The hardest thing of all
Published: Mon, 12/07/15
Hi The hardest thing to do.It isn’t to start something for the first time, that is easy because of the novelty and interest in a new e perience.The…
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Looking in old boxes
Published: Thu, 10/29/15
Hi We have had a change around at home and V and I have swapped rooms that we use as studies (or is mine a ‘man cave’?) Anyway, it has meant moving a…
Summing up the essentials
Published: Thu, 10/22/15
Hi CQC class last night and someone new came for the first time. The student concerned has been training at the foundation class on Mondays for a few…
Finding a USP for Stav
Published: Wed, 10/21/15
Hi I sometimes get asked what Stav means, in the assumption that S T A V is an acronym for at least four words. Actually it isn’t, as you may or may…
Angry at myself
Published: Tue, 10/20/15
Hi Geoff Thompson tells a story of how one of his fellow doormen once allowed himself to be intimidated into letting some very unpleasant characters…
You 'should' read this
Published: Fri, 10/02/15
Hi Henry Ford thought that ordinary people should have access to personal motorised transport. We take this idea pretty much for granted. However,…
Creating my own stress
Published: Thu, 10/01/15
Hi I have had a rather stressful week so far. Picking up on Tuesday’s email when I mentioned the fun and games I am having getting the van through its…
How are you 'feeling' today?
Published: Wed, 09/30/15
Hi Another word I hate is ‘feeling’. I am not going into a long preamble like I did yesterday because I am not really feeling like writing very much…
Right or wrong?
Published: Tue, 09/29/15
Hi Yesterday I rode buses around Somerset. I began with a 0720 hrs double decker from Crewkerne to Taunton. This is the bus used by students who go to…
Bad word of the day - TRY
Published: Sun, 09/27/15
Hi Are there such things as ‘bad’ words? I don’t mean swear words or offensive terms. I mean words which affect our thinking and reveal our actual…