Peggy Burke

Our 7 year old granddaughter was taken to A/E today with a suspected broken finger. Wishing to ingratiate herself with the nurse she decided flattery would be the best option. "Your hair is beautiful, I wish I had blonde hair. Although I suppose you must dye your hair that colour. Yes, I can see dark hair at the roots. Is that dark bit your natural colour?" Good job it didn't need any treatment, think the nurse might have gone easy on the pain relief!.

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To say children in UK are not taught to write is just not true. In many UK infant schools, including the one I was deputy head of, certainly children are taught cursive script from school entry. However cursive script has nothing to do with being able to speak and write correctly. What it does do is help with spelling giving the flow, rhythm and shape of the words. In many cases children are not exposed to a good role model of spoken English by the television presenters on children's TV, nor I'm afraid to say, all too frequently, by the adults around them. If they haven't got good oral language skills then they are not going to have good written ones either.

Thanks Guys for all your help. Will definitely try the hoover remedy. Haven't ever done that so won't hurt. Also Chesters thoughts regarding the battery is interesting. I had to replace the battery and rather than buy a Dell one which was going to cost £105 the computer repair guy recommended a generic one at £85. However the machine doesn't pick up the battery and I have to hit F1 when booting up for the laptop to actually start up. The battery therefore doesn't charge. Not an issue as I very rarely use the laptop away from a power point and therefore haven't bothered to do anything about it as it's a minor inconvenience. However I wonder if this could be contributing to the problem and whether I need to bite the bullet and splash out on a genuine Dell battery.

Hi Guys Need some advice before I call in a computer repair man. My Dell Vostro is running very hot - not causing any problems that I'm aware of but think it could do in the future. It sits on a laptop desk with a cooling fan but that doesn't seem to help. The rear left hand side gets so hot at times I can barely put my hand on it. All suggestions gratefully received. Thanks Peggy

Sign over a Gynecologist's Office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix." ************************** On a Septic Tank Truck: Yesterday's Meals on Wheels ************************** On a Plumber's truck: "We repair what your husband fixed." ************************** On another Plumber's truck: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber." ************************** On a Church's Bill board: "7 days without God makes one weak." ************************** At a Tyre Store "Invite us to your next blowout." ************************** On an Electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts." ************************** In a Non-smoking Area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action." ************************** On a Maternity Room door: "Push. Push. Push." ************************** At an Optometrist's Office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place." ************************** On a Taxidermist's window: "We really know our stuff." ************************** On a Fence: "Salesmen welcome! Dog food is expensive!" ************************** Outside a Car Exhaust Store: "No appointment necessary. We hear you coming." ************************** In a Vets waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!" ************************** In a Restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up." ************************** In the front yard of a Funeral Home: "Drive carefully. We'll wait." ************************** And don't forget the sign at a RADIATOR SHOP: "Best place in town to take a leak." ********************** Sign on the back of yet another Septic Tank Truck: "Caution - This Truck is full of Political Promises"

As it was a gorgeous sunny morning Steve and I decided to take a walk round Wingham before the next lot of snow arrived. Whilst Steve did his rounds I took some pics on my mobile phone. The Coarse Lake from 'Grassy Bank' Looking the other way across the Coarse Lake from 'The Egg Box' No hiding place from predators on the islands! Looking across the Carp Lake Now it's snowing again so I wonder how much more there will down by morning?

The only way to get back into my good books is to let me have a cuddle with Cosworth

Excuse me Mr Burgess, extra BBQ perks slipping away, not likely, you're not gettting anything at all!!

Joking apart really looking forward to seeing all you guys. Can't believe we're really planning the 2010 Fish-in already. Last year's seems like yesterday!

It's the usual top quality Bramwells. Bring your own Saucy git!!!!!

Thank God I'm retired and out of education. Sadly this humorous post sums up the attitude of many parents. Their children can do no wrong and it's the schools who are to blame. I always had a rule that if children wasted their class time they completed their work during their break or lunchtime play. I was taken to task for taking away their child's playtime on a number of occasions. I also had an incident after a school sports day when a child who didn't win a race was taken home for the rest of the day because 'he was so upset'. How will that child cope with failure in life? With nearly 40 years teaching experience I could go on and on but won't.

I've just received a non-e-Bay payment without any problem. With regard to your dilemma, could you contact your seller via e-Bay messaging explaining the problem and ask him to send you a Paypal request for payment? This would take it out of the e-Bay Checkout system which seems to be the problem.

So you think you're going to get some? You'll have to get in line behind Budgie and Andrew!!!

Steve has asked me to post that he'll probably be taking bookings from Friday of next week, 1st May. He and the bailiffs are very busy at the moment getting everything ready, although Glyn is on crutches. Everything is late this year because the ground is still water-logged, but all should be ready on time. Then after the fish-in they can turn their attention to the back lake (that is not open for fishing) and that requires a fair bit of maintenance. Do watch out for an announcement on Friday of next week.