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I watched a little bit of the test match v India, and it was unreal the advantage India got with the weather. It was almost full cloud when England batted, and then shortly after India went in, it cleared to full sun. The weather men say it will be cloudy tomorrow, so it looks odds on it will be 2-1. It was interesting to see Cook take a great catch in India's first innings, then drop a sitter in their second, I suppose that's sport for you. I don't know how they gave Root out, it looked as though the ball had hit the ground to me, and most other people seemed to agree.

It must be devastating for your DD Alice, after almost certainly being on such a high only a matter of months ago. I know quite a few dancers who were offered places at certain US's, who's parents just couldn't afford the costs involved without funding. They all gained places at other schools though, with various types of funding, I'm not sure how difficult it would be to switch schools in the second year though, maybe someone on the forum could advise.

Penalty Charge Notice, grrrrrrrr. I recently went to Beverley, a town in East Yorkshire. I needed a couple of hours parking, so obviously skipped the short stay car parks and looked for a medium stay one. I parked up in the medium stay car park, and went to the machine which was only 5m away. I paid £3 for 2 hours parking, and returned 10 minutes before the time elapsed, only to find a ticket on my windscreen. To cut a long story short, I appealed the fine, but it was rejected. The reason being, I hadn't used the correct machine, although it was the same price for parking if I'd gone in the long stay park. I checked, and it does state in very small letters on the machine, that tickets are not transferrable between the medium stay and the long stay, but there is no barrier between the parks and ticket machines, just markings on the ground. It must be a very good earner for the council, as there was two other people waiting after me to pay, parked more or less next to my car. Some would argue we all should read the terms and conditions meticulously first, but most of us park up, go to the nearest machine and pay, then do what you have to do.

I just find it a little boring watching, instead of being out there. It's not only cricket, I played RL too at a good standard, but find most games a little boring too, it might be the smell and atmosphere of the dressing rooms I miss, in fact it definitely is.

Well how do you answer a question like that? (It's a type of dance I suppose) I find that incredible BB, and I think they were maybe taking the mick.

I played for a few years at a reasonable standard, but I find it hard work watching it.

That's a fair comment, but any parent who's child shows promise and has ambitions in dance, would surely have enquired at a much younger age than 16.

It seems very hard Lisa, but you know what they say, it's a lot easier to get a job when you have a job. Keep talking and listening to people and before you know it, another opportunity that suits you more, might well turn up.

I know plenty at, or just starting US's, who only did local classes and associates. I'm not sure if that counts as getting anywhere, but I would say they are still on the ride.

Good luck Lisa, hope you find contentment, success, and satisfaction in your new job. I reckon you deserve it, for being who you are.🤙

I'm sure it will bounce back Fiz, Jackmanii is a tough nut, even in droughts like the one we've had. We have half a dozen clematis plants, and there's only one of them that seems to have struggled a bit this summer. Strangely though, it's next to a water feature, and gets watered regularly by the overspill when the birds come for a bath. (Maybe too much) Speaking of clematis, we have a couple of the Boulevard type, waiting to be planted. They only grow to about 4ft, but flower continuous from May until late September, so looking forward to seeing them grow.

At such a young age HM, I'd just let her enjoy whatever she does, and see how it goes.

I see, I suppose it backs up the opinion by some, that vocational school isn't for every child as such a young age.

Don't you think it might be a bit late to go to an associate scheme at 16, as a lot of the schemes concentrate on the basics, preferably at a young age.

My GDD like a lot of other DC, would almost certainly have had to miss lessons on many occasions, but in our case she was always given "time out" and was often told how proud the school were on her achievements. If she did happen to miss anything she considered important, she would do a little extra, usually on the train.I'm not too sure what the situation would have been to miss a full day every week though, as that's quite a lot.

Has your son had any kind of offer from Tring KK?

Just like the world cup footballers then. 😄

Just terrible Primrose, signed.

This post is like a breath of fresh air to me, absolutely bang on.

I wonder how the team selections were made?

To be fair M2BF, RBS get it wrong with the yes's too, it's not only the no's. At such a young age, it must be almost impossible for any school to get it right every time, for many reasons.

You can tell her "well done" from me too, for all the hard yards.

One thing for certain regarding RBS, it's absolutely not the be all and end all school. Like has been said on this forum many times before, there's more than one road leading to Rome

Still not heard a cuckoo in these parts, very unusual.

If you can find the strength (not easy by any means) to stand up to a bully, you will probably have at least one friend for life, as I found out in my younger days. He's turned out to be a decent bloke to be honest, and even now still apologises from time to time about his bullying all those years ago, and says I was right to let him have one. I wouldn't fancy it now mind, as he's a man mountain. I thought I'd mention this too, I played golf with a young lad, who handicap was 2 at the time, he's now a professional. His elder brother is the present Professional Commonwealth Lightweight boxing champion, and his younger brother is a Professional footballer who plays for Leeds United, not bad for one family.