You spent hours doing literature research, glassware prep, experiment prep, running your reaction, purifying your compiund....
....Spend the extra 10 minutes and prep your damn NMR sample correctly.....
Today I am very grateful I made detailed notes about the disassembly of the lower shim stacks head unit... was able to get it out, disassembled, cleaned, reassembled, reinstalled, and calibrated in 3 hours.
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Its my yearly, "do you have the old oxford posters?" If so please High Res scan them so I can have them reproduced.
@sarahdcady
has sent me a beautiful scan of the Oxford 900 poster but I'm looking for the others:
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What I wanted: Someone who messages me when they wake up excited to talk to me....
What I got: Someone who messages me that there are errors on the NMR at 7 am....
Took wayyyyy to long to figure out but cryoprobe is installed and meeting specifications. Now to jot down 3 pages of notes so I know what to do next time this happens.
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This poster was made for me a while back when I took my current position and became "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Director". Its based off of a card from the game Munchkin.
Ah fun. A user is mad at me that I won't try to meet a deadline they are trying to impose BECAUSE they promised to meet someone else's deadline. I made no promises to your overlords. Lol. Teaching important life lessons today.
....A bunch of cortab errors... after a student decided they could change settings to collect a 2H experiment without talking to me....
"You should not do magic you do not understand" - Little Bear
Random conversation with a former classmate from undergrad (they were they A student... I was .... not) that I hadn't talked to in 15 years. Told them Im the NMR director at my current spot.... They were speechless and it allowed me to FINALLY use this picture
Friend: "Hey Casey! You know a lot of weird shit want to teach nonlinear optics?"
Me: "What makes you think I can teach nonlinear optics?"
Friend: "Well.... Can you?"
Me: *Points to thesis with nonlinear optics in title*
Well.... Some final details to wrap up but my remodel is complete... took me a year and cost me my marriage but if you are looking to buy a house in central Oregon let me know. 🤣😢
Family and friends: "You are going through a major life change... don't make any rash decisions"
Me: "Well looks like I'm going to give up chemistry, buy a plane, and become a bush pilot"