uuuft, yeah...I wasn't a fast runner (I was tiny... 3 years growth retarded, so a real beat up target!) I feel for you :(

Whilst this sounds very, very yummy, I sugest Vietnamese food for anyone wanting a fresh/yummy/tasty way to get a ton more veg in their life without being dull... Vietnamese food is just fabulous. I may be biased because I'm one of those godawful people with no sweet tooth who thinks sprouts are a yummy treat, but I…

Go for it Ma'am!! Seriously, just pick your local chapter of climbers/divers/weavers/whatever you're into-ers...walk in and say "i really don't know anyone..can I join you?" If they react badly, it's not a group you want to join!! If they ask you to sit down and grab a pint, you're sorted :)

oooft. I..yes, same age range I was told I was too poor/female/ etc to do well. Just as I was told I was abnormally short to "do" sports. I am raging gently at the memory. And all I can do i share your sheer annoyance at it all.. I remember it well... I really hope it's not happening now :( I'm a relative youngster…

I have to say I do lurve a bit of midweek madness but AHAHHAHAH.. BEYOND THEIR MEANS? Do you have any idea how flipping rich our royals are? Seriously rich. Richo Mc Rich. etc...

if I could slip back in time and slap the living daylights out of them, I would.

How old in human years in that? Don't forget we have so many systems :) I have no idea what grade 12 is (sorry, my ignorance)

Thanks.. rather than hating them, I'd like to take them to work with me one day. I'd like to start at the 3am call with our Kiwi team, who are lovely, really great guys! then progress to the Aussie lot, check in with them, then I'd allow them a nap (but gosh! not before they've sorted out exactly what those ECG…

If I could (gently and in no way hurt them but get the point across) whack their flipping heads into the wall I could. I have no idea what K12 though..what age is that?

Yup. I agree with you. I was a smart lady in the late 90s, from a very poor family, doing a double science degree in the UK. I didn't have a 6th form (the UK equiv of post 16 education) near me, so I got buses 20 miles across town (and let me just say here that we were so poor that just the availability of the bus…

yes, it would. Fear of failure in the poor is much more potent than "not living up" in the upper echelons of society. A perceptive comment

This is a really interesting thread. I'm one of those STEM females and yes, I was totally plagued with doubt my whole young life. I was the product of a very smart but poor and educationally disadvantaged family. I approached my school careers person (to whom I sauntered up and said "I wanna go to university (shocked…

Very intersting from a UK (where I was born) and Swedish (where I now live) perspective.

And lo. Even in the midst of darkness and horror, CassieBear Rawr provided a comment which did not not offend and yet yay, they were amused. I gently applaud you. ma'am.

Pretty much my take on it.. yes it's a fascinating and baffling mystery. But there were /are 239 people on board. As soon as I find myself getting sucked into the "mystery" aspect, that kicks me in the head. I can't imagine what these families are going through. I totally understand you're not using it as a toy. It's…

Actually, most Skihs I know carry a ceremonial "jewellery sized" kirpan. Technically it's a kirpan, but in reality you'd be hard pressed to do any damage with it. A practical real world solution... ;)

voice of tolerance and reason. thank you.

It's actually reasonably possible to determine infection routes. So Mummy and Daddy Antivaxxer should note that.

So sorry about your hubby - hope he's rallying. I've raised this point in the thread above. I don't think anti-vaxxers realise that adults can be horribly affected too. The anti-vax movement just makes me so angry...

Yes, their children deserve equitable education. They also deserve not to get measles. This is too important to be put aside for fear of offending. We're too scared of offending these days. Children (and those children of the Christian scientists just as much as anyone else) are basically immunological blank slates.…