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Posted on September 10th, 2008 by by Fiona

Words

A few weeks ago, whilst running late to get the kids to the bus to school, I had a car in front of me trying to turn right across a busy 3 lane road. Now I do this every morning and am used to it. I know how to judge the traffic and can usually [...]

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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by by Fiona

What’s in a name?

To paraphrase old Bill: That which we call a Corker by any other name would smell as sweet.
When I married I changed my surname. It wasn’t something I really thought about, I just did it! It gave a sense of connection- a family unit as we shared a family name. In the course of moving [...]

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Posted on March 8th, 2008 by by Fiona

Women’s Day and the big ‘F’

Today is the 99th International Women’s Day, or for some Womyn’s Day. So what have the last 99 years brought us? Yes women can vote in a lot of places now and more women are in the paid workforce than ever before, with employment rates amongst the 20-29 year old age group virtually equal for [...]

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Posted on February 18th, 2008 by by Fiona

Girls do not suck at math!

from xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
And no, girls do not suck at math! Miss almost 10 has been having great fun with multiplication of 11s up to 6 decimal places!

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