New Posts For Thread: Anybody on here have a friend/friends who went to Oxford University???https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-universityThey are the elite of the elite or so we have been told.I did go to the football ground once during my time there, they played at the Manor Ground in those days. Awful place. And to the greyhound stadium in Cowley, which sadly closed last year. That was decent, a proper dog track.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542602187#542602187I did go to the football ground once during my time there, they played at the Manor Ground in those days. Awful place. And to the greyhound stadium in Cowley, which sadly closed last year. That was decent, a proper dog track.Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:42:10 -0600Hope it's Video Golf.....it's howling a gale and dark in Stoke, surely !https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542601263#542601263Hope it's Video Golf.....it's howling a gale and dark in Stoke, surely !Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:35:48 -0600Ramruma is correct, although I would replace 'high octane' with 'complacent'. I've worked directly for two universities. One was only top third academically, but had a huge social scene, great students' union, and some ideal marketing opportunities.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542601121#542601121Ramruma is correct, although I would replace 'high octane' with 'complacent'. I've worked directly for two universities. One was only top third academically, but had a huge social scene, great students' union, and some ideal marketing opportunities.Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:23:42 -0600https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542600555#542600555Tue, 09 Dec 2014 11:20:13 -0600I don't think they meant the football clubhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542600387#542600387I don't think they meant the football clubTue, 09 Dec 2014 11:00:17 -0600I went to Oxford. Most of the folk I met there seemed quite normal.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542600357#542600357I went to Oxford. Most of the folk I met there seemed quite normal.Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:57:15 -0600RoyClaytonsTash 08 Dec 14 12:59 No wonder you're pals with Tommy Toes he seems positively normal now.You bugger, Stainer!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542599897#542599897RoyClaytonsTash 08 Dec 14 12:59 No wonder you're pals with Tommy Toes he seems positively normal now.You bugger, Stainer!Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:10:49 -0600One advantage of going to Oxford is that some high octane employers will only look at Oxbridge or a First (and possibly wherever the hiring manager happened to study).https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542599763#542599763One advantage of going to Oxford is that some high octane employers will only look at Oxbridge or a First (and possibly wherever the hiring manager happened to study).Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:58:28 -0600Several. All quite normal.One worked for me briefly 20 odd years ago, told me she wanted to get into advertising, I gave her the benefit of my wisdom on the subject. About 18 months later she's a director of a large London Ad agency being interviehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542599653#542599653Several. All quite normal.One worked for me briefly 20 odd years ago, told me she wanted to get into advertising, I gave her the benefit of my wisdom on the subject. About 18 months later she's a director of a large London Ad agency being intervieTue, 09 Dec 2014 09:51:22 -0600Two.One of who had a nervous breakdown and the other, the son of a friend built a home made nail bomb, just for the intellectual challenge, and was most surprised when Dibble kicked down his door and arrested him.'Intelligent Idiots' I believe is thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30398587/anybody-on-here-have-a-friendfriends-who-went-to-oxford-university?post_id=542585131#542585131Two.One of who had a nervous breakdown and the other, the son of a friend built a home made nail bomb, just for the intellectual challenge, and was most surprised when Dibble kicked down his door and arrested him.'Intelligent Idiots' I believe is theMon, 08 Dec 2014 10:05:18 -0600