For all American scientists at work

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1. woo hoo the neighborhood looks like a war zone. What were they doing last night! Who’s going to clean up this mess.

2. 🙂 Actually, for most of my graduate school career, I walked to work. Now, I still do! That is one of the perks of being a prof at a small university; you can afford a house that is close to work.

   1. You can afford a house?

      Now, that’s impressive ;o)

      1. Uh, I bought it for 57,000 dollars in 1991. That isn’t so impressive of a feat. 🙂

         1. True. I bought mine for just under £6000 in 1972 – all paid for many years ago.

            I just ‘assumed’ that those in academia were there for the privilege of trying to educate those less fortunate, and didn’t worry about such mundane things ;o)

3. I’m working today. But since I live in England, this is normal.

   And I walk to work, too.

4. The parking at my University is excellent today. Too bad these PCR plates won’t run themselves…

   The sacrifices we make for science! 😉

5. I’m an ecologist working in a study system with a SHORT field season. July 4 to Labor Day is my absolute busiest, slammed, and frenetic time of the year. Not in grad school anymore, but I’m working today too…

6. I’m self-employed; what’s a day off?

7. I used this same strategy when I lived just outside New York City…during the week, public transportation. On Sundays, drive in. No traffic, no lines at the toll plazas, free parking everywhere. Yippee!

   A productive morning in the office, a nice brunch somewhere, and then off to play in the city.

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