David O`Meara R.I.P.
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- LE (Little Erasmus)
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Very sad. My memories of A-Level maths lessons with him still make me laugh today. He was unique !
I spent a number of evenings in the pub with him during "Signals" camps. On a CCF trip to Germany he pulled rank on the regular 2nd Lt. assigned to us sending him to sit in the back of the truck with us whilst DJOM sat in the front - he was a 1st Lt !!
I spent a number of evenings in the pub with him during "Signals" camps. On a CCF trip to Germany he pulled rank on the regular 2nd Lt. assigned to us sending him to sit in the back of the truck with us whilst DJOM sat in the front - he was a 1st Lt !!
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Re: David O`Meara R.I.P.
I happened to be in the Bax yesterday lunchtime, and it was mentioned that there would be a gathering in the pub after the service, which seems appropriate.Mrs C. wrote:Those of you who knew him will be sad to hear that David passed away on Saturday evening, after only a few months of well - earned retirement.
Service at Worth Crematorium on !3th April, 12 noon, I believe
Ba.A / Mid. B 1972 - 1978
Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
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That's just amazing - he told us that very same story on my third form (in 1990). Other subjects he covered with us were concorde's nose and the bus service on the Isle of Wight. Did anyone else ever witness his pathological hatred of wasps? If ever a wasp came into the room he would go mental and demand it be killed instantly - I think he may have been allergic to them.Hendrik wrote:he also had brass shrapnel pieces lodged in his head from where a cadet had a neglegent discharge with a rifle (blank cartridges spit out tiny fragments of brass at super sonic speed)
sure this didn't help.
Farewell to Smeggy
The sidetrack king
He sometimes taught maths
But only in Spring...
My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that.
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DJOM was a very clever and under-appreciated teacher.
After going through two boards worth of calculations and getting what seemed like a reasonable answer out of the end he would soemtimes get agitated and shuffle about sure that "something's wrong." Something always would be and he'd always find what. It was very creepy. He seemed to have some kind of sixth sense for silly errors.
So sad to hear he only got to enjoy a short period of retirement.
After going through two boards worth of calculations and getting what seemed like a reasonable answer out of the end he would soemtimes get agitated and shuffle about sure that "something's wrong." Something always would be and he'd always find what. It was very creepy. He seemed to have some kind of sixth sense for silly errors.
So sad to hear he only got to enjoy a short period of retirement.