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Cheryl Ladd turns 65

HOLY CRAP! Cheryl Ladd is 65!

The Spectator doesn't seem to understand the concept of a peer-group.

Poundland seeks to buy 99p Stores for £55M.

Why I never became a mathematician.

Strange offer from Sainsbury's.

In which I prove that 2 = 1.

Video of amazing maths calculation on Countdown.

Complaints over Clarkson strike comments reach 23,000.

Wonderful parody of Miss USA video.

Councils lobby government to raise parking fines.

Comment on Book review: ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf by Geoffrey Kirkman
This is a very overrated book. The characterization is flimsy, the characters uninteresting. The stream of consciousness produces long sentences which are often undecipherable and must be reread several times. Woolf's use of dreamy metaphors is sometimes impressive, but overall I couldn't wait to finish it, just to get it over with.
Comment on That's not what Bob Birrell told us by Ray Reeves
More old Birkenhead School teachers that have somewhow escaped mention: "Twilight" Stephens Turberfield Trewhella Larry Leather "TAP" Pringle Tom Hockton "The Bat"
Comment on That's not what Bob Birrell told us by Evo
Lots of interesting recollections on here. Birkenhead School had a few inspirational teachers but my overriding recollection is that it employed many social misfits (and low level paedophiles) who either disliked young boys or had an unhealthy interest in them…. Pig Holman was quite possibly the most irreligious and emotionally repressed example of humanity. Gwilliam […]