I would just like to say

[Stanleysteamer]

Just got back from the Jazz.
Prohibition jazz.
Always amazes me how Frog peeps will sit through and apparently enjoy a whole evening of jazz sung in Merkin/English.
Anyway.
Grandson who is at the International School in Paris messaged us. He's done very well in his BEPC which is the exams they have to take before going on to the Lycée.
His parents were very worried that he'd do OK at maths, which he is pretty whizz at, but not well in his French.
So when they came to stay a while back for the wedding they made him practise his French "exposé" with me, which is a sort of oral exam. I put him through it and he seemed OK to me . Just gave him a couple of pointers.
Well it seems to have worked cos he got 90% in his maths and 100% in his French!!!
(100% in anything in France is more or less unheard of. The joke is "100% for the examiners, 95% for the teachers and 90% for the best students.")
So obvs we are all over the moon!

 

[kevstar]

Made I larf

Me too but misses asked wot I wos larfing at I aint saying haha

 

[Stanleysteamer]

Me too but misses asked wot I wos larfing at I aint saying haha

Wish my old man was still alive to know that his old jokes can still make peeps larf!

 

[kevstar]

Just got back from the Jazz.
Prohibition jazz.
Always amazes me how Frog peeps will sit through and apparently enjoy a whole evening of jazz sung in Merkin/English.
Anyway.
Grandson who is at the International School in Paris messaged us. He's done very well in his BEPC which is the exams they have to take before going on to the Lycée.
His parents were very worried that he'd do OK at maths, which he is pretty whizz at, but not well in his French.
So when they came to stay a while back for the wedding they made him practise his French "exposé" with me, which is a sort of oral exam. I put him through it and he seemed OK to me . Just gave him a couple of pointers.
Well it seems to have worked cos he got 90% in his maths and 100% in his French!!!
(100% in anything in France is more or less unheard of. The joke is "100% for the examiners, 95% for the teachers and 90% for the best students.")
So obvs we are all over the moon!

I never got an oral exam when was at skool

 

[Stanleysteamer]

I never got an oral exam when was at skool

You never took an exam in any modern language then?
Or do you mean no one ever looked at your teeth!

 

[Dippypud]

Morning all, red sky for the sunrise t'day ...

 

[Hicap phill]

Morning my landy family.
Good to see the wander returns @kevstar

@My Old Landy hope you are still doing as the doctors/mrs says & relaxing

to the rest of you be safe I need to catch up on your exploits

A weekend of Motobike riding as on family visits today & collecting parts tommorow

 

[derwendolly]

Heavy cloud and it looks as if there has been a light shower during the early hours. We are forecast for a few days of showers and cloudy skies with little evidence of the orange glow.
My garden pond has been completely cleared or all the iris' which had taken over to the detriment of the water lilies so now I can run the fountain and aerate the water to make the only surviving fish more comfortable - he is now about 19 years old and is still looking good.
Enjoy the weekend doing all those things you have promised for yourself and the family.

 

[Dippypud]

Heavy cloud and it looks as if there has been a light shower during the early hours. We are forecast for a few days of showers and cloudy skies with little evidence of the orange glow.
My garden pond has been completely cleared or all the iris' which had taken over to the detriment of the water lilies so now I can run the fountain and aerate the water to make the only surviving fish more comfortable - he is now about 19 years old and is still looking good.
Enjoy the weekend doing all those things you have promised for yourself and the family.

We haven't had any rain, well any more than four drops per fall ...

 

[Dippypud]

You never took an exam in any modern language then?

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/the-...-post-brexit-requirements-1769752?ITO=newsnow

 

[doriz]

Morning my landy family.
Good to see the wander returns @kevstar

@My Old Landy hope you are still doing as the doctors/mrs says & relaxing

to the rest of you be safe I need to catch up on your exploits

A weekend of Motobike riding as on family visits today & collecting parts tommorow

My mental well-being has taken a nose dive if anyone interested. Done summit reet stupid

 

[DanClarke]

Morning All
Another fine day here.
No papers (again) apparently our delivery route hasn't attracted a driver these past 2 days.
Have a good day.

 

[doriz]

Bin up since 5.45 with the new Lab and I’ve had the carpet cleaner on the rug (unrelated) think I might introduce Strauss to the pub later

 

[Dippypud]

My mental well-being has taken a nose dive if anyone interested. Done summit reet stupid

You can PM if it will help ...

 

[doriz]

You can PM if it will help ...

I’ll be fine once it’s off @My Old Landy drive and safely at mine then I can start to unravel the events that lead me to such an insane decision

 

[DanClarke]

My mental well-being has taken a nose dive if anyone interested. Done summit reet stupid

Oh no! Wassup?
Hope UR OK.

 

[DanClarke]

I’ll be fine once it’s off @My Old Landy drive and safely at mine then I can start to unravel the events that lead me to such an insane decision

You bought his Tratter? Or his P38?

 

[doriz]

P38

 

[derwendolly]

We haven't had any rain, well any more than four drops per fall ...

We had a good 36 hours of real rain a few days ago and it has worked wonders on the parched garden.

 

[doriz]

We had a good 36 hours of real rain a few days ago and it has worked wonders on the parched garden.

Is it going to ground or flooding