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Sadly it's scarily easy to see, even from a young age, which kids just aren't going to go anywhere in terms of schooling. And it's not because of the natural intelligence of the child, it's down to how moronic the parents are. Honestly, I'd no idea that parents feel the need to fuss over their kids so much when they're best off just leaving them alone. One parent was handed back her child at the end of school (properly, officially, here's your child into your arms kinda thing), and then turned to gossip to another parent outside the playground. Lets go of her kid's hand, kid walks off, parent goes mental wondering where the kid is (in a bush about 10m away, in the end). Parent makes complaint to Ofsted about the school because she lost her own child! :bang:

Doom is immense, one of my favourite games of the year. Witcher 3 I played 10 mins of then got bored. Definitely my loss, I should prob go back to that at some point... Currently playing Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition as it was free on XBL, it's a poor man's GTA but still quite good fun. Kung fu is always cool

Grammar is definitely taught at schools, it's just done in a completely different way to how us older generation (30+) are used to expecting it. Certainly at KS1&2 anyway, which in fairness is when the basics are set. The bigger issue is lack of stability in the curriculum to enable cohesive teaching: Every time we get a new government in we get a new SoE, and then everything changes again. Even worse when we get an entirely different party and the whole ethos flips around. What it needs is cross-party support for a 10-20 year curriculum that doesn't get altered. It gives the kids stability so they get used to learning a certain way, it gives teachers stability so they can concentrate on teaching not figuring out how to please Ofsted, and it gives parents stability so they can see that all their children are learning the same way and can track progress. Sadly, there's too much point scoring out there right now to make that a viable idea.

On the flip side, how many people are ever happy paying list price for a car? We hear it plenty, that a dealer should knock at least 5% off a new Nismo, or that a Zed up for £6k should sell for £5.5k. In general, no-one expects to pay list for cars anymore, so you can't really blame them for the cheeky offer approach. But yes, taking the p*ss haggling on cars that cheap.

I assumed the caps lock was a fat-fingered misuse of the shift key

3/10, no swearing and correct use of paragraphs. I expected better.

452 was garbage. 453 much better, and I'd run them on something that had smaller tyre sizes.

Please, do NOT get Pirellis. They are premium money for utter sh*t. I'd rather put Falkens on than a Pirelli tyre.

"Book them, and they will come. "

RB = a modern Veilside. In a few years, we'll all look back and realise just how hideous they truly are.

Noooooooooooo the original and the best, you shall never step down!

Original was one of the most tedious films I've ever watched. I will assume this one will be better, because it couldn't be worse.

'Tis a great game, I never actually played it the first time round so this is like a brand new Burnout for me!

Or £20 worth of super unleaded and a match.

Poll added, go go go!

Did they actually buy it with the dildo gear knob on?!

It'd be cold as heck in there. The wind whips straight in the roof and has nowhere to flow out from, so it's constantly bloody cold. That'd rattle like crazy too, without a ton of extra bracing (like the ragtop has). Looks pretty, though.

That silver thing is right up there with the Rolls Royce 350Z from years back in terms of being mashed with the ugly stick.

@Col: So you'd use a rather than an? See, I never ever say Ex-Mass out loud, but I always read it that way. Odd.

So which would you use?

This caught me out earlier, and tbh I still don't know what the answer is. Which of the following sentences is correct? 1: The new Star Wars film has an Xmas release window. 2: The new Star Wars film has a Xmas release window. Now I think it's the first, as in my head I pronounce Xmas as Ex-Mass, however clearly it's just a shortening of the word Christmas so really I should be writing it as 'a Christmas window'. Obviously this is a moot point if you never ever use the word Xmas, however that would be nice and simple, two words which have never applied to me I shall leave this entirely in your hands, my friend.

Can't wait for the home release too, being able to crank that right up is going to be a highlight of 2017 Looks like it'll be an April release at a guess, if it follows the same as TFA which was also an Xmas release.

Fishy!

Pretty sure at least one will

Louvres shouldn't rattle if fitted correctly.