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  1. Tough news, that, although if you can manage planing [sic], then I am sure you are up to modelling...
  2. There is a wonderful recording of the late Sir Peter Ustinov recalling one of his early school reports, which he mentions could only have been written in England: ‘Peter shows great signs of originality, which must be stamped upon.’ My wife and I had similar views on comprehensive (let’s make everyone equal by making them all bad) education as our host, a view which has not been without its consequences in determining that both of us need to bring in high incomes to pay for it, yet see little of it ourselves. And no, I am not happy about getting my kids a better education (and education really is the correct word for what has been done for both of them, especially as both have ASD) than some of my friends’ kids are being schooled (not particularly brilliantly, by the sounds of it) just because I can find the cash. Neither do I think I should have to. But, whatever the school - state funded, or privately funded - the key determinant of how well it will do us how much the parents of its pupils value education and get involved. (Fees or moving to a “better” postcode both cost money, faith schools require a conscious decision - hopefully based on genuine beliefs rather than some of the hypocrisy I have overheard - or simply encouraging the joy of learning. These are all choices.) Anyway, enough putting the world to rights: until people realise that progressive income tax is the best way to pay for services, and that they need to pay higher taxes even when they are not using the services, for when they do, then publish services will continue to decline and suffer and it is ultimately the poorest who lose out, and later down the road, society.
  3. There is hope for you: building your own track is making you aware of these things. Incidentally, 2 inside and one outside is LMS style, which would be reasonable for the NWR, as it might well be influenced by its nearest neighbour.
  4. It was so far back in time (second half of 1940s, I think) that there is no need for any apologies.
  5. When my boss at a new job was asked by his CEO what the new guy was like, he apparently told him that I was just like the bored clever kid at the back of the class... So yes, it has never changed.
  6. Is it not originally a Maurice Dean plan, popularised by CJF?
  7. I never left the back of the class, once I was put there. (True story.) Boy, what a mistake the teacher made that day...
  8. The London Extension was built to accommodate Berne loading gauge, but I am not sure about the rest.
  9. Do you know why we split infinitives in English, but not other languages? Because we can.
  10. You need to check your typing before posting, unless of course you can share with us more information on is a “pendant hat”? Join the rest at the back of the form...
  11. Or bawled them out for wasting time and shareholders’ money.He was quite hard-headed about such things, as his father. The latter was responsible for scrapping North Star, and his son for clearing all the “junk” out of the paint shop at Derby.
  12. The boiler, for a start - which given WAS’s background, would probably count as Great Western enough for Swindon!
  13. Am I alone in being reminded of the (original) film, “The Taking of Pelham 123”?
  14. The standard mikado was sublime, but this... Has very obvious links to the Princess Coronation class, particularly the cab.That’s not necessarily a criticism. Please excuse me for a few minutes: I need to go somewhere private with a box of tissues.
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