I HAVE TO SHOUT...

...BECAUSE THE WALL NEXT TO ME IS VIBRATING.

They're reflooring the labs on the level below me (level 2), which is involving much drilling. Conversation is out of the question, and I'm kicking myself for not having brought my shiny new Bose noise-cancelling headphones with me from Bath yesterday. The message informing us of this work from the deputy head of school read:

This work is known to generate high noise levels and this may propagate through the building structure causing noise nuisance on Levels 2 and 1 in particular and just possibly on Level 3.

"Just possibly", my arse.

Edit: Stores are handing out free earplugs which, while they don't block all the noise, do turn it from painful levels to merely irritating. The reflooring work involves the use of powertools to strip off the cement skim that was used to level the floors in the labs, which explains the amount of noise. I feel most sorry for the blokes in stores, whose office has an open front that faces out onto the lab where the work is being done.

I HAVE TO SHOUT...

...BECAUSE THE WALL NEXT TO ME IS VIBRATING.

They're reflooring the labs on the level below me (level 2), which is involving much drilling. Conversation is out of the question, and I'm kicking myself for not having brought my shiny new Bose noise-cancelling headphones with me from Bath yesterday. The message informing us of this work from the deputy head of school read:

This work is known to generate high noise levels and this may propagate through the building structure causing noise nuisance on Levels 2 and 1 in particular and just possibly on Level 3.

"Just possibly", my arse.

Edit: Stores are handing out free earplugs which, while they don't block all the noise, do turn it from painful levels to merely irritating. The reflooring work involves the use of powertools to strip off the cement skim that was used to level the floors in the labs, which explains the amount of noise. I feel most sorry for the blokes in stores, whose office has an open front that faces out onto the lab where the work is being done.

Sic transit Venus inter solemque orbem terrae

Just been out with my long-suffering officemate Steve (WINOLJ) and the 1m pinhole camera that we bodged together out of one of the many cardboard boxes that clutter up our office, but to no avail. Although we could get a fairly crisp image of the sun about 6mm across, it wasn't crisp enough for us to be able to make out the disc of Venus. I did manage to see the transit through a pair of eclipse glasses that the deputy head of school had brought in, and I can see why the resolving power of our camera wasn't sufficient.

Sic transit Venus inter solemque orbem terrae

Just been out with my long-suffering officemate Steve (WINOLJ) and the 1m pinhole camera that we bodged together out of one of the many cardboard boxes that clutter up our office, but to no avail. Although we could get a fairly crisp image of the sun about 6mm across, it wasn't crisp enough for us to be able to make out the disc of Venus. I did manage to see the transit through a pair of eclipse glasses that the deputy head of school had brought in, and I can see why the resolving power of our camera wasn't sufficient.