"that there are those, like S., who lack formal education "

Now that really fucks me off WAV.Our fuckwit UKIP MEP, Godfrey Bloom, who lives in my village, wrote to the parish council about the attitude of "those people who live the other side of the tracks who do not have the benefit of a formal education....". This is the twat who thinks that women should stay at home and clean behind the fridge and that any organisation that employs women of child-bearing age is an idiot.

Yes, we are the people who live the wrong side of the tracks. As for formal education, well mine had been more autodidactic but mrsleveller has an first degree, an MA and a PGCE. She works for the Workers Education Association providing free courses for people who want to better themselves educationally.I may also point out that my grandfather, who left school at the age of 12, was the most well-read and intelligent person I have ever met and, despite never having any personal ambition, spent all his life working for the community and became chairman of the council, an early member of the Labour Party, a JP, a churchwarden, and sat on innumerable commitees. He never made a buck and ended his life in an almshouse but, even today, 20 years after his death at the age of 94, people speak of him with respect and affection.

So, basically, take your formal education and stick it up your arse.

Jack, hope the minor heart attack is not more than a minor inconvenience and the precursor to a long and healthy life.

Right, back to the second bottle of half-price Australian Merlot (made, no doubt, WAV, by sweaty feet of the descendants of British convicts who had no educatiuon whatsoever....mmmmmm!)