NNFN!!!! (Read 891341 times)

Bubba · March 21, 2012, 08:22:17 pm

Devastating news Matt - can't begin to think what you're all going through.

boulderingbacon · March 22, 2012, 11:15:14 pm

sorry to hear your bad news matt. take care, were all thinking of you.

ianto9 · March 23, 2012, 12:13:17 am

i don't know know you both but stay strong,hoping for the best for you

SA Chris · March 23, 2012, 10:44:05 am

As usual words fail me. All strength to you.

rich d · March 23, 2012, 07:11:19 pm

Only know you through your writings on here Matt, but you and your family are in our thoughts.

mrjonathanr · March 24, 2012, 12:26:07 pm

Good luck to you both.

Dr T · March 24, 2012, 07:50:06 pm

crap....
thoughts as always...

tomtom · March 25, 2012, 06:27:09 pm

So so sorry to hear that Matt.. Be strong

chriss · April 07, 2012, 03:42:49 pm

After reading the above terrible news I feel very lucky in comparison, to echo everyone else hoping for a full recovery.

Yesterday I came off my bike at Aston Hills. I spent 2 hours strapped to a spine board, but only came away with 4 fractured ribs, partially dislocated shoulder, cuts & whiplash. Dodged the proverbial bullet me thinks....

boulderingbacon · April 08, 2012, 01:34:37 pm

i know yours is bad news chriss but its actually good news coming away from any bike accident with injuries that will fully heal is good. have come off my motorbike a few times over the years and always thanked my lucky stars. good to hear you will be ok

Jaspersharpe · April 13, 2012, 09:52:38 am

Mrs S was going to start having coaching sessions once a week on Monday ahead of wanting to do a bit more climbing in Font this year. She was looking forward to gaining a bit more confidence and being able to enjoy the trip more..........

She tripped over on Wednesday and broke her wrist. Getting it pinned on Thursday. We go on 2nd June.

NNFN.

slackline · April 13, 2012, 09:58:01 am

Thats harsh, hope its not too painful for her. At least you can all still go away unlike last time.

What would Jerry do?

Jaspersharpe · April 13, 2012, 10:01:16 am

Quote from: slack---line on April 13, 2012, 09:58:01 am

At least you can all still go away unlike last time.

Hadn't thought of that. We're not having a huge amount of luck with holidays.

SA Chris · April 13, 2012, 10:42:28 am

Bad news. At least she can still do walk ins, but won't be much good spotting!

lagerstarfish · April 13, 2012, 10:57:56 am

she can't even share the driving

Jaspersharpe · April 13, 2012, 11:13:09 am

I don't want her to share the driving. I'm looking forward to it.

Quote from: SA Chris on April 13, 2012, 10:42:28 am

Bad news. At least she can still do walk ins, but won't be much good spotting!

Going with my Mum and her husband who also climbs so that wont be such a problem.

Fiend · April 13, 2012, 03:20:51 pm

With pins it could be a pretty quick recovery time even if she is as much of an OAP as you Jasper??

Also Font....there's so much easy / slabby / low bouldering there that even with a 50% wrist on one arm there must be loads to do??

GCW · April 13, 2012, 03:28:40 pm

Still be looking at 6ish weeks, and I prob wouldn't recommend climbing on it for a bit!

SA Chris · April 13, 2012, 04:10:06 pm

Quote from: Jaspersharpe on April 13, 2012, 11:13:09 am

I don't want her to share the driving. I'm looking forward to it.

Quote from: SA Chris on April 13, 2012, 10:42:28 am
Bad news. At least she can still do walk ins, but won't be much good spotting!

Going with my Mum and her husband who also climbs so that wont be such a problem.

That's Ok then, as long as she can still cook!

Washing up might be a problem though.

lagerstarfish · April 13, 2012, 04:33:42 pm

knowing what Mrs Sharpe is like about needing people to feel included and keeping things fair to within 0.001%... I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if she bust her arm just to make me feel less of a twat

Paul B · April 23, 2012, 01:50:04 pm

Well I didn't get the RA position which has left me a bit gutted and thrown a spanner into general future planning.

The interview went very well but at the end of the day my thesis was computationally based and the preffer ed candidate carried out a lab based project (the position is mainly lab based with computational processing).

On the one hand it feels good that it was simply experience that swung things and I was very close to getting the offer, n the other hand if there were people that would take a punt on me, they were in that room.

Jaspersharpe · April 23, 2012, 02:05:32 pm

Bad luck Paul. Other irons in the fire though?

Paul B · April 23, 2012, 02:23:31 pm

Quote from: Jaspersharpe on April 23, 2012, 02:05:32 pm

Bad luck Paul. Other irons in the fire though?

Kind of? There's currently nothing else in the department that's suitable.

I've got a phone interview today with a company who want to be able to quantify the quality of work they outsource (relevant to my studies), but he's not able to recruit, he can only pass my CV to those that can and I can't really figure out if its just an opportunity for them (/him) to gain some knowledge with no outlay. Even if he could, it'd likely be in Warrington.

Besides that industry beckons, but the inflexibility (with 4 year periods for professional review) doesn't currently appeal.

SA Chris · April 23, 2012, 02:24:06 pm

Clearly the job wasn't supposed to be yours, and this interview was for training purposes only.

tomtom · April 23, 2012, 02:44:08 pm

Ask for feedback - official and unofficial... all experience - and competition for even shortlisting is intense nowadays from what I look at..