All done, and hire Van returned. I do love a Transit, this one was a ‘21 Custom, it had virtually everything on it except Nav and brilliant to drive. The driving position and ergonomics are so much more comfortable than both of our cars. I want one!!
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All done, and hire Van returned. I do love a Transit, this one was a ‘21 Custom, it had virtually everything on it except Nav and brilliant to drive. The driving position and ergonomics are so much more comfortable than both of our cars. I want one!!
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Exlaser2
Veteran
Glad it when well , I do have Van envy though lol . As our daughter only went to uni about 40 miles away we used to do it in our own car over the course of a couple of weeks.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Good Luck Dave and behave yourself with all those nurses
The nurses are called Dave, Frank and Delroy.
Trust you to be on first name terms with them.
Mike Ayling
Veteran
- Location
- Melbourne Downunda
Agree
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Part way through a night of Golden Oldies, Truth or Dare and a big bottel of Southern Comfort (£30 down to £19, Sainsbury Nectar price - bargain!).
Will probably get to sleep around 3am at a guess.
Saving some energy in reserve for our big night of the week tomorrow.
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Here's hoping that Dave is ok.
Will probably get to sleep around 3am at a guess.
Saving some energy in reserve for our big night of the week tomorrow.
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Here's hoping that Dave is ok.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
OK - who's been talking??????
classic33
Leg End Member
That'd be telling...
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
OK - sorry about this but it may be a bit of a downer/rant
but I have just been watching a documentary on Iplayer about Neil Foden
WHo??
well he was a Head Teacher at Ysgol Friars - a school in Bangor in North Wales
and he has recently been "done" for child abuse of pupils and "stuff" - lets not go into details
and my daughter went to that school - so - well - work it out
anyway
I was a teacher at a school on the North Wales Coast - which is a sort of widely spaced community of sorts
and we all knew about him as a bully to staff
and his idea of discipline to pupils was "rather strict"
measuring of skirts and knees was mentioned a lot
bullying of staff came up a lot - you were either pro foden or your got screwed until you left
even th counsel and governors were bullied into silence (I think my ex was one of them!!!)
Positively frogmarching a disruptive pupil out of the school and throwing them into the road was also mentioned
I was told he was in trouble for that one but his Union - of which he was a senior executive member - brought in an expensive barrister
and the case was dropped after some talking
or so it was said
anyway - I also lived in Bangor - and other people (social workers etc ) talked about him and his attitude - like turning up in staff meeting before school and saying
"this kid is not on a 3 strikes contract - 3 events and he is out - I want them all TODAY!!!"
in the school where I taught it would be a 5 strike contract
and of the kid got 2 in one day the deputy Head would pull them out of lessons and talk to them and work out what was wrong - we did everything to pull them round
not Foden
apparently
anyway back to the documentary
Basically as bad as it could be - maybe (maybe!!!) not full on rape due to medical problem - but them there is only his word for that
grooming
touching
texts
full on farking everything a teacher would never do
and always with vulnerable pupils
which - to be selfish - discounts my daughter as she was top set and probebly would have lamped him!!!!
anyway - really upsetting and at this point I am glad I do not live in America in a State where you can buy a gun
He was sentenced to 17 years - probably die inside - hopefully badly and with no control
because it was alway abotu control
As teacher in the general area we knew about the bullying and control stuff
the sex stuff seemed to start leter
but - lets face it - if something earlier comes up it would be no surprise
I drunk - guess why
so sorry about spelling - I have fixed some but
to be clear I have no contact with my daughter due to circumstance
but the 12 year I had with her were the best of my life
and if he touched her I would kill him and die happy
and I have never felt like that before - ever
reminds me of my ex-boss on some aniversary of the warrington bombing
he saw a photo of where the bomb was and realised that he had walked past the bin when the bomb must have been there after shopping with his daughters for Mother's Day cards etc
and the bomb must have been ticking when they walked past it - him with his 2 daughters
sorry
but ........
but I have just been watching a documentary on Iplayer about Neil Foden
WHo??
well he was a Head Teacher at Ysgol Friars - a school in Bangor in North Wales
and he has recently been "done" for child abuse of pupils and "stuff" - lets not go into details
and my daughter went to that school - so - well - work it out
anyway
I was a teacher at a school on the North Wales Coast - which is a sort of widely spaced community of sorts
and we all knew about him as a bully to staff
and his idea of discipline to pupils was "rather strict"
measuring of skirts and knees was mentioned a lot
bullying of staff came up a lot - you were either pro foden or your got screwed until you left
even th counsel and governors were bullied into silence (I think my ex was one of them!!!)
Positively frogmarching a disruptive pupil out of the school and throwing them into the road was also mentioned
I was told he was in trouble for that one but his Union - of which he was a senior executive member - brought in an expensive barrister
and the case was dropped after some talking
or so it was said
anyway - I also lived in Bangor - and other people (social workers etc ) talked about him and his attitude - like turning up in staff meeting before school and saying
"this kid is not on a 3 strikes contract - 3 events and he is out - I want them all TODAY!!!"
in the school where I taught it would be a 5 strike contract
and of the kid got 2 in one day the deputy Head would pull them out of lessons and talk to them and work out what was wrong - we did everything to pull them round
not Foden
apparently
anyway back to the documentary
Basically as bad as it could be - maybe (maybe!!!) not full on rape due to medical problem - but them there is only his word for that
grooming
touching
texts
full on farking everything a teacher would never do
and always with vulnerable pupils
which - to be selfish - discounts my daughter as she was top set and probebly would have lamped him!!!!
anyway - really upsetting and at this point I am glad I do not live in America in a State where you can buy a gun
He was sentenced to 17 years - probably die inside - hopefully badly and with no control
because it was alway abotu control
As teacher in the general area we knew about the bullying and control stuff
the sex stuff seemed to start leter
but - lets face it - if something earlier comes up it would be no surprise
I drunk - guess why
so sorry about spelling - I have fixed some but
to be clear I have no contact with my daughter due to circumstance
but the 12 year I had with her were the best of my life
and if he touched her I would kill him and die happy
and I have never felt like that before - ever
reminds me of my ex-boss on some aniversary of the warrington bombing
he saw a photo of where the bomb was and realised that he had walked past the bin when the bomb must have been there after shopping with his daughters for Mother's Day cards etc
and the bomb must have been ticking when they walked past it - him with his 2 daughters
sorry
but ........
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
R U all in bed?
We have morphed the night into a celebration of 60's music.
Lovely and warm here, front doors to lounge wide open and we can see our Bats flitting about - lovely!
We have morphed the night into a celebration of 60's music.
Lovely and warm here, front doors to lounge wide open and we can see our Bats flitting about - lovely!
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
