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• February 25, 2010
• 11:37

  Comment on Hiking Day Two by Fiona

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  Surprised you had to go into school today at the end of all that – you must be stonkered! Looks like a beautiful part of the world to have spent 3 days in.

• 11:35

  Comment on Hiking Day Two by Eilis

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  wow, it sounds like a pretty good trip

• February 21, 2010
• 18:37

  Comment on Bush by Fiona

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  Enjoy. I am jealous!

• February 20, 2010
• 7:02

  Comment on Walking Shoes by mark

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  I didn’t know you’d hiked the Otways, Dad. What advantage to you think lace-up boots offer over lace-up runners?

• 5:49

  Comment on Walking Shoes by David

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  You need lace-up boots for hiking in the Otways.

• February 19, 2010
• 20:36

  Comment on Rampant Consumerism by mark

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  Even I thought that was a disproportionate reaction to one dodgy key.

• 20:34

  Comment on Rampant Consumerism by Jojo

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  And here I was thinking you got a new laptop

• 19:53

  Comment on Walking Shoes by mark

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  My boots are lace-ups, not the soft sided ones. I’ll pack some band-aids for me and share them with the students if I suddenly find myself feeling all caring.

• 19:23

  Comment on Walking Shoes by Fiona

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  we also used to get the kids to pack lots of band-aids for blisters. you can cut the pad bit off and just use the sticky ends direct over blisters as a ’second skin’. surprisingly, this works incredibly well. works even better if you get kids to check for ‘hot-spots’ early on in the walk and band-aid them before they get too bad.

• 19:20

  Comment on Walking Shoes by Fiona

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  Oops, don’t know what I did here but my comment appears to have no relevance to the above post!

  When I was teaching a million years ago they didn’t let kids bring Blundstones for hiking due to the elastic sides (there’s a small possibility you can roll an ankle.) I’ve never heard of anyone doing this, though. But runners are lighter and should do the job.

• 17:49

  Comment on Walking Shoes by mark

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  I have never done camping like this before. I am much more used to loading up the station wagon and taking every single thing that I might want. I didn’t think that 20kg sounded like a lot, but it felt like a lot on my back when I tried in on today.

• 16:08

  Comment on Walking Shoes by Fiona

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  Reading this is making me wistful. Can’t wait to get my pack on again soon…! Have a great walk.

• 14:34

  Comment on Vice by mark

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  I am too cheap to buy them regularly when I can reuse poker chips.

• 13:40

  Comment on Vice by rad

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  what’s wrong with ye olde scratch n sniff stickers?

• 11:53

  Comment on Vice by Fiona

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  LOL. Um, no. I don’t think associating poker chips with grammatical activities will encourage a love of gambling. I just don’t!

• February 18, 2010
• 8:48

  Comment on A Little Bit Country by jojo

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  Funnily enough I do generally listen to albums from cover to cover, rather than shuffling. I have playlists for neglected songs, but even those tend to play in album order…

  Perhaps, even though I have two, I missed the point of the shuffle after all

• 4:06

  Comment on A Little Bit Country by mark

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  Someone just raves about this film on one of the gabfests. Perhaps we should try to get to the cinema for this one.

• February 17, 2010
• 20:44

  Comment on A Little Bit Country by rad

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  I saw Crazy Heart tonight and really liked it. It starts out in a bowling alley, which is a nice nod to Big Lebowski, and it’s more than a little bit country.

• February 16, 2010
• 4:56

  Comment on Somebody Told Me, Commitment is Freedom by mark

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  In line with this idea, last night I listened to Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier’s Summertown while I did the dishes. Today as I drive to work – inspired by your comment, Emma – I am planning to listen to the one Clare Bowditch album that I have, The Moon Looked On.

• February 15, 2010
• 19:06

  Comment on Somebody Told Me, Commitment is Freedom by Emma

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  Only know to well.

  My top5 albums from cover to cover are-
  Central reservation – Beth Orton
  Do little – The Pixies
  Grace – Jeff Buckley
  Fight for your mind -Ben Harper
  Lips like oranges – Clare Bowditch

• February 08, 2010
• 12:05

  Comment on The Stern Gaze by rad

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  That is a great photo of you! Well done to the student who took it.

• 8:41

  Comment on Outliers by mark

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  The version on audible is only 7 hours long and seems to be complete. It’s a very quick read on paper.

• 7:40

  Comment on Outliers by Andy

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  I was going to listen to the audio book, but its 10 000 hours long…. Its supposed to be a brilliant read, though.
  Waiting for the abridged version.

• February 06, 2010
• 22:00

  Comment on Outliers by My Twaddle on Twitter for 2010-02-07

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  [...] HomeAbout « Outliers [...]

• 11:36

  Comment on Outliers by Addie

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  Mark,
  I am still reading, but I think your change idea is important because it makes being an outlier more accessible to anyone, rather than believing that it is not possible.

• 8:17

  Comment on Outliers by mark

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  I’d certainly recommend that you read the whole book, since my snapshot was pretty quick and somewhat subjective. Having said that, and I know this is obvious, trust your judgement above anything that you read in a book.

• 7:17

  Comment on Outliers by Fiona

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  Sounds fascinating. Going to try and get a copy of the book. Point No. 2 is concerning me (as we are still messing about at J’s school re: grade placement.)

• February 04, 2010
• 18:45

  Comment on He Mean A Lexus by rad

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  Brilliant! Colourful language – it’s the Western district way.