Both are hard on the ones left behind but for different reasons. The "totally unexpected" probably has the edge for being worst for the family because there is no opportunity to say goodbye… (View Post)

Another route was volunteering to work with youth groups, but the current vetting procedures are so horrifically intrusive it puts people off (View Post)

I don't think @casino royale was saying that _everyone_ is me, me, me, just a significant proportion of the population. I think there is some truth in his suggestion. And there is definitely mor… (View Post)

A while back my son's school organised a supervised coach trip to the open day of one of the more popular universities; according to my son this was because a group of pupils the previous year h… (View Post)

It's always the little people who are punished. It was something I and my colleagues observed 25 years ago that the punishment for misdemeanours in our organisation was inversely proportional to… (View Post)