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How to Spot a Geologist

Thought of TundraMonkey when I saw this... and Chinook too maybe? And Rambler?

And who knew we had a geology category? How very Ken Fosterr.

rambler @ 4/4/2008 6:46:44 AM

« larknet : My major in college WAS geophysics. I did great in my geology classes, it was the math that killed me. I dropped out and now look at me. A retired military man working in the IT field. I am still a geologist at heart though.

I majored in geology and physics for my first degree, had dreams of doing geophysics in those days. That's before I found out how much math is involved, and how much black-box manipulation.

So now look at me: a consultant advising a government department in Africa, paid for by the European Union.

rambler @ 4/4/2008 6:42:51 AM

Yes, I'm a geologist too. I've seen that uncyclopaedic description earlier, but I note it's been "improved", or should I say that some "accretion has taken place"?

A couple of months ago, while talking to a World Bank official about mining and sustainable development, about corporate social responsibility of mining companies, etc., I was told that I sounded like a sociologist! She said she meant it as a compliment...

chinook @ 4/1/2008 7:25:18 PM

You still are a geologist at heart. I think being bad at math is a requirement to becoming a geologist. I passed calculus on the first try, but I'm in the minority.

Math is for engineers and geofantacists, sorry geophysicists.

larknet @ 4/1/2008 6:37:57 PM

My major in college WAS geophysics. I did great in my geology classes, it was the math that killed me. I dropped out and now look at me. A retired military man working in the IT field. I am still a geologist at heart though.

<== Don't be fooled by the avatar, I am not eljay.

Alton @ 4/1/2008 5:07:41 PM

« chinook : Lol. That page has changed alot since I visited last.

I just added "date/marry a pilot" to the breeding section. I know more geologists dating pilots than anyone.

That includes me :)

So before I get my pilot's license, what's the ratio of hot female geologists to male pilots?

dOntEAtpOOp @ 4/1/2008 4:36:57 PM

Rambler is a geologist too, I believe.

breex243 @ 4/1/2008 4:26:18 PM

heh.
Cummingtonite
aka magnesium iron silicate hydroxide.

there's one for the facebook status.

chinook @ 4/1/2008 4:22:05 PM

Lol. That page has changed alot since I visited last.

I just added "date/marry a pilot" to the breeding section. I know more geologists dating pilots than anyone.

That includes me :)