CupWizier
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Yes Cup, I know you have no idea. But it did make me chuckle. So I thought I would share just a bit of what I find amusing in this area if not specific to your question.
I have posted more than once about being, three times a Beaver. Beginning there and doing most of my freshman year at Oregon State, for Football with Tommy Prothro and Slates Gile in Basket Ball. Not being able to stay because I had to do the military which I did with the US Navy. Only got to play freshman games there and few they were, but very memorable in my mind.
That was the first time as a Beaver. It was all paid for by Oregon State. (College in those day I think, they had not yet changed to OSU.)
The next time as a Beaver was at another school, that also has the Beaver as the mascot, Caltech. I thought that amusing at the time, but it is worth note, it is the only time I got a chance to play varsity. Basketball, but I sure would loved to have done Football.
Interesting game too while there, playing for the Beaver Basketball trophy, between Caltech and MIT. Great experience! I cherish it now, but the appreciation had to wait for later. That was the second time as a Beaver. Paid for by Western Electric and made possible by the US Navy. Where I studied Mathematics and Ballistics while working a joint project between the USN, Western Electric, and... Hughes?
Then later, another time as a Beaver, MIT, which as mentioned above, has the Beaver as their mascot. Then I was working for IBM and I was there as a grad student to work a joint project, to do with Computers of course. But while I chuckle about being three times a Beaver, I suppose it really isn't true, I didn't play any sports there. Just worked my ass off, but I loved the daily trip over the Charles river to the lab. It was usually dark when I returned. Paid for by IBM.
Then there was the time I (IBM) had a contracted to work at Scripps, as math/Computer systems specialist in the Oceanography department. They paid and I took what I could. I use it today.
Then there was the time I hired a Doctor from the Cal system to come to work for me , with psychology. Sort of and in house masters course to help with developing a Development team course.
There is more, but enough.
That was a lot of wasted words and drivel just to say that you don't have a degree in science and especially on climate. Carry on.






