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I've been on this forum for years and even though I haven't played TDM in a long while I still visit almost daily. Now that I'm moving to the other hemisphere later this year I would like to know if it will be close by any of you. We can have coffee and talk about videogames :)

 

I'm going to Iowa City in august, to start my PhD at Iowa U. Or do I say I'm starting a grad... eh... program? I don't know! I'm starting something. If I finish it you'll have to call me Dr. Diegzumillo III.

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RJFerret

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You'll be a few hours from an ex-girlfriend of mine (she's in the Upper Peninsula of MI). You'll be 16 hours from me.

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Yeah, good luck. And I think it's called graduation (program).

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RJFerret

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Yeah, good luck. And I think it's called graduation (program).

 

Graduate program, or grad program for short.

 

Graduation would refer to the ceremony/act of having graduated.

 

The US is WAY too big to generalize, Iowa wouldn't be my pick personally, be prepared for storms, cold winters (about five months with below freezing temperatures) and tornadoes in spring/summer.

 

Don't know if you expect to be getting a car, but realize most Americans drive automatics instead of manual transmissions, we just had a send off party for a friend returning home to France, and she had a heckuva' time selling her manual car before leaving.

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Getting a PhD is a lot like long-distance running. Instead of luck (which, mind you, you will need), I wish you perseverance, and lots of it!

 

Also, while you are in America, beware the HFCS. It kills a lot of people, and it's apparently everywhere.

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Heh, Iowa IS the corn belt. The only way you're avoiding high fructose corn syrup is if you bake, own a juicer, and don't imbibe any of the stimulants grad students use to get through the long haul. ;-)

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Hopefully you won't have bands of people with assault rifles walking into your local restaurant to flaunt their "right to carry".

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Hopefully you won't have bands of people with assault rifles walking into your local restaurant to flaunt their "right to carry".

 

That's Texas, not Iowa. :P

 

Iowa is a nice quiet place.

 

Good luck, Diego, and Welcome to North America. Enjoy your stay. Please do not exit the ride until it comes to a full and complete, stop.

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