ask / ask for

Well, I expect you know that a sabbatical is usually granted after 7 years. But as you say, you won’t be fretting over this. My reference to Horace has nothing to do with the Furies. It is simply saying in other words that in the end everyone gets their comeuppance.

An assassin? Now, who’s being

I fear it’s paranoia again.

Thank you, Alan. But I presume ‘S’ stands for ‘secondary’.

Incredibly ‘malinterpreting’ and misguiding! Also, off with that last-resort palindromic utterance!

Seriously now, this is friendly advice… you really ought to stop doing this to yourself.

Yes, I know. I was providing some background to the reference.

indeed!

Lawrence,

‘S’ stands for scholarship level. It was an additional exam paper over and above ‘A’ level and in Latin you had to translate a modern English text into Latin. Ah, those were the days!

pre 1962, as they were renamed then. (Again, just adding information.)

I see. Thanks, Alan.

Not mature enough to advise me, Baby!

An interesting statement from someone who demonstrates a particularly immature attitude in some of his messages.