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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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Additionally: I failed my 11+ exam which directs you into the most suitable educational stream. It was held on a Saturday and I was ticked off with having to go to school six days in a row. I was placed in the Technical stream which was a breeze for me. I started collecting the form prizes and even got 99% in math. Actually it was 100% ‘cos the teacher had marked one answer wrongly but refused to change the mark. :( Shortly I was changed to the Grammar stream and went on from there. LOL
 
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BassmanPaul said:
The cane that was used was a length is 3/4” diameter Bamboo and I’ll tell you, the damn thing hurt!
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I was subjected to a leather strap, multiple times across each hand. You were then told to rinse your red hands in cold water for the swelling. The vice-principal would grunt each time he took a swing.
 
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BassmanPaul said:
As I’m kinda catch’ up I wonder is anyone had my schooldays problem:

My mother was a teacher
As was my older sister
My cousin taught my class English
My younger sister was the Head Girl Prefect

I was the baby.

I couldn’t put a foot outa place without the whole family knowing and discussing it at dinner!! :(

The cane that was used was a length os 3/4” diameter Bamboo and I’ll tell you, the damn thing hurt!
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I’m just a little confused... you say you have a younger sister but that you’re the baby...?
 
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chupacerveza said:
I’m just a little confused... you say you have a younger sister but that you’re the baby...?
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Relativity can be confusing. Of two sisters, one is younger than the other, even if they were twins. Paul could have been younger than his two sisters. Or he could have been the most spoiled child, which everyone called the baby.

Now it gets really complicated. If his two sisters were traveling in space at the speed of light for a round trip of ten years their time, When they returned to earth, Paul would be much older than both of them.
 
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shopping

And anything else the bastards could lay their bloody hands on.....:sour:
 
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beans-on-toast said:
Relativity can be confusing. Of two sisters, one is younger than the other, even if they were twins. Paul could have been younger than his two sisters. Or he could have been the most spoiled child, which everyone called the baby.

Now it gets really complicated. If his two sisters were traveling in space at the speed of light for a round trip of ten years their time, When they returned to earth, Paul would be much older than both of them.
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Whew! I knew I was missing something! Thanks G-Dog!
 
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