- OT: BNP man to be shunned in London assembly
- Posted by Graz on May 7th, 2008
On Tue, 06 May 2008 22:49:19 +0100, Tim Streater
<timstreater@waitrose.com> wrote:
It was the only "foreign" language available for many years.
- Posted by Mike P on May 7th, 2008
"Graz" <graz@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I went to school in the 80s, we started at 8:50 and finished at 3:45. Most
lessons were "double periods" that were 1h10min long. We got one double
period and one 35 min period of "Games" per week.
Mike P
- Posted by steve robinson on May 7th, 2008
Mike P wrote:
Latin was phased out in the late 60s early seventies in state schools
, some grammers still taught it (i think they still do)
The school day was shortened in the mid sixties for the junior schools
, i think road safty was a primery reason for this in the dark winter
evenings
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- Posted by PeterT on May 7th, 2008
On Mon, 05 May 2008 15:17:16 +0100, Robert Marshall
<spam@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
Yes, I meant to type 1930's, but failed miserably by 20 yrs :-(
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Cheers
Peter
- Posted by Graz on May 7th, 2008
On Wed, 7 May 2008 09:24:33 +0100, "Mike P" <privacy@privacy.net>
wrote:
Cue: three Yorkshiremen sketch.
- Posted by Steve Terry on May 7th, 2008
"Stimpy" <stimpy1997uk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Latin or French.
Bonjour mon mes amis, comment allez vous ?
Steve Terry
- Posted by Brimstone on May 7th, 2008
Graz wrote:
So you did Latin and/or Greek but not English or Maths. A bit of a skewed
education wasn't it?
Hint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSQeMBzHR0o
(The original)
- Posted by Steve Terry on May 7th, 2008
"Stimpy" <stimpy1997uk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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the Foreign office? :-)
Steve Terry
- Posted by Graz on May 7th, 2008
On Wed, 7 May 2008 10:25:03 +0100, "Brimstone"
<brimstone520-ng02@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Who said we didn't learn English or Maths? One thing we didn't learn
was Geography - that was for those considered too thick to learn
Ancient Greek.
The "skewed education" came at A level - pure Maths, applied Maths and
Physics. For two fucking years.
Ah yes, it was four Yorkshiremen not three. A classic.
- Posted by Graz on May 7th, 2008
On Wed, 7 May 2008 10:23:46 +0100, "Steve Terry" <gFOURwwk@tesco.net>
wrote:
Ah, so you took Latin?
- Posted by Brimstone on May 7th, 2008
Graz wrote:
- Posted by Brimstone on May 7th, 2008
Graz wrote:
Which is why it's sometimes a good idea to read a posting though before
responding. ;-)
- Posted by Tim Streater on May 7th, 2008
In article <4sk124puau1eqqk5s9e213ufi18eicqmbh@4ax.com>,
mymail@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
OK. I'm with you on the Olympics farce, what a waste of money. It's not
even as if athletics is a spectator sport - every 100m I've watched has
looked remarkably like the previous one.
Shame that. I was crap at French at school but on living in a Fr
speaking part of the world found I had absorbed an amazing amount
without realising it.
- Posted by Chris Davies on May 7th, 2008
In uk.telecom steve robinson <steve@colevalleyinteriors.co.uk> wrote:
I "studied" Latin for four years from 1977. State (Grammar) school. The
school turned Comprehensive while I was there, and stopped teaching
Latin to subsequent year groups except VIth formers.
Chris
- Posted by Steve Terry on May 7th, 2008
"Graz" <graz@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Monsieur Stefan Terrie
- Posted by Stimpy on May 7th, 2008
On Wed, 7 May 2008 04:57:51 +0100, Graz wrote
Yup... We had Saturday morning school, with games in the afternoon
- Posted by Stimpy on May 7th, 2008
On Tue, 6 May 2008 22:49:19 +0100, Tim Streater wrote
Lessons Saturday morning and games in the afternoon... mandatory of course
- Posted by Tommy on May 9th, 2008
So we're allowed "democracy" so long as we don't vote for the BNP?
Personally i'm disappointed that the great unwashed are happy with the idea
that a democracy is politicians telling people what to do rather than the
other way around!
- Posted by Tim Streater on May 9th, 2008
In article <68j03pF2su7qdU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Tommy" <tttoommy@googlemail.com> wrote:
Yes, and the Irish are allowed it as long as they don't vote against the
Lisbon Treaty. If they do, they'll be told to go and vote again until
they get it right, as with the Nice Treaty.
Nice to see that electoral techniques pioneered by Adolf are still in
use today in Europe and Zimbabwe.
- Posted by Graz on May 13th, 2008
On Mon, 5 May 2008 04:57:25 +0100, real-address-in-sig@flur.bltigibbet
(Rowland McDonnell) wrote:
I have to agree with that.
