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Diego

Diego

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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

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.

"The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out."

- Baron Thomas Babington Macauley

Sotha

Sotha

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Good luck with the PhD!

 

Be sure to learn powerful coping methods to reinforce your sanity at demanding times.

 

They will be needed.

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demagogue

demagogue

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Good luck Diego!

The US isn't such a bad place to live.

What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you but I know that it's mine.

RJFerret

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.

"The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out."

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Melan

Melan

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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.

Come the time of peril, did the ground gape, and did the dead rest unquiet 'gainst us. Our bands of iron and hammers of stone prevailed not, and some did doubt the Builder's plan. But the seals held strong, and the few did triumph, and the doubters were lain into the foundations of the new sanctum. -- Collected letters of the Smith-in-Exile, Civitas Approved

RJFerret

RJFerret

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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. ;-)

"The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out."

- Baron Thomas Babington Macauley

Lux

Lux

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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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