As long as your grade is better than a G - or something like that, its a pass anyway.
I got B's and C's all the way through my exams, and I am on the fast track to a £30,000 a year job. All they know is I "Passed" my English and Maths exam. I would still be on the road for this job even if I didn't get B's and C's.
GCSE grades are important if you want to go onto College. But they really aren't the be all and end all. If you do rubbish, it just means you re-take them. Employers won't be that fussed, as long as you have the grade you went to college for.
But surely Virgin is a lot worse than BT? I guess Sam doesn't have much of a say as he is 14/15, but what is so bad with having a BT phone line? It's not a dig, I just wondered...
Makes me laugh, Bladdy posted that up on the internet...on a forum in which he plays a game on his Personal Computer.
If it was still the 80s, all you would have is your Bus.
If I'm honest, I wish I was an 80's child, but the fact of the matter is, we are much, much, much better off now that what we were, despite living in this Nanny state!
Jakg, the reason you carry on when you get home is because you are only at school for 6 hours, 5 less hours than what I'm at work. If I would snap my bosses hand off if I could do 6 hours at work then 4 hours in the comfort of my own home. I have no time either. I start work at 1pm, finish at 1am, with no breaks and then I scrub myself like mad in the bath for an hour, by the time I get into bed, its 2:30am, and by the time I actually get to sleep its 3am/3:30am, then after a good nights/mornings kip, I wake up again at 12, get ready for work then start again at 1pm. Give me school any day
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Reason : Added the message to Jakg.
I too stuck a tenner on Comply or Die. But the odds were 8/1 when I done it, so I "only" got a tenner short of a tonne.
Comply or Die is actually trained about 10 minutes away from me, hence the bet. Also, the fact "Comply or Die" reminded me of "Credit or Die" from my Photoshopping days.
But it was ten to nine mate, if I didn't make the most of the situation, I would of been there till gone 9! It really was packed, bumper to bumper.
He was sat in the inside lane, with no indication which according to my instructor gives me right of way over him.
Like I said, if I had a different examiner, and I stayed, he may of failed me on waiting too long etc and not moving when the blue car was stationary...
On the 4th of January, I had my first introductory lesson, which was also my first time on the road. That went very well and my instructor was impressed and found it very hard to believe that it was my first time on the road. I was booked in for 20 hours of lessons spread over 2 weeks. They went well and I was confident.
My test was booked for the 2nd of April @ 08.20 in Exeter. My examiner was called Rob, he is an ex-copper and seemed like a nice enough guy.
As soon as the test started, he wanted me to do a bay park which went very well. We then went pulled out of the test centre. Everything was going well, the other maneuver I had to do was a turn in the road which is a piece of piss. But I don't everything else right, as far as I was concerned. I took a look at the clock at it was 08.50 and I thought, "we should be making our way back now, and I think I've done it!" We came up to (For those of you know who know it) Matford Roundabout, from Dawlish going towards The Devon Hotel. The traffic was chock-a-block as it would be at about 08.50. The traffic to my right is 2 lanes, the turning I wanted was also 2 lanes, so both lanes of traffic from my right could take the same turning I wanted. I was waiting there for ages and I thought to myself "If I don't move soon, he will fail me for being over cautious" There was only one car at my right, stationary in the inside lane. "Here's my chance" I thought. I pulled away, but ofcourse because on the test as soon as you go over 10mph you need to be into second (and the same for when you hit 20mph, you should change into 3rd and so on. If you don't, you incur a minor. - Everyone seems to not believe me on this, but its true :lol: ) so, as I went for 2nd gear, I lost momentum and the car which was stationary to my right had caught up. About 2 bloody minutes away from the test station as well!
When I got back to the test station he said, "I'm sorry to say you've failed. I am actually sorry to tell you that as that was a near perfect drive, higher standards than what we are actually looking for, but I have to fail you for what happened back there." etc.
Silly really, as a different examiner would of failed me for waiting to long where as another would of wanted to stay. Ah, well...No point for "ifs" and "buts" its happened.
Just means I have to wait even longer.
Edit: Here is a picture for those who don't know Exeter, or even Devon :wink:
I'm the black dot, the blue dot is the other car and the red line is where we were going. The right lane was clear. The other car was stationary showing no indication.