BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[icowden]

If there are no seats, I'll leave for another pub.

You might have to try quite a lot of pubs in the West End / Soho.

 

[icowden]

I said in most cases so hardly a generalisation is it? I don't feel that's too controversial as most people with several kids manage fine with a standard hatchback

People tend to get a larger car once they have kids and have to fit in car seats, prams, pushchairs, portable potty, changing bag and all that paraphernalia. This then turns into multiple school bags, musical instruments, stuff for sleepovers etc. They tend to downsize again once the kids have flown the nest.

In some cases there are specific requirements - mine is a flat boot bed for loading a 6 foot and a bit keyboard case plus room for an amp, music stand, mic stand, cable bag and other assorted paraphernalia.

 

[Ian H]

You might have to try quite a lot of pubs in the West End / Soho.

It's very seldom that I feel obliged to try any pubs in that area.
Yesterday evening we paused for a photo at Luppitt Harbour (200m above sea level) before continuing to the inn. The harbour master popped in later for his usual pint.

 

[PurplePenguin]

People tend to get a larger car once they have kids and have to fit in car seats, prams, pushchairs, portable potty, changing bag and all that paraphernalia. This then turns into multiple school bags, musical instruments, stuff for sleepovers etc. They tend to downsize again once the kids have flown the nest.

In some cases there are specific requirements - mine is a flat boot bed for loading a 6 foot and a bit keyboard case plus room for an amp, music stand, mic stand, cable bag and other assorted paraphernalia.

And yet some people have kids, but not car.

 

[Dorset Boy]

And yet some people have kids, but not car.

That's fine if you live in say London, and have excellent public transport options.......
If you have effectively no public transport.....

 

[PurplePenguin]

That's fine if you live in say London, and have excellent public transport options.......
If you have effectively no public transport.....

There are plenty of people who live in London and "need" a car, because they have kids. But yes, it is easier if there is a good public transport.

 

[briantrumpet]

If there are no seats, I'll leave for another pub.

A chap as young as you, having ridden 400km to get there, has no excuse for such laziness.

 

[briantrumpet]

My general experience is that most people will find something to justify whatever car choices they make, even if the chosen activity is just a couple of times a year. "I can't possibly be expected to carry my piccolo on public transport!!"

I think my favourite sight was a lady who used to get her double bass in a Mini Metro. (I used to get my 6'11" harpsichord in my Chrysler Sunbeam.)

 

[briantrumpet]

Indeed. I have no doubt that, as with the attacking of DEI in the states, there is an undercurrent of racism in certain sections of the media.

This is well worth the read - putting a lot of the blame on Cambridge Uni, while not seeking to exculpate Arday. A quite extraordinary figure of when the writer graduated in 2015, he was one of just 15 black males out of 3449 students, and black academics still in single figures.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...arday-dei-race-issues-university-of-cambridge

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

This is well worth the read - putting a lot of the blame on Cambridge Uni, while not seeking to exculpate Arday. A quite extraordinary figure of when the writer graduated in 2015, he was one of just 15 black males out of 3449 students, and black academics still in single figures.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...arday-dei-race-issues-university-of-cambridge

Very true and follows on from what I posted earlier that we are probably missing the far more important debate. I was particularly struck by this quote from the article "What concerns me is how little space remains for a genuinely progressive critique of institutional diversity practices – one capable of scrutinising how for many organisations and corporations symbolic representation has been a substitute for deeper reform, leaving it vulnerable to just this kind of backlash. It has also meant that the right has enjoyed a near monopoly on criticism of DEI, leaving it to frame it entirely on its own terms."

I worked at a red brick for two years in a non academic role. What struck me was how elitist it was amongst academics. One of the biggest issues is actually a liberal problem IMO. Most people working in these institutions would (I guess) class themselves as liberal educated and progressive. As such they feel there is an implicit lack of any bias on their outlook. The problem is that (as Jason Okundaye highlights in the article), there is no real critique of how diversity is actually managed and applied within an academic setting. There is a sub conscious view of "I am not racist, so the lack of black academics couldn't possibly be an issue of racism or bias in any form". I think a lot of people convince themselves they are working in a pure meritocracy, which of course, they aren't.

Okundaye is absolutely correct, rather than sticking up a 'poster boy' every once in a while to highlight your institutions credentials, it might be worth looking at your outreach, understanding how to engage non white communities, and the additional barriers to entry they face and tailoring your practices for both students and staff.

I would also add to this, that Universities, for the very same reasons also have massive issues with class bias.

 

[BoldonLad]

I think you drink faster when standing though (at least I do) especially if you have nothing to put your glass on.

yeah, me too, until I am no longer standing up, that is 😂

 

[Pblakeney]

My general experience is that most people will find something to justify whatever car choices they make, even if the chosen activity is just a couple of times a year. "I can't possibly be expected to carry my piccolo on public transport!!"

I think my favourite sight was a lady who used to get her double bass in a Mini Metro. (I used to get my 6'11" harpsichord in my Chrysler Sunbeam.)

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I saw the flip side this afternoon while out cycling some country back roads. Little old lady possibly late 70s or early 80s in a large Volvo SUV.
She was driving with her hands up at eye level and peering through the steering wheel spokes. Maybe buy a car that fits you. 😂

 

[Pross]

I used to get my 6'11" harpsichord in my Chrysler Sunbeam.

But was there enough headroom for your powdered wig? Also, how did the 18th century take to seeing a motor vehicle?

 

[briantrumpet]

But was there enough headroom for your powdered wig?

I feel seen.

 

[briantrumpet]

I saw the flip side this afternoon while out cycling some country back roads. Little old man possibly late 70s or early 80s in a large car.

He was driving with his hands up at eye level and peering through the steering wheel spokes.

It won't seem very long before some youngster in NCAP is saying that about us.