Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we present the agreed Lesson PLans and continued our ‘tour’ around the outside of a Laptop. Filed under: Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in …
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Month:November 2016
Tablet Coaching: Lesson Plans
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we presented the agreed Lesson Plans and continued explaining the screen layout of a typical Android Tablet. Filed under: Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication …
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Laptop Coaching: Mopping-up
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: With only about 10 lessons left, today we continued with the Lesson Plans agreed last week. Filed under: Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all …
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Stanford Hall
We drove over to Stanford Hall this afternoon. We’d had an invitation from the Jeweller – Tarratt – who made our wedding rings and they were having a ‘do’ here. And what a posh event it was, judging by the cars in the car-park! We parked up and headed for the Hall. Tarratt had taken …
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Chicken and Mice
We drove over to Milton Keynes this evening to meet up with Chris, Gill, Abi and Denise. Bizarrely, it was nothing to do with my extended birthday celebrations! First stop was Carluccio’s in the Shopping Mall with our table booked for 5.30. The food was tasty – I had chicken – but with the Barman’s …
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My 60th: Swan for Lunch!
My penultimate celebration meal today as we met Paul, Sue, Geoff and Rhonda at the Lamport Swan for lunch. A thoroughly good lunch, a good long chat and a couple of bottles of splosh as presents – PERFECT!! Thanks everyone! I had a great time! More Gifts!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in …
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Tablet Coaching: Proposed Lesson Plans
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Based on the feedback from their first lesson, today I presented the draft lesson plans to the group for fine-tuning. The plans will form the basis of the syllabus for the next 25 weeks. Filed under: Delivery, Proposal, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite …
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Laptop Coaching: Lesson Plans Agreed
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, based on feedback from the first lesson, I presented a draft version of the lesson plans to the group. These plans will form the basis of the syllabus for the next 36 weeks. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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Laptop Coaching: Assessing Priorities
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: With the Class completing the syllabus by early march next year, we spent time assessing everyone’s needs. These will form the content of the remaining lessons from here on in. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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My 60th – More Trainers reunited
Not another birthday meal???!!! Oh yes, and why not?! After Friday’s get-together with my Trainer friends from the ‘BA days’, today Ian and Mags together with their other halves, Ann and Alan, joined us for a full-on Sunday lunch. Ian, Mags and I worked together on gazillions of occasions in the classroom, and in the …
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My 60th – Turkish Delight
After a short lull in proceedings, my ‘big’ Birthday celebrations have restarted! Tonight, Ann and I travelled down to London for an evening meal with my close Trainer friends from the (many) days working on the British Airways project back in 2000. The restaurant of choice was the ever-reliable EV’s – our semi-regular haunt just …
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M and S Christmas Advert 2016
Not to be outdone by this year’s John Lewis Christmas Advert, M and S launches theirs – Christmas with love from Mrs Claus… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), …
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John Lewis Christmas Advert (2016)
Here we are then, for some, the official start of Christmas with the John Lewis Christmas Ad for 2016 – Buster the Boxer. As usual, Kleenex at the ready! This is the story of a little girl called Bridget who loves to bounce. When her mum and dad buy her a trampoline for Christmas, they …
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Tablet Coaching: New Tuesday Class
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we started the NEW Tuesday Tablet Class. For the next few months, we’ll be covering everything they’ll need to know to get the most from their Android device. Today though, we spent the time determining their learning priorities. Filed under: Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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Laptop Coaching: New Tuesday Class
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Our new Tuesday class started today. We spent the time determining the subject areas the class needs based on their priorities; these will form the basis of the lesson-plans through until August next year. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, TNA, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite …
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Monday Class Restarts
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: After a short break due to the refurbishment to the area I use for training (and also my holiday!), we re-started the Monday Laptop Class today. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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Catch-up with Jane and Mick
Cripes, I don’t think I ever eaten out so often as we have this month – and it’s only the 6th! Strangely, this one wasn’t birthday related – just an opportunity to catch-up with our old friends, Jane and Mick, who we haven’t seen for quite a few months. The Pub/Restaurant of choice was the …
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Bonfire Night
Janet and Jo got us tickets for Boughton House and their Bonfire Night event. Brrrrrr! Not so much “Gunpowder, Treason and Plot..” and more “Horlicks, Chapsticks and Ice !!!! But before that, it was a perfect excuse to drop into nearby(ish) The Red Lion in Cranford for a spot of nosebag. Yummy! Starters at The …
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My 60th – Curry Mop-up
My Birthday celebrations continued last night with Paul, Karen, David and Rosi. They couldn’t make the original get-together back in September at The Exotic Dining, so it was the perfect excuse to do it all again, as a ‘mop-up’ exercise, tonight at the same location. The service and food was, as always, superb! and I’d …
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Film: Jack Reacher – Never Go Back
We drove up to Denis’ today. Ann had made him lunch – a rather tasty Lasagne and we stayed until about 2pm. It was an excellent journey there and back – in fact probably the best we’ve ever had in terms of lack-of-traffic – and the sun was shining too (and that’s rare whenever we …
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