I Love ItalyThe church in my avatar is the basilica of San Benedetto in Norcia, birthplace of St Benedict and his sister St Scholastica. It was destroyed by an earthquake this morning.
I Love Good BeerI went to the Great British Beer Festival today. As well as hundreds of British beers there were, for my European friends on SW, excellent draught beers from Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic. Sadly, Denmark was represented only in bottles.
I Have a Suggestion for Similar WorldsNotifications. At the moment the only notifications I get are of additions to threads to which I have contributed. I get no notifications of new stories in groups of which I am a member, nor of new activity by members of my circle. This means a lot...See More »
I Got The Cane At SchoolAt my junior school (age 8-11, the lower school of a leading boys' grammar school), all misdemeanours were punishable with a detention. Four detentions in one term meant the cane. The first time a member of my class was up for the cane was, I think,...See More »
I Got The Cane At SchoolWell, actually I didn't, but I thought I was going to. I was 10 or 11 and I was caught out of bounds during the lunch break. The mistress who caught me sent me to stand outside the head's study. I thought she was going to ask the headmistress to cane...See More »