sci.research.careers

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Marco wrote:

> On Sep 18, 8:23 am, Straydog wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Beladi Nasralla wrote:
>>> On Sep 18, 7:10 pm, Aging_Recycled_Scientist
>>> wrote:
>>>> /temp/ ?id=cV8qWhZTHzbTs6ypvQMzcMmBPhpq8d2z
>>
>>>> See if cutting and pasting above leads to article that appears in the
>>>> Chronicles of Education, outlining bleak prospects for young
>>>> scientists, and some reasons American students are chosing not to go
>>>> into a glutted field where there is a high likelyhood of career
>>>> failure, after years of so-called training. ]
>>>> Same old story.... I raised the question , what will people do
>>>> about it? Advocacy for scientists by scientists? I dont see that
>>>> happening.
>>
>>> I am not sorry for the "kids" who are not having scientific careers
>>> after going through the "pipeline". I used to be myself like that. And
>>> now I am old and exhausted.
>>
>> YOOOOOOUUUUUUUU are old and exhausted? And, you are, what, 10-20 years
>> younger than me? Man, I have some bad news....wait till you get to be my
>> age....then you will see what "old and exhausted" means! Add in some
>> medical problems (you forgot that).
>
> Oh man, aren't we (the old folks here) glad that we're not going to be
> around when V. gets REALLY old? His whining is going to be off-the-
> charts ;)
>
> Marco
>

Hah! You're putting little ";)" emoticons here. I go to this lunch once a
month with guys my age and on up to 80s, one guy about 100, and all I hear
about are medical problems (big ones) and some of these guys are coming in
with walkers, canes, wheelchairs, helpers, eyepatches, and some are still
in the hospital from falling on the concrete garage floor and couldn't get
back on his feet and living by himself.

I'll give you this emoticon---> :-|

Here's what I think when you get old: the only thing that is going to get
you through the day is a good sense of humor.