Page 1 of Hi All I have been away from this site for a few years..

...good to see that some of the old names are still here. Not happy that my profile says I just joined Rob could you please change to the late nineties when I really joined. I joined then as I needed a regional hack for a Kenwood DVD player I think! my very first DVD player. those were the days....

This item was edited on Monday, 20th January 2014, 19:45

Welcome back too the nut house 



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More of an old folks' home than a nut house these days...

Hey, who are you calling old?!?

Welcome back :)

That will be your MyReviewer profile, your forum one has your original date! Welcome back!

At some point I'll sort it out so it syncs up the dates between the two, when I get time. :(


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fluff_n_stuff says...
"Hey, who are you calling old?!?"
Myself, definitely.

Old age?

When?

I am always younger than my pension date, as the government keep moving the goalposts 

yeah welcome back to the mad house!

Thanks for the welcome back guys I hope you are all well
Liverpool fans do you reckon our boys will make it this year? Fourth place that is? Are we fed up with Mourinho yet ? will the "Break glass to use Alex Ferguson" happen anytime soon? Will the Tories win the next election? Have the Romanians come yet? Is our Children's education less important than a cheap holiday (taking them out during term time) Just throwing out there

This item was edited on Tuesday, 21st January 2014, 17:17

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Myself, definitely.
That's ok then....the big 30 is approaching so I'm feeling a little paranoid lol.
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Children's education less important than a cheap holiday (taking them out during term time) Just throwing out there

You may have opened up a can of worms there :).

I think if your kids normally attend regularly then the odd holiday here or there won't hurt, family time, exercise, the possibility of learning about another culture are just as important as being at school, especially when they are small IMO.  Also, school is not actually compulsory for children, education is compulsory and the option is there to home school or arrange a part time home/school education schedule, I don't see how they can allow these options and then say "but you cannot take time off for a holiday ever."  

Many parents who are unable to take time off during school holidays and by banning all term time holidays you are effectively saying that these children and their families can never have a family holiday, of the 20ish people at work, nearly 3/4 of us have school aged children and or younger siblings still at school, or are students at college or university.  We cannot all be off work at the same time or the store would have to close which would eventually close down the business, and the school holidays also coincide with times when our store sees an increase in trade and therefore they have to restrict the number of people they allow off work during these times.  If you have two parents needing time off together to add into the difficulties of actually getting school holiday time off, it must be even more difficult.

I feel it is also worth mentioning that if a parent asks for permission to take their child off school during term time to visit close family abroad (including grandparents and aunts and uncles) or for religious festivals, this is usually allowed (or at least it is down here), for up to a month in the case of visiting your relations. 

I believe that everyone should have the option of taking a holiday together if they can afford to, and I think schools should allow a certain amount of time for this per child, providing that their general attendance is good.  My daughter doesn't take time off of school normally, but if I don't get given time off in the school holidays I will take her out of school for a holiday.