Ginseng Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Great stuff Wilkey, sorry, Doctor Wilkey.A great achievement mate. I'll hoist a drink to you. Thanks! Technically just PhD (ABD) at this point but that will allow me to start looking for work. Since my research is well under way, the final defense of the dissertation (not just the proposal) should be just an extension of the proposal...so maybe 150 pages instead of just 90. Pretty compact considering the thesis for my chemical engineering masters (1990) was over 300. I'll be smoking the celebratory cigar this afternoon, US Eastern time, when the little one goes down for her nap. Wilkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 ....but that will allow me to start looking for work... You have family in the Northeast, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laficion Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Congrats mate and all my best wishes . great job, now, party time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechenman Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Congratulations to you Wilkey on a job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokinAl Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks! Technically just PhD (ABD) at this point but that will allow me to start looking for work. Since my research is well under way, the final defense of the dissertation (not just the proposal) should be just an extension of the proposal...so maybe 150 pages instead of just 90. Pretty compact considering the thesis for my chemical engineering masters (1990) was over 300.I'll be smoking the celebratory cigar this afternoon, US Eastern time, when the little one goes down for her nap. Wilkey Technical, schemnical. I still say it's a proper job Doc and more than worth both congratulations and celebraton. If I was wearing a hat, I'd take it off to you, but I'm not so I'll just have to pour another glass of Turkey Flat in your honour and make do. Get some sleep Wilkey, you're probably overdue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormin691 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thought I'd share with my FOH mates...today I successfully defended my doctoral research proposal. I am officially ABD or "all but dissertation." It's been two long months of writing the proposal itself and then finally doing the oral defense today. After they grilled me for two hours, I got called back in and given the news. My advisor told me I killed 'em.So, I got a big weight off my back and have a little breather. Feels good. Hope to smoke a few cigars for pleasure this weekend instead of just to stay awake. Anyways, thanks for being patient with my mental absence. Cheers! Wilkey Awesome- good for you pal...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PointSource Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 congrats sir!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phresh Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Congratulations. Enjoy your celebratory cigar. Let us know how she smoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smk819 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 As someone who has been there, I know the joy you are feeling. Congratulations and welcome to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0rderman Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 congrats Wilkey...way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceChant Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Congratulations ! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromeroselli Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Nice Job Wilkey... I just submitted a pitch for a new project last week. I had some staffers in the meeting (I was on the phone) and they were informed that they were blown away by the pitch. Fingers crossed waiting for the results. Would love to add another success story to the forum... What did you smoke? I've got a special stick and a bottle of champagne waiting.... patiently....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toasterhead Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Alright Wilkey! Congrats, proud to call you Dr. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginseng Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Thought I'd come back and update you guys on my celebratory cigar: the legendary Tang Upmann Monarch. What can I say but this cigar lives up to the expectation. Clearly of Upmann pedigree, it is the exemplification of the very best of the two venerable Upmann julieta2 vitolas, the Sir Winston and the Monarch and then some. Normally I am not very sensitive to ammonia. I rarely ever detect it even with cigars that others readily report as having this trace, however, this cigar was strong with ammonia prior to lighting. A mild, leathery cold aroma belies the sheer magnitude of this cigar's character. Starting off seductively mellow and closed, the power, depth, and extraction build along its length, almost without limit. This cigar is some 7 years old but it is it might as well have come off a master roller's table yesterday afternoon. This cigar is NOT READY to smoke and I say this only because it gives the impression of being so incredibly youthful, all coiled up muscle and vicious elegance like a panther who's taken his fair share of springbok. It surpasses, at their own game, the finest Sir Winstons I've experienced (2001 with bottomless finesse and more velvet than sharkskin) as well as Monarchs from the last few years (raw power and pure essence of tobacco). It's like pulling up at a Porsche-fest driving a MacLaren F1. It simply outclasses. Utterly and without apparent strain or unseemly effort. Smoking this cigar signals the crossing of the Rubicon in my career as a devotee of the Havana cigar. I call them as I see them. I've smoked some expensive clunkers and some great budget cigars. But the Tang is truly a singular experience. I count myself fortunate indeed to have found this one box, the most treasured in my collection. I can't say any more than that I look forward to growing old with these cigars. Wilkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I can't say any more than that I look forward to growing old with these cigars. And I look forward to the first FOH moderators get together (if I haven't lost my stripes by then), where you hand these out like beads during mardi gras (I'll show 'em if I have to). Rock on, Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Congrats Wilkey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Twain Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Congratulations, this is a big milestone! You very properly told everyone that they shouldn't call you Doc yet. Your mentors have obviously taught you well. The final step, actually successfully defending the completed dissertation, is a huge hurdle, one that many very capable people fail to complete. From everything I have seen of you on the Boards, I am sure that we will be giving you the ultimate congratulations after you have put in the necessary sweat equity in completing your project, and after you have passed the detailed scrutiny that your dissertation committee will certainly require. Full steam ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZCUBAN Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Hi Wilkey Not sure i fully understand what its all about, but a huge congrats any way, hope the next part goes ok as well, as i am sure it will. As they say Luck is not a factor Cheers Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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