Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

[Armaghtoffee]

@jazzy

One of my old lecturers had this said about him recently and it made me laugh:

“John was also very insightful about students and knew that our attention span was short. To address this, he had “intervals” of 5 minutes in the middle of his lectures when he read excerpts from “Alice in Wonderland”. This novel approach to teaching was clearly ahead of its time because– unlike most of what I was taught in other lectures– I still remember not only the most important criminal law legal principles but also the facts and names of those cases”

We didn’t get Alice too often but what we did get was him doing bird calls and asking us to identify them. He was an utter genius and I did well under him.

 

[jazzy]

@jazzy

One of my old lecturers had this said about him recently and it made me laugh:

“John was also very insightful about students and knew that our attention span was short. To address this, he had “intervals” of 5 minutes in the middle of his lectures when he read excerpts from “Alice in Wonderland”. This novel approach to teaching was clearly ahead of its time because– unlike most of what I was taught in other lectures– I still remember not only the most important criminal law legal principles but also the facts and names of those cases”

We didn’t get Alice too often but what we did get was him doing bird calls and asking us to identify them. He was an utter genius and I did well under him.

Did he practice?

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Ha, I get the dinner tea/lunch dinner thing - dinner and tea for me. Also another interesting debate in our Wigan/Liverpool house- is it ice-lolly or lolly-ice?

I think I switch between the two depending on which part of the country I'm in.
@jazzy I loved our law lecturers at Liverpool Poly (aka John Moores Uni as it is now). I did my degree part time Sept 1987 to Jun 1991. You may be right though. Interestingly some said they liked teaching the part timers best because we were older and therefore could reference some of the cases we talked about - Jeremy Thorpe's trial being one, when everyone in the room knew the name of the ill fated Great Dane.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Did he practice?

Nope, did everything but though:

News | Dr Stannard awarded an OBE for services to legal education | School of Law | Queen's University Belfast

A career in service to legal education

www.qub.ac.uk

 

[Barnfred 55]

Hello Blue and everyone else thank you very much for your concern, I'm doing okay, I'm not spending as much time on GOT as I used to and I certainly don't have the time to trawl through and catch up with what's happening so I do apologise in that respect.

I hope in turn everyone is well and enjoying the summer though it's been continuous showers up here for the last month or so.
I have 2 weeks off work in September but we haven't booked anywhere as yet, I used to spend hours looking for the right holiday and these days I'm just waiting for something to jump out of the screen.

Here's one you missed mate.

Should have tagged you in on the original post but as you know I'm crap on my phone.

Don't we know somebody from around here?
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[roydo]

I am rubbish at loading photos and that. But my neighbour put her house up for sale the other day, and if you click to the second photo in this link, you will see our house/cottage Snevets! We are the one on the right, with 2 velux window things!

https://www.westcoast-properties.co...171/north-somerset/bristol/clapton-in-gordano

 

[Ducans elbow]

Last day of the greatest outdoor show in the world, well that’s what they call this City goes mad for 10 days


The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth",[3] attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of the world's largest rodeos, a parade, midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing, and First Nations exhibitions. In 2008, the Calgary Stampede was inducted into the

 

[peteblue]

The tennis final was amazing, the quality out of this world….but still too many lefty lawyers in here….

 

[blue1948]

The tennis final was amazing, the quality out of this world….but still too many lefty lawyers in here….

Yes I watched the whole match and thought it was one of the best ,two fine players on court there ,one older and the young upstart who could be great .

 

[blue1948]

Hello Blue and everyone else thank you very much for your concern, I'm doing okay, I'm not spending as much time on GOT as I used to and I certainly don't have the time to trawl through and catch up with what's happening so I do apologise in that respect.

I hope in turn everyone is well and enjoying the summer though it's been continuous showers up here for the last month or so.
I have 2 weeks off work in September but we haven't booked anywhere as yet, I used to spend hours looking for the right holiday and these days I'm just waiting for something to jump out of the screen.

Nicetto see you post LT ,stay strong that man .

 

[anjelikaferrett]

The tennis final was amazing, the quality out of this world….but still too many lefty lawyers in here….

One of my closest loveliest friends was a card carrying Tory Party member. He was also an ex Cleveland Police Superintendent. He was a Grade 7 in work and affectionately referred to me as Trotsky - even in official meetings. I'm nothing if not inclusive! Sadly he passed away very suddenly last November. I still miss him.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

I didn't watch the tennis final - I got very engrossed in the Women's Ashes which has been just as nail biting as the Men's. Unfortunately England lost but they have been brilliant, pushing the Aussies so close. Nobody gave them a chance at the start of the series.

 

[peteblue]

I didn't watch the tennis final - I got very engrossed in the Women's Ashes which has been just as nail biting as the Men's. Unfortunately England lost but they have been brilliant, pushing the Aussies so close. Nobody gave them a chance at the start of the series.

You missed one of the greatest finals……

 

[peteblue]

One of my closest loveliest friends was a card carrying Tory Party member. He was also an ex Cleveland Police Superintendent. He was a Grade 7 in work and affectionately referred to me as Trotsky - even in official meetings. I'm nothing if not inclusive! Sadly he passed away very suddenly last November. I still miss him.

Sorry to hear that Anj, politics is irrelevant when it comes to friendships………

 

[larbert toffee]

Here's one you missed mate.

Should have tagged you in on the original post but as you know I'm crap on my phone.

Guilty as charged, that's my local station complete with gaelic translation, I live about a mile along the road and the trains pass along the cutting at the bottom of my garden.
We're fortunate that it's a main line station with half hourly trains to Edinburgh and Glasgow.