Rosemary Dunnill💙

@TonyFelonius @GLB_88 Leicester Forest East still does

@GLB_88 In the 1960s, some motorway service stations used to have cafe tables and chairs on the enclosed bridges so you could drink your coffee with the excitement of watching the traffic go by beneath you.

When we were kids we thought it was really cool when motorway services had an enclosed bridge to walk to the other side. Easily pleased us.

@cfs_jo Try to avoid having to take lanzoprazole, omeprazole or esomeprazole. I was put on them 8 years ago for 2 months and am still trying to wean off them. Horrendous kick-back acid after even missing one tiny dose a day.

Prescribed Gaviscon for silent reflux. Have to take it after every meal & at bedtime. 3 days in and the novelty is wearing thin. I wasn’t averse to the taste at first but now I’m nearly gagging at the thought of it. Not great for a long term solution 🤢 Don’t need advice thanks

@Doug_Lemov Brilliant way to check understanding. Once stood at back of a lesson being taught by a student teacher, only to see messages written on the back of boards for students on the row behind! Try asking a class to turn their boards around occasionally to see this. 😅

Mini-white boards are great. I genuinely love them. But as with any means of participation, they have benefits and limitations and teachers should be aware of both and use accordingly. On the upside, they offer maximum observational efficiency. When everyone writes i can see the full data set—everyone’s answer—and when they hold them up I can scan and review with maximum speed. That’s a big win. Plus they feel low stakes to students and therefore low-risk… if it’s wrong I just erase it. Ideal for settings like retrieval practice. And when the routine is installed well they are fast and engaging. Some limitations to consider though. There’s a downslide to disposable writing that disappears. It’s harder to go back to it: to study and revise it later or to improve it. The answers are not in your notes! By the way we have a video of a chemistry teacher, Abi Mincer of Totteridge Academy in London who writes the answer on her smart board after students erase so there’s a list of the answers permanently visible. Love that. MWBs can also socialize hasty or even sloppy writing- with the sloppy referring to the production or to the thinking. The goal can easily become speed of response. The marker slips easily across the board and this just maybe makes it so that students don’t write as slowly and thoughtfully as they might on paper. Slow, deliberate thinking leads to careful word choice, the inclusion of new ideas and assists with encoding. MWBs can be a crutch. It’s an easy way to engage students. A bit easier than other also important ways to engage them such as cold call and stop and jot. That means there’s a risk of over relying on it. It’s a great tool for some situations. But a craftsperson needs lots of tools. I’m sure you can think of other benefits and limitations. Just wanted to share a few so that teachers are more likely to use a great tool for maximum gain.

@BrexitBassist And Kraft bought out Terry's, before buying out Frys. All the old high quality British chocolate gone for ever. Made in a factory in Eastern Europe

Regarding Cadbury's imitation Chocolate. Mondelēz global multinational company bought out Cadbury from Kraft in 2012, they also own Oreo and Toblerone and Ritz. Only a small amount is made in Birmingham, it's mostly made worldwide. I am now boycotting all Mondelēz products

@Rainmaker1973 Still have mine in the loft, complete with ram pack. Hours spent typing in 'Flight simulator', to have it crash as soon as you opened it. Memories!!

45 years ago Today, the Sinclair ZX81 computer was launched with 1kB RAM

@berenyi_miki Volunteer at local library and have other volunteers who help with digital applications, etc. Its not only the very elderly: many are only in 50s

I know how damaging the internet etc has been for children 💔 but shout out to everyone trying to help elderly parents navigate the online world. It’s a complete fucking nightmare and they will never catch up. Banks, healthcare, the lot. They’ve been completely abandoned.

@oldandrewuk Bad news for the polite, well behaved SEND student put in a class of 35 with no support because 'they're no bother'. Contrast with the class of 11 badly behaved, lazy, but quite able students, supported by 4 TAs spending most of their time trying to keep them sat down

Once someone decides that bad behaviour and SEND are the same issue, it becomes very hard to bring them back to reality.

@SandyofCthulhu Im a 72 year old retired teacher and still have these nightmares, usually involving arriving in the classroom with no prepared lesson and OFSTED inspector sitting at the back of the room. Suspect it will be my last dying nightmare

I am 70 years old. I still get nightmares about showing up late for class or not being able to find my classroom or not being prepared for my class presentation. When does this stop?

@NewbieSlt Actually had that email almost word for word about 15 years ago before I retired!!

Hi all, Today is the last day of term but you’re still being paid, so we expect to see all classes working. SLT will drop into lessons, checking that you’re all following your medium term plans and that nobody is watching movies or just colouring in (except Geography). Thanks x

@Jenny_1884 Yup. Used to send loads, particularly to people who aren't close friends, but like a catch up once a year. Now send email 'bulletins' to some, but it's not the same. No longer get cards from some people and don't even know if they're still alive, very sad.

Has anyone cut back on or stopped posting Christmas Cards now because of the price of postage?

@Rainmaker1973 Our 13 year old cat was run over and had a smashed pelvis. Sent home from vets, thought unlikely to survive or walk again. Lay in her bed and purred non-stop for weeks until she recovered fully. Vet told us she'd heard of this before with other cats.

Scientific research has confirmed that the vibrations produced by a cat’s purr, ranging between 25 and 150 Hertz, can accelerate bone healing and improve tissue repair. Cats purr naturally during rest, stress, or pain, and these frequencies stimulate bone density and promote recovery in both cats and humans. Medical researchers are exploring therapeutic applications of purring frequencies, including devices that mimic the vibrations for bone and muscle healing in humans. The discovery highlights a surprising intersection of biology and medicine, showing how natural animal behavior can inspire innovative health solutions.

@anomalousteacup @elenasongsong @philbotski Google u3a. Branches all over UK, doing exactly this and have been doing so for many years.

@elenasongsong @philbotski This sounds awesome. I would love this to be a thing in the UK. It’s not likely, though.

My mom goes to elderly university for free in China. It is probably the best thing they have done for elderly. She likes it so much. You can take any subject you like, no exam, no certificate, just learning for fun. She’s now learning gardening, music, philosophy, and some geopolitics. There are farmers travelling all the way to the school everyday to learn. This is 1000x better than stupid elderly home which basically kill elderly quickly rather than care.

@BBCLookNorth 1976 york festival concert in the railway museum. I sang in the chorus of what was then the College of Ripon and York, St John. Can't possibly be 50 years!

@VirtualAstro Is there another tonight? Email from nasa reminder says 11.38??(north of you)

t was another incredible ISS pass and so, so bright.

@Natures_Voice Good news for the insectivorous birds. Collected driving from Yorkshire to Norfolk, and as for the windscreen!!

@i_iratus @nationaltrust HH is fine if you live near to one and visit it regularly. NT has lots more properties, land, etc. all over the country. Membership means you can sample all sorts of different things that you wouldn't dream of paying to visit otherwise.

@south_eastone @Rachellee134 @MartinSLewis @thismorning BUT, if you are a couple, you have to pay this X4. Both of you need separate POA for health and for financial affairs. Still a lot cheaper to do yourself online if you can do this

@Rachellee134 @MartinSLewis @thismorning If you use a solicitor it is horrendous for what's involved. If you do it yourself with someones help I believe it's £41 each if you're on a low income benefit. A lot if you're skint but essential really.

A reminder Power of Attorney is arguably more important than a will, and more urgent. Just had a call on @thismorning from an older lady asking about moving bills into her name from her husbands, who she's caring for as he has early stage dementia. Yet she hadn't yet done Power of Attorney. This is by far the more urgent consideration. Get it done while someone has the capacity to sign it. Then if and when they lose their faculties, the transition so you can look after their finances (and health and welfare) for them is relatively easy. If not, leave it too late, and the money may be locked away unless you got to the Court of Protection which is often and expensive and time consuming nightmare. Better still get a PoA when young. I did mine before I was 40. It is in place, so that if I lose my faculties in the future at that point (not before) someone can take over.

@ColinSpenc4257 Why was the milk crate always stored next to the radiator???🤢

Who Remembers.

@loz_dude @EuroFranglaise @LucyGoBag Because they transferred to WHS and are rarely open due to staff shortages

@EuroFranglaise @LucyGoBag The post office should provide all kinds of over-the-counter services, including banking. Why did they stop?

Sat in bank branch and watched couple after couple aged 80plus disenfranchised and left behind by modern banking. Over and over - computer says no. One man became tearful

@EuroFranglaise @cyc1one1000 @LucyGoBag Many don't have mobile phones and are terrified of computers. Local councils won't even help with telephone enquiries and refer everyone to the library for help. As a result, an volunteer saves employing someone to fill in a form over the phone, or post a form. All down to money

@EuroFranglaise @cyc1one1000 @LucyGoBag Quite agree about not everyone working in offices. I also work as a volunteer in a library, and we support people applying for bus passes, etc, online. Lots of people in their 80s and 90s live alone and don't have family to help with online activities.