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John Hill <yclept@outlook.com> wrote:
> Andrews <andrews@spam.net> wrote:
>> John Hill wrote on Mon, 4 Nov 2024 09:33:37 -0000 (UTC) :
>> 
>>> As a research physicist by training, profession and inclination I needed to
>>> read no further. I now know that I can safely disregard anything you write.
>>> But I'm in awe of your inventive abilities.
>> 
>> I have a college degree. You do not. 
> 
> Well now! That is a very dogmatic assertion, made out of total ignorance.
> 
> In actual fact, I have a BA and a DPhil in Physics at Oxford. (That is the
> Oxford equivalent of PhD at most universities).

He won't believe you in the same way he didn't believe me. 

> And I can prove it, naturally. 

I offered to do a show-and-tell with him with my PhD certificate if he was
willing to show his college "degrees". He chickened out. 

> But it would be better, since you are who
> you are, for you to look it up for yourself.
> 
> But perhaps you do not regard Oxford as a proper college?

Depends which one(s) you were in ;-)

> Old John.
>