I get my kicks. ... on Phoenix no 26

darcle · Post by **darcle** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 4:41 pm

Getting further away there im afraid.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:04 pm

About £10K, isn't it?

(I just missed loans, I was one of the last lot of students to get a grant)

darcle · Post by **darcle** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:11 pm

That is correct.

According to the BBC website the average debt of a student leaving university is £10K.

So over to Weyland

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:12 pm

Weyland wrote:
(I just missed loans, I was one of the last lot of students to get a grant)

old man.

just like His Eminence

£10k sounds too little to me, £20k?

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:01 pm

£10,000? That's got to be too low surely.

I've just graduated, so i should know

Student loan is about £4200 a year. 3x that is about £13000. Tuition fees are £1125 a year, so add that on and its about £16500. Student overdrafts are £2000, which most people get up to. Luckily i got my fees paid, but i still owe £15000 odd. I can't honestly say i know anyone who owes less than £10k!

Matt

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:15 pm

Ah, but that's on average. You're forgetting all the rich sods who don't have to take any loans out because daddy pays it all!

Anyway, away from geography and sociology and onwards to history. Which, being an old man, I know a lot about.

What was the Synod of Whitby convened to decide, and how did the king of that time eventually settle the dispute? It's quite a neat solution. I was there, you know.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:19 pm

Whether God actually existed and a game of paper scissors stone?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:23 am

Come on, we're talking about a time when even atheists thought God existed (they just chose to ignore him)

Okay, some clues: It was held in 664, was called by King Oswy of Northumbria, and was between the Celtic church and the Roman one. Oswy eventually arrived at his decision by stating that, as the Celts followed St Columba and the Romans St Peter, he had to side with the Romans:

"I dare not longer", he said, "contradict the decrees of him who keeps the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven, lest he should refuse me admission".

So, there you go, this rather momentous religious decision was arrived at by the self interest of a rather secular local ruler.

So, all I need to know now is what were they discussing? It is pretty fundemental is you happen to believe that sort of thing.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:51 am

hmm. protestant/catholicism debate.
i know next to nothing about religion

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Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:59 am

This is waaay before Protestant, or even people like Martin Luther. Everyone was Catholic!

Another clue: This is the wrong time of year for me to ask this question.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:03 pm

When to have Christmas / Easter?

I'm really not sure, it's a bit before my time. You'd be better asking UP, that's more his era.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:13 pm

One of the two, whoever's quickest with the answer gets it.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:37 pm

Since UP hasn't risen to my hackneyed bait, I'll go for Easter

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:01 pm

I'll go for Christmas then, that way the wait is less delayed when the answer is revealed!

Matt

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:05 pm

cardinal richelieu wrote:When to have Christmas / Easter?

I'm really not sure, it's a bit before my time. You'd be better asking UP, that's more his era.

i was at a meeting.
didn't your mother tell you it was not nice to call someone names behind their back?
grandad

i'll guess epiphany (not even 100% sure what that means in religious terms though)