Nice one Weeksey.
I have the same Before and After photos, except they are in the opposite order.

Get off and push.

I dont complain, I dont get even, I just dont go back. Word gets around fairly quickly anyhow.

All day drinking.

Great picture! Congrats!

I’ve little news to report either good or bad.

Must be a big relief in the England squad not to have him around.
Seems KP is up against Roy Keane as to who can create enough controversy for their new books.

Not my cup of tea. But as a flagship BBC pile of crap show, you won’t be able to escape the publicity for the next two months.

Rather boring place, but you are close to Oxford for days out and the surrounding countryside is very nice.

Some big Ouch moments on this thread, get well soon all.

For an entry-job in central London, the opening salary is pretty low. Mainly looking for people who are good with analysing data and spotting patterns.

Well considering there is a variety of political opinions in the big bad world, it would be good preparation for students to experience a range of political opinions in the school environment. Unfortunately “Gove is a ****” does not give one an extensive education in political perspectives.
Educationalists are the most left-wing tribe I know.

I’d be quite excited if I were in your boots. I mean, it must have got boring working at the same place all that time?
Change can be positive, plus you have 2 years salary as a safety net – result!

Just returned from my third trip to the eternal city.
It was absolutely mobbed, but always a good trip.
I’d say:
1) a week is probably too long. Although there is so much to see, you’d be best off limiting yourself to about four nights there, and three nights somewhere else.
2) I’d normally say don’t stay in the centre, but December should be a lot quieter and there could be some good deals (I stay in an apartment rather than hotel, check out the OhRome website).
3) Book your tickets to the Vatican museum online beforehand, to avoid the queues.

The odd run in winter, the odd swim in summer, cycling pretty much a constant. No field sports due to dodgy knees but I’m considering one of these regiment fitness programmes in my local park; as with people above, I don’t have much core strength these days.

Had a storm here in hertfordshire last night.

I’d like to see a graph depicting the amount of time spent posting on this forum and IQ level.
Negative correlation anyone?

Why on earth did the No campaign choose Gordon Brown to give a speech the day before the vote?
I think Salmond has a (small) chance; and if he loses, he will keep coming back.
He is a very impressive politician and people underestimate him. Btw I’m agnostic Aye or Nay.

For worldly success, a certain level of intelligence is a bonus; but ruthlessness a necessity.

There are so few grammar schools now I doubt you could make a conclusion that they are “poor at boosting social mobility”.
I’d be in favour of introducing something along the lines of the German system, where entry into their version of grammar schools can happen at 11 and 14. As well as a high standard of technical schools.
I went to a state school on a big council estate and it was a waste of time all round. The academic kids got held back by the kids who weren’t academic. The non-academic kids I knew have since gone into trades anyway (and incidentally earning a lot more than many people I went to uni with) and so would have benefited from attending a technical school instead.

The only time there has been social mobility was in the 50s-80s, with a decent grammar school system in place, bolstered by grants. There’s also the fact that university in now incredibly expensive for your average lower middle-class family.
Oxford has also since opened the gates to privileged international students, leading to a Swiss finishing school air about the place, especially amongst the postgrads.
Public school children generally adapt to Oxbridge easier at the start because the system is familiar – very work hard, play hard, in a 24/7 institutional environment. I could pick out the state school kids a mile off in freshers week, either trying too hard or just shrinking in the corner.
In terms of admissions, prospective students need an adviser who understands the colleges, and can match the student to the college they are most likely to fit in.
But is it worth it overall? I spent seven years at Oxford and looking back there were some really low times, and I expect I would have dropped out if I were paying the current tuition fees.

I’ve never really experienced the emotion, but I’d say it is better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all!

It’s also interesting observing your friends who have become dads for the first time. They seem to grow up and you see a different (very positive) side to them.
Reproducers, keep up the good work!

Dying out it pains me to say. Once the old geezers pop it in my local that is it.

My stumpjumper is still going strong eight years in.

Been on holiday in Croatia after quite a but of travelling but looking forward to getting back now. Can’t be added with lots of travel these days.

The context he would use is western infringements on Islamic lands and he would have a point. I’m afraid the have a debate over a culpa doesn’t work as well in the middle east as here it will always be a violent place and the west is best off out of it and that includes stopping immigration from those lands.

Blimey I hope non of you lot are high court judges so put him in a room or debate with him… What about justice for his victims. I think the death penalty would represent that.

In fairness he could win that debate with the right quotations.

Ernie lynch you sir have the wrong end of the stick. This chap has help murder three innocent people. He should be executed in the same way Nazi killers were executed for the holocaust. The middle east is a lost cause anyhow and always will be.

And a packet of cigarettes.

Give ya a fiver for your bike.

The problem with locking them up is that they go on to radicalise the other inmates. Death penalty the best solution.

Yes even though we all know they want to create outrage the fact remains they are committing acts of grave injustice. They need to be caught and in this case I would fully support the death penalty.

How did you do it?
Hope your recovery goes well.

The three books I’ve taken on holiday
Grahem Greene travels with my aunt
Peter Moore vroom by the sea
And the latest John Lewis carre

There are two types of people in this world. Those who speak the truth and those who speak in dichotomies.

These threads always reveal more about the posters than the subject. In this case a man has died and a number of people are getting off on pissing on his grave, calling him a bigot, and suggesting he is going to hell.
Which pretty much confirms that this forum lacks any real class or decency.

I’m not sure about the line play with more children.

People tend to remarry but the divorce rates for second marriages do not make happy reading. I can’t really work out how people can afford it all.