Many students dead and missing after ferry sinking

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Am i right in thinking that the schools don't offer swimming lessons?
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MarkArmstrong wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 3:47 am Am i right in thinking that the schools don't offer swimming lessons?
Only in the wet season.
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IraHayes wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:11 am
MarkArmstrong wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 3:47 am Am i right in thinking that the schools don't offer swimming lessons?
Only in the wet season.
That may be too late
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reggie perrin's dad wrote:And there was cynical old me expecting a pointless bump from the latest thread necromancer.

Some good news here at least!
How is it a bump?

New info on new rules from lessons learned.

Hopefully another tragedy can be avoided.
Maybe a transition from the old thinking of karma, to bad things can be prevented or mitigated.

Maybe a glimmer of hope for the future.
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reggie perrin's dad wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:44 am And there was cynical old me expecting a pointless bump from the latest thread necromancer.

Some good news here at least!
Please explain

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newkidontheblock wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:45 am
reggie perrin's dad wrote:And there was cynical old me expecting a pointless bump from the latest thread necromancer.

Some good news here at least!
How is it a bump?

New info on new rules from lessons learned.

Hopefully another tragedy can be avoided.
Maybe a transition from the old thinking of karma, to bad things can be prevented or mitigated.

Maybe a glimmer of hope for the future.
It is a bump, isn't it? Albeit one with pertinent new information.

I said I was expecting a pointless bump as I know the story is a while old. The implication there is that I realised I was wrong. Come on NewKid, your missus would''ve picked up on that with her ACE reading skills!
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reggie perrin's dad wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:36 am
newkidontheblock wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:45 am
reggie perrin's dad wrote:And there was cynical old me expecting a pointless bump from the latest thread necromancer.

Some good news here at least!
How is it a bump?

New info on new rules from lessons learned.

Hopefully another tragedy can be avoided.
Maybe a transition from the old thinking of karma, to bad things can be prevented or mitigated.

Maybe a glimmer of hope for the future.
It is a bump, isn't it? Albeit one with pertinent new information.

I said I was expecting a pointless bump as I know the story is a while old. The implication there is that I realised I was wrong. Come on NewKid, your missus would''ve picked up on that with her ACE reading skills!
Check the dates before you accuse someone of being a necromancer
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reggie perrin's dad wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:44 am And there was cynical old me expecting a pointless bump from the latest thread necromancer.

Some good news here at least!
TBH I thought *exactly* the same, but did not want to post that as I imagined the person you refer to would see that as an invitation to quarrel rather than a gentle nudge to show the social behaviour more-or-less expected by the audience of this forum. Help him understand the non-written rules so to say.

And indeed my assumption appeared correct. In my imagination he is either the grumpy boy posted in the other thread, or an old person who has only fairly recently 'discovered' the internet. My Space/Facebook kind of person rather than Darpa/Usenet which could explain these blind spots.

At first I even thought MarkNZ / Mark Millin had returned under a new handle and was trolling the site!
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Flexxman wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:37 pm
reggie perrin's dad wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:44 am And there was cynical old me expecting a pointless bump from the latest thread necromancer.

Some good news here at least!
TBH I thought *exactly* the same, but did not want to post that as I imagined the person you refer to would see that as an invitation to quarrel rather than a gentle nudge to show the social behaviour more-or-less expected by the audience of this forum. Help him understand the non-written rules so to say.

And indeed my assumption appeared correct. In my imagination he is either the grumpy boy posted in the other thread, or an old person who has only fairly recently 'discovered' the internet. My Space/Facebook kind of person rather than Darpa/Usenet which could explain these blind spots.

At first I even thought MarkNZ / Mark Millin had returned under a new handle and was trolling the site!
You're wrong on all counts.
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Re: Many students dead and missing after ferry sinking

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IraHayes wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:11 am
MarkArmstrong wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2023 3:47 am Am i right in thinking that the schools don't offer swimming lessons?
Only in the wet season.
Not funny barang.
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