Mrs_Teapot

She also wants to scrap classroom assistants helping children who cannot speak English

My sons girlfriend is a primary school teacher…. she has a class of 27 children 11 of whom are “Special Needs” kids ..

Special needs is a child who has special education needs and has significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children…[Read more]

Just thought I would remind you

Only 41 Days to Christmas!

just so it doesn’t pass you by without you noticing :D

@panda12 wrote:

@Ang47 Wales wrote:

:lol: Hello everyone,,i could’nt help laugh at the comment that panda has made about getting another cat,,,good idea Panda,,im off to get another dog to keep the onei have company :lol: ,,im so laughing,,thank you,,,,

Mind you,,i think Eltons husband David alright,,,what a waste :?

If I get another cat,…

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Well I hope all goes well and the child has a happy childhood :D

@jen_jen wrote:

I love the “we have enough drivel of our own to keep us happy” :lol:

And only 5 minutes of fame? Pfffffft hardly worth the effort!

And we share stuff too…… glares at kenty…. thankyou for your chest infection :(

:D :D :D

Waits patiently for the bird to re-appear :D

Ha ha… scep… well I’m not Jewish but there is a very large Jewish population in Leeds and I do have a few Jewish friends….. I remember Camp Road in Leeds and an area known as Jews park…. but compared to where I was from they were posh folks they were :D

Me hunting :shock: .. lol noooooo not my scene….

Yes North York’s scep… very beautiful around here ….I have to keep pinching myself just so I know Im not dreaming :D I know Im boring but Yorkshire is very beautiful :D I will shut up about it now :D

I worked to escape poverty scep….. and maybe that’s a better way to word it… Im still…[Read more]

@sceptical guy wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

I moved out of Leeds scep into rural Yorkshire…. those values of good neighbourliness still hold strong here….

depends where in rural Yorks, Mrs T.

There are parts of North Yorks where neighbourly soildarity is pretty nasty, a Brit version of Orange County, California.

Other parts – yes.

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I moved out of Leeds scep into rural Yorkshire…. those values of good neighbourliness still hold strong here…. but I know what you mean about that disappearing.

I was brought up on the back streets of Leeds.. when our houses were cleared for slum clearance the community was broken up…. we were supposed to rejoice in the new found luxury of hot water indoor sanitation and gardens the council house we were moved to provided us.. as a child I just missed my old mates…. I still wonder what happened to…[Read more]

For service men and women everywhere past and present.

@panda12 wrote:

@rubyred wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

Why am I always left out but actually I don’t have skype either… although someone I know was keen for me to get it and I almost did download it once…. but common sense prevailed

Is it true MSN is closing?…. not that I use that either…. just wondered. :?

dont come the innocent…

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I would be very wary of using skype with people who you don’t fully know…. a friend who is a puter geek told me it was easy to pinpoint your exact location when using skype… also to view files you are downloading and sites you visit.. Im not sure how true it is…. but I found this article for anyone…[Read more]

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@momentaryloss wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

Kenty’s far too discerning to fall for my wiles, ML, so I resort to the comforts of the single malt . . . . .

I’ll join you for that single malt later.

8)

I’m economising, so it’s Teacher’s atm, the only blended I find tolerable straight.

Coughs…

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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@momentaryloss wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

Kenty’s far too discerning to fall for my wiles, ML, so I resort to the comforts of the single malt . . . . .

I’ll join you for that single malt later.

8)

I’m economising, so it’s Teacher’s atm, the only blended I find tolerable straight.

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@jen_jen wrote:

Vicars Close? If so, then yes…our cottage was just 4 miles from Wells so we got to know it quite well. Loved the farmers market which was a lovely mix of food and crafts, wish we had a market like that!

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I don’t agree with the death penalty but I agree life should mean life…. if however a prisoner wishes to take his own life….I do wonder why we don’t let them… I know Im a hard woman :?

I agree with you about animals Panda… makes me laugh that some religions consider them to be lesser beings with no souls… future generations will laugh…[Read more]

@jen_jen wrote:

Wells cathedral…there was a stunning blue sky that day.

I was there last year jen… lovely place… did you go the the ancient street there… I have pics of it somewhere…. will have to dig them out :D

Welcome to the boards Rusty… good post and so true….one of the reasons I don’t chat