How will he go supersonic just by falling? surely when the air is that thin the speed of sound is much faster. I mean ok, that’s the outcome of the underlying physics. but surely the same compressibility characteristics which limit the speed of sound would also limit the speed at which the guy falls. No?

why not go to Lisdoonvarra – in Ireland, they ave a big single girl/woman shindig every year, good bike riding country as well, the competition is mainly old farmers, so you might get lucky

hmm, seems a little less than straight forward. The lack of password always concerns me too. Someone could steal / find my kindle order loads of books before i realise, then go off line and leave me with the bill!

Yes, you can see bits of them on the deck after take-off

and register them to my card you mean? That might work. Need separate email addresses though, right?

Yeah, they need to be registered to my account, so i can buy the books for them. But I don’t want them to have access to my books, or the ability to buy books themselves

but you have to register them to an amazon account don’t you?

To be honest, given the lack of supporting evidence presented with the prior statement, there’s not much to negate

Now then, this is not the kind of statement which needs evidence is it? It’s a logical argument.

Teaching to the driving test is a horrendous idea. I dont know of a single instructor who does that and I sincerely hope that none exist who do.

That may be your view, however, it doesn’t negate the prior statement.

WTF was the 1st lorry driver doing – taking the racing line flat out ?!

Looked like the Jamaican lorry was trying to pass the one from Holland, on the left.

“The Cult of Mediocrity and the Wako Kid” That sounds like a brilliant name for an album.

Meh, it’s all right.

Well worth a read. It’s about 3/5ths through, I think.

The first 2/3 are worth a read. I didn’t finish it.

3 marks to anyone who can work out whether or not Aristotle reached the part to which nedrapier refers.

I think this has always been the case to a certain extent but the situation now, if it is true, represents the culmination of years of what I’ve always called ‘the cult of mediocrity’.

How would you create a mark scheme which accommodates and rewards novel answers and still ensures that markers all over the country would mark it in the same way?

I suspect there is a certain amount of truth that teaching to the exam is not the best way to teach a subject.

Well, that would very much depend on what the test was wouldn’t it. Teaching to the driving test works quite well.

Some of those are pretty good. Thanks

artisan, i think

Just looked at Ortak. Artisan please

Off putting when you is having your iced cinamon mocha choca latte.

Ya Ya!

who taught me how to avoid all this. Since then I have been impervious to marketing and advertising and am able to make informed choices about my needs.

maybe it was, but it worked. The sensei himself lives a very ascetic life in the far north.

…and it went beyond ‘not desiring’ it lead to being unaffected by it’s tentacles

read some Tom Robbins, he’s very good. “Still life with woodpecker” isn’t his best though. I’d start with “Even cowgirls get the blues”

This is for Kryton, right?

Personally I am far more at peace with myself since I started stopped beating myself up about being single and alone. That’s the real trick if you ask me.

It did cost money, yes. But it was money well spent.

You needn’t fear being alone, we’ll always be here for you.

Much of the consumerism which leads to unhappiness is promoted by the media. TK Maxx or not, It’s all marketing hype which tricks lemmings into wanting things they didn’t even know about. I was once one of these people but I went on a retreat a few years back and studied with a sensei who taught me how to avoid all this. Since then I have been impervious to marketing and advertising and am able to make informed choices about my needs.

Well few teachers with some experience behind them are just ‘classroom teachers’, once a teacher has gained some experience they tend to take on some responsibility which boosts their salary. So, the word have been chosen carefully in the article.

Whut? Blinkered view of life? Me? Quite the opposite! Whilst others are saying ‘oh it will happen one day” or “if it’s meant to be it will happen” “one day you will find love” etc. I am opening the horizons! I am saying anything might happen! You might find love you might not. This isn’t blinkered, it’s the destiny-led thinking which is blinkered in its fatalism.

and even then it might not happen

So you’re saying I should just come to terms with the fact I’m going to grow old lonely and single

Women are like buses, my friend

don’t follow advice posted in an internet forum

and even then it might not happen

Chill – it’ll happen when it is supposed to for you.

No, not true. There is no ‘supposed to’ in this context

I don’t know who Tom Robbins is

He wrote this

and he was in this
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108122/

and I’m sure he was glad to be gay

but I can’t put my finger on it…

yes, that often leads to frustration in relationships

don’t concern yourself with what other people owndo

All this time and no one has said…

Teachers’ Hours

???

Get yourself to Cuba. I went there a couple of years ago and it was so refreshing to be somewhere where you’re not bombarded with inane adverts

This ^^^^

and I do wonder if those rebellious young rock and roll stars would be so supportive if we were to sneak into their concerts without paying.

and before you ask… yes, i am

If its meant to be it will be.

This is not true on a number of levels. There is no such thing as destiny. There is no such thing as ‘meant to be’ and even if there was, there is no force which makes sure that ‘it will be’.