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- Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Olympics mania
- Replies: 27
- Views: 28773
Re: Olympics mania
Surely part of the charm of watching the Olympics on TV is the chance to see niche sports. Fixed it for you, but absolutely true. It's also good when people discover a "niche sport" because their country medals in it, then go find a local club and discover that not only are there a lot of...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: A history essay topic at CH in 1956
- Replies: 16
- Views: 35463
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 12:05 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Elizabeth Cairncross
- Replies: 129
- Views: 192996
Re: Elizabeth Cairncross
My housemaster smiled and said “ah you’re back” when I finally returned late in the evening, so they knew we were missing, but no apology or asking if we were ok that I can remember, I doubt they told my guardian as they never mentioned it to me. Still have anxiety in big cities. Not quite the same...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:54 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Olympics mania
- Replies: 27
- Views: 28773
Re: Olympics mania
Synchronised boxing - that would be interesting. So would different weight categories in the synchronised swimming. Surely part of the charm of watching the Olympics on TV is the chance to see niche things that parade themselves as sports. Synchronised boxing - isn't that called wrestling? As for t...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:57 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Olympics mania
- Replies: 27
- Views: 28773
Re: Olympics mania
Has anyone else wondered why it is that every four years people suddenly get manic about sports that they've either never played, never seen, or indeed ever had the first idea about? I find myself locked into watching esoteric activities that I never knew existed and certainly would never bother wa...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:39 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Elizabeth Cairncross
- Replies: 129
- Views: 192996
Re: Elizabeth Cairncross
…Omissions are not as strongly prosecutable in England and Wales as in many other jurisdictions. E.g. we don't have a "non-assistance to persons in danger" law, which is common across Europe. In England and Wales, if you walk past a person who is drowning and do nothing, you aren't guilty...
- Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:47 am
- Forum: Peele Photos
- Topic: Peele B St Matthews Day 1969 - I think
- Replies: 29
- Views: 34875
Re: Mine is one of them!
I was one of those that was distracted! Cannot remember why, possibly a micro mini, knowing me, certainly a distraction of that ilk! Micro minis were certainly a distraction in those days. At the height of Swinging London, Michael Caine recalled taking his elderly Jewish mother down the Kings Road ...
- Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:58 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: A history essay topic at CH in 1956
- Replies: 16
- Views: 35463
Re: A history essay topic at CH in 1956
From time to time I am reminded of a history essay topic that was set by M T Cherniavsky (aka Cherny) for his Upper Fourth A form in 1956. I have no recollection of what I wrote in response, nor what a pertinent response might be, but I remember the essay title very clearly. The title was: If Const...
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 1:40 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Does Being Bullied at School Help to Prepare You for Life?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5276
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Twelve Camels For Your Wife
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5154
Re: Twelve Camels For Your Wife
A chief only offered Four Cows and Seven Goats for me. He had 16 wives and 42 children already, but I’d have become number one wife, or so he said. I’ve told that story many times in the intervening years. I can understand that if he was Akan. (In English, Ashanti as in the war) We had a couple of ...
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Music recommendations
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8891
Re: Music recommendations
Nice. Any good Azeri music you might like to recommend....?? Not sure about the music but the women are fast! AZERİ QIZLARIN TOYDA MÖHTEŞEM REQS GÖRUNTULERİ 2019 Didn't your mother tell you to stay away from fast, foreign women?? The video on Youtube reminded me of this one. Watching old people dan...
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Music recommendations
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8891
Re: Music recommendations
ok - if you want niche - try Mongolian folk music - always good on long car journey... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hztsZ1E1avo Couldn't hack the folk music but I was dead impressed by the Mongolian cover band for Pink Floyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3kY_fxfKkA Nice. Any good Azeri music ...
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:51 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Music recommendations
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8891
Re: Music recommendations
Or if you want more eclectic, try this Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8TZwtZ17WKFJSmwTZQpBTA Range of mixes which focus more on different countries' takes on popular genres like Funk, Jazz, Beat etc etc Did any know that in the 60s/70s there was a thriving Anatolian Rock scene, ...
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Music recommendations
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8891
Re: Music recommendations
ok - if you want niche - try Mongolian folk music - always good on long car journey...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hztsZ1E1avo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hztsZ1E1avo
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:29 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Letter to the Head Master
- Replies: 194
- Views: 100062
Re: Letter to the Head Master
Today's "message from the Head Teacher" concludes: In the immediate future, and in the specific context of the ‘Everyone’s Invited’ awareness-raising campaign, the School is aware that Old Blues may have issues that they wish to address relating to their time at CH. Anyone who would like ...