Captain Sir Tom Moore #2

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Rose28454

rivermonster said:
I didn't know that - my friend (now though not then) sent all her 5 kids there as day pupils, wow she must have been richer than I thought. :)
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Gym&Tonic said:
Do Hannah’s kids go to Millfield then?! Thats the most expensive private school in the U.K, more expensive than even Eton, Harrow, Westminster, Marlborough etc (though not as academic or exclusive it has to be said). They must be stupidly rich if they can afford to send their kids there!
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Millfield has a pretty good academic record actually. My son went there ( on a government assisted place) and it’s a wonderful school
 
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Boutros-Boutros Ghali

Phoenix Lazarus said:
His last Instagram post was an inspirational phrase. I wonder if it was entirely his own doing, or if his marketer daughter was concerned about his image to the end.


Also, that "you can do and be anything you want to be" simply isn't true, is it?
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My Dad is 30 years younger than him and still doesn’t get the internet. No way he had anything to do with his social media accounts
 
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Phoenix Lazarus said:
His last Instagram post was an inspirational phrase. I wonder if it was entirely his own doing, or if his marketer daughter was concerned about his image to the end.


Also, that "you can do and be anything you want to be" simply isn't true, is it?
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'If you're white and middle class' is probably more accurate and like duck did he write that!
 
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HankMcPrank

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My Nan is 80 and in August and she still doesn’t understand FaceTime bless her the majority of it we see her ear then she gets in a fluster because she doesn’t know what she’s doing
 
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I’m so pleased this thread exists.

I have no issue with what he did, I think it was admirable and very fitting for the first lockdown and brought a lot of people together. I was actually quite saddened to see he’d passed.

However, he should not have gone to Barbados. Not at all. There is no excuse, ESPECIALLY if you literally raised money for the NHS, like how ironic is that? Flouting the rules to possibly put more strain on the company that you’re raising money for.

And this excuse that it was his last chance for a holiday? It’s awful. He likely wouldn’t have caught pneumonia had he not gone and I’m pretty sure British Airways would still send him there for free when things were better.

Plus, he’s 100. He’s had many holidays and many fantastic memories and a wonderful life. There are people in their teens, twenties, thirties, etc dying from COVID who have so much more life to live, but they won’t because people are flouting the rules.

And Michael Ball just wanted a Number 1 and some quick money, you can tell how much he loves himself in the video for that song. It’s so cringe to watch.

You can be sad that he’s passed, appreciative of what he’s done, and critical of his choice to travel. It’s okay, we’re humans, our brains can have multiple thoughts. It’s not trolling.


Sorry! Rant over, it’s just exhausting listening to people defend his choice to go on holiday!
 
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