tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post7260743421204755143..comments2024-01-11T21:56:10.122+11:00Comments on The Daily Gaggle: Students too young and unskilled in English expected to learn Asian languages.Vesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-7600823033619976812009-11-19T20:15:48.633+11:002009-11-19T20:15:48.633+11:00I recieved a letter from the Grandson of the super...I recieved a letter from the Grandson of the superintendant of the boarding school I attended aged from ten until fifteen and a half.<br />The Grandson described his Grandfather in terms I myself knew to be true. His arrogance and brutality second to none gave him the name of 'Flogger Campbell' Whose divorced wife, and daughter died at an early age.<br /><br />Most of the children in the school cemetary were aged between eleven and twelve. Meaning only the hardy Survived the rigours of my school.<br />Vest.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-7780393360174734412009-11-19T19:54:37.217+11:002009-11-19T19:54:37.217+11:00Too damaged for words.
NO AMOUNT of money can com...Too damaged for words.<br /><br />NO AMOUNT of money can compensate me fo my lost childhood.<br />I was handed to a religious institution run by Nuns in 1947 at the age of four and a half.<br />I have struggled with frozen rage all my life.<br />No amount of money can erase the teeth marks still embedded on the back of church seats, in that little church in Lawson<br />No amount of money can erase the fear I held in my tiny heart when I hear the clanging of rosary beads bouncing off the long strap hanging from their belts.<br />Those straps used to flog me when I cried and when I didn't cry.<br />Those cold baths in winter.<br />One thin blanket to keep me warm in a dormitory filled with other tiny tots too terrified to make a sound for fear of the sound of those rosary beads and leather straps. No amount of money.<br /><br />Wendy Perkins...Burrill Lake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-12281327456016137772009-11-19T15:31:53.333+11:002009-11-19T15:31:53.333+11:00Seems a silly thing to force it on kiddies so youn...Seems a silly thing to force it on kiddies so young ... wait until they are old enough to make a proper choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-82641783617464314622009-11-19T15:07:28.564+11:002009-11-19T15:07:28.564+11:00Nay Nay Ca: Although I did wave my magic wand in t...Nay Nay Ca: Although I did wave my magic wand in the southern regions of OZ duing WW2, he was not of my loins. Because when he was one year old, after WW2 I was 19 years and four months. Now older than Methuselah 969 divided by 13 = 74 years.<br /><br />Meaning then a lunar month = one year..confusing ennit.<br />My fourth 21st will come up soon ...Hopefully.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-71603460288934613722009-11-19T14:38:48.926+11:002009-11-19T14:38:48.926+11:00Vest. How to lose friends and alienate people.
Sur...Vest. How to lose friends and alienate people.<br />Surely you must be coming up to his age.CA.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-83471396104869956932009-11-19T14:34:11.846+11:002009-11-19T14:34:11.846+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-33949839633831838982009-11-19T14:24:09.768+11:002009-11-19T14:24:09.768+11:00Jimmy: Then there are things we must not mention w...Jimmy: Then there are things we must not mention within the guide lines of this blog.<br />Mind you there are others like myself, down the bottom of Australia who have guidlines like a movable feast. Way back this person requested to copy a joke from my blog. His last request was "Dont put that 'Shit' on my blog" reffering to the 'Gordon The Rooster' joke. Mind you the poor old bugger has just turned 65 and believes he is at deaths door.<br />Oi if your reading this 'D' the joke you asked for was 'The reversal of life'...... he probably won't remember... it's the fags beer and past flagellation of the whanger that's done it.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-76558674920489074612009-11-19T09:57:33.122+11:002009-11-19T09:57:33.122+11:00…A Sincere Devotee Asked God: " I Want Peace&...…A Sincere Devotee Asked God: " I Want Peace" <br /><br />God Replied: Remove " I " That’s EGO; Remove " Want " That’s DESIRE; & " <br /><br /><br /><br />PEACE " Will Come AUTOMATICALLY...Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-25915214793051128982009-11-19T09:56:51.304+11:002009-11-19T09:56:51.304+11:00…A strong and positive attitude creates more mirac...…A strong and positive attitude creates more miracles then any other.. <br /><br />Because life is- 10% how you make it and 90% how you take it. Have a Positive Day<br /><br /><br />…Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-50781376102274930782009-11-19T09:55:44.237+11:002009-11-19T09:55:44.237+11:00…Doctor implants a New Ear to a man;;;;
Man: yo...…Doctor implants a New Ear to a man;;;; <br /><br />Man: you fraud gave me a woman's ear <br />Doc: It makes no difference <br /><br />Man: "It does, Now I hear everything but understand nothing".Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-71119847242329992009-11-18T20:38:03.397+11:002009-11-18T20:38:03.397+11:00I tot u was anti-organized religion
and u welcom...I tot u was anti-organized religion<br /><br /><br />and u welcomed unorganized chatting<br /><br /><br />I am just a guy who wants to say what he wants to say when he wants to say itJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-82014817852229530212009-11-18T20:14:00.933+11:002009-11-18T20:14:00.933+11:00Wally: Re your Q about the R/C Brothers. It is com...Wally: Re your Q about the R/C Brothers. It is common knowledge and hardly raises an eyebrow when these brothers of the faith are brought to book only too frequently, I would suspect there is a website which collects data worldwide concerning these morons of the clergy.<br />Mind you Scout Masters are not lagging too far BEHIND.<br /><br />Jimmy: Not sure what your love and happiness rants have in common with Oriental languages.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-90059396930045114942009-11-18T15:46:52.159+11:002009-11-18T15:46:52.159+11:00How important is money to your happiness? Or its a...How important is money to your happiness? Or its absence to your unhappiness? <br /><br /><br />And can money really compensate anyone for, say, the death of a family member or an injury?Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-7042905060726929502009-11-18T15:46:22.162+11:002009-11-18T15:46:22.162+11:00Basically the economists have gauged the impact of...Basically the economists have gauged the impact of money gains and losses on individuals' happiness and, so, they can estimate the amount of money needed to restore happiness after an unhappy life event.<br /><br /><br /><br />By their calculation just $8900 would restore my wife's happiness if we divorced, and I'd need $109,300!<br /><br />The amounts may seem low because they discovered that money has a greater impact on happiness than previously believed!Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-91726547477229340362009-11-18T15:45:30.648+11:002009-11-18T15:45:30.648+11:00Professor Paul Frijter of Queensland University of...Professor Paul Frijter of Queensland University of Technology says it is worth $31,600 to the man and $15,600 to the woman, and it may be that the difference is due to the fact that Professor Frijter and two other economists have found that the impact of money on women is double the impact on men.<br /><br /><br /><br />In my column in The Herald today I explain how the three economists have arrived at a money value for 10 life events, among them marriage, separation, death of a family member and moving house.<br /><br /><br /> It is a serious study they suggest can be used to set compensation levels.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-57077399496669592642009-11-18T15:44:35.172+11:002009-11-18T15:44:35.172+11:00the money VALUE of Happyness ...
Hopefully your ...the money VALUE of Happyness ...<br /><br /><br />Hopefully your marriage produces happiness for all involved. Now, what is that happiness over your life worth in dollars?Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-14454870496065329102009-11-18T15:39:20.539+11:002009-11-18T15:39:20.539+11:00we must differentiate btw GOD and RELIGION hon
wh...we must differentiate btw GOD and RELIGION hon<br /><br />what GOD wants and what the FAITH INDUSTRY wants<br />u have done what Jesus wanted<br /><br />u r blessed hunny<br />for not aborting Toni<br /><br />and that is why I think Jesus brought me to u<br /><br />u have what it takes to enter dem pearly gates<br />and I have it too<br /><br />Jesus loves a lover<br />and unconditional loveJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-32079583855126595772009-11-18T15:38:44.167+11:002009-11-18T15:38:44.167+11:00I found a new love, Rose
a true love
a soul mate
...I found a new love, Rose<br />a true love<br />a soul mate<br /><br /><br />dont be silly<br />its not any dame from your gang VESTJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-76492274962467570982009-11-18T12:45:38.970+11:002009-11-18T12:45:38.970+11:00Great stuff vesty ,my mum and i loved it, but you ...Great stuff vesty ,my mum and i loved it, but you forgot to mention the randy bum chasing brothersWALLY.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-70035305120359665742009-11-18T10:53:32.844+11:002009-11-18T10:53:32.844+11:00Anonymous: Presuming you are the person you say yo...Anonymous: Presuming you are the person you say you are who wrote this confusing twaddle, it would have been better to have explained in laymans terms the actual ages of the children concerned involved in this sinister education programme. It appears to me that toddlers entering your school are being taught this Asian language from the word go until reaching the age of twelve, thereafter it becomes an elective subject, would not this be wiser the other way around.<br />Q: Are your teachers Catholic Nuns expelled from communist China, being paid from the Government handouts which susidise your upmarket Silver tail School where only the robbers of the under dog can afford your fees".<br />It is a misconception that private shools produce better prepared students for their future foray in the job seekers world. However, it is clear to me why most of your students become middle class layabouts preying on their elders for hand outs and suiciding when the prayers they say fall on deaf ears, this being due to the nonsensicle out dated ecclesiastical waffle implanted in their noddle during their school days.<br />Your major Australian leader Cardinal Pell appears to me as simply a silly old fart us other people call Mr Blooper. Whereas a person of the lower left order a Ex Garbage Collector, Nathan Rees, is the New South Wales State Premier.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-18246196249476296192009-11-18T08:17:57.306+11:002009-11-18T08:17:57.306+11:00St Paul's Grammar School at Penrith NSW has fo...St Paul's Grammar School at Penrith NSW has for many years been conducting what we understand is the largest Mandarin Chinese language program in an Australian school. Chinese language studies are compulsory from pre-kindergarten to year 7 and thereafter as an elective subject.<br />This equips our students for later employment in commerce with china, our major trading partner, for tourism, for international understanding and citizenship in the global village.<br />Dr John Collier, St Paul's Grammar School.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-14662308780751486182009-11-18T07:44:30.457+11:002009-11-18T07:44:30.457+11:00Ok Jimmy, this one just made it.
However, these da...Ok Jimmy, this one just made it.<br />However, these days kicking the cat would not alter the status quo.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-42874476957355968132009-11-18T05:57:26.145+11:002009-11-18T05:57:26.145+11:00Chris, a young boy then
comes down for breakfast....Chris, a young boy then <br />comes down for breakfast. Since they live on a farm, his mother Rose asks if he has done his chores. <br /><br />"Not yet," said the little boy Chris . <br /><br />ROSE tells him no breakfast until he does his chores. Well, he's a little ticked off so when he<br />feeds the chickens, he kicks a chicken. <br /><br />When he feeds<br />the cows, he kicks a cow, <br /><br />and when he feeds the pigs,<br />he kicks a pig. <br /><br /><br />He goes back in for breakfast and his mother Rose gives him a bowl of dry cereal. <br /><br />"How come I don't get any eggs and bacon, and why don't I have any milk in my cereal?" he asks. <br /><br /><br />"Well," his mother says, "I saw you kick a chicken, so you don't get any eggs for a week. I saw you kick the pig, so you don't get any bacon for a week either. <br /><br />I saw you kick the cow so for a week you aren't getting<br />any milk." <br /><br /><br />Just then, his father VEST comes down for breakfast and<br />kicks the cat halfway across the kitchen. <br /><br />The little boy Chris looks up at his mom Rose with a smile,<br /><br /><br />and says, "Are you going to tell him or should I?"Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-63717889561160560292009-11-18T00:41:37.991+11:002009-11-18T00:41:37.991+11:00Jimmy; Your other two comments need some adjustmen...Jimmy; Your other two comments need some adjustment, sorry not acceptable on this blog in their present form.Vesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390020901033513032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11610993.post-75175717807963961032009-11-17T21:51:38.299+11:002009-11-17T21:51:38.299+11:00I suggest we all learn URDU, not Chinese or Englis...I suggest we all learn URDU, not Chinese or English<br /><br />world population today is 25% Muslim and growing<br /><br /><br />more<br />every fifth person in the World is of Indian origin<br /><br />there is a (NRI) Non Resident Indian in each and every country in the WorldJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058997155175484280noreply@blogger.com