps they do.

Most of the full-time lecturers I know work full-time, pretty much. I
know some _professors_ who seem to have an easy time of it though,
particularly in the US. (At Harvard, a few of the full professors were
only in the department one or two days a week, and the rest of the time
were off working at other things.)

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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:29:44 +0100,
> this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>
> >Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> >[]
> >> Me the one with the Senseo.
> >
> >Do you like it?
>
> The machine? yes, the coffee? depends on the type.

Oh- I'd seen it in the shops here, but I didn't know there were
different types of coffee. I just wondered how the coffee would be
fresh?

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From: Keith Anderson on
On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:04:33 +0200, Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:


>In the two years we have owned one the pads have always been on sale
>at a substantial discount.
>This website has a list of the types of coffee available
>http://www.coffeepodshop.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=30&cat=0&page=1&gclid=CP-B9ZiQ0IYCFSHAPgodbR9C7g
>You can get tea pads too.
>You can buy a cheap gadget that fits in a Senseo to allow you to use
>your own coffee.

They have one of the Senseo machines on the bridge of the ship I work
on.

Best cup of coffee on board.


Keith, Bristol, UK

Email: usenet[dot]20[dot]keefy[at]spamgourmet[dot]com

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From: Gregory Morrow on

Martin wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:36:50 +0100, Keith Anderson <me(a)privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:04:33 +0200, Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>In the two years we have owned one the pads have always been on sale
> >>at a substantial discount.
> >>This website has a list of the types of coffee available
>
>>http://www.coffeepodshop.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=30&cat=0&page=1&
gclid=CP-B9ZiQ0IYCFSHAPgodbR9C7g
> >>You can get tea pads too.
> >>You can buy a cheap gadget that fits in a Senseo to allow you to use
> >>your own coffee.
> >
> >They have one of the Senseo machines on the bridge of the ship I work
> >on.
> >
> >Best cup of coffee on board.
>
> One of the main advantages is how short a time is needed to make a
> reasonably good cup of coffee.
>
> Douwe Egberts vending machines also produce a reasonably good
> beverages.
>
> Spam sandwich anybody? :-)


I *was* going to make a smutty comment about the sort of "pads" that
Jacqueline uses with her Senseo but I'm *trying* to resist...

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Greg


From: Dave Frightens Me on
On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:10:34 +0200, Martin <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:45:35 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
><deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:36:46 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
>>>deansgate writes:
>>>
>>>> If they did it here in r.t.e. they'd be treated the same way as Mixi.
>>>
>>>r.t.e. means nothing in the grand scheme of things.
>>
>>What does? Science? Power? Nine points and a good kebab?
>
>Nine pints, shirley?

I was putting on a nothern accent.
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