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sandyRoe | 10:53 Mon 30th May 2011 | ChatterBank
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Is he still alive then?
10:55 Mon 30th May 2011
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No. He won't be getting a telegram from ER.
10:56 Mon 30th May 2011
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sqad is asking sandy, as he may know him from school :)
10:56 Mon 30th May 2011
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anne LOL........I know that this will upset sandy, but anne is right we were at Eton together.
11:02 Mon 30th May 2011
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LOL. Actually, he went to Clongowes and then Trinity.
11:03 Mon 30th May 2011
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sandy, was it unusual for your fathers generation to be so well educated ?
11:06 Mon 30th May 2011
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Both my parents would have been 100 last year. My father once commented how much the world had changed in his lifetime - when he was a lad, there were three cars in his local area, and he knew which one was coming by the sound of its engine.
11:06 Mon 30th May 2011
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Anne, his people were fairly well off. But we, his children, were all born on the wrong side of the blanket, so it was different for us.
11:10 Mon 30th May 2011
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sandy....private education......Trinity Dublin ( I assume).


It was always "quipped" that for finals in Medicine and Surgery at Trinity Dublin, the examiner would say "Come on to the pub for a drink and i will ask you some questions".....LOL
11:10 Mon 30th May 2011
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Sandyroe did he learn Latin?
My dad did but he was taught by the Jesuits in Manchester and Bradford
I think everyone should learn Latin its the language of saints and scholars
11:11 Mon 30th May 2011
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Nothing wrong with a viva voce over a Powers or two. :-)
11:12 Mon 30th May 2011
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My daughter went to TCD. I don't know how much work she did but she had a great time.
To be fair, she came out with a good degree.
11:12 Mon 30th May 2011
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did he complete his degree, if so what ? i hope im not being too nosy.
11:16 Mon 30th May 2011
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Sqad, do you remember one of the Carry on Doctor films? A student couldn't pass his medical finals so he went to Ireland and bought a degree from a chap sitting in a jaunting car.
11:18 Mon 30th May 2011
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Oh I don't have a word of Latin - I recognise bits from mass
But I do have a series of learn to speak Latin CDs that I aim to use when I retire
11:18 Mon 30th May 2011
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Anne, he read law.
11:19 Mon 30th May 2011
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sandy...no......I don't.

But I was at Med School with a guy who was in the Iranian Army and he was given a fairly substantial grant as long as he was a student.
11:20 Mon 30th May 2011
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sandy....is St Vincent's in Dublin still open?
11:22 Mon 30th May 2011

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