Nearly spat my coffee out on that one! I was fairly late with the Beatles, you know actually properly sitting down and listening to them. Revolver is my favourite.
Morning all. Hope that none of you are suffering from bad weather. Here it is very calm, only a gentle breeze, and a decent enough temperature now that the sun has found a way from behind the clouds. Talking to my daughter down in Gloucester last night, and she was quite happily planning to spend a day indoors, and really could not understand why some people were out at the supermarkets panic buying. The bad weather is forecast for a day, not a week, and in her residential part of the world is not likely to be without services for a long period. Still I am pleased not to have a ferry or flight booked for this weekend. Have a good day everyone.
I suppose it depends upon how you define bad weather. Heavy snow has been predicted across the north east of Scotland - at the moment there is heavy snow to the east, west and south of us but all we have is drizzle. I won't be going out in it though, no need for daily walks after Tess, our beloved old border collie, finally succumbed to her health problems yesterday and died asleep on my feet. The house is strangely quiet without her.
Sad time for you BB. We invest so much into our animals, emotionally and often cash wise at the vet. Still she probably died on your feet sleeping because she felt secure there. Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
Morning all. Bright and sunny but it hasn't warmed up greatly as yet. Daughter-in-law on the phone last night to say she had tested positive for covid. just over a week ago, but now clear. She is a teacher, and said that half the staff went down with it as soon as the pupils were told they shouldn't wear masks anymore. She went into isolation at home, and made our son move to his office overnight, which is a shed in the garden. He was not impressed with a week on a camp bed, but none of the others have caught it. Although she only felt ill for three days, she hopes that no long covid has taken hold. Her views on mask wearing have changed very quickly. Have a good day everyone.
Morning All. An update on my pal Larry, he of Chelsea match coronary fame: he has finally got over a complication from surgery and has been released from the care of the surgical team last weekend and is now primarily concerned with regaining his fitness. Doubtful that we'll have the pleasure of his company this season but the portents are good. I'm no cook, I can do stuff for myself: my ratatouille (?) isn't too shabby, a tin of tomatoes and a spoonful of cornflour rescues most disasters; but I do like watching James Martin on a Saturday morning, an absolute joy. Also his recipes actually work and his Toad in the Hole batter recipe is the stuff of legend. Today I shall mostly be doing... Nothing! Have a good day y'all.
Mrs H and I were guests on the programme a few years ago, along with Shappi Korshandi (not sure abut the spelling!). Among the things cooked for us was lobster thermidor...very tasty. Can't say I warmed to James Martin, not the friendliest of hosts away from the camera!
Good morning all...after the curling a wet and chilly walk to the farmers market.... followed by a flat white under an awning before a walk back as it starts to turn into snow...... not going out again today...
Shappi is on my list of comediennes to go see. Mrs Fez does a decent thermidor! I think it can be quite hard to keep up pretences away from the camera, but really they are in paid time so it's frustrating. As an aside I was saddened to learn of the passing of actor Jack Smethurst this week, he of "Love the Neighbour" fame, or infamy as some would say. In my final year as at University one of my projects led me to meet him briefly, his wife Barbara hosting me for two hours detailing the history of an C18 house they owned when their children were growing up. Their time was invaluable in assisting me and I obtained a First Class mark for that project and I presented them with a copy. It's a shame Jack was never really offered roles after LtN, the acting work really dried up for him after... The price of fame, he was nothing like the bigot he played.
Actually quite a few people from here also helped with my dissertation, a questionnaire relating to The Vic. Got a First for that too. Alas the final overall mark was 69.4%, so a 2:1 it is... fine margins and all that.
That is so bad..... I have sat on many examination boards in which the discretion of the board can up that to 70.....and has done especially if the diss is a first
My dissertation went to a third reader. My tutor's English was barely adequate, far cleverer than I he was for sure but his English was poor, and there was a 25% difference between his mark and that of the second reader (who oversaw the entire course). The third reader marked it as a First so I ended up with a 69% overall on the 10% rule. The first reader made more mistakes in his 2 A4 pages of critique than I did in 11,980 words! Where I probably lost it was on the interim mark (the progress report we write about a third of the way in) because that was marked down similarly to the first reading but there was no appeal against that mark. The main design project also got 69% which accounted for 4/5 of the final year's modules. It was that downmarked interim that killed it. Gutted doesn't quite cover it.
All I can say is ...it doesnt really matter in most jobs..... I even ended up as a University Head of Dept with a 2.2 in the past.....But after all that study.... what a travesty.......
I was working 4days per week, then 3days for the six weeks before hand in. Doing this in my 40's as well... My 40th birthday celebrations are the stuff of legend among my alumni... two of them missed their train stops home, one waking up in Harlow not Enfield and the other in Oxford, not Reading and has no recollection of getting from the pub to the train. I missed mine by four stops!!
I meant to add that a 2:1 is a fair reflection of my ability but not when combined with the work ethic which so many seemed to lack.
Morning all. Sunshine and showers today with a brisk chilly wind. The wind turbines that I passed on the way to the baker were going round at a fair old lick. The baker sells large flour bags full of stale bread when he doesn't have as many customers as he expects. The lady in front of me seemed pleased to get one, and I suspect she uses it to feed pigs of chickens rather than making copious quantities of bread pudding. A pub in England I used to like sold loads of bread pudding, either with custard or ice cream. Very good it was too! Have a good day everyone.
