1265: Kudur-Enlil, king of Babylon, opened his Facebook account and said goodbye to MySpace forever.

LostinOz, you made me imagine my family members calling me with Dr title.

I haven't seen sylvester around for a while. What happened to him?

Thanks jojo. I had to make a decision earlier and went for the Australian. I'm glad you suggested too, now it sounds like the right choice

Nevermind...

It is going to sound silly but I need to select 2 PhD books out of 4 and I can't make up my mind. They all sound good. One of them is Australian, other is American and other 2 are from UK. Now I usually go for PhD-help books from the UK thinking they would be more familiar with the system here. But what do you think? Can a PhD book (on thesis writing) from America be as useful to a PhD student over here?

shelleyanne, I assume that question was to me. Yes, the way you put it sounds better. The title doesn't mean anything to me. I have met some people with all types of titles, who didn't seem to deserve their titles. I guess this made me lose respect to the titles in general. I'm sure I will feel really honoured when I finish my PhD as it is hard work but I don't see myself adding the Dr title to my name. But who knows, it's easy to talk now.

I didn't really think about the "title" until recently when my credit card, a credit report and some formal letters arriving with the Dr title mysteriously in front of my name. It feels strange, I don't think I'll get used to it easily when (if) I pass my viva. I wouldn't want to use it. It sounds a bit pretentious and I don't respect the title for some reason

after a while???? They were all sent within the same minute. Can we say you easily get bored Coastman?

that's so funny Badhaircut. I'd love to see the Milkman's reply (even if it is made up). So, what would the milkman say in return?

but you will need longer sentences than that

Congratulations Piglet

great news

It looks like so many things have happened here while I was away.

Otto, please come back. PostGradForum Team has to take these actions and it's understandable. We don't always have to have the same opinions and I think your opinion and advice counts on this forum, whether we agree with it or not. As long as you stay within the forum rules, you have every right to have a complete opposite idea about everything said here.