Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

Masomnia

Did my duty as a citizen. Had to vote tactically unfortunately; feel a bit dirty.

Was accosted by a Labour chap outside the polling station and I was a bit rude to him. He looked a bit like Uncle Albert from Only Fools and looked a nice chap. So I felt a bit mean and obliged with my polling card number I'm going to get bombarded with Labour stuff now aren't I?

CKhalvashi

SingleSue wrote: »

Just looked online, I would save £20 if I could get them to price match....which bearing in mind the convenience of being able to start the car this morning for the school run and how much it would have cost for taxis etc until one could be purchased this morning (it happened too late for opening hours), it's not really worth the hassle, it really would be a case of swings and roundabouts.

My fault for having such a large, diesel car. Mind you, my brother paid £80 (the cheapest he could find locally), last week and he has a tiny little thing of a car!

Sue, try to see which local garage services most of the taxis, as I know that ours has a large number of older Skoda Octavias and Peugeot 406s (although I can only think of one '04' plate one that's still plated in our town, which isn't operating with us since last year) being broken up in their yard.

Only problem is that it doesn't help if you're stuck at the side of the road.

Nikkster

Oysters (my first time) and champagne. A glass raised to Spirit x

lostinrates

Oooohhhh
Wish I were having oysters. I wonder if I could get oysters at the weekend. Could I risk it....hmm? I think so!

Masomnia

Oysters are on my list of things to try Maybe I should make more of an effort with that one.

lostinrates

Masomnia wrote: »

Oysters are on my list of things to try Maybe I should make more of an effort with that one.

RP is away at the weekend, so fir and I might have movie night with the dogs Saturday night with oysters and popcorn for supper. ( not for the dogs though). Its a treat, not proper sit down suppers .

Though, think fir has to cut down a tree, so might be a little meagre to give him.

GDB2222

I've never liked the idea of shellfish. Aren't oysters eaten raw?

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

I've never liked the idea of shellfish. Aren't oysters eaten raw?

Yes, raw.

DH adores shellfish......one of his favourite foods. Rebellion;)? I just think he loves fruits de mer. His favourite I think is sea urchin.

LydiaJ

Generali wrote: »

Would it be possible to write a computer program along the lines of the Daily Mail Headline Generators to do the reports for you?

Select some parameters for each student (dim/bright, nice/cruel/bully/dull, sporty/pie-lover, arty/sciencey/dumb as a box of rags) and let the words flow.

Quick proof-read and away you go.

Good luck with the inspection. What happens to you personally if it's great/lousy? Do you get a pay rise/the sack/detention?

PS Old Ma Generali and FiL were both teachers. For context.

It's possible, and I have done it in the past. It's actually quite a lot of work, though, because school policy is that every student's report must be unique, so it has to be quite a sophisticated piece of programming to get enough variability. That means it's only really worth it for long reports (800 characters). With the 250 character ones, it's quicker just to write the wretched things.

I haven't done it for a few years, but last time I did, I had 9 parameters, each of which could take 5-7 values. There was also something that automatically chose whether to link the parts of sentences with "and" or "but" or "although", and some free entry boxes for saying which bits of the exam they'd done particularly well or badly, and any other comments I wanted to add.

I didn't finish them last night. I got too sleepy to concentrate properly. I did some more when I woke up, and then came home from dropping DD at her school and polished off the rest in about 45min plus proof reading and uploading. So I have broken my "no school work on Thursdays" rule, but I think the circumstances are a bit exceptional. The rest of my day off has been good. I went to visit a friend I've known for 33 years and we had a lovely relaxing day together with lunch out etc.

Now to catch up on the NPT.

lostinrates

I am candle at the ready for seven thirty.

Its a brand new one, now that she's home I want a clean candle, and if there is some thing I have its lots of candles! and smells of lavender, something i associate with spirit.