tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post8345340694597493489..comments2024-03-29T12:14:57.086+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: School days: A Question of Identity.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14734829339199253872013-12-11T03:52:51.636+00:002013-12-11T03:52:51.636+00:00Thought you might be interested in this quote from...Thought you might be interested in this quote from Auberon Waugh's autobiography.<br /><br />" The presence of my children affects me with deep weariness and depression. I do not see them until luncheon, as I have my breakfast alone in the library, and they are in fact well trained to avoid my part of the house, but I am aware of them from the moment I wake. Luncheon is very painful.... Bron is clumsy and<br /> dishevelled, sly, without intellectual, aesthetic or spiritual interest..."<br /><br />Auberon Waugh was only seven at the time.<br /><br />From Evelyn Waugh's published letters and diaries <br />23 December 1946<br /><br /><br /><br />Cressida de Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00169216942864690995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10649948963827296332013-12-10T22:57:10.051+00:002013-12-10T22:57:10.051+00:00Ah, school days!!Ah, school days!!Knatoleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809822081515082096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-45979867731989145122013-12-09T19:58:32.481+00:002013-12-09T19:58:32.481+00:00I don't mind the schoolboy stories. What you p...I don't mind the schoolboy stories. What you paint so clearly is the absolute authority headmasters and those of their ilk had, reminding me why it so often chafed. megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18629949221672149302013-12-09T04:45:25.118+00:002013-12-09T04:45:25.118+00:00I left school after that term, and the Headmaster ...I left school after that term, and the Headmaster also retired. Unfortunately he died in the train on the way down to his new life in Devon. I hope it wasn't my fault.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14038398351032611422013-12-09T03:31:30.607+00:002013-12-09T03:31:30.607+00:00You were remarkably unflappable, weren't you? ...You were remarkably unflappable, weren't you? I suppose you still are...<br /><br />Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29421131175446471992013-12-08T20:26:30.884+00:002013-12-08T20:26:30.884+00:00what a varied life we all live. More stories plea...what a varied life we all live. More stories pleaseSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11845608765327299942013-12-08T20:17:07.849+00:002013-12-08T20:17:07.849+00:00I was gob smacked when I read all that - glad that...I was gob smacked when I read all that - glad that G got the beating he deserved. But I bet it was like nectar having the master to apologise. I bet he never got over it.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-46906726868321986252013-12-08T17:01:23.124+00:002013-12-08T17:01:23.124+00:00More please. Very entertaining. I think it was gre...More please. Very entertaining. I think it was great that you did not ask why you were being booted out. I love that insouciant rather disdainful approach...it made the headmaster look like a complete twerp. I am sure you have a lot more interesting autobiographical gems in your bag apart from the pigeons:)Cressida de Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00169216942864690995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34896916612720797002013-12-08T16:25:02.562+00:002013-12-08T16:25:02.562+00:00I used to do the same with my bag of Pigeons.I used to do the same with my bag of Pigeons.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39623746665510799532013-12-08T14:47:16.239+00:002013-12-08T14:47:16.239+00:00I will add my name to the list - please keep them ...I will add my name to the list - please keep them coming. As a retired teacher I love to hear of misdemeanours over which I had absolutely no worries!<br /><br />Incidentally Cro, on the subject of pheasants and our freezer (your comment on my blog), the farmer no longer plucks them, he just skins them and we freeze the breasts and legs - much easier and less messy.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35473933317322268012013-12-08T14:17:23.789+00:002013-12-08T14:17:23.789+00:00A good story, Cro. I echo the others, continue te...A good story, Cro. I echo the others, continue telling us these school yard tales. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25631424625208122262013-12-08T12:43:58.886+00:002013-12-08T12:43:58.886+00:00You hit G? After he had taken the wrap for you?You hit G? After he had taken the wrap for you?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2491371380860744892013-12-08T12:24:13.551+00:002013-12-08T12:24:13.551+00:00Please keep telling us about your school days. The...Please keep telling us about your school days. They have both made me smile whilst reading and enjoying a cup of coffee in the morning. A Suffolk Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296640218139306978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-9603673463713871642013-12-08T12:13:22.969+00:002013-12-08T12:13:22.969+00:00It's all a long time ago, but I think I must h...It's all a long time ago, but I think I must have realised it was all a big mistake, and just played along. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88265157156468269472013-12-08T11:49:39.962+00:002013-12-08T11:49:39.962+00:00Why the heck DIDN'T you ask him why you were s...Why the heck DIDN'T you ask him why you were sacked? Hey...don't stop writing about your school days...please....it's from a different country and experience for me...I enjoy reading about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15799127385688309232013-12-08T09:24:41.625+00:002013-12-08T09:24:41.625+00:00I got as far as 'The collective..... ' Aft...I got as far as 'The collective..... ' After that my failure at Quantum Physics O level became understandable. Thank goodness it's not my 'real' name, I could be asked to open fĂȘtes.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66767078040599600752013-12-08T09:04:36.288+00:002013-12-08T09:04:36.288+00:00PS re. your real identity; did you know that a mag...PS re. your real identity; did you know that a magnon is:<br />'The collective excitation of the electrons' spin structure in a crystal lattice. In the equivalent wave picture of quantum mechanics, a magnon can be viewed as a quantized spin wave." - wiki.<br />Fancy that.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60258843236442247282013-12-08T09:01:35.144+00:002013-12-08T09:01:35.144+00:00Yes! I mean no! Don't stop. They are interesti...Yes! I mean no! Don't stop. They are interesting.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5699175249897266252013-12-08T08:25:14.282+00:002013-12-08T08:25:14.282+00:00A very frosty one, but we'll do our best; than...A very frosty one, but we'll do our best; thank you.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-79158226659377437742013-12-08T08:22:20.055+00:002013-12-08T08:22:20.055+00:00No, not pleased. I have enjoyed the schoolboy stor...No, not pleased. I have enjoyed the schoolboy stories. Have a nice Sunday. Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.com