Overheard at the LFGSS golf club bar

my boys played rugby at Tonbridge School

Hard not to given the land they have

The school (edit: Tonbridge School) was founded by the Skinners livery company, which bought chunks of land in Bloomsbury and St. Pancras in the 16th century when it was all fields. They still own some of it. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project/streets/thanet_street.htm https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol24/pt4/pp83-93 The Skinners' money was made in the fur trade, much of which was for top hats. Ten beavers to make one. (Probably duff information. I think his money mostly came from Russian sables, which were the most valuable furs and not used for top hats.)

Somerhill's money comes from selling land in Tonbridge to property developers. The school occupied a site there until 1990 when it was called Yardley Court (and the headmaster narrowly escaped paedo convictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Yardley_Court) The ponies are used for jumping but I'm not sure about polo. https://www.somerhill.org/somerhill-equestrians/

This is mind blowing to me as I had it down as the Tonbridge school (private) in Tonbridge.. as a lol skinners was the name given to the grammar school some way down the road

My first para is about Tonbridge School in Tonbridge! Hope it's not confusing. The Skinners founded nine schools, including Tonbridge School, Skinners School and Judd School.

Yardley Court supplied more of its boys to Tonbridge School than to any other school. But they had no formal relationship.

It sounds very familiar

gay marriage is abhorrent to me

out of context? 😬

edit: ah, yes, thankfully

When you get seen drinking on the 19th hole but overheard at the Deli vegan counter.

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Is that teenslain?

I'm more of a Subaru guy.

I'm more of a Subaru guy

isnt it sad that everyone looks like teenslain now :(

he was ahead of his time

I think you just mean everyone is old now.

he was ahead of his time

he always will be

@dammit did it better

Any suggestions for somewhat stylish trouser clips?

I'm pretty sure that's my first entry into the golf club. Stoked!

Haha, not sure where you asked this but i was going to ask the exact same thing yesterday. Don't think something stylish exists but in the end i remembered i had a load of Polaris bike packing straps spare that do the job nicely.

If it had been a cannondale on the roof I would have said dammit.

he occasionally flies to work in his gyrocopter

Can't you just tuck them into your socks?

Books are pretty tedious