tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post3231859100897615053..comments2024-03-29T09:24:51.598+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: SUMMERS SEEMED TO LAST FOREVERWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-88457928433512173612016-08-23T09:56:39.978+01:002016-08-23T09:56:39.978+01:00You had a massive holiday as well Arto! 13 weeks! ...You had a massive holiday as well Arto! 13 weeks! I'm moving to Finland!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-17804197686481901812016-08-23T09:55:33.633+01:002016-08-23T09:55:33.633+01:00Three months Ed! Wow! Now that's a holiday! I ...Three months Ed! Wow! Now that's a holiday! I take it it was Autumn when you got back to School?WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-75642195366461591992016-08-22T18:01:56.849+01:002016-08-22T18:01:56.849+01:00When I first started school in the beginning of Se...When I first started school in the beginning of Seventies, the summer break started 31st of May and lasted until the second week of September. That's 13 weeks altogether, so yes, it did seem like an eternity. (Today, the summer break has shrunk down to 9 1/2 weeks.) But I believe it all comes down to the fact that as a kid, you do not keep track of time. Equals eternity.Artonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-5969487631782329342016-08-22T13:57:11.778+01:002016-08-22T13:57:11.778+01:00Given that our summer vacations were nearly three ...Given that our summer vacations were nearly three months long, yes, they did seem to last forever. Looking back on it I wonder how I survived some of them :-)Ed and Bettina Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776907888776423702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-9491616730339725562016-08-22T13:40:47.907+01:002016-08-22T13:40:47.907+01:00Spammed again!Spammed again!KevinDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-14291710821045497902016-08-22T13:39:48.436+01:002016-08-22T13:39:48.436+01:00I always used to say about teaching that the hours...I always used to say about teaching that the hours were good but most of the minutes were rubbish!KevinDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-70771602977851305712016-08-22T13:18:47.749+01:002016-08-22T13:18:47.749+01:00You did well there. 28 years teaching too! I don&#...You did well there. 28 years teaching too! I don't know how you did it!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-13711144427486353732016-08-22T13:11:16.683+01:002016-08-22T13:11:16.683+01:00I always did. I was very definite about never taki...I always did. I was very definite about never taking work home as a teacher. My colleagues could never work out how I managed it but I did for all 28 years!KevinDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-76248117461445353142016-08-22T10:29:37.129+01:002016-08-22T10:29:37.129+01:00Yes, being an adult is completely different and te...Yes, being an adult is completely different and teachers don't really get the whole summer off do they Kev.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-46556627898889974362016-08-22T09:21:35.212+01:002016-08-22T09:21:35.212+01:00The summer holidays certainly seemed a heck of a l...The summer holidays certainly seemed a heck of a lot longer when I was a kid than when I was a teacher!KevinDnoreply@blogger.com