Carl the Llama Posted 11 June 2015 Posted 11 June 2015 RIP Sir Christopher Lee. Â Now there's a man who truly owned at life.
Guest bss9401 Posted 11 June 2015 Posted 11 June 2015 RIP Sir Christopher Lee. What a superstar and legend! I'm saddened by this but congratulations to him on such a successful and inspirational career.
Wymsey Posted 11 June 2015 Posted 11 June 2015 There's not many actors around now that would achieve the feat of what Sir Chris had been in.
Webbo Posted 11 June 2015 Posted 11 June 2015 RIP Sir Christopher Lee. What a superstar and legend! I'm saddened by this but congratulations to him on such a successful and inspirational career. If he wasn't dead I'm sure he'd be delighted with your congratulations.
Alf Bentley Posted 12 June 2015 Posted 12 June 2015 If he wasn't dead I'm sure he'd be delighted with your congratulations.   You've got a brass neck, Webbo. Could be quite useful in the circumstances.  You shouldn't worry too much, though. After all, he was quite long in the tooth.  As for Fagin.... One day you're picking a pocket or two, next day someone's making a collection in your honour.
One Legged Beaver Posted 19 June 2015 Posted 19 June 2015 Your fault you bastard  I'm sorry. it broke my heart!Â
Rincewind Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 Reportsofcomingin of the death of Holywood composer James Horner in a plane crash. He wrote the music for Titanic. Â http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/22/living/feat-james-horner-titantic-plane-crash/index.html?sr=tw062315jameshorner7aStoryPhoto
Alf Bentley Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 One that may be of interest to the teachers out there.....Sir Chris Woodhead, controversial former head of OFSTED & champion of traditional values in education: https://www.tes.co.uk/news/school-news/breaking-views/sir-chris-woodhead-1946-2015 Â Have mixed feelings about him myself. When he was the big cheese at Ofsted, I didn't have a school-age kid and felt hostile to his scathing attitude to modern teaching based on skills, not knowledge. He certainly seemed to go out of his way to be confrontational. However, now that I have a school-age kid some of the skills being taught seem pretty flimsy, while feedback is often sorely lacking and expectations very low. Maybe it's just my daughter's school, but she probably got too much homework at age 8 and now gets too little at age 11, with secondary pending.....almost nothing since SATS finished, which maybe tells us that the biggest problem of all is schools being compelled to focus excessively on getting kids to jump through hoops for Woodhead's former employer, OFSTED, so as to get good ratings in league tables. It should be possible to teach skills AND knowledge, stimulate enthusiasm and establish high expectations and a work ethic without over-burdening kids, surely? I'm sure many teachers & schools achieve that, despite all the interference by successive governments and Ofsted regimes, it's just that my personal experiences have been bad recently....maths teacher excluded from that as she's clearly a top performer! Â There, chuck out a grenade, start a war between teachers and teacher-haters, then run away....that's my approach!Â
Wymsey Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33279566 Â Patrick Macnee dies, aged 93.
johnny the fox Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33279566 Â Patrick Macnee dies, aged 93. Â Another part of my past gone.... always fancied Emma Peel...
Beliall Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 One that may be of interest to the teachers out there.....Sir Chris Woodhead, controversial former head of OFSTED & champion of traditional values in education: https://www.tes.co.uk/news/school-news/breaking-views/sir-chris-woodhead-1946-2015 Have mixed feelings about him myself. When he was the big cheese at Ofsted, I didn't have a school-age kid and felt hostile to his scathing attitude to modern teaching based on skills, not knowledge. He certainly seemed to go out of his way to be confrontational. However, now that I have a school-age kid some of the skills being taught seem pretty flimsy, while feedback is often sorely lacking and expectations very low. Maybe it's just my daughter's school, but she probably got too much homework at age 8 and now gets too little at age 11, with secondary pending.....almost nothing since SATS finished, which maybe tells us that the biggest problem of all is schools being compelled to focus excessively on getting kids to jump through hoops for Woodhead's former employer, OFSTED, so as to get good ratings in league tables. It should be possible to teach skills AND knowledge, stimulate enthusiasm and establish high expectations and a work ethic without over-burdening kids, surely? I'm sure many teachers & schools achieve that, despite all the interference by successive governments and Ofsted regimes, it's just that my personal experiences have been bad recently....maths teacher excluded from that as she's clearly a top performer! There, chuck out a grenade, start a war between teachers and teacher-haters, then run away....that's my approach! I agree, our oldest is 14, and he gets barely any homework. I cant understand it. When he does have some it's usually a page of math sums or " revision".
Rocket-Ron Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33279566 Â Patrick Macnee dies, aged 93. He died with his boots on, his kinky boots on
MC Prussian Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Film music composer James Horner dead at age 61, after he crashed his airplane in a California forest. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-horner-dead-titanic-composer-804365
Rincewind Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Film music composer James Horner dead at age 61, after he crashed his airplane in a California forest. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-horner-dead-titanic-composer-804365 What again?
rico Posted 29 June 2015 Posted 29 June 2015 Chris Squire,bass guitarist with YES,aged 67 Â http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33306933
Alf Bentley Posted 29 June 2015 Posted 29 June 2015 Chris Squire,bass guitarist with YES,aged 67 Â http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33306933 Â Â One day it's Yessongs, next day its no songs.Â
notnow john Posted 30 June 2015 Posted 30 June 2015 One day it's Yessongs, next day its no songs. He had asked to be buried under the overhanging tree Close to the hedge. Rip Fish
bovril Posted 30 June 2015 Posted 30 June 2015 Chris Squire,bass guitarist with YES,aged 67 Â http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33306933 Â I wondered why all those Greeks were marching through Athens today shouting "YES!".
Rocket-Ron Posted 2 July 2015 Posted 2 July 2015 Val Doonican finally falls from his rocking chair RIP Val http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33363938
Alf Bentley Posted 2 July 2015 Posted 2 July 2015 Val Doonican finally falls from his rocking chair RIP Val http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33363938   Sounds horrific. I assumed he'd just died of old age or something. Did he snag his jumper and fall under the rockers? Still, it's the way he'd have wanted to go.  RIP, one of the true rockers.
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