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I learnt more about English grammar in Pongo's German class that I did in (supposedly) English classes. A year after leaving C.H. I spent a month on an exchange visit in Austria where my host family refused to utter one word of English, and that, coupled with Pongo's excellent grounding in German ...

Does anyone have any memories of their first day at CH?

Been away for a little while - mainly abroad and out of contact.

First day hell and worse.
I had been brought up in a tiny village in Devon leagues from nowhere and leagues squared from civilisation. Local language was adrift from English ...

I cannot remember any such material in Col A in my day but
A certain boy used to get "letters" from a female friend until Kit heard something. Thereafter all mail to him had to be opened in front of Kit and I don't think any "interesting" material got out of Kit's study!
Once a member here (I ...

surprised at an incident in yestrdays final. Somehow a player got upsidse down in the awms of a player from the other side. The upside down girl was slowly lowered so that she could avoid hitting her head or otherwise beuing injured.
The player who lowered her was sent off presumably because she ...

Interesting what David writes about Pon go Littlefield and German. After wouking in many countries the firm arranged 2 years classes (2 hours a week) German taught by a German woman. She, as a person was probably OK but as a teacher - yeuch. I learned absolutely nothing except that I always ...

couple of interesting notes there.
re employment I didn't really have a choice - I had lived my outside CH life away from everyone and everywhere so I had absolutely no idea about jobs and the job market. I was an orphan by that time with no registered adults in control but a family I had known for ...

Karim won his appeal so his sentence has been reduced from 21 to 15 months because not enough weight was given to his previous sentence for similiar offences.

He could be out shortly on a tag.

IMHO for equal acts the punishment should be the same or worse. What really is the reason for prison ...

This may well resound with our Banker Brown who will have spent most of his working life in the rather more stable, pre-Lawsonite eras before huge bankers bonuses and when there was a separation between the two functions of the banks and the building societies.

Fortunately I was otherwise engaged ...

Reading back is just infuriating. I was dumped at the gate after nearly a full day travelling in a place where they didn't speak proper English. I knew Devonian perhaps, a bit of Breton perhaps, I don't know but that the housemaster had been to our town but didn't understand that our patois was not ...

David. I do hope Mr Pink did not actually put his hand there .... I wonder if the concept actually happened in my day but....

I was actually referring to inward mail to a member of this group from a female who apparently used very hot and rather direct and detailed language! I suspect, from what I ...

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/24793225.christs-hospital-school-teacher-jailed-abusing-girl/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgmd441lrno

https://www.sussex.police.uk/news/sussex/news/court-results/former-horsham-sports-coach-jailed-for-child-sex-offence/#content

21months with another ...

The refund was not due to Ryanair's graciousness, but because they are required to do this by law.

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/passenger-rights/air/index_en.htm

(This would not have applied in Fidésien's case because neither the departure nor destination location is in the EU ...

I suspect it is a question of era, of human influences and the tune itself. The post war era is long gone and none of later generations heard the WW!! radio, saw V!s and the like, It seems to be all "me first" and damn the rest.
Growing up during WW!! one was inundated with Britain must win and ...

My wife is handicapped (wheelchair but can walk just a short distance) and we had excellent help at Gatwick North this summer. Yes, you are corralled in an area close to ordinary passenger for a few minutes until a helper takes a group through an security check. Then straight to the waiting area ...

time please wrote: Mon Nov 18, 2024 5:16 pm To Sej inte nej sej kanske kanske.

It is Time Please and not Time Out. Although Time Out is how I feel some ( most ) mornings.

Apologies. I was already ancient when I (deliberately) mis-spelt Saj