Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

GDB2222

Seriously, what sizes does your carpet come in? It might involve lots of joins to have all the stripes running in the same direction. Or lots of wastage.

zagubov

silvercar wrote: »

Some pics of the landing. (No migraine inducing stripes.)







I'm worried the dark bit will look even longer and thinner with the stripes running across it, but I can see that the stairs will look better from above with the stripes running that way.
If I change the direction at the top of the stairs, it will look odd also.

Also undecided which way the large step on the turn should face, although directionally is correct, the guy said parallel would look better?

I've often worried that if you cross the Thames you'll find there's no gravity, no death and a different gearstick on the Nissan Micra. Well, that's my fear about the gravity confirmed. :eek:

GDB2222

michaels wrote: »

Our school has been keeping SATS very quiet this year no doubt so as not to 'stress' the kids (previously they have published the dates in the weekly newsletter). Realised this afternoon DS would have his papers this week (I haven't been keeping my eye on the ball due to work getting in the way) and found that although his maths is good he just doesn't know the English terms well enough, pretty fed up, his teacher is an NQT from Canada, the head is new and clearly they have not been focussed enough - no doubt other parents more on the ball have addressed this so feeling guilty that we haven't

I don't get it, but that probably means I have missed the point. What difference do SATS make to individual pupils?

zagubov

GDB2222 wrote: »

Isn't that what pantomimes do? They have one text for the kids, and another lot of double entendres to keep the adults happy.

I must be showing my age but pantomimes are a forgotten art to the young. I thought they were a glorious national treasure. Hope I get grandkids one day so I can take someone to see them.

Pyxis

silvercar wrote: »

You'd have thought the potential embarrassment would make it shrink enough to remove without help.

That's what I was thinking.

Or perhaps ice cubes would have helped?

Also surprised he hadn't tried using butter, or KY Jelly or something. Or WD40.

I suppose, in the first place, he should have used a larger gauge spanner, really.
I don't know, these amateur DIYers.

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

Seriously, what sizes does your carpet come in? It might involve lots of joins to have all the stripes running in the same direction. Or lots of wastage.

4m width, so only one join, whichever way round.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Been trying to get tinypic to load for ages to see SC's carpet. No joy - PC CPU's screaming at high pitch, pages are freezing and clearing/reloading themselves and I've tried 4x.

I usually struggle/give up with that domain.

They also appear to have loaded sideways!

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

I suppose, in the first place, he should have used a larger gauge spanner, really.
I don't know, these amateur DIYers.

Most amateur DIYers only use the spanners to tighten their nuts :rotfl:

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

I don't get it, but that probably means I have missed the point. What difference do SATS make to individual pupils?

I don't think they do. Schools don't offer places based on securing level 5.

Schools may be judged on the percentage that reach targets. They may also be judged on "value added" - they compare the age 7 SATs with age 11 and see what value has been added. Pupils should move up 2 levels in 4 years. Judgement may be more league tables/ impress potential parents rather than money. Not convinced that people are that interested. Parents looking to move from state primary to private secondary or grammar schools focus on the school destination of existing pupils rather than SATs.

Don't think you should worry michaels, or feel that you have missed something.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Saw it. I think SC's landing is the size of a new build 1-bed house

What you could do is get him to do two diagonal joins, so the stripe goes up the stairs .... then across the landing .... then up the rest, with two 90 degree turns/joins. That wouldn't be "rocket science". They do it with a joining strip of double sided tape.

Carpets don't last well with diagonal joins, apparently. It would also highlight the joins.