That's a bit middle-of-nowhere, though I imagine distance from the Great Lakes makes your weather a bit better.

You'd think but you'd be wrong... I also am at UIUC, grew up here too. It's actually colder here... much windier too. It's so flat and without large buildings that there's nothing to break the wind up. Makes our windchill plummet.

But then again, 'Windy City' has nothing to do with weather.

Hey, Sicarius, you ought to enjoy this:
http://www.cracked.com/article_17016_7-items-you-wont-believe-are-actually-legal.html

I would like to point out at this time that Obama is a shameless hypocrite. How? I'll explain at 9 o'clock tonight (GMT)

Wow.

So many people actually respond to this silly thread.




(after posting, thinks: I actually posted! Oops!)

Hey, diplomat, confirm details on your PhD or it doesn't exist.

hey diplofool, tell us about your phd or man up, grow some balls and admit you lied.

Well yes, Windy City has everything to do with its politics, I know.

I do, however, live less than a mile from the lake and being the former site of the World's Fair, every street is designed to give a view of said lake, ergo the wind tunnels are insane.

Hm, whether or not the Ph.D. exists is irrelevant. Would any of us respect him more if he actually had one?

Nope. In fact I could respect him more if I thought he was a teenager as his actions would be typical of a impetuous child, not a grown man.

I would respect him more because right now he's neurotic and a pathological liar. Should the PhD exist, he's just neurotic.

Ah, but many a teen has grown out of being a pathological liar and medicated their neurosis. If he is an adult with a PhD, then he is neurotic and a half-wit (although sayign "half" may be giving him too much credit).

Unless this is a form of reverse psychology, and his Ph.D. is in Psych....

My Ph.D is in aerodynamics. I teach at a major U.S. university (whose name I won't disclose because EdiBirsan is probably monitoring this thread)

...and I do a little flying on the side. I have a commercial pilot license with multi-engine and IFR ratings.

Allow me to explain, as I promised, how Obama is a hypocrite:

He spends >800000000000000 dollars. Almost all of it is either pork or socialism. (he spent 1 billion on FISH HATCHERIES!). After this, the most irresponsible spending in the history of the U.S., he calls a summit on fiscal responsibility and announces a pay-as-you-go plan.

And I just put that mildly. You guys should have heard Rush Limbaugh yesterday...

Oh, and Limbaugh commented about Biden. Pretty hilarious. I was driving home from work, and I laughed the entire 25 miles after hearing this...

"Today, Vice-president Biden, the administration's resident Chia Pet...."

Otgl X infinity.

".and I do a little flying on the side. I have a commercial pilot license with multi-engine and IFR ratings." your lying plain and simple.

What was your thesis entitled?

Wow, so diplomat (fool, whatever) gives us a fake Ph.D. that he cant punctuate, he doesnt give us where he got it from,

and then tries to distract us with some random comment/lie/propoganda about Obama and Comedian Rush Limbaugh

Haha, I figured out who diplomat is! I just pieced together the info he's said, and bam!

http://engforum.pravda.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=29741&stc=1&d=1231268424

Supporting Dip (which I seem to do in almost every thread!), he has said in the past he's not comfortable telling people who he is. I'm not particularly happy telling people who I am really, and there is a certain member on this site (NOT edi) who has tried to work out my life - you know who you are, and if you don't know, its not you.
Basically, my point is that if he is telling the truth, then he wouldn't tell you anything that is verifiable, as that would defeat the aim of anonymity. Equally, if he is lying, he won't tell you anything verifiable because that would mean you could prove it wrong.

So we have no way of knowing the truth because in either circumstance, he wouldn't want us to know the truth? Hmmm... You defend him a lot, and both of you like your anonymity... 2+2 = 5

I believe you, diplomat1824.

It's completely understandable not to say the university you teach at. You don't want a bunch of hooligans harassing you during office hours or something.

I've flipped again on you, dip. Obama is a breathtaking hypocrite.

Can you just say Big Ten or not?

Who are the Big Ten?

Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio State, North Western, Indiana, Iowa, Penn St., Michigan, Michigan St., Purdue, and Minnesota.

Yes, the Big Ten has 11 teams.

Not Big Ten