The vinhale thread?

[evil_physics_witchcraft]

WE GOT IT!!!

I also finished the plagiarism reports.

Congrats!

[mamselle]

Very glad for you both.

M.

[Harlow2]

WE GOT IT!!!

I also finished the plagiarism reports.

Fantastic!

[Vkw10]

WE GOT IT!!!

I also finished the plagiarism reports.

Congratulations! Congratulations!🎉🍾

[Langue_doc]

WE GOT IT!!!

I also finished the plagiarism reports.

Congratulations! Congratulations!🎉🍾

Congrats for both accomplishments!

[ergative]

Thank you so much, everyone!

This thread continues to be appropriate for my situation: the events in question may be over, but the paperwork is ongoing. The sellers of the apartment want to take the kitchen appliances (washing machine, fridge, freezer). I don't really care that much, except that we put in a very generous offer that explicitly included those appliances, so I'm a bit of a grump that the sellers want to negotiate over that. And I don't want to add 'buy a washing machine, fridge, and freezer' to my to-do list this summer. I'd much rather be talking to nice cabinet makers about built-in bookcases.

And--because don't forget there are two things in my life right now--two of the plagiarism referrals turn out to be second offenses, so I have to file different paperwork.

[mamselle]

If the sellers didn't stipulate those exceptions in the original offer, how do they even have a leg to stand on, trying to claw them back now?

M.

[ergative]

If the sellers didn't stipulate those exceptions in the original offer, how do they even have a leg to stand on, trying to claw them back now?

M.

Because nothing's settled yet. I'm not in the US, and the current system goes as follows:

Written offer -> verbal acceptance ->   written acceptance --> more minor negotiations, apparently, while waiting for mortgages to be approved --> settlement.

So the seller has verbally accepted the offer, and now we're waiting for the written acceptance that will specify exactly what they take and what they leave, and then our lawyer responds with our counter-offer, and the whole thing seems unnecessarily fussy, and both buyer and seller can withdraw before settlement without any penalty.

But, on the other hand, given the state of the market, it's rather nice to have a period in which either buyer and seller can walk away, but the seller is not open to competing offers, so I'm not rushed into something legally binding until I'm sure the roof won't collapse.

[mamselle]

Ah, I see.

So, yes, the pilpel continues!

All good thoughts...

M.

[Harlow2]

Vent: dissertation student remarks on how "thoughtful" my comments are, thereby assessing my work and reversing our roles. I like the exchange of roles when people are aware of a collaborative working relation,  but not in this case.
Inhale: she's in agreement and will apparently align her revisions accordingly.

[ergative]

Vent: dissertation student remarks on how "thoughtful" my comments are, thereby assessing my work and reversing our roles. I like the exchange of roles when people are aware of a collaborative working relation,  but not in this case.
Inhale: she's in agreement and will apparently align her revisions accordingly.

I've noticed these kinds of odd evaluative comments from students. I interpret it as evidence that they know what it feels like to get praise in an academic setting, and so that's the model they draw on when they want to give praise in return. Where in a different setting (e.g., reviews of their Thor fanfiction on AO3) they might say, 'That's so helpful, thanks a ton!', in an academic setting they use what they've received: 'That's an extremely thoughtful insight.'

If I'm correct about this, it might be evidence that they're good at picking up on those sorts of stylistic conventions that really make a huge difference between student writing and academic writing. In this case, they're just over-applying them.

[mamselle]

Or they may have had some truly horrible feedback from people who didn't understand their work and were truly grateful that someone had come along that really did 'get it'....not that I've ever seen that, or anything...

M.

[Harlow2]

Hmm. Thanks, I guess I'll consider this at face value.

[FishProf]

My computer crashed and I had to reinstall windows.

The reinstall generated a file showing all the crap that HAD been on there that I didn't know about, or no longer remembered.

Big PITA.

Computer is faster.

[ergative]

My computer crashed and I had to reinstall windows.

The reinstall generated a file showing all the crap that HAD been on there that I didn't know about, or no longer remembered.

Big PITA.

Computer is faster.

Ugh, my condolences. Major computer maintenance is such a pain: all that work, only to get you back to where you started. Like filing taxes when you haven't got a refund coming due.