tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post114686395639755506..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Blasted offChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1147066817314483702006-05-08T06:40:00.000+01:002006-05-08T06:40:00.000+01:00Hello Christine, we could have met on friday in In...Hello Christine, we could have met on friday in Inverness ! We caught the plane at 12 to London Gatwick... (Back from Caithness) And the weather was just glorious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1146952559762543292006-05-06T22:55:00.000+01:002006-05-06T22:55:00.000+01:00I switched everything computerry off, when the sto...I switched everything computerry off, when the storm started, having heard from one of the A&B technicians, how he lost his computer, modem and television. Not being smug at all....because you might have to prepare yourself...to be blogless for a spell. I totally understand the pain of being incommunicado, and it must be worse for a natural communicator. Local Library if you are in extremis. Your insurance will be unlikely to cover "acts of God."Marlynmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809043173595704051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1146922931832123372006-05-06T14:42:00.000+01:002006-05-06T14:42:00.000+01:00Walter: I think it's a performance thing. If someo...Walter: I think it's a performance thing. If someone isn't a performer, they will tend not to sparkle/engage/carry on/whatever. That would tie in with the anxious over-preparation thing: I never really prepared very muchh and often felt I was flying by the seat of my pants, so to speak. It left me free to respond to the need of the moment - but that's not why I did it; I'm just that kind of person.<BR/><BR/>Jimmy - it's the good bits I remember about school; I was sad to leave and thought Uni a poor second for ages. Sad, eh?Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1146917567416709942006-05-06T13:12:00.000+01:002006-05-06T13:12:00.000+01:00Eph 4:15 Speaking the truth in love - comes to min...Eph 4:15 Speaking the truth in love - comes to mind.<BR/>I was going to comment on a blog the other day and this verse made me change my mind(not yours or Di's)<BR/>I've often thought that life was a bit like running your fingers along a smooth mantelpiece and finding a splinter - what are you going to remember ?<BR/>I'd love to move to Inverness for the summer - just popping out for a lottery ticket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-1146885924669961762006-05-06T04:25:00.000+01:002006-05-06T04:25:00.000+01:00I hope you are back on-line soon, Chris, and that ...I hope you are back on-line soon, Chris, and that the equipment which was damaged was small and not dear!<BR/><BR/>I have often wondered about boring teachers. Are they born boring? Can they be taught to improve? Do they care? Or, are they all different, just as good teachers are exciting in different ways.<BR/><BR/>A wonderfully bright woman in our church with a great deal of insight to share and who is a fascinating conversationalist is one of the worst teachers, ever! Sadly, she knows it. She simply admits that she is incapable of not over-preparing, of not reading her complete word-by-word text and droning it as she does so. She just can't stop herself--fear of failure guarantees she will fail. So, we are all losers, for no-one asks her to teach, anymore.<BR/><BR/>Are boring teachers usually this self-aware? If so, why did they become teachers, in the first place? (I might ask the same thing about many ministers of the gospel, of course.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com