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Caspin · 24-09-2012, 04:29 PM

Poor Bobert! You'll be ready for the real thing I'm sure. If you feel unprepared for this trial run then you'll be well motivated by the time the real exams roll round.

**Minty** · (This post was last modified: 25-09-2012 11:40 AM by Minty.)

From the Los Angeles Times - Mitt Romney wanting to know why you can't open the passenger windows on a plane when there's a fire so passengers can breathe when a fire broke out on his wife's jet to Santa Monica.

“I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver.” Shocked

Caspin · 25-09-2012, 02:42 PM

Riiiight. Yes, if I was in a plane and a fire broke out, I'm sure I'd be ever so grateful if someone opened the windows. Then I could have extra oxygen to feed the fire, as well as decompression in the aircraft to deal with. His wife should thank her lucky stars that he wasn't in the plane wither her,in case he tried that kind of stunt!

**Ollie** · (This post was last modified: 26-09-2012 07:41 AM by Ollie.)

What the...???
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/rising-...6481639518
Actually it looks quite fun with all the foam.

Caspin · 26-09-2012, 08:40 PM

Gosh that does look mad with all that foam. Awful for all the poor flooded peops though Sad

**Minty** · 26-09-2012, 09:28 PM

Really feel for the people of Morpeth. I used to know people from there in a previous job, & they all complained for years that the flood protection measures for the areas were a joke.

In 2008 & 2010 they were flooded out, after this one I'll be surprised if they can get anyone willing to buy a house there as the insurance costs will now be astronomical (if they can get anyone to insure them - one you have your area labelled a "flood plain" the better insurers won't even touch you).

Another stunner from the Herald Sun

"The fishing village of Footdee, on the west coast of Scotland near Aberdeen."

Footdee is in Aberdeen, which is on the east coast of Scotland. You'd have thought Rupert Murdoch could have bought his editors an atlas with all his millions. Biggrin

It's one of those villages that was swallowed up when the nearby city spread out and engulfed it, although 'coz it's out on an inlet flanked by the sea and the River Don it has retained something of a separate character. It's basically the fishing centre of the city. Some lunatics go running into the sea there on New Year's Day when you can get hypothermia just by walking on the beach fully clothed in the autumn!

Looks like we're in for a wet autumn.

Egyptiandance

Caspin · 26-09-2012, 10:07 PM

Poor Morpeth. Lots of bits of the UK are going to end up with uninsurable homes if these flooding incidents continue. Buy a house on a hill! Did you see the pictures of York? The river Ouse burst its banks. I go to York frequently and was planning another trip. Now I think I'd better let it dry out a bit first!

**Ollie** · 27-09-2012, 01:53 PM

On a lighter note, Merry Christmas everyone!!!!-
Oh wait no, thats still a couple of months away. My bad guys, my bad.

**Minty** · (This post was last modified: 27-09-2012 04:54 PM by Minty.)

Apparantly there has been leaked on line some of the new tougher questions pupils will now face in future GCSE exams with the government's education reforms.

For instance, a standard arithmetic question will now be something like this:

"If a 30-year-old Maths teacher takes a 15-year-old pupil 350 miles to France at an average speed of 40mph, how many years will he get in jail?"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19740811

FFS, who the hell would elope with a MATHS teacher? Maybe times have changed, but back in my day they were the ones in corduroy trousers & Hush Puppies who could bore for Team GB at the Olympics. Usually it was the music, PE & especially the art teachers that were the ones that had to be watched.

Egyptiandance

**Ollie** · 28-09-2012, 04:28 AM

(27-09-2012 04:52 PM)Minty Wrote: "If a 30-year-old Maths teacher takes a 15-year-old pupil 350 miles to France at an average speed of 40mph, how many years will he get in jail?"

Hmmm...
Doesn't it depend on the judge that sentences the guy, so technically there is no set amount of years, right? And plus the judge could be bribed to let the teacher free. I don't know, I have nothing to do with law or any of that stuff.