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Only in America...
A woman in the US has sued her (I assume Ex) boyfriend's car insurance because she caught an STI after a romantic evening for two in the back of the Fiat 500. Been awarded £5.2m after appeal....
A woman in the US has sued her (I assume Ex) boyfriend's car insurance because she caught an STI after a romantic evening for two in the back of the Fiat 500. Been awarded £5.2m after appeal....
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Nuff said..Worthy4England wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 4:55 pmOnly in America...
A woman in the US has sued her (I assume Ex) boyfriend's car insurance because she caught an STI after a romantic evening for two in the back of the Fiat 500. Been awarded £5.2m after appeal....
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Parenting dilemma. I’m torn and would be interested in others opinions. What would you do? My daughter is year 6 and playing for her primary school Cricket team. Last week they qualified for the Sussex County finals, we have been informed today that it’s the same day as her transition day to secondary school, so if she chooses to play she (and any other year 6’s playing) will miss it. She wants to play despite the fact she’s not a passionate cricketer whatsoever and the team don’t have any real chance of winning. Normally as a biased PE teacher i’d let her do the sport but this transition day is quite important…
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No brainer. Cricket. She'll have years to work out what happens at big school.
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Would Mrs Worthy agree?Worthy4England wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:04 pmNo brainer. Cricket. She'll have years to work out what happens at big school.
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I think so, aye. (And Mrs W not into cricket)...some opportunities only cone round once...Gooner Girl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:12 pmWould Mrs Worthy agree?Worthy4England wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:04 pmNo brainer. Cricket. She'll have years to work out what happens at big school.
Presented the facts as described to Mrs W. She said sports finals...
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Cricket. It might be the only chance to ever do that. Or anything like it. In a years time a transition day to secondary school means nothing. Nobody will remember it. She might though remember the day she played in the cricket finals for ever.
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Aye, you can't beat playing in a sports final. I've been lucky to play in a few and can remember them all, even the one from 40 years ago.
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Thanks all, and Mrs Worthy. Thought I’d ask on a mums page as well for a more balanced view then I might get from a forum of sporting blokes , and they were a very mixed bag but made the point that certain years, thanks to covid, didn’t really get a transition day anyway and most of them have managed alright. I’m friends with the teacher who takes the cricket team and dropped him some WhatsApp’s and he said because it’s a county final he’s not going to take Year 5’s instead to get slaughtered which is understandable so will cancel our team going if the year 6’s can’t play. Asked my brother (ex year 6 teacher and big cricket fan) his opinion, and he said the sensible teacher inside of him would have to recommend transition day but that the cricket fan side of him was appalled by that. I then asked if he was the teacher taking a team to the county final and he said “screw secondary school, I’d want my best team there” so that was helpful. Not. Mr GG thinks transition day is the more sensible parent option but that it’s down to me and Miss GG to decide.
I think I’m going to let her do the cricket if she wants and the other Y6 parents agree. Pretty confident she will adapt fairly well to secondary, she’s bright enough, sociable and better with change then her mother. I don’t think they will win, but if they did and she wasn’t there I don’t think she’d ever let me forget it…
I think I’m going to let her do the cricket if she wants and the other Y6 parents agree. Pretty confident she will adapt fairly well to secondary, she’s bright enough, sociable and better with change then her mother. I don’t think they will win, but if they did and she wasn’t there I don’t think she’d ever let me forget it…
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Cricket!
I'm sure the transition day would be nice to have, but there must be plenty of kids who miss it through sickness or whatever every year, and after the first week who remembers?
Whereas sports finals are fab. And the kind of thing you would definitely miss.
I'm sure the transition day would be nice to have, but there must be plenty of kids who miss it through sickness or whatever every year, and after the first week who remembers?
Whereas sports finals are fab. And the kind of thing you would definitely miss.
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Mate, me and my old primary school pals still talk about us winning the BEN Cup in 1977, and guys on the losing side who a few of us ended up in secondary school with are still sore about it.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:32 pmAye, you can't beat playing in a sports final. I've been lucky to play in a few and can remember them all, even the one from 40 years ago.
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Any pictorial evidence of this sporting triumph Bruce? Is the trophy still pride of place on your mantelpiece?Bruce Rioja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:48 amMate, me and my old primary school pals still talk about us winning the BEN Cup in 1977, and guys on the losing side who a few of us ended up in secondary school with are still sore about it.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:32 pmAye, you can't beat playing in a sports final. I've been lucky to play in a few and can remember them all, even the one from 40 years ago.
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There is, but I'm not putting it on hereGooner Girl wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:58 am
Any pictorial evidence of this sporting triumph Bruce? Is the trophy still pride of place on your mantelpiece?
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Yeah I would qualify my answer with ‘I’d let the kid decide’. I’d explain the two things, why they both matter and leave it up to them.
If they want to do the transition day I’d certainly not force them otherwise.
If they want to do the transition day I’d certainly not force them otherwise.
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Let daughter dear find out what her best mates think, because serious issues like this can cause lifetime repercussions, especially at year five and sixes levels. Parliament is nothing compared to (get her/him at playtime). Oh, and make sure she knows the decision is hers, because, well....parents are ready made victims for blaming..
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Opinions of the guy who will be Head of Y7 from September and the Headteacher at the school I work at was a resounding, ‘Go to the cricket’. Decision made!
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I only spent just over a year at the primary school I got to the cup final in. I like to thing my lumbering box to box dribble is still the stuff of legends despite my short stay. In reality they probably remember some gangly lump tripping over the ball continouslyBruce Rioja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:48 amMate, me and my old primary school pals still talk about us winning the BEN Cup in 1977, and guys on the losing side who a few of us ended up in secondary school with are still sore about it.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:32 pmAye, you can't beat playing in a sports final. I've been lucky to play in a few and can remember them all, even the one from 40 years ago.
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Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:53 pmI only spent just over a year at the primary school I got to the cup final in. I like to thing my lumbering box to box dribble is still the stuff of legends despite my short stay. In reality they probably remember some gangly lump tripping over the ball continouslyBruce Rioja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:48 amMate, me and my old primary school pals still talk about us winning the BEN Cup in 1977, and guys on the losing side who a few of us ended up in secondary school with are still sore about it.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:32 pmAye, you can't beat playing in a sports final. I've been lucky to play in a few and can remember them all, even the one from 40 years ago.
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Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:21 amAbdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:53 pmI only spent just over a year at the primary school I got to the cup final in. I like to thing my lumbering box to box dribble is still the stuff of legends despite my short stay. In reality they probably remember some gangly lump tripping over the ball continouslyBruce Rioja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:48 amMate, me and my old primary school pals still talk about us winning the BEN Cup in 1977, and guys on the losing side who a few of us ended up in secondary school with are still sore about it.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:32 pmAye, you can't beat playing in a sports final. I've been lucky to play in a few and can remember them all, even the one from 40 years ago.
^ feck I feel old
I went to Thornleigh. If you weren't any good at Cricket, Rugby or Football you were not worth bothering with. Cross country was for us sh*t kids. Happy now though.
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Interesting double post. I guess IT skills weren’t a thing taught there either!Gary the Enfield wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:21 amGary the Enfield wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:21 amAbdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:53 pmI only spent just over a year at the primary school I got to the cup final in. I like to thing my lumbering box to box dribble is still the stuff of legends despite my short stay. In reality they probably remember some gangly lump tripping over the ball continouslyBruce Rioja wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:48 amMate, me and my old primary school pals still talk about us winning the BEN Cup in 1977, and guys on the losing side who a few of us ended up in secondary school with are still sore about it.Abdoulaye's Twin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:32 pmAye, you can't beat playing in a sports final. I've been lucky to play in a few and can remember them all, even the one from 40 years ago.
^ feck I feel old
I went to Thornleigh. If you weren't any good at Cricket, Rugby or Football you were not worth bothering with. Cross country was for us sh*t kids. Happy now though.
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