There was an earthquake in the Bristol Channel, a little further south-west than us, and we missed it completely… I am so disappointed! I don’t think any damage was done anywhere, but certainly people in the area reported have felt it.
I did experience an earthquake once, in the 1980’s. I had a student teacher on teaching practice with us; he was a lovely guy but really pretty hopeless. The kids liked him, we liked him, but he wasn’t very good at teaching. I had him in my office and I was trying to explain where things were going wrong for him, and what was expected of a professional person in the classroom, and to be honest, I don’t think he was getting what I meant. He was a very tall lad, with floppy reddish-brown hair and he was wearing a massive black overcoat. The more I spoke the more disheartened he looked as I think the message was beginning to get through.
Suddenly there was a most curious sensation, as if we were sitting on a giant wobbly jelly and some books fell off the desk.
“I think that was an earthquake!” I exclaimed.
I think I finished the interview a few minutes later… I had tried to be kind and helpful in my comments, but really he was pretty useless. I wonder what became of him… I wonder if he is now a head teacher somewhere?
Lois Elsden 
I was an electronic technologist in a steel plant in my working life and had an apprentice that was rather small. He wasn’t stupid but was challenged on some jobs because of his height being that the industry assumes we are all between 5 feet, six and six feet tall. When we were on the job he had the tools. I would ask him for a little screwdriver or a little crescent wrench e.g. Not to be sarcastic, it was just a bad habit. I often wonder how he made out after I retired because you have to work alone most of the time and there would be situations where his height or lack thereof would make it difficult.I sure miss my job and my little buddy, oops!
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MY husband is very tall and is always complaining that the world is made for small people as he keeps bumping his head on things… Since I have to always keep asking him for things on top shelves or can’t do simple tasks quickly like having to get steps to do work in the garden or decorate the house I’m on the side of the little people! My grandma who was very small used to say ‘They don’t make diamonds the size of coal bricks!’
I hope your buddy fared well… maybe he found another job where he needed to be small to do things!
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My name is Dave and his name is Dave so all the guys called him Mini Me after Doctor Evil and Mini Me in Austen Powers. It was a riot and it drove poor Mini Me crazy. People can be so cruel. I should write a book don’t you think?
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David, you should definitely write a book!!
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