I'm very pleased that your daughters managed to get 24 GCSEs between them. Just think, in 30 years time, they can still put that down on Job Application forms and wow folks.

Well it is unlikely that they will need to. Few employers would take note of thirty year old qualifications. Bur you knew that really anyway.

As a matter of fact the eldest is Facilities Manager of a large national museum. She wasn't headhunted, she applied through civil service procedures.

The younger one works in the marketing department of one of the local universities. She to went through normal selection procedures. Most employers insist on doing it to avoid being sued because they discriminated against an applicant.

I don't "take apart" or study your writings Lizzie. Only the bits where you write tosh.

But I am delighted to have young Daisybell on my side. It seems to me that the school and her parents have made a great job of bringing her up.

And let me reassure you, I have never met her parents and I have no idea where she lives. But it wouldn't matter if I did, She clearly speaks for herself.