Sixty Seventh Republic - under temporary guardianship

[Hercisback]

In the absence of staff and her fabulous thread titles and witty openers here is a 67th thread. The broom cupboard is overflowing so time for another Republic. Hopefully we hear from staff soon.

Stolen from thread 66.
'You are most welcome to this school staff support thread to get us through stressful times. It is meant for school staff only – a sort of room of requirement for school staff to let off steam.

Baiters, haters, goaders, and bashers can jog on somewhere else.

If you are NOT staff and just have a general education query please start your own thread.

Do not give the staffroom password to non-staff as it attracts the wrong sort of crowd.

Other requirements for staff room entry include the ability to find the staff room, the ability to find a clean mug in the staff room, knowledge of the photocopier codes, and the ability to sniff out where the booze is stashed - Thirsty Tuesdays, Fizz Fridays now in operation.'

Happy half term all!

I am a bit confused about the kettle-in-bed. I assume that other things were brought too.

Happy half term! Thank god it's here.

@noblegiraffe

I am a bit confused about the kettle-in-bed. I assume that other things were brought too.

Happy half term! Thank god it's here.

Hahah. Yes. I also brought up a preloaded cafetière and a mug

That's got me thinking about Teasmades. Whatever happened to them? An alarm clock that makes you a cup of tea seems like something that would be eternally popular.

I've just binge watched Squid Game. My primary child seems to have heard of it but no chance is he watching it. I might have a talk with him about it actually I don't want it to seem like the "forbidden fruit".
End of half term here and I'm going to spend some time today working out how to make next term be a bit happier for me than last term was 🤞
I think a kettle in bed needs a risk assessment, surely?

Noble I've just looked on Amazon - they seem to have been replaced by one cup coffee makers and those things that boil a single cup of water/dispensers.
Needing to go downstairs for my tea is the only thing that gets me up.

@noblegiraffe

That's got me thinking about Teasmades. Whatever happened to them? An alarm clock that makes you a cup of tea seems like something that would be eternally popular.

Just me who's thinking of Mrs Doyle?!

I've now also been looking at Teasmades on Amazon. A lovely video of someone pressing a button then pouring a cup of tea but no mention of where the milk came from.

A Mrs Doyle would be very handy.

Go 'arn 😂

My parents had one. Pretty sure the milk sat in a wee metal jug next to it.

Feeling a strong shopping urge today to buy something that will make my life easier next week! Budget doesn't run to a housekeeper, sadly. (Imagine if you could pay for your own classroom assistant at work who would help you however you wished..)

But doesn't the milk go manky overnight? Or are you supposed to use 🤢 UHT milk?

The Teasmade needs a little fridge.

It was colder in the 70s Noble. No namby-pamby central heating left on overnight.

@noblegiraffe

That's got me thinking about Teasmades. Whatever happened to them? An alarm clock that makes you a cup of tea seems like something that would be eternally popular.

My mum still uses her teasmade everyday, just takes a little jug of milk up with her each night. I’ve never known her say the milk goes manky. The kettle part makes a hell of a noise whilst it boils though!

Mine was a Teasmaid (the patriarchy, in a pun you see).

The milk was an issue. This is why they were obsolescent form moment of inception.

I love that they are mentioned in P'Tang Yang Kipperbang along with the United Nations and Esperanto and symbols of a new post war optimism.

We didn't have central heating upstairs at all in my Glasgow sandstone!

@Mistressiggi

Noble I've just looked on Amazon - they seem to have been replaced by one cup coffee makers and those things that boil a single cup of water/dispensers. Needing to go downstairs for my tea is the only thing that gets me up.

Coffee taking over from tea is where British society began to crumble.

Central heating killing the Teasmade industry is sad.

I thought they were called Teasmaids too, they've obviously changed the name since the 70s.

A Teasmade is something that I always coveted but never managed to get . Can't function until I've had a cup of tea in the morning!

I had a nice order of operations sequencing starter, which asked the children to put into order a series of steps for making a cup of tea. I've abandoned it now, as too many of them have those taps that produce hot water on demand, and we had the whole "milk before water or water before milk" debate too many times!

*MistressIggi", my most recent great purchase was my Ninja air fryer/grill. Pretty much gets used every day, cheesy bagels, oven chips, roasties etc. Made a couple of nice "tray" meals in it too, such as toad in the hole. Easy to wash up too.

I still covet a 4-slice toaster but can't justify one whilst my 2-slice works.

Teasmades! Are you all hankering after hostess trolleys too? Or those trouser press things you get in hotels? Each to their own (but everyone knows teachers should smell of coffee to the point that children recoil).

I'd love a hostess trolley . My MIL has one and lent it to me when we had Christmas at ours. No room though, it's got to be a one in one out system with gadgets in my house at the moment.

I love how supportive you’re all being
I don’t drink milk so no curdling worries!

@BustopherPonsonbyJones

Teasmades! Are you all hankering after hostess trolleys too? Or those trouser press things you get in hotels? Each to their own (but everyone knows teachers should smell of coffee to the point that children recoil).

It used to be fags when I was a girl.

@BustopherPonsonbyJones

Teasmades! Are you all hankering after hostess trolleys too? Or those trouser press things you get in hotels? Each to their own (but everyone knows teachers should smell of coffee to the point that children recoil).

According to the children at my school, my classroom smells like Costa

I'd put my milk in a flask. My tea/fruit tea/coffee flasks keep beverages at the right temperature from 6am to 3pm on a bad day...