Listening to radio 2!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:55 am

Baldrick wrote:This of course also ties in very closely to the average 16 y/o boys overwhelming desire to explore downunder

I've always found exploring to be quite dangerous, more often than not the explorer gets injured in some way.

Lazarus404 · Post by **Lazarus404** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:12 am

Without sounding like a hippy and all. What this country needs to do is to stop pushing both parents to work by supporting the parent that does work (I'll remain PC by not specifying sex), and raising the start age for school to 7. Many of the scandinavian countries support this idea, and yet the kids still do better than they do over here. It's not surprising kids go on the warpath when they've been institutionalized from the age of 6 months, shacked up with a teacher that really doesn't understand it's needs or supply it with seratonin, plus 30 other kids that all have the same issue. It's like turning kids into cattle, fattening them up for market day.

The problem with the English government is they try to cover their mistakes, rather than getting to the root of the cause and fixing them. If all kids started school at 7 and spent the first 7 years close to at least one parent, they'd be secure, confident and probably more intelligent. Plus, the social matter won't exist, because the kids would mix with other kids whose mum's or dad's socialize with their parents.

Get it right, England!!!

Btw, I'm from Bristol, so I do have a right to complain

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:18 pm

Lazarus404 wrote:Btw, I'm from Bristol, so I do have a right to complain

Howdy neighbour, I'm from Bristol as well.

and you're right, you do have a right to complain.

Lazarus404 · Post by **Lazarus404** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:03 pm

Hey, neighbour indeed

I'm specifically from Portishead... How bout you?

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:12 pm

Kingswood, only a few miles from the center of town really.

Lazarus404 · Post by **Lazarus404** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:32 pm

Hey, I lived there for about 12 years. Top of Pound Road. Went to Mangotsfield school, Soundwell college and Staple Hill primary school (not in that order). Course, I left college over a decade ago.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:36 pm

I went to two mile hill primary, left there nearly four decades ago.

Small world, isn't it.

Lazarus404 · Post by **Lazarus404** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:51 pm

Absolutely. I think my step dad went there. Did you know a David Miller? Short fat guy with a large head

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:02 pm

You know what, the name does kind of ring a bell but not very loudly if you know what I mean.

Could just be my mind playing tricks with me.

Let's see, I would of started primary school in 1970.

Lazarus404 · Post by **Lazarus404** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:04 pm

Dave would have been 9, then. He's quite well known in K'wood, though.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:11 pm

Maybe someone from one of the many pubs in the area?

My local was the Lamb and Lark near speedwell school, then there was The Lord Rodney and The Star at soundwell and the ...........

Lazarus404 · Post by **Lazarus404** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:17 pm

If you frequent those, you'll DEFINITELY know his sister, Jane Risdale (or is her name still Jane Griffin? I forget).

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:22 pm

Still no score, mind you, I haven't been to those pubs for twenty years, too old to bother with that now.

I tend to stay in with a few cans, bit of an old fart.

Lazarus404 · Post by **Lazarus404** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:23 pm

Ahh, well. The important point here is you're a PB coder

Is that professionally, or just as an enthusiast?

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:32 pm

You're right there, PB is the best language I've used.

I haven't released anything professionally but I have sold things to a few firms, usually places where I work.

My current workplace has been using a program of mine, for the last few years, to manage the workload of some of it's workers. Actually streamlined the whole working process quite a lot.

How about you?