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by scrub
Sun Nov 24, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Help at airports
Replies: 6
Views: 4504

Re: Help at airports

So do any of you have any thoughts or experience regarding this? We've had to use assistance at airports for both my parents and in-laws quite a bit. In our experience, it depends more on the airline and flight length than the airport.
Etihad, Emirates, EVA, and Qantas have all been fine for long ...
by scrub
Sun Nov 24, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Those released under licence
Replies: 10
Views: 2853

Re: Those released under licence

Surely (hopefully) he'll be on the register which means he can't have any unsupervised contact with anyone under 18...? The register is only relevant if his future employers/sponsors care about/use it. State/government employers have to use it, but outside of that ...
Sadly, the only way a private ...
by scrub
Sun Nov 10, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Should I renew my UK passport?
Replies: 29
Views: 7060

Re: Should I renew my UK passport?

While I understand the sentiment regarding citizenship and (this might sound surprising to you) agree with it to an extent, this For me this is a slap in the face for any true Irish person. is where my deeper concerns lay.
Who gets to decide what makes a "true child of X"? What are the ...
by scrub
Sat Nov 09, 2024 8:28 am
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Should I renew my UK passport?
Replies: 29
Views: 7060

Re: Should I renew my UK passport?

So why did many people suddenly want to become a citizen of a country ( not just Ireland ) that they probably had little knowledge or interest in? At a fundamental level, it's to retain the rights and protections they had.

People love to tell me it's all about airport lines and skiing holidays and ...
by scrub
Thu Oct 24, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Should I renew my UK passport?
Replies: 29
Views: 7060

Re: Should I renew my UK passport?

My British passport expires in about 3 months and I can’t decide whether to renew it or not. What are the arguments for and against? For: IMO, it's always a good idea to have as many formal documents as possible which prove citizenship. Particularly for a country which has a track record of taking ...
by scrub
Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Removal of VAT Exemption
Replies: 12
Views: 6669

Re: Removal of VAT Exemption

My, admittedly shaky, understanding of the whole thing, is that VAT would be added to school fees, but the charity status would remain the same. I assume that means the school itself doesn't pay VAT on things, only that VAT is levied on fees paid.

My basic understanding of the whole debate is that ...
by scrub
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:22 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The demise of the "Funky" Appliance Company - anyone know what happened?
Replies: 4
Views: 18181

Re: The demise of the "Funky" Appliance Company - anyone know what happened?

Can't imagine what could have gone wrong so quickly, to have gone from launching a new air fryer last month to going bust?
Bankruptcies, beer bellies, and ageing. All happen slowly, at first, then all at once. Or something like that.

Even in the best economic environments, start-ups go under all ...
by scrub
Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
Replies: 13
Views: 91196

Re: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?

At the moment, I’m wondering what will happen if/when Labour are elected and impose VAT charges on Public Schools. How will this affect CH.
That depends on whether they do actually put VAT on and at what %, or whether they change the charitable status of many (all?) public/independent schools. Or ...
by scrub
Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
Replies: 28
Views: 144811

Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years



I was surprised by her calling it Christ’s , is that common usage? I would have expected CH or the full name. Of course the change may have been made by the paper.


I have heard this on several occasions, but not by current or former pupils or staff themselves. I've heard it said by people who ...
by scrub
Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:53 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: St Matthew’s Day
Replies: 14
Views: 91360

Re: St Matthew’s Day

I can only remember one trip, during my UF or GE, not sure which.

Don't think we had a chartered train, just caught a regular service one, but I do remember the rush to the smoking carriage as soon as it pulled out of the station.
There was a similar rush after lunch.
The food was much less ...
by scrub
Fri Sep 15, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Photographs that shaped the urban landscape
Replies: 5
Views: 24862

Re: Photographs that shaped the urban landscape


Agree it’s a nice photo, but why on earth is it included?

Just a thought, but perhaps the answer is CH's architecture, such as Big School. Valeria Carullo, exhibition lead curator and RIBA photographs curator, says the exhibition is:
"... a timely reminder of the importance of citizens ...
by scrub
Fri Sep 08, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
Replies: 28
Views: 144811

Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years

Huh. Don't remember the walls only going halfway up, but I guess they tried out a range of things during the 90's and might have had different things in different houses to try and find something that would work.

We had an open dorm for UF and GE, then the lower dorm was divided into shared rooms ...
by scrub
Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:53 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
Replies: 28
Views: 144811

Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years

I remember visiting once some years after I had left (probably early 90s) and everywhere had wooden partitions and it all looked very jerry-built which I assume is what you endured.
That's pretty much what I remember living in. Don't know if it was proper wood or dry wall. At the time I never ...
by scrub
Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
Replies: 28
Views: 144811

Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years

For me, the more interesting part was the idea that keeping kids too busy to think led to burnt out adults unable to switch off.

I'd never really though about it like that before. I was close to being burnt out after finishing my PhD, which is fairly common, and something which contributed to it ...
by scrub
Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:43 am
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 117
Views: 328172

Re: Brexit

Katharine wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 1:53 pmIs that sufficient reason to keep the passport?
Unless I'm mistaken, a UK passport is considered legitimate ID for voting in the UK, so there's another reason.