# Boy, you'll be an actuary... now **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422 "2002-11-29T00:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/1 "2002-11-29T00:40:20Z")
I qualified! Four years of exams finally bloody over. Now I am officially in the MA FIA\* as a bona fide full-on actuary type. I have had a few drinkies. It hasn’t quite sunk in. When you have been taking exams for 20 years, the idea that you never have to take another one doesn’t quite compute. Especially when they’ve been every 6 months for the past 4 years. This is the third time I’ve taken that last exam too. Average qualification is seven years and I was beginning to think I might make it that far. But no. That’s **Mr** Actuary to you. pan \*The initials I now have after my name. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/2 "2002-11-29T00:44:30Z")
Go **Kabbes**! Well done mate! I’m dead proud to know such a smart and qualified man. Those years of hard work have paid off and you deserve respect for it. Nice one. Fancy a pint soon to celebrate? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/3 "2002-11-29T02:22:23Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/4 "2002-11-29T04:38:59Z")
Woot! Mega-awesome! You’ve probably got a bigger brain-pan than my whole family! That’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/5 "2002-11-29T05:17:39Z")
Many, many congratulations, mate. Exactly _how_ many, I’ll leave for you to work out. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/6 "2002-11-29T08:36:19Z")
Congratulations! Will you be our very own **Herbert Kornfeld** now, and tell us weekly stories about you and your homies keeping it real down at Actuaries-R-Us? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/7 "2002-11-29T10:10:32Z")
**Fran** : I most definitely think so. But why stop at one? OTOH last night we had champagne, then I moved onto the absinthe… Sometimes having a pub o’ friends and a lock-in are not the kindest thing to one’s head. **Ultra** why thankyou. I _am_ the champion. **Ashtar** I wouldn’t tell me that this morning. It’s already swelled to twice its normal size. **Steve** I think at least seven, don’t you? **Coldie** , never fear, eXtreeem actuarying will take off any day now. p ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/8 "2002-11-29T10:27:31Z")
Congratulations, **kabbes**. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/9 "2002-11-29T10:44:55Z")
Congratulations. You and **december** now stand side by side, holding up the actuarial banner. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/10 "2002-11-29T10:57:38Z")
Cool. Congrats. > [@](#): > > You and december now stand side by side First time for everything 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/11 "2002-11-29T11:22:48Z")
congrats, have a few pints for me… a bitter if you dont mind 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/12 "2002-11-29T12:44:51Z")
Congrats! You know, my local is about half way between you and Fran on the Reading-Gatwick line, maybe a mini-fest is in order? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/13 "2002-11-29T14:32:47Z")
Sounds good to me. We’ll all have **Hattrick’s** bitter. Me and **december** , taking on the world. Yeah! We’ll be ready for anything. Incidentally, did you know that **Dex** is also an actuary? pan ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/14 "2002-11-29T14:37:46Z")
Lung taco rations - Cliff likes 'em well done (15) ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-youll-be-an-actuary-now/139422/15 "2002-11-29T15:13:06Z")
Cheers **man**. (Don’t tell me… Mistletoe and Wine! ;))