Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never heard of Flanders and Swann

I'm sure you've heard some of their songs.

"Mud, mud, glorious mud, nothing quite like it for cooling the blood, so follow, me follow, down to the hollow, and there let us wallow in glorious mud"

"Twas on the Monday morning, the gasman came to call, I couldn't turn the gast tap, wasn't getting gas at all....."

"I'm a gnu. How do you do?"

"The big 6-wheeler, scarlet painted, London transport diesel engine, 97 'orsepower omnibus!"

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

OH would think it insanely early in the autumn to be camping and trekking - he prefers to risk frostbite, instead.

It is incredibly mild.

I worm in autumn with the first frost.......we haven't had it yet...its very late. If we don't have it soon I'll worm anyway before moving onto fresh grass, but.....prefer to do it how I normally do.

zagubov

LydiaJ wrote: »

Agree. That's my big gripe about the idea that we should all return to the 11+ and grammar schools etc - it doesn't give much thought to what to do with the ones who don't pass. (Having read that link to the thread in DT I've posted on it, BTW.) If it were possible, what I'd really love to see would be a much more flexible start to education where the ones that want to learn to read young can do so, even if they don't have parents who can be bothered to teach them, and those who aren't ready don't have to until a bit later.

There's plenty of discussion on the web about starting ages. I found this article interesting but there's loads more.

michaels wrote: »

I think nowadays grammars perpetuate income differentials as rich parents invest in the private tuition to get their little darlings through the 11+ i also think school selection results in motivated parents and good students being removed from mainstream schools where the other students benefit from their presence, an externality basically, the less gifted / those with less interested parents benefit from being educated with the brightest.

In our area (unlike most parts of London) there's grammars but pretty much all the schools are good, oddly enough. Got some open evenings to go to soon.

The idea that there's rubbish schools full of educational misfits isn't something I met before I came to the deep south. What did surprise me was the vast range of teacher training courses and the lack of any need for proper qualifications to work in the sector. Getting the Chemistry and Biology teachers to teach Physics would be an example.

neverdespairgirl

zagubov wrote: »

The idea that there's rubbish schools full of educational misfits isn't something I met before I came to the deep south. What did surprise me was the vast range of teacher training courses and the lack of any need for proper qualifications to work in the sector. Getting the Chemistry and Biology teachers to teach Physics would be an example.

That's not a state-school-only failing, I think.

My mother was a geography teacher. At one (highly selective, academic) school, she taught, as well as geography, O level biology - which she had, herself, given up at the age of 14. She hated doing it!

michaels

Spirit wrote: »

How was it? Was it a romantic weekend?

about 10 years ago we used to go there for dinner quite a lot as they had a great chef. Then it changed and we stopped. Had a weekend away there a few years ago (I know but we wanted a break without travel) and it was faded but comfortable.

They were setting up for a wedding and it looked very proper.

DD was at school with the Th**** girls. I thought they sold up years ago?

One day flying visit for family birthday plus siblings and families say bye to parents who are off to their winter home for 5 months.

Langrish is definitely faded feeling but I guess that is there current selling point. While we were eating a couple of couples looked in clearly casing the place for weddings.Lunch was fine.

I know the Th****s had put it on the market for 10x what they paid but they had definitely turned it from a family home into a homes and gardens / country life (footballer's?!) pad, but they were the ones who bought the field opposite.

misskool

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never heard of Flanders and Swann

me too



:cool::cool::cool:

silvercar

DS1 was an avid reader and keen to learn at an early age. DS2 was really reluctant and read much later. He took very little interest in books until we suddenly discovered that he took a great interest in non-fiction. Thank goodness for libraries.

Doozergirl

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Fit like min, hoos yer doos?

Michty me, at Brit's a tumshie, caeryan oan aboot craishin hoose preeces, am fair dancin mad aboot it.

Fit a knapdarloch.

Far aboots ye fae onywae, at ye cannae spik doric?

Nae Glesga?

Aye, it's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht in the deen, ye ken, but ye'll be droochit if yon rain starts pishing doon.

Onywae, am awa tae hae a wee dram the noo.

Hamish

My mum would speak Doric with the family. I understand, but couldn't speak if you paid me. My mum, however would switch between it and received pronunciation in the blink of an eye. Her slightly older brother has always spoken with a scottish accent but her younger sister is like me, she couldn't if she tried.

When she was ill and in hospital for a long time, the hospital staff renamed her 'the duchess' for her incredibly english accent. The family moved here when she was 12.

chewmylegoff

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

OH would think it insanely early in the autumn to be camping and trekking - he prefers to risk frostbite, instead.

I am a big fan of getting into the great outdooors in cold weather, but only if there is somewhere cozy to go at the end of the day. Like a ski chalet with a log fire and a hot tub.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've never heard of Flanders and Swann

I'd never heard of Doric before tonight. It is an evening for discovering new things.