On Jan 9, 12:30*am, "Colin Youngs" wrote:
"Stephen Wolstenholme" schreef in bericht

: I was at school during that long cold winter. The school never shut.
: It was about a mile walk to school.

My experience too *- *as I described a couple of days ago.

:I assume part of
: the current problem with schools is that many children and parents
: have given up walking!

Yes. * Another part of the problem is that school administrators have given
up thinking.

I think that school governors are a lot more chary of getting sued
than they used to be. And they give the orders to the heads and they
pass the crap on down the line.

Besides most children are not fit to send by themselves these days and
have to be delivered by car.

Did anyone on here remark about the Newsnight programme from last
Thursday?

I could tell we were in for a ride through an hedge when I saw the
science expert standing in a field with her legs crossed.

We didn't have long to wait. The BBC's computer graphics are well
suited for underlining the names and status of its guests but not for
explaining (for example) the Arctic Ocean's "Oscillation". Considering
the list of weather experts on hand for what is normally an half hour
round-up of the day's news, I'd have thought someone might have been
asked to consider the offering.

Perhaps if the staff had enough sense to come in out of the cold?
Altogether a singularly unimpressive performance by all. Well done for
getting their names right.

(If they got the names right.)