SpuffMonkey

Done and dusted now thanks - though thinking of grabbing one of the Nook Simples (if I can find one) and rooting it - be quite cool for a little android browser with a battery life of weeks

Because its stupid, short sighted and wrong...ha ha

Nah - it was much older - a 101 I think

Yeah - my folks read it too - but then, they reckon Hitler was a dangerous lefty liberal - so I guess that's their home market

Sadly no longer true BBC News - False widow spiders: Should we be worried? Thanks globalisation!

Finland?

I suppose that if you don't want to do this - you need to stop it now. If you go ahead and do this bit - pupil supervision will be deemed to be part of your job into the future ("custom and practice") - so you'll never be able to ditch it later on - up to you

Saw this very tempting offer in Lidl yesterday

Sigh...108...I'd be better off buying a black & white telly and saving on the license fee!

Witch is right - making jellies and jams is dead easy - make sure you use a big pan though - as it will bubble the pan a lot when its boiling. Personally I stick a plate in the freezer and use that to test that its reached setting point - the cold of the plate cools the liquid down really fast - though I did pick up a digital thermometer in Aldi for a couple of quid recently and have been trying it out - it seems to work well - 104 C for setting. Also - I don't like the waxed disc and cellophane cover - I just re-use the lid of the jar I'm using - as long as its not damaged you get a really good seal and hear the reassuring "click" as the jam cools and contracts meaning the lid has been pulled down and is air tight. Am making Blackberry Doughnut Muffins tomorrow to use some up...not so good for the waistline...

The vodka sounds good - trouble is I like making the stuff more than eating or drinking it - got cupboards full of flavoured alcohol and shelves of jam and chutney. I keep telling the wife that we'd be sorted in the event of national emergency - but its wearing a bit thin...

Well the jelly went OK - made nearly 8 lb in the end - too wet to go raspberry picking today though.

Bramble jelly sounds good - I was a bit worried about the pectin content though - so thought the apples would help the set. Its raspberries off the allotment this afternoon - got to make jam as I'm running out of freezer space for them!

Out today picking blackberries (obviously thinking of you less fortunate souls at work...ho hum) - its just a bumper crop this year - picked 6lb and only moved a few feet in either direction from where I started. All cooked up and dripping from my jelly bag ready to be cooked up into Blackberry & Apple Jelly tomorrow - yum

Cheers - think I might have solved my own problem as I found the Nook HD+ is going for £129 nowadays - and looks great as they've unlocked all the bits that were previously restricted

Looking for a cheap android tablet - 10" screen for my aged father. I got him an old Archos job - but its so slow its a a real pain to use - can anyone recommend a decent-ish low end (ie no more that £150) tab?

Staggering!

Just had to spend a grand on my old Camry - but I reckon if it lasts another 3 years it'll have been money well spent. I do enjoy driving it - its so comfortable and quiet, and she can really pick up her skirts and shift when required - as some idiot in an Audi found out yesterday when he tried to burn me off and push in from the wrong lane ;-)

THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK...

Does anyone else think its a bit of a coincidence that there have been major outtages at Microsoft, Google, Apple, Amazon, eBay, Nasdaq in the last few days, so soon after all that Snowden/NSA stuff came out - and today I'm having problems on my newsgroups....

18 months! Talk about IT people prevaricating! Seriously tho' - many congratulations

They don't like it up 'em...

What he said ^ - you really need to iron out what the school requires and how it wants to work prior to design. A difficult and thankless task in my experience, as few people want to spend time REALLY thinking about their requirements in a strategic way, and you can get looked on as being obstructive because you're not "getting on with it" - on the plus side once you've consulted and ticked off the major players and they have all nodded sagely but added nothing to the pot you can go on and do what you want with a clean conscience ;-)

6 x 6th formers and two long bits of 4x2 ?

I think you'll find that most solicitor firms will operate just like Countrywide - they certainly did when I used to write conveyancing systems - the bulk of house buying and selling is simple admin duties and is done mostly in a "call centre" type stylee - and frankly you can do it yourself as long as there are no big complications. The lawyers will only occasionally become involved, but will buy a lot of insurance, just in case they cock it up!