tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post4198763830036914725..comments2024-03-29T13:05:42.663+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Why I didn't go to uni.Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-23731204224868455752019-03-04T08:06:07.704+00:002019-03-04T08:06:07.704+00:00Gimmer - thanks. I hope I will continue to provide...Gimmer - thanks. I hope I will continue to provide provender whether it be for the commentariat, the proletariat or the aristocracy.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-82364660972073282972019-03-03T18:21:16.618+00:002019-03-03T18:21:16.618+00:00No !
Keep them up - or on !
They have proven to be...No !<br />Keep them up - or on !<br />They have proven to be such fertile soil for the fodder for the nourishing of the commentariat !gimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-50931495518605920522019-03-03T08:52:17.721+00:002019-03-03T08:52:17.721+00:00RR - Oh, so am I to be banned from writing on my o...RR - Oh, so am I to be banned from writing on my own blog on none-walking subjects such as Shostakovich, self deprecating DIY stories, granddaughter's nativity play and "all the bits in between?" I am sorry you, along with Father, are so disappointed in me but I shall just bumble on in the "skugs form" and hopefully try and build s bit more on the laurels of self improvement I have intermittently tried for over the years since leaving BGS.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-56566833200282140632019-03-02T09:27:34.741+00:002019-03-02T09:27:34.741+00:00I like Gimmer's comment: cobbler stick to thy ...I like Gimmer's comment: cobbler stick to thy last. It's your own fault: you're a walker first and last, plus all the bits in between. I did futilely try to encourage you to expand your accounts of walks into matters of the mind but you implied you lacked the imaginative powers to do so. I suppose you could say you've proved your point. <br /><br />Just for the record I passed through the T&A long before the phrase "media studies" (or even "mxxia studies") was invented. At that newspaper there was only one criterion of fitness for purpose: shorthand speed.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-73054328595579080602019-02-28T22:50:38.485+00:002019-02-28T22:50:38.485+00:00gimmer - I have not made any rules about content o...gimmer - I have not made any rules about content on my blog, it's just that walking is what I do a lot of the time. But in amongst the walking stuff I do often digress and include material that is not directly relevant to walking. I did think seriously about this post, and sad to say what I have written is true. You were in the elite end of the machine where the pupils took their studies more seriously and the more competent masters were assigned.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-62646826057889383802019-02-27T09:47:04.322+00:002019-02-27T09:47:04.322+00:00An unusual post in a walking blog !
As I've sa...An unusual post in a walking blog !<br />As I've said over the years: nowadays, with those results, you would be one of the elite and compelled by moral pressure and the good name of the school to go to University, to read some useful subject like mxxia studies (pace, RR) or quantum mechanics - <br />and then you would be the hero of one of those old stand-bys of the T&A sub-editors desk (if they still exist) 'Idle man gains BA'.<br />That pool dress code was (and probably still is) standard at most minor - and maybe major - public schools - today - teaches a chap healthy disregard for sissy self-consciousness. Not so sure about co-ed's though - might improve participation in aquatic sports, perhaps.gimmernoreply@blogger.com