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David Martin said:

On 30/3/05 6:08 pm, in article [email hidden], "wafflycat"

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I seem to have forgotten most of it now, but love watching programs like
Rough Science..

Kathy Sykes does it for me, too......

Oooh yes.
And they were building rockets tonight (didn't get to see the end).
Dare I say it's not rocket science....

Only the compressed air rocket made it past the testing stages and the egg
survived the landing only to be splatted on camera to prove it was a fresh
egg!

HTH
Julia

Ian Smith said:

My daughter likes Tikkabilla. I haven't a clue what it is (she sees
it at teh child-minders).

It's the current equivalent of Playschool. It even has the square,
round and arched windows. I'd hazard a guess that Sandy's bikes were to
have been viewed through one of the windows.

It's presented by a purple dragon and, among others, the droolworthy
Sarah Jane Honeywell.

<URL:http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tikkabilla/>

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:56:31 +0100 someone who may be Keith
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Apparently, there are some people who can actually learn from other
people's mistakes, obviating the need to make them themselves.

I believe it is Napoleon Bonaparte who is credited with saying,
"only a fool learns from their mistakes. I learn from other people's
mistakes."

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On 30/3/05 10:20 pm, in article [email hidden], "wafflycat"

wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk said:

My brother went to the local secondary modern and I still spoke to him, so I
can't be *that* snobby ;-)

My brother went to the local private grammar school[1], I was at the
(selective) state school the other side of the road.

Both our schools and the slective girls school, and both local
comprehensives used to meet on the river, proving that rowing was not
necessarily a class-based sport[2].

...d

[1] Well, it was called one and it did have an entrance exam. He went
because he got a full scholarship till sixth form and then an RAF cadetship.

[2] Due to a bequest from an old boy, the private school had a budget twice
that of all the other schools put together. Needless to say they also did
rather well, one of his former crews including a certain James Cracknell.

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:45:12 +0100 someone who may be Brian Wakem
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Electrocution.
Pupils, teaches, ourselves.
Inspection of condition prior to setup. RCD.

I think I would have answered:-

Paper cut from filling in this form.
Me.
Destroy form.

I should have thought of that. However, as I was typing into a
Microshit Word document I didn't think of that. Perhaps next year,
when I fill in the same form.

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:57:55 +0100, Michael MacClancy
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I wonder then why wafflycat included a reference to her grammar school?

As a personal slight to you, obviously.

For the record, the best and most eagerly anticipated lesson of the
year in thousand-year-old-public-school chemistry was the annual
"explosions and coloured smoke" lesson from Mr Croker. He was a
superb teacher, sadly I was an appalling pupil...

Guy
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:21:50 +0100, JLB <[email hidden]> wrote
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I'd have probably got the
point just as well if we'd thought about it beforehand and put on
suitable face protection.

If it worked. I know one bloke who had a winchester of conc nitric
blow up in his face. He retained his face and most of his sight, but
his full-face shield certainly did not work as advertised.

Guy
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:28:11 +0100, "JBB" <[email hidden]>

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Only the compressed air rocket made it past the testing stages and the egg
survived the landing only to be splatted on camera to prove it was a fresh
egg!

Ooooooh! That sentence caused a whooshing big nostalgic flashback.
Made me remember the Great Egg Race, with Professor Heinz Wolff. I
loved that when I was a kid, sort of Scrapheap Challange, Rough
Science and Adam Hart Davis all rolled into one.

And now writing this message has made me think of the word "boffin",
which always puts a smile on my face. Crackin' word, boffin.

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Ooooooh! That sentence caused a whooshing big nostalgic flashback.
Made me remember the Great Egg Race, with Professor Heinz Wolff. I
loved that when I was a kid, sort of Scrapheap Challange, Rough
Science and Adam Hart Davis all rolled into one.

OOOH!!! Prof, Heinz Wolff the *real* mad scientist!! He is *great*. As a kid
I was *fascinated* by his TV stuff. Heinz Wolff looks like wot a scientist
should look like - a true boffin indeed. And it seems he is still of this
planet! See http://www.sfb.co.uk/cgi-bin/profile.cgi?s=81 I was transfixed
by Young Scientist Of The Year when I was a kid.

Cheers, helen s

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And now writing this message has made me think of the word "boffin",
which always puts a smile on my face. Crackin' word, boffin.

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Just zis Guy said:

If it worked.

Chemistry should work.

Remember the rules:
It it wriggles it's biology.
If it stinks it's chemistry.
If it doesn't work it's physics.

Although My A' Level physics teacher /did/, to our great surprise, get a
practical to work once. It was a demonstration of gravity.

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Michael MacClancy said:

Similar things happened in my comprehensive school. Indeed, I'm sure
the type of school has no relevance. I wonder then why wafflycat
included a reference to her grammar school?

Shes a posh bint, but she hangs round here for a bit of rough?

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wafflycat said:

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... and not because you're one of those snooty grammar school snobs? ;-)

I do believe you've been watching too much "Tricia", you read into things
what is not there.

Oh, I wouldn't agree with that. The word 'grammar' was there and I assume
that it had a purpose. You could have referred to 'school chemistry' or
even 'secondary school chemistry', each of which would have been more
egalitarian than 'grammar school chemistry'.

I only picked up on it because it's not the first time I've noticed this
usage of yours.

Have you tried drinking Banks' Bitter?

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Shes a posh bint, but she hangs round here for a bit of rough?

I need a new keyboard ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:24:45 +0100, "wafflycat"

wafflesATv21netDOTcoDOTuk said:

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Shes a posh bint, but she hangs round here for a bit of rough?

I need a new keyboard ;-)

Cheers, helen s

What on earth are you doing on the net at half past eleven at night.
Should you not be reading Tolstov, or listening to The Archers in
Latin or something?

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Andy Morris said:

Michael MacClancy said:

Similar things happened in my comprehensive school. Indeed, I'm
sure the type of school has no relevance. I wonder then why
wafflycat included a reference to her grammar school?

Shes a posh bint, but she hangs round here for a bit of rough?

I got the distinct impression a bit of smoooooth was more her thing 😉

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Just zis Guy said:

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:21:50 +0100, JLB <[email hidden]> wrote
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I'd have probably got the
point just as well if we'd thought about it beforehand and put on
suitable face protection.

If it worked. I know one bloke who had a winchester of conc nitric
blow up in his face. He retained his face and most of his sight, but
his full-face shield certainly did not work as advertised.

Fair point. Did it really not do what its specification promised, or
were excessive demands being made of it? There are plenty of examples of
unrealistically optimistic beliefs about the performance of PPE; it is
not only cycle helmets that are treated as talismanic objects rather
than devices of defined and limited functionality. Ear plugs can only
reduce noise, not eliminate it; safety glasses are not a complete
substitute for goggles, and some goggles can take greater impact than
others; some people apparently imagine a cheap crude dust mask can
protect at least partially against toxic or suffocating gases; and so on.

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What on earth are you doing on the net at half past eleven at night.
Should you not be reading Tolstov, or listening to The Archers in
Latin or something?

PAH! That was last night. If I'm restless tonight, it'll be solving the
grand unifying theory & write it up in mandarin for publication ;-)

Cheers, posh bint.

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"Chris Eilbeck" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I got the distinct impression a bit of smoooooth was more her thing 😉

Certainly as regards the leg of the male cyclist!

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Chris

And being a grammar snob, I'd have had you to Mars already me laddo ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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Kathy Sykes does it for me, too......

Oooh yes.
And they were building rockets tonight (didn't get to see the end).
Dare I say it's not rocket science....

There's something deeply Freudian going on here ;-)

Freudian nothing.
You stick with Heinz Wolff in his bow tie.
We'll stick with Kathy Sykes in a T-shirt and shorts.

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Freudian nothing.
You stick with Heinz Wolff in his bow tie.
We'll stick with Kathy Sykes in a T-shirt and shorts.

Somehow I don't think I view Heinz Wolff with anything like the degree of
lust you lot have towards Ms Sykes ;-)

Cheers, helen s