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Thu May 18, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: AI the future or the end?
Replies: 7
Views: 17857

AI the future or the end?

Something that I do not and I believe many others do not understand fully, please feel free to enlighten us. Good or bad?
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Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:54 am
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 117
Views: 266272

Re: Brexit

Do passports in the UK and Europe ( sad to have to write that ) actually get stamped anymore, as in the old fashioned way? Because I have had my passport taken from me at a control, looked at under some form of special lamp stamped, but when returned there was nothing to see. Is the stamp only able ...
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Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:00 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 117
Views: 266272

Re: Brexit

After many hours of hard thinking I came up with something!!! Tax free! Yes it is true I will now be able to bring back 2 litres of spirits with me. Plus fags. But not snuff ( snus ). I will keep thinking but am not really cetain if there is something else. I think it is only ONE litre of spirits E...
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Tue Jan 17, 2023 11:08 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Punishment system
Replies: 16
Views: 41352

Re: Punishment system

I was one of the presumably few pupils who was asked/suggested to leave. The decision was taken during the start of the summer term 74. While my parents did not like the fact I was over the moon as it meant that only had to stay on until the end of the term. Personally it was the best decision the s...
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Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:55 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: A Happy and Peaceful Christmas
Replies: 4
Views: 8788

Re: A Happy and Peaceful Christmas

Wishing everyone a better 2023 but most of all a peaceful year. We have survived Trump and Covid, lets hope that common sense prevails in the tragedy that is happening.
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Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:46 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: teaching relevance in later life
Replies: 24
Views: 47231

Re: teaching relevance in later life

Nothing at all!
Well maybe that is not quite right, all the bullying, the punishments, predators etc etc made me realise that there is another way of doing things and treating people. Which is why presumably I have worked in social welfare all of my life.
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Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:51 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: David Newsome
Replies: 15
Views: 14211

Re: David Newsome

I think you are missing my point: If Newsome or anybody enjoyed canning pupils then that is wrong regardless if it was 50 years ago or more. While I agee that nowadays the act of canning would be frowned at it was considered a punishment then. There is a difference between a punishment and the perso...
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Sun Oct 02, 2022 5:57 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: David Newsome
Replies: 15
Views: 14211

Re: David Newsome

It sounds as if he wasn't a great success at CH. I wouldn't say that. I was there under his Headship from 1972 to 78 and he was highly respected and well thought of. The Theatre (or The Arts Centre as it was known then) and the Octagon were built during that time which was a pretty good legacy. His...
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Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:52 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Freaky returns to Sussex (by the sea)
Replies: 7
Views: 6587

Re: Freaky returns to Sussex (by the sea)

It goes the same way as usual. You post a topic somebody answers you and then you change the subject tottaly trying to get people annoyed.
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Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:58 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Freaky returns to Sussex (by the sea)
Replies: 7
Views: 6587

Re: Freaky returns to Sussex (by the sea)

In that era the Gay community was too frightened to show itself.
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Wed Jun 22, 2022 2:29 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Freaky returns to Sussex (by the sea)
Replies: 7
Views: 6587

Re: Freaky returns to Sussex (by the sea)

Having lived in Hastings during my years att CH I can only congratulate your on your choice of a new place to reside. It is a very very pleasant area.
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Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:35 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: From the sublime to the ridiculous
Replies: 293
Views: 138696

Re: From the sublime to the ridiculous

When you lived in Norway ( I think you did ) presumably you were registered to live there. In which case you enjoyed first class health care to a minimal cost. So you did rather enjoy the fruits of a system where everyone chips in. Your comment about shopping for health care or seeking a job that pr...
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Sun Jan 02, 2022 8:53 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Freaky in the FT
Replies: 38
Views: 36179

Re: Freaky in the FT

Ed. I got totally pissed off with the EU and those who ran it. The UK was always the lesser dog, with its ministers dumped in minority roles. But than we got the excessive authoritarianism; for example several UK towns were fined for not flying the EU flag but where I lived in France there were num...
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Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:18 am
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Freaky in the FT
Replies: 38
Views: 36179

Re: Freaky in the FT

The trouble with Thatcher was that, while she was lying in the morgue before burial, no-one managed to sneak in with a sharpened stake and a mallet and finish her off. As a result she rises at dusk every evening and flies the land biting people on the neck, and this is why her unworkable ideas cont...
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Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:34 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Telegraph article: Pupils at prestigious public school will receive lessons in 'white privilege'
Replies: 53
Views: 35457

Re: Telegraph article: Pupils at prestigious public school will receive lessons in 'white privilege'

I would presume that a lot of the former pupils at CH knew a lot about the " real world ". We grew up post WW2 with PTSD rife amongst our parents, Some of us living in quite squalid accomodation, and very little money. I think that makes us experts regarding the real world. I am sure that...