When choosing 'O' level subjects we were given the option of Latin or History and everyone chose Latin (great teacher). As the Headmaster was going to teach the history form he changed the rules so history was made compulsory and we then had to choose between Latin and Geography. I chose Geography.
I'm glad I don't work for a Headteacher like that. Lose the game and change the rules? I'll bet his staff hated him.
According to wikipedia one of he residents of Budleigh Salterton is Hilary (The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher) Mantel. The trouble is that if these places are nice and word gets around they will always attract a few retired Guardianistas. I think it's a bit of a myth that the fashionable left all want to live in the big smoke.
Budleigh Salterton is like a morgue.
Sounds a very suitable place for the writer of a book called 'Bring up the Bodies' then!
I've never visited somewhere that was so quiet. You could have heard a pin drop at lunchtime.
The nearest I've been is Exeter, where I heard their church choir singing in the Cathedral (at lunchtime). It was quite a good choir although not as good as the one I was in at the time.
I'm very fond of Exeter Cathedral Square, and places like Southernhay, Rougemont Gardens, and the streets leading up to the Iron Bridge. Despite massive bombing, and some awful redevelopment in places, it's a fine city centre.
excellent July retail figures today-and anyone who's been out and about in London knows August is going to be even better. I can't see how the economy is going to show a slowdown despite the Markit sentiment reports- I pridict third quarter growth of 0.6% in October that might be a little optimistic given the sudden fall in sterling but I'll stick to it given the massivee proportion the services sector is a nd the feel good factor of the brexit Olympics awell.
Quote me on this in Oct 0.6% quarter on quarter.
I think the fall in sterling has certainly provided a cushion. Many more people than usual are spending their holidays at home (no doubt also in part to political instability in some popular destinations).
Who wants the hassle of airport check-in or fighting off the immigrants at Calais? I'm off to join the luvvies in Edinburgh.
Russian boxer Vladimir Nikitin, who won a highly controversial decision over Ireland's Michael Conlan in Tuesday's Olympic quarter-final, is reportedly set to withdraw from the competition because of injuries sustained so far at Rio 2016.
excellent July retail figures today-and anyone who's been out and about in London knows August is going to be even better. I can't see how the economy is going to show a slowdown despite the Markit sentiment reports- I pridict third quarter growth of 0.6% in October that might be a little optimistic given the sudden fall in sterling but I'll stick to it given the massivee proportion the services sector is a nd the feel good factor of the brexit Olympics awell.
Quote me on this in Oct 0.6% quarter on quarter.
I think the fall in sterling has certainly provided a cushion. Many more people than usual are spending their holidays at home (no doubt also in part to political instability in some popular destinations).
And of course, absolutely nothing has actually happened or changed (other than cheaper £), all we are measuring right now is sentiment.
Russian boxer Vladimir Nikitin, who won a highly controversial decision over Ireland's Michael Conlan in Tuesday's Olympic quarter-final, is reportedly set to withdraw from the competition because of injuries sustained so far at Rio 2016.
He was battered.
No no...in the eyes of the totally honest and fair judges, the strikes were neither numerous, clean or effective....
Russian boxer Vladimir Nikitin, who won a highly controversial decision over Ireland's Michael Conlan in Tuesday's Olympic quarter-final, is reportedly set to withdraw from the competition because of injuries sustained so far at Rio 2016.
He was battered.
No no...in the eyes of the totally honest and fair judges, the strikes were neither numerous, clean or effective....
The pair were covered in his blood. It was a joke result.
excellent July retail figures today-and anyone who's been out and about in London knows August is going to be even better. I can't see how the economy is going to show a slowdown despite the Markit sentiment reports- I pridict third quarter growth of 0.6% in October that might be a little optimistic given the sudden fall in sterling but I'll stick to it given the massivee proportion the services sector is a nd the feel good factor of the brexit Olympics awell.
Quote me on this in Oct 0.6% quarter on quarter.
I think the fall in sterling has certainly provided a cushion. Many more people than usual are spending their holidays at home (no doubt also in part to political instability in some popular destinations).
Who wants the hassle of airport check-in or fighting off the immigrants at Calais? I'm off to join the luvvies in Edinburgh.
I spent much of my Summer holiday in this country (Antrim, and Northern England, as well as Eire). I had no idea how beautiful the Antrim Coast is.
When choosing 'O' level subjects we were given the option of Latin or History and everyone chose Latin (great teacher). As the Headmaster was going to teach the history form he changed the rules so history was made compulsory and we then had to choose between Latin and Geography. I chose Geography.
I'm glad I don't work for a Headteacher like that. Lose the game and change the rules? I'll bet his staff hated him.
At the Berlin Olympics the same Head had won a silver medal in the 400m and gold in the 4 x 400m relay.
I see. So the immediate negative shock Remainers assured us of is now being quietly buried? Which claim will be next to be abandoned I wonder?
Who said immediate?
Just for you (and SeanT)...
It didn’t last, that sadness. I felt the shift first of all at The Spectator’s summer party in July. I’d expected to feel awkward there, as a woebegone, defensive Remainer, surrounded by Britain’s Brexit elite. Gradually, though, I began to realise that this wasn’t how Britain’s new political dynamic worked. Contrary to my expectations, it was me who made other people feel awkward; the pressure was all on them. And in the weeks since, I’ve felt that dynamic again and again. You can always tell now, with people who voted out. They don’t need to say a word. It’s all in the haunted eyes. The shifty silence. They’re worried. It’s their world now. It’s all down to them.
When choosing 'O' level subjects we were given the option of Latin or History and everyone chose Latin (great teacher). As the Headmaster was going to teach the history form he changed the rules so history was made compulsory and we then had to choose between Latin and Geography. I chose Geography.
I'm glad I don't work for a Headteacher like that. Lose the game and change the rules? I'll bet his staff hated him.
At the Berlin Olympics the same Head had won a silver medal in the 400m and gold in the 4 x 400m relay.
Godfrey Brown, presumably? The school being the RGS in Worcester? Good school.
But I wonder how he would have felt if halfway round the relay it had been announced that only those who had previously dropped the baton would be considered for a medal?
Russian boxer Vladimir Nikitin, who won a highly controversial decision over Ireland's Michael Conlan in Tuesday's Olympic quarter-final, is reportedly set to withdraw from the competition because of injuries sustained so far at Rio 2016.
He was battered.
No no...in the eyes of the totally honest and fair judges, the strikes were neither numerous, clean or effective....
The pair were covered in his blood. It was a joke result.
Conlan - Stevenson would have been a bout well worth watching too.
They could well meet in the pro game I expect, will be some years down the line though.
For anyone who is yield hunting, Portuguese debt feels like a decent one way bet right now. An almost 3% yield and possible benefit from further QE by the ECB to weaken the Euro.
It has a purpose but is not targetted to your particular interests so you don't value that.
No Charles.
I love the countryside. I love engineering. I like grand projects. I love London's parks, which are the capital's under-appreciated jewels.
You will see me raving (*) about these topics all too often on PB.
Yet despite all that, I am against the Garden Bridge. Perhaps you should ask yourself if I am right, instead of continuing to defend the indefensible.
(*) In all sense of the term.
Your continued complaint is that cyclists have to push their bikes. It's not designed for cyclists.
This is privately funded*, open to the public and creating a new landmark for London. It doesn't do everything but it's a good improvement for the area.
but we won't agree and I suspect just rehersing the same argument will bore everyone else
* No additional public money is being spent on it that would not have been spent on Temple Tube.
That's just one of my complaints. I fear you need to go back and re-read my posts. But on that complaint: "It's not designed for cyclists." shows the problem very well. It's not been designed to meet any real need.
A tip: you start with requirements, then design to meet those requirements. If you do it well, you can end up with something that works and is beautiful.
Instead, the bridge is the dream of a c-list actress that has been jumped on by idiots and self-serving charlatans. I mean, they're even associating with Princess Di now, FFS. They're scraping the barrel.
Your point on Temple Tube is incomprehensibly and unusually stupid. In fact, it's one of the things that makes me think the project's trying to treat people like fools.
Oh, and I do hope you talk about the bridge helping disadvantaged youths in the area. I 'm still laughing at that.
My point on Temple Tube is very simple.
TEL is renewing all the stations in the network. It is Temple Tube's turn. They are budgeting £29.5m. The bridge will land on the roof of the Tube Station. So they are incorporating it into the design - cost of £30m.
Admittedly that's a government spend of £500,000 extra. But joined up thinking
That goes widely against the way that part of the project's being reported. Could you provide a linky for your costings, please?
For instance, this reports the strengthening works of the tube station for the bridge as costing £3 million.
It also doesn't make the bridge any less of a £175 million white elephant.
Golly. Just watched Japanese lady win gold in the wrestling. She's one mean looking fighter.
She's now carrying her bigger male coach round the mat on her shoulders!
I saw the video and thought the same. I came across an astonishing fact about her in that prior to February this year she hadn't lost a wrestling match in 13 years. Her record was 189-0 during that timepsan. Wow.
Golly. Just watched Japanese lady win gold in the wrestling. She's one mean looking fighter.
She's now carrying her bigger male coach round the mat on her shoulders!
I saw the video and thought the same. I came across an astonishing fact about her in that prior to February this year she hadn't lost a wrestling match in 13 years. Her record was 189-0 during that timepsan. Wow.
Under the circumstances, most Labour MPs might be well advised to stay away then.
And I am absolutely not joking.
Won't the police just refuse a licence due to public safety issues?
Can you imagine the screens of "foul play"?
You get the police to do it and send the Labour Party the full commercial rate bill including overtime.
Isn't this self inflicted as they're still grandstanding over some of the companies that would do the job?
I think they aren't grandstanding any more.
G4S is boycotted (something to do with Israel being a bad place full of bad people)
GMB has just called for the last bidder to be vetoed on the grounds they won't recognise the unions. While JC needs their vote on the NEC I doubt he's go against that.
It has a purpose but is not targetted to your particular interests so you don't value that.
...
Your continued complaint is that cyclists have to push their bikes. It's not designed for cyclists.
This is privately funded*, open to the public and creating a new landmark for London. It doesn't do everything but it's a good improvement for the area.
but we won't agree and I suspect just rehersing the same argument will bore everyone else
* No additional public money is being spent on it that would not have been spent on Temple Tube.
That's just one of my complaints. I fear you need to go back and re-read my posts. But on that complaint: "It's not designed for cyclists." shows the problem very well. It's not been designed to meet any real need.
A tip: you start with requirements, then design to meet those requirements. If you do it well, you can end up with something that works and is beautiful.
Instead, the bridge is the dream of a c-list actress that has been jumped on by idiots and self-serving charlatans. I mean, they're even associating with Princess Di now, FFS. They're scraping the barrel.
Your point on Temple Tube is incomprehensibly and unusually stupid. In fact, it's one of the things that makes me think the project's trying to treat people like fools.
Oh, and I do hope you talk about the bridge helping disadvantaged youths in the area. I 'm still laughing at that.
My point on Temple Tube is very simple.
TEL is renewing all the stations in the network. It is Temple Tube's turn. They are budgeting £29.5m. The bridge will land on the roof of the Tube Station. So they are incorporating it into the design - cost of £30m.
Admittedly that's a government spend of £500,000 extra. But joined up thinking
That goes widely against the way that part of the project's being reported. Could you provide a linky for your costings, please?
For instance, this reports the strengthening works of the tube station for the bridge as costing £3 million.
It also doesn't make the bridge any less of a £175 million white elephant.
Very pro bridge. Don't really understand the fuss against it.
It is peanuts cost compared to almost anything else, and will be nice. Most of the current bridges are horribly smog enveloped and the view across the Thames is one of the nicest in the world.
It has a purpose but is not targetted to your particular interests so you don't value that.
No Charles.
I love the countryside. I love engineering. I like grand projects. I love London's parks, which are the capital's under-appreciated jewels.
You will see me raving (*) about these topics all too often on PB.
Yet despite all that, I am against the Garden Bridge. Perhaps you should ask yourself if I am right, instead of continuing to defend the indefensible.
(*) In all sense of the term.
Your continued complaint is that cyclists have to push their bikes. It's not designed for cyclists.
This is privately funded*, open to the public and creating a new landmark for London. It doesn't do everything but it's a good improvement for the area.
but we won't agree and I suspect just rehersing the same argument will bore everyone else
* No additional public money is being spent on it that would not have been spent on Temple Tube.
That's just one of my complaints. I fear you need to go back and re-read my posts. But on that complaint: "It's not designed for cyclists." shows the problem very well. It's not been designed to meet any real need.
A tip: you start with requirements, then design to meet those requirements. If you do it well, you can end up with something that works and is beautiful.
Instead, the bridge is the dream of a c-list actress that has been jumped on by idiots and self-serving charlatans. I mean, they're even associating with Princess Di now, FFS. They're scraping the barrel.
Your point on Temple Tube is incomprehensibly and unusually stupid. In fact, it's one of the things that makes me think the project's trying to treat people like fools.
Oh, and I do hope you talk about the bridge helping disadvantaged youths in the area. I 'm still laughing at that.
My point on Temple Tube is very simple.
TEL is renewing all the stations in the network. It is Temple Tube's turn. They are budgeting £29.5m. The bridge will land on the roof of the Tube Station. So they are incorporating it into the design - cost of £30m.
Admittedly that's a government spend of £500,000 extra. But joined up thinking
That goes widely against the way that part of the project's being reported. Could you provide a linky for your costings, please?
For instance, this reports the strengthening works of the tube station for the bridge as costing £3 million.
It also doesn't make the bridge any less of a £175 million white elephant.
It's what Mervyn told me when I last saw him, so no links I'm afraid
Re: O-levels. In the late 70s I shared a flat with a teacher at a London comprehensive and she came home flaming mad one day. One of the teachers taught Italian part-time. As the school had poor academic standards, usually the only pupils doing Italian O-level were those who had Italian parents and already had a knowledge of the language. The teacher was going through a divorce and needed to work full-time so the school told a number of pupils that they would be doing Italian O-level, although the reality was that few of them had a chance of passing. In fact, several of them were struggling with French O-level and some were struggling with English Language O-level. In order to fit Italian into the time table, the number of French and English lessons were reduced. So pupils' chances of passing O-levels were reduced for the convenience of one of the teachers.
I would have thought a vacuum tunnel is a non-starter. This is essentially Elon Musk's Hyperloop concept. T'is bollocks on stilts.
But..I'd have thought putting a large ducted fan at the front piping air to thrust nozzles at the back would solve the 'slower in tunnels' problem. (Just not maybe at an effective cost or energy demand overall). However the idea of a train with a jet engine on its front appeals to me at a simple level!
Yes, I forgot about that. There really were some weird loco designs from the 1930s to 1960s, of which Bulleid was a major culprit (or inspirational designer, depending on your view).
So Labour can't organize the security at their own conference. How can they expect the electorate to trust them with the security of the country?
A people's party does not need security to keep the public away, they are in side and welcomed, and so it will be when the masses sweep Jeremy Corbyn into power.
Re: O-levels. In the late 70s I shared a flat with a teacher at a London comprehensive and she came home flaming mad one day. One of the teachers taught Italian part-time. As the school had poor academic standards, usually the only pupils doing Italian O-level were those who had Italian parents and already had a knowledge of the language. The teacher was going through a divorce and needed to work full-time so the school told a number of pupils that they would be doing Italian O-level, although the reality was that few of them had a chance of passing. In fact, several of them were struggling with French O-level and some were struggling with English Language O-level. In order to fit Italian into the time table, the number of French and English lessons were reduced. So pupils' chances of passing O-levels were reduced for the convenience of one of the teachers.
The joys of a centrally planned sysytem run for the convenience of the producers
Under the circumstances, most Labour MPs might be well advised to stay away then.
And I am absolutely not joking.
Won't the police just refuse a licence due to public safety issues?
I think the police would do it for you if you want them to, its just going to be mind numbingly expensive. The conference will not go ahead without security. At the Tory conference last year there was seriously large amounts of disorder and security to the event was especially tight.
excellent July retail figures today-and anyone who's been out and about in London knows August is going to be even better. I can't see how the economy is going to show a slowdown despite the Markit sentiment reports- I pridict third quarter growth of 0.6% in October that might be a little optimistic given the sudden fall in sterling but I'll stick to it given the massivee proportion the services sector is a nd the feel good factor of the brexit Olympics awell.
Quote me on this in Oct 0.6% quarter on quarter.
I think the fall in sterling has certainly provided a cushion. Many more people than usual are spending their holidays at home (no doubt also in part to political instability in some popular destinations).
And of course, absolutely nothing has actually happened or changed (other than cheaper £), all we are measuring right now is sentiment.
Miss Plato, who amongst us does not feel pride when contemplating one's severed foot collection?
People used to collect severed heads I believe. Oliver Cromwell's was passed around for many centuries until I guess the last owner did not want to carry on the tradition of being a head collecting weirdo and it was buried.
Has he thrown any gays off roof-tops like some of your co-religionists have done?
They aren't my co-religionists
Why are you obsessed with Muslims? Is there something about PB Essex people and their obsessions with me?
Dawkins has advocated euthanasing babies with Down's syndrome (or at least, aborting the foetuses) but so far as I know he's never gone in for gay-bashing.
With regard to obsessions, it must be the avatar.
Edited after TSE stated he is a Muslim - think I was confusing him with Morris Dancer (now I'm the one who'll need security)!
Mr. Eagles, point of order: the IRA were Christians [the religious dividing line was incidental, the political difference was the real one. The IRA didn't try and set up a theocracy with their own pope].
There is an interesting question about whether people self-identifying as a religious group belong to it (Mormons consider themselves Christian, other Christian groups tend to disagree). Sadly, I think that ISIS/Daesh are as Muslim as Westboro Baptist Church are Christian.
Mr. kle4, if you know a better way to absorb the power of your slain enemies than to collect their severed heads, I'd like to hear it!
Mike: once the contest is over the Labour party will rally and the PLP WILL support. On the evidence of the last few days Corbyn is a stabler better political personality that Smith, who is all over the place. Even now the Labour vote is holding up and rising in places. Think we need a bit of objectivity.
Mr. Eagles, point of order: the IRA were Christians [the religious dividing line was incidental, the political difference was the real one. The IRA didn't try and set up a theocracy with their own pope].
There is an interesting question about whether people self-identifying as a religious group belong to it (Mormons consider themselves Christian, other Christian groups tend to disagree). Sadly, I think that ISIS/Daesh are as Muslim as Westboro Baptist Church are Christian.
Mr. kle4, if you know a better way to absorb the power of your slain enemies than to collect their severed heads, I'd like to hear it!
Mr Dancer! Any right-thinking barbarian knows that one eats the hearts. Skulls are merely useful as book ends.
They would say the same about most other Muslims. Their aim is a Caliphate that stretches across the world with their variety of Islam the foundation stone of everything.
Re: O-levels. In the late 70s I shared a flat with a teacher at a London comprehensive and she came home flaming mad one day. One of the teachers taught Italian part-time. As the school had poor academic standards, usually the only pupils doing Italian O-level were those who had Italian parents and already had a knowledge of the language. The teacher was going through a divorce and needed to work full-time so the school told a number of pupils that they would be doing Italian O-level, although the reality was that few of them had a chance of passing. In fact, several of them were struggling with French O-level and some were struggling with English Language O-level. In order to fit Italian into the time table, the number of French and English lessons were reduced. So pupils' chances of passing O-levels were reduced for the convenience of one of the teachers.
The joys of a centrally planned sysytem run for the convenience of the producers
Mr. Eagles, point of order: the IRA were Christians [the religious dividing line was incidental, the political difference was the real one. The IRA didn't try and set up a theocracy with their own pope].
There is an interesting question about whether people self-identifying as a religious group belong to it (Mormons consider themselves Christian, other Christian groups tend to disagree). Sadly, I think that ISIS/Daesh are as Muslim as Westboro Baptist Church are Christian.
Mr. kle4, if you know a better way to absorb the power of your slain enemies than to collect their severed heads, I'd like to hear it!
No, you're right. What's next? Not feasting upon the heart of the slain to absorb their courage? Preposterous.
And now for lunch.
On the serious point about self identification with a group, it's not an easy one. Many many people will feel they are a part of a wider group, even if the majority of that group say otherwise, and who has the final say? The Mormon example is a good one, because they areb't considered Christian by many, but who is allowed to make that call? There have been splits in who is and is not a Christian for nearly 2000 years, and even the area of consensus among the bigger denominations today would find dispute from some groups today or in the past, and were those ones not Christians? Was Arian Christianity truly Christian? Monophysitism?
Has he thrown any gays off roof-tops like some of your co-religionists have done?
They aren't my co-religionists
Why are you obsessed with Muslims? Is there something about PB Essex people and their obsessions with me?
Dawkins has advocated euthanasing babies with Down's syndrome (or at least, aborting the foetuses) but so far as I know he's never gone in for gay-bashing.
With regard to obsessions, it must be the avatar.
Edited after TSE stated he is a Muslim - think I was confusing him with Morris Dancer (now I'm the one who'll need security)!
Just remember I'm the one with the great and deep knowledge of history, especially classical history.
Mr. Eagles, point of order: the IRA were Christians [the religious dividing line was incidental, the political difference was the real one. The IRA didn't try and set up a theocracy with their own pope].
There is an interesting question about whether people self-identifying as a religious group belong to it (Mormons consider themselves Christian, other Christian groups tend to disagree). Sadly, I think that ISIS/Daesh are as Muslim as Westboro Baptist Church are Christian.
Mr. kle4, if you know a better way to absorb the power of your slain enemies than to collect their severed heads, I'd like to hear it!
Mr Dancer! Any right-thinking barbarian knows that one eats the hearts. Skulls are merely useful as book ends.
You are a werewolf, and I claim my 5 silver bullets.
excellent July retail figures today-and anyone who's been out and about in London knows August is going to be even better. I can't see how the economy is going to show a slowdown despite the Markit sentiment reports- I pridict third quarter growth of 0.6% in October that might be a little optimistic given the sudden fall in sterling but I'll stick to it given the massivee proportion the services sector is a nd the feel good factor of the brexit Olympics awell.
Quote me on this in Oct 0.6% quarter on quarter.
Think that is a bit high. There was definitely a pause in the immediate aftermath and the period without an effective PM was not great either. My guess is 0.3 which is so far from the end of the world that you can't see it from there.
Miss Plato, who amongst us does not feel pride when contemplating one's severed foot collection?
People used to collect severed heads I believe. Oliver Cromwell's was passed around for many centuries until I guess the last owner did not want to carry on the tradition of being a head collecting weirdo and it was buried.
More British than that... it's owned by Pembroke Cambridge (I think). They buried it because students kept trying to pinch it as a dare...
They would say the same about most other Muslims. Their aim is a Caliphate that stretches across the world with their variety of Islam the foundation stone of everything.
The nearest secular equivalent is Trotskyism.
But Trotskyism is a tool of the Capitalists! The Marxists say so!
Mr. Eagles, point of order: the IRA were Christians [the religious dividing line was incidental, the political difference was the real one. The IRA didn't try and set up a theocracy with their own pope].
There is an interesting question about whether people self-identifying as a religious group belong to it (Mormons consider themselves Christian, other Christian groups tend to disagree). Sadly, I think that ISIS/Daesh are as Muslim as Westboro Baptist Church are Christian.
Mr. kle4, if you know a better way to absorb the power of your slain enemies than to collect their severed heads, I'd like to hear it!
No, you're right. What's next? Not feasting upon the heart of the slain to absorb their courage? Preposterous.
And now for lunch.
I could never be a Presbyterian simply because Presbyterians is an anagram of Britney Spears.
I'd giggle way too much during services because of that.
Mike: once the contest is over the Labour party will rally and the PLP WILL support. On the evidence of the last few days Corbyn is a stabler better political personality that Smith, who is all over the place. Even now the Labour vote is holding up and rising in places. Think we need a bit of objectivity.
Owen "Softer than Jezza on terrorism" Smith.
What a numpty. To get beaten on terrorism by of all people, Jeremy Corbyn. How does that even happen, unless you're the welsh one hit windbag poundland Owen 'Lets have tea and biscuits with ISIS' Smith.
excellent July retail figures today-and anyone who's been out and about in London knows August is going to be even better. I can't see how the economy is going to show a slowdown despite the Markit sentiment reports- I pridict third quarter growth of 0.6% in October that might be a little optimistic given the sudden fall in sterling but I'll stick to it given the massivee proportion the services sector is a nd the feel good factor of the brexit Olympics awell.
Quote me on this in Oct 0.6% quarter on quarter.
I often get the feeling that economics has a few wannabe celebrities, who make statements and write 'analysis' as though they are fighting for attention like a group of TOWIE 'actors'.
There are certain oft-quoted economists who make me grimace just seeing their names in media reports.
Britain is enjoying a glorious summer and a tourism boom. The EU is not the be-all and end-all. It will increasingly become an irrelevance in global trade and economic vitality, which is why we have wisely chosen to unshackle ourselves and take whatever turbulence the next few years may offer.
Mr. Eagles, when it comes to classical history, you have the self-confidence of Varro, and the results to match.
This is why I'm cursing myself for getting muddled...now this is going to be a classical history thread again.
For penance I shall go and write the scheme of work for Ethics, which means I shall be reluctantly compelled to read the pompous witterings of Bertrand Russell.
Mr. Doethur, ah. I am an atheist. Did have a look at Buddhism [technically, Buddhists are also atheists], but was unpersuaded.
It's unwise to treat atheists as a group, because 'membership' is determined in a negative way. It'd be like treating 'non-British' as the same, whether that's Somalia, North Korea or Canada.
Re: O-levels. In the late 70s I shared a flat with a teacher at a London comprehensive and she came home flaming mad one day. One of the teachers taught Italian part-time. As the school had poor academic standards, usually the only pupils doing Italian O-level were those who had Italian parents and already had a knowledge of the language. The teacher was going through a divorce and needed to work full-time so the school told a number of pupils that they would be doing Italian O-level, although the reality was that few of them had a chance of passing. In fact, several of them were struggling with French O-level and some were struggling with English Language O-level. In order to fit Italian into the time table, the number of French and English lessons were reduced. So pupils' chances of passing O-levels were reduced for the convenience of one of the teachers.
The joys of a centrally planned sysytem run for the convenience of the producers
how much could our schools IPO for?
There are a few publicly quoted education providers in the US but it's not a sector I follow so no idea!
And yet another story of Rio Omnishambles games...
Funding injunction for Games overturned by judge
The initial injunction would have stopped 36m euros (£31m) from Rio mayor Eduardo Paes and 29m euros (£25m) of federal funding being used to fill the gaps in the Rio budget.
Organisers are already three weeks late in paying 8m euros (£7m) of travel grants, meaning up to 50 nations may not be able to afford to send athletes.
Mr. Doethur, I didn't see the unedited version. Unsure if you're claiming I have Down's, am a Muslim, hate homosexuals or am a member of ISIS/Daesh.
[For the record, none of those things are true. Handy, as I had a ham sandwich for dinner].
Did you have mustard with the ham sandwich?
Detest mustard myself - unless baking cheese scones or other cheese dishes. It transforms them. Alas for Coleman's, a tin of English powder lasts for years.
Eye sockets. Sorry. Barbarians have to quaff or swill, not sip. Horns are pretty much compulsory. Clearly you are but an armchair, wannabe barbarian.
Usually, the inside of the skull would be lined with silver to prevent the alcohol from spilling out.
King Alboin of the Lombards was an early Darwin award winner. He killed the King of the Gepids, and forced his daughter Rosamund to marry him. At feasts, he'd quaff from Rosamund's father's skull, and liked to taunt her with it. She smashed in his head with an axe while he was sleeping.
Mr. (Geoff) M, no. I tend to have single fillings, although occasionally add a little onion to go with cheese.
Edited extra bit: reminds me of Antoninus Caracalla. It turns out repeatedly threatening to murder your own bodyguard and then having his brother killed on a false pretext doesn't aid one's life expectancy.
Mr. Doethur, ah. I am an atheist. Did have a look at Buddhism [technically, Buddhists are also atheists], but was unpersuaded.
It's unwise to treat atheists as a group, because 'membership' is determined in a negative way. It'd be like treating 'non-British' as the same, whether that's Somalia, North Korea or Canada.
I used to be a militant atheist, fighting the good fight against the fundys on alt.atheism. Now I'm more a frustrated would-be Deist with my nose pressed up against the shop window. Would love to go in, but can't.
For anyone who is yield hunting, Portuguese debt feels like a decent one way bet right now. An almost 3% yield and possible benefit from further QE by the ECB to weaken the Euro.
This will be in the post moral hazard, it doesn't really matter if Portugal is irredeemably bankrupt world?
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Or: "How the proportion of children with obesity has fallen 2002-2012". https://t.co/wlj3TOZERT https://t.co/TnAO5KiSgz
https://twitter.com/afneil/status/766224367516839936
Sky News correspondent Poppy Trowbridge has been appointed as the new Special Adviser to the Chancellor.
And I am absolutely not joking.
Miss Plato, foul lies! The Black Knight clearly beat King Arthur.
But I wonder how he would have felt if halfway round the relay it had been announced that only those who had previously dropped the baton would be considered for a medal?
EDIT - to remove strange autocorrect of 'relay'.
They could well meet in the pro game I expect, will be some years down the line though.
She's now carrying her bigger male coach round the mat on her shoulders!
You get the police to do it and send the Labour Party the full commercial rate bill including overtime.
This cannot be allowed to happened.
For instance, this reports the strengthening works of the tube station for the bridge as costing £3 million.
It also doesn't make the bridge any less of a £175 million white elephant.
WOW
G4S is boycotted (something to do with Israel being a bad place full of bad people)
GMB has just called for the last bidder to be vetoed on the grounds they won't recognise the unions. While JC needs their vote on the NEC I doubt he's go against that.
Flood destroys home of man who said gays were responsible for floods
http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/18/flood-destroys-home-of-man-who-said-gays-were-responsible-for-floods-6075192/
It is peanuts cost compared to almost anything else, and will be nice. Most of the current bridges are horribly smog enveloped and the view across the Thames is one of the nicest in the world.
That was a little over a year ago though
ah, the referendum, what was that all about, eh?
Witness the Leader class, which were steam locos that looked like diesels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Leader_class
Why are you obsessed with Muslims? Is there something about PB Essex people and their obsessions with me?
"Trained search dogs are being used to try and solve the mystery of three human feet discovered in the same area in Bath.
It is not thought the severed limbs are linked to any crime and police believe they may have come from a macabre private collection".
http://news.sky.com/story/police-use-tracker-dogs-to-try-and-solve-mystery-of-severed-feet-10541548?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries
Next you'll be saying the IRA were Christian freedom fighters
With regard to obsessions, it must be the avatar.
Edited after TSE stated he is a Muslim - think I was confusing him with Morris Dancer (now I'm the one who'll need security)!
There is an interesting question about whether people self-identifying as a religious group belong to it (Mormons consider themselves Christian, other Christian groups tend to disagree). Sadly, I think that ISIS/Daesh are as Muslim as Westboro Baptist Church are Christian.
Mr. kle4, if you know a better way to absorb the power of your slain enemies than to collect their severed heads, I'd like to hear it!
"ISIS aren't Muslims."
They would say the same about most other Muslims. Their aim is a Caliphate that stretches across the world with their variety of Islam the foundation stone of everything.
The nearest secular equivalent is Trotskyism.
[For the record, none of those things are true. Handy, as I had a ham sandwich for dinner].
And now for lunch.
On the serious point about self identification with a group, it's not an easy one. Many many people will feel they are a part of a wider group, even if the majority of that group say otherwise, and who has the final say? The Mormon example is a good one, because they areb't considered Christian by many, but who is allowed to make that call? There have been splits in who is and is not a Christian for nearly 2000 years, and even the area of consensus among the bigger denominations today would find dispute from some groups today or in the past, and were those ones not Christians? Was Arian Christianity truly Christian? Monophysitism?
Up in the NW, the garden could do with a bit of rain. Where's the nearest gay club?
I'd giggle way too much during services because of that.
What a numpty. To get beaten on terrorism by of all people, Jeremy Corbyn. How does that even happen, unless you're the welsh one hit windbag poundland Owen 'Lets have tea and biscuits with ISIS' Smith.
There are certain oft-quoted economists who make me grimace just seeing their names in media reports.
Britain is enjoying a glorious summer and a tourism boom. The EU is not the be-all and end-all. It will increasingly become an irrelevance in global trade and economic vitality, which is why we have wisely chosen to unshackle ourselves and take whatever turbulence the next few years may offer.
For penance I shall go and write the scheme of work for Ethics, which means I shall be reluctantly compelled to read the pompous witterings of Bertrand Russell.
It's unwise to treat atheists as a group, because 'membership' is determined in a negative way. It'd be like treating 'non-British' as the same, whether that's Somalia, North Korea or Canada.
Funding injunction for Games overturned by judge
The initial injunction would have stopped 36m euros (£31m) from Rio mayor Eduardo Paes and 29m euros (£25m) of federal funding being used to fill the gaps in the Rio budget.
Organisers are already three weeks late in paying 8m euros (£7m) of travel grants, meaning up to 50 nations may not be able to afford to send athletes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/37115609
I used to be a frequent visitor of that truly awesome gay bar. They usually play nothing but 80s/90s (cheesy) pop music.
Poptastic can be difficult to find, wags always cross out the 'C' and 'S' on the Canal Street road sign, so it spells out 'anal treet'
King Alboin of the Lombards was an early Darwin award winner. He killed the King of the Gepids, and forced his daughter Rosamund to marry him. At feasts, he'd quaff from Rosamund's father's skull, and liked to taunt her with it. She smashed in his head with an axe while he was sleeping.
Edited extra bit: reminds me of Antoninus Caracalla. It turns out repeatedly threatening to murder your own bodyguard and then having his brother killed on a false pretext doesn't aid one's life expectancy.
The sad thing is you are probably right.