(on topic) You won't believe this.....
Sarah Elton
English. He really wasn't kidding.
I eventually convinced him, only to be asked if TOS was British and we'd
sold the rights.
--
Sarah
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Peter Weir
"Sarah Elton" <sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> My brother thought Star Trek was British. Apparently Kate Mulgrew sounded
> English. He really wasn't kidding.
>
> I eventually convinced him, only to be asked if TOS was British and we'd
> sold the rights.
Oh, hit him. Just hit him.
. . .
No, wait a minute: he is just taking the piss, I think. ;-)
Peter
Sarah Elton
"Peter Weir" <peter...@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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No he really really wasn't!
Peter Weir
Then hit him very, very hard until he sees the error of his ways! :-)
Peter
Baggers
three week ban.
Baggers
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Paranormal when I see it.
Richard Huzzey
<sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>"Peter Weir" <peter...@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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>
>>
>>
>
>No he really really wasn't!
>
>--
>Sarah
Explain that it was going to be produced in the UK, but the rise in
social mobility in the 60's meant Shatner could be driven to America
and therefore shoot it over there.
Richard (hiding from a Sarah's brother's thwack).
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Sarah Elton
"Richard Huzzey" <rotund...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 19:49:27 +0100, "Sarah Elton"
> <sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Peter Weir" <peter...@fsmail.net> wrote in message
> >news:aibvqa$7jg$1...@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >No he really really wasn't!
> >
> >--
> >Sarah
>
> Explain that it was going to be produced in the UK, but the rise in
> social mobility in the 60's meant Shatner could be driven to America
> and therefore shoot it over there.
>
ROTFL!!!! I'm awaiting his AS results with great curiosity. If he passed
General Studies with his answers, then they really have got easier.
Baggers
>
> ROTFL!!!! I'm awaiting his AS results with great curiosity. If he
passed
> General Studies with his answers, then they really have got easier.
General Studies is a strange test that you either need common sense or
general knowledge for. Anyone that has either will do poorly. Why else
would I plan to use that as the only way of judging candidates if I
ever get into a position to employ someone?
jenni
> > > > My brother thought Star Trek was British. Apparently Kate Mulgrew
> > > > sounded English. He really wasn't kidding.
> > > >
> > > > I eventually convinced him, only to be asked if TOS was British and
we'd
> > > > sold the rights.
> > >
> > > Oh, hit him. Just hit him.
> > >
> > > . . .
> > >
> > > No, wait a minute: he is just taking the piss, I think. ;-)
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> >
> > No he really really wasn't!
>
> Then hit him very, very hard until he sees the error of his ways! :-)
>
Note: hitting brothers very very hard is a good solution to many, many
problems, and sometimes just an entertaining way of passing time.
--jenni
Dr Zoidberg
"Baggers" <bag...@dobbers.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Sarah Elton" <sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> >
> > ROTFL!!!! I'm awaiting his AS results with great curiosity. If he
> passed
> > General Studies with his answers, then they really have got easier.
>
> General Studies is a strange test that you either need common sense or
> general knowledge for. Anyone that has either will do poorly. Why else
> would I plan to use that as the only way of judging candidates if I
> ever get into a position to employ someone?
>
Ah , the Trivial Pursuits A level.
Having said that I got an A in it but I reckon that it was to do with all
the Maths questions included in there.
--
Alex
"I laugh in the face of danger"
"Then I hide until it goes away"
Paul Harper
<sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>My brother thought Star Trek was British. Apparently Kate Mulgrew sounded
>English. He really wasn't kidding.
>
>I eventually convinced him, only to be asked if TOS was British and we'd
>sold the rights.
You should introduce him to Jenni's brother. Sounds like they'd get on
well together.
Paul.
--
A .sig is all well and good, but it's no substitute for a personality
JMS: "SFX is a fairly useless publication on just about every imaginable front.
Never have so many jumped-up fanboys done so little, with so much, for so long."
Sarah Elton
"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexcookNooooooO!!!!@cwcom.net> wrote in message
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Every board is different too - ours had no maths or general knowledge per
se - it was all essays on "issues" such as media censorship etc. And you
didn't have to cite evidence, just say what you thought about it. I got an A
too.
I'm worried for my brother because of:
Essay Q. How has social mobility changed in the UK in the Twentieth Century?
A. Social mobility has increased, because more people have cars and this
means they can visit each other more easily.
Paul Harper
<sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>Essay Q. How has social mobility changed in the UK in the Twentieth Century?
>
>A. Social mobility has increased, because more people have cars and this
>means they can visit each other more easily.
Bwahahahahahahaha :-)
Well, *technically* I suppose it's a correct answer. People *do* use
their cars for social events and there are more cars around...
<grin>
Dr Zoidberg
>
> "Dr Zoidberg" <AlexcookNooooooO!!!!@cwcom.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Baggers" <bag...@dobbers.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:aicge8$13aebh$1...@ID-154605.news.dfncis.de...
> > > "Sarah Elton" <sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:aic6t9$12ohbn$1...@ID-67127.news.dfncis.de...
> > > >
> > > > ROTFL!!!! I'm awaiting his AS results with great curiosity. If he
> > > passed
> > > > General Studies with his answers, then they really have got easier.
> > >
> > > General Studies is a strange test that you either need common sense or
> > > general knowledge for. Anyone that has either will do poorly. Why else
> > > would I plan to use that as the only way of judging candidates if I
> > > ever get into a position to employ someone?
> > >
> >
> > Ah , the Trivial Pursuits A level.
> > Having said that I got an A in it but I reckon that it was to do with
all
> > the Maths questions included in there.
> >
>
> Every board is different too - ours had no maths or general knowledge per
> se - it was all essays on "issues" such as media censorship etc. And you
> didn't have to cite evidence, just say what you thought about it. I got an
A
> too.
>
There were a couple of maths typp sections including a spatial awareness
section.
There were a couple of english questions. One was a comprehension section
and the other was a more waffly essay thing.
There were arts/culture/religion general knowledge sections and some basic
science stuff ranging from GCSE level to quite hard A level physics
questions.
All in all quite a wide variety.
> I'm worried for my brother because of:
> Essay Q. How has social mobility changed in the UK in the Twentieth
Century?
>
> A. Social mobility has increased, because more people have cars and this
> means they can visit each other more easily.
>
10/10
Sarah Elton
My friends who went to the local sixth form college got one like that.
Ours was pure waffle.
It's a bit stupid that they can be *that* different.
Sarah Elton
"Paul Harper" <pa...@harper.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:01:02 +0100, "Sarah Elton"
> <sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >Essay Q. How has social mobility changed in the UK in the Twentieth
Century?
> >
> >A. Social mobility has increased, because more people have cars and this
> >means they can visit each other more easily.
>
> Bwahahahahahahaha :-)
>
> Well, *technically* I suppose it's a correct answer. People *do* use
> their cars for social events and there are more cars around...
>
> <grin>
>
Apparently about five other people in his class thought that's what it meant
too.
To be fair to the teachers, very few of the students have turned up to a
single general studies lesson.
jenni
Paul Harper <pa...@harper.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
> On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 19:27:28 +0100, "Sarah Elton"
> <sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >My brother thought Star Trek was British. Apparently Kate Mulgrew sounded
> >English. He really wasn't kidding.
> >
> >I eventually convinced him, only to be asked if TOS was British and we'd
> >sold the rights.
>
> You should introduce him to Jenni's brother. Sounds like they'd get on
> well together.
>
Nah. He sounds to be way above my brother's intellectual level.
--jenni
Richard Huzzey
<sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>"Paul Harper" <pa...@harper.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:01:02 +0100, "Sarah Elton"
>> <sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >Essay Q. How has social mobility changed in the UK in the Twentieth
>Century?
>> >
>> >A. Social mobility has increased, because more people have cars and this
>> >means they can visit each other more easily.
>>
>> Bwahahahahahahaha :-)
>>
>> Well, *technically* I suppose it's a correct answer. People *do* use
>> their cars for social events and there are more cars around...
>>
>> <grin>
>>
>
>Apparently about five other people in his class thought that's what it meant
>too.
>
>To be fair to the teachers, very few of the students have turned up to a
>single general studies lesson.
How do they get away with that? Don't they just get expelled if they
skip classes?
Richard.
Sarah Elton
What? No!
Michael Greenhalgh
<sarah...@st-annes.ox.ac.uk> was kind enough to write...I was
bored, so I replied - :
LOL when I were in school (/old man voice) General Studies was not
something you had to pass...I'd be surprised if anyone even made the
lessons
--
Mike
Peter Weir
"jenni" <cloudsu...@removethistoreply.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Never having had a brother to hit, I fear that I have missed out somewhat
here.
Three sisters just isn't quite the same.
Peter
Baggers
> >
> > Ah , the Trivial Pursuits A level.
> > Having said that I got an A in it but I reckon that it was to do
with all
> > the Maths questions included in there.
>
> Every board is different too - ours had no maths or general
knowledge
> per se - it was all essays on "issues" such as media censorship etc.
And
> you didn't have to cite evidence, just say what you thought about
it. I got
> an A too.
My school had two different boards doing its general studies exam.
They gave a science heavy paper to those doing arts subjects and
people doing science got arts papers. The GS courses were separated
like that in an attempt to give us a well rounded education. I got to
sit through classes such as the History of Art, Philosophy, European
History (for which I did a presentation of the Battle of Medway and
got away with it) and IT (which was sub GSCE level).
Baggers
>
> Never having had a brother to hit, I fear that I have missed out
somewhat
> here.
> Three sisters just isn't quite the same.
Are any of them younger than you?
Baggers - alt.spot.the.quote
--
Ever alert for the call to duty
Baggers
Pre- a-levels and that was the case for my school. When they got to
A-level the school figured out that these people had chosen to be
their. They were given a few cautions if they didn't turn up a couple
of time and punished moderately. The exception was General Studies. It
got to such a of people not turning up that they started to threaten
to withdraw us from our other courses if we didn't turn up. That
didn't stop most people and they never bothered with that threat.
Peter Weir
> "Peter Weir" <peter...@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > Never having had a brother to hit, I fear that I have missed out
> somewhat
> > here.
> > Three sisters just isn't quite the same.
>
> Are any of them younger than you?
>
> Baggers - alt.spot.the.quote
No idea what the quote is.
And I'm not going to tell you anything more about them - I think I owe them
at least that. . . ;-)
Peter
Jawida
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what sixth form did you go to?
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James
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Sarah Elton
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One that did Latin. (But not a hugely posh one).
Baggers
> >
>
> One that did Latin. (But not a hugely posh one).
No wonder I am ashamed to tell people that I go to the same snobby
university as you...
:o)
Baggers
> "Baggers" <bag...@dobbers.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > "Peter Weir" <peter...@fsmail.net> wrote in message
> > news:aieerk$146$1...@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > >
> > > Never having had a brother to hit, I fear that I have missed out
> > > somewhat here.
> > > Three sisters just isn't quite the same.
> >
> > Are any of them younger than you?
> >
> > Baggers - alt.spot.the.quote
>
> No idea what the quote is.
It was the bit that you snipped at the bottom.
> And I'm not going to tell you anything more about them - I think I
owe
> them at least that. . . ;-)
Where do you live..? [1]
Baggers
[1] - A much more sensible question than it sounds.
Peter Weir
Wapping.
Lovely part of east (central) London, down among the riverside yuppie flats.
Well, quite nice, anyway.
Peter
Baggers
> >
> > Baggers
> > [1] - A much more sensible question than it sounds.
>
> Wapping.
>
> Lovely part of east (central) London, down among the riverside
yuppie
> flats. Well, quite nice, anyway.
Rich toff. :oP
That is zone 3 on the underground isn't it?
Peter Weir
> "Peter Weir" <peter...@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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> > "Baggers" <bag...@dobbers.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> > >
> > > Where do you live..? [1]
> > >
> > > Baggers
> > > [1] - A much more sensible question than it sounds.
> >
> > Wapping.
> >
> > Lovely part of east (central) London, down among the riverside
> yuppie
> > flats. Well, quite nice, anyway.
>
> Rich toff. :oP
Monthly rent now under £300.
> That is zone 3 on the underground isn't it?
Try something nearer to the Zone 1 / Zone 2 boundary. Look down the East
London line. Head in that direction.
Peter
Richard Huzzey
>
>Try something nearer to the Zone 1 / Zone 2 boundary. Look down the East
>London line. Head in that direction.
It was the first station into Zone 2. But *not* Region 2. (The ticket
man looked at me very suspiciously when I asked for a Region 1
single...)
Peter Weir
> On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 13:24:26 +0100, "Peter Weir"
> >> That is zone 3 on the underground isn't it?
> >
> >Try something nearer to the Zone 1 / Zone 2 boundary. Look down the East
> >London line. Head in that direction.
>
> It was the first station into Zone 2. But *not* Region 2.
For the record, Wapping is in Zone 2. Indeed, the whole of the East London
line is in Zone 2.
> (The ticket
> man looked at me very suspiciously when I asked for a Region 1
> single...)
Probably because he didn't have any DVDs for sale.
Peter