Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 28)
Discussion
How is old Stumpy these days? I remember the 'Pull Ring and Strike Knob' business with the fire extinguisher.
Poor chap.
Anyhow, now Doris has finished buggering about I'm going to have a look around and see if there's any damage.
There's a plastic chair appeared in the garden that's not ours
Poor chap.
Anyhow, now Doris has finished buggering about I'm going to have a look around and see if there's any damage.
There's a plastic chair appeared in the garden that's not ours
Gretchen said:
Aww thanks for all the kind words! I was just awake and alone and wanted to share. Cheers all.
To add we've been awarded a bursary to cover the majority of fees. I still need to look down the back of the sofa for a few thousand extra a year and sell what's left of my soul but I'll do it.
Today I also found out my youngest has been accepted to study Latin. Long story but I'm so pleased/proud for him too.
Congrats for both of these - I learned Latin at my Catholic primary boarding school (well, I say learned, I think it's fair to say it was beaten in to me) and that helped me learn German and French to a fluent standard. Not that I can speak German now as I've forgotten it all....To add we've been awarded a bursary to cover the majority of fees. I still need to look down the back of the sofa for a few thousand extra a year and sell what's left of my soul but I'll do it.
Today I also found out my youngest has been accepted to study Latin. Long story but I'm so pleased/proud for him too.
james_tigerwoods said:
I dunno - Nuns can muster a fair old smack with a wooden ruler...
So could the Right Reverend that was my RE teacher.I ended up spending those lessons in the 2nd masters study!
Had a Geography Master who didn't like me either........
Bloke called Mr Green. I found out he was an amateur wrestler, so I suggested he got a Stage Name like Giant Haystacks had.
Thought he was being clever when he asked me what I'd suggest. I'd thought about it & settled on
Grappling Green!!
I remember a physics teacher, Hawkins his name was. His weapon of choice used against errant pupils was one of the old blackboard wipers. Wooden block with a felt pad stuck to it.
The speed and accuracy he could deliver one of those with was astonishing.
I'm bloody certain he was pioneering technology for laser guided missiles.
The speed and accuracy he could deliver one of those with was astonishing.
I'm bloody certain he was pioneering technology for laser guided missiles.
Options chosen, Combined English, Modern History (England and Russia), Politics as well as Psychology and Economics, acceptance forms completed, birth certificate and other paperwork, along with initial deposit against fees owed, signed, sealed and delivered this afternoon.
I'm opening wine.
There may not be some for a while.
I'm opening wine.
There may not be some for a while.
Bomma220 said:
I remember a physics teacher, Hawkins his name was. His weapon of choice used against errant pupils was one of the old blackboard wipers. Wooden block with a felt pad stuck to it.
The speed and accuracy he could deliver one of those with was astonishing.
I'm bloody certain he was pioneering technology for laser guided missiles.
Must have been in the nature of physics teachers.The speed and accuracy he could deliver one of those with was astonishing.
I'm bloody certain he was pioneering technology for laser guided missiles.
Sadism I mean
Ours, a Mr Burrows, had 'Billy Bounce'. It was a hard rubber door stop of the type you screw to the floor. Anyone misbehaving had it thrown at then very hard. I actually witnessed one lad see it coming and he flipped up the desk topand it ricocheted off. Mr B went bat s
t crazy that he had been foiled, so got out 'Mr Metre' which was a wood measuring stick and whacked said lad round the head with it.Never did us any harm. Well, apart from the lad who has had a disturbed life and countless stays in mental institutions as a result.
V6Pushfit said:
Bomma220 said:
I remember a physics teacher, Hawkins his name was. His weapon of choice used against errant pupils was one of the old blackboard wipers. Wooden block with a felt pad stuck to it.
The speed and accuracy he could deliver one of those with was astonishing.
I'm bloody certain he was pioneering technology for laser guided missiles.
Must have been in the nature of physics teachers.The speed and accuracy he could deliver one of those with was astonishing.
I'm bloody certain he was pioneering technology for laser guided missiles.
Sadism I mean
Ours, a Mr Burrows, had 'Billy Bounce'. It was a hard rubber door stop of the type you screw to the floor. Anyone misbehaving had it thrown at then very hard. I actually witnessed one lad see it coming and he flipped up the desk topand it ricocheted off. Mr B went bat s
t crazy that he had been foiled, so got out 'Mr Metre' which was a wood measuring stick and whacked said lad round the head with it.Never did us any harm. Well, apart from the lad who has had a disturbed life and countless stays in mental institutions as a result.
The board duster was launched, the desk lid was flipped to deflect the 'incoming' and an apoplectic rage from Hawkins ensued.
Hawkins then, in what could only be likened to a 'Top Gun' moment, switched to guns and let fire with a hail of chalk sticks. Every one of them found its target.
Didn't do us any harm either. I still keep in touch with the Chief Constable and several of the doctors from the Secure Unit.
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