Help...Very slow speed

Rik · Mar 31, 2009, 19:08:39

Like I said, you youngsters.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsl/lord.html

Simon · Mar 31, 2009, 21:02:51

Nope, it's me as well, Seb.

12g · Mar 31, 2009, 21:49:55

Quote from: Rik on Mar 31, 2009, 18:57:33
You'll fit right in here, 12g, we're almost all able to remember that.

I was but a bairn when that was oot

Lance · Mar 31, 2009, 22:38:20

1958! That was 28 years before I was even born!!!

Rik · Apr 01, 2009, 08:10:42

I knew the teaching of history has suffered, but everyone should have been taught about Lord Rockingham.

Lance · Apr 01, 2009, 22:46:40

I never paid attention in history, found it boring!

Sebby · Apr 02, 2009, 00:21:21

I wasn't a big fan either, although I think I'd have more interest now.

Rik · Apr 02, 2009, 07:03:49

Same here, all we ever seemed to do was timelines of monarchs and battles, and recent history was extremely biased (we won WWII single-handed). I started reading history after leaving school and haven't stopped since.

12g · Apr 02, 2009, 12:20:34

Quote from: Rik on Apr 02, 2009, 07:03:49
Same here, all we ever seemed to do was timelines of monarchs and battles, and recent history was extremely biased (we won WWII single-handed). I started reading history after leaving school and haven't stopped since.

I agree Rik, it was like that for me too. It has been more interesting doing it my way, in lots of different subjects.

Rik · Apr 02, 2009, 12:25:39

Independence of mind helps, doesn't it.

bobleslie · Apr 02, 2009, 15:54:03

My attitude to history can be encapsulated in this quotation from "The History Boys":

QuoteWhat is history? Well, it's just one f****** thing after another!

Rik · Apr 02, 2009, 15:58:12

To each his own. I'm more of a "Know from whence you came, in knowing this, you know who you are and where you are going" type.

bobleslie · Apr 02, 2009, 16:02:58

You won't perhaps then appreciate Mrs Lintott's comment in the same film:

QuoteHistory is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men. What is history? History is women following behind with the bucket.

Rik · Apr 02, 2009, 16:08:48

Oh, I do. Just as I believe that history is written by the victors. We have to glean the information from a variety of sources, not just the one official source.

bobleslie · Apr 02, 2009, 16:25:28

I'll certainly buy into that process. I find it hard to make decisions without looking at all the pros and cons.

Rik · Apr 02, 2009, 16:29:58

By which time I'm usually too exhausted to make the decision.