David O`Meara R.I.P.

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:31 pm

Those of you who knew him will be sad to hear that David passed away on Saturday evening, after only a few months of well - earned retirement.

Service at Worth Crematorium on !3th April, 12 noon, I believe

swirl · Post by **swirl** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:34 pm

i think he died of a brain hemmorage (can't spell) as that is what he was admitted to hospital for, i think

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:34 pm

Correct

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:02 pm

Did he teach maths in the 80's?

swirl · Post by **swirl** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:28 pm

yeah, right up to 2005

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:36 pm

I thought it was him. He only taught me for a term or so once a week so didn't know him as well as some of the other teachers.

Mid A 15 · Post by **Mid A 15** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:37 pm

Vonny wrote:Did he teach maths in the 80's?

He also taught in the sixties and seventies.

Sad news.

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:39 pm

Mid A 15 wrote:
Vonny wrote:Did he teach maths in the 80's?
He also taught in the sixties and seventies.

Sad news.

I didn't realise he had been there that long. I have him to thank for passing my maths O Level - a miracle in itself

Hendrik · Post by **Hendrik** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:43 am

he also had brass shrapnel pieces lodged in his head from where a cadet had a neglegent discharge with a rifle (blank cartridges spit out tiny fragments of brass at super sonic speed)

sure this didn't help.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:51 am

Sad news indeed.

Rory · Post by **Rory** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:28 am

I must be getting really old cos all my teachers are dying...
Sad news indeed - Dolly O Meara was a brilliant mathematician...
unfortunately that meant that I couldn't keep up with him - and as a result I only scraped a C in O level.
Didn't stop me working in finance tho.....

Post by **jtaylor** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 12:20 pm

A cracking teacher, who inspired an interest in engineering.
Taught me for Maths-mechanics at A-Level, and we spent so much time talking about what seemed like non-maths, but that helped me so much later in life - an ability to analyse and get to the root of a problem.

I particularly loved his theories on the people who lived in 2 dimensions, living in "flat-land", along with his theories on traffic cones - most ingenious!

I believe he built his own computer from scratch - i.e. his own circuits etc - in the early 80s?

A sad loss....

J

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:44 pm

Very sad loss.

Feel I have to say that I didn't get on with him as a teacher, a bright man but I only got Es in Mechanics at A-level despite As and Bs in Pure and Stats.

He had an excellent view on the National Lottery when it first started - wanted to broadcast to the world (and his maths sets) how rotten the odds were!

sport! · Post by **sport!** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:56 pm

Sad news.......I think I have a Lamb B house photo featuring D O'M....I'll post soon.

Rory wrote:Didn't stop me working in finance tho.....

swirl · Post by **swirl** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:57 pm

sit.....down....now lol