a word from archie

helo. my name is archie. i am a flea who lepes from kee 2 kee to tipe owt mi mesage. fi has had a hard weke so dained to pas the keebord 2 me. as this is hard wurk as it is, i realy canot be botherred 2 hit caps lok evry tim i nede to start a sentuns, so u ma find redeing this a bit odd. fi dusn't like me posting 2 often as she sez i hav a speling problem. i hurd sumthin toda tho, and took grate delite in teling her that even the xperts get it rong sumtimes. royal male haz manidged to spel the ile of wite rong, it shud b wight hamshire sa. wel i can't tel any diffrunce myself, but wot wud i no im only a flea. i also poynted out that she maried sum1 who used to spel hounslow with a d in the midle and feltham contaned an o. that shut her up toot sweet and sed to post hear befor i showed her up even mor. so well done royal male. you prooved that not only fleas hav got speling problems, gave me a chans to hav my sa and also shut fi up 4 a bit.

Woodwork squeaks...

I don't rely on tourism for a job. In some ways, I'm glad I don't, but sometimes, particularly when there is heavy pressure from the Global IT company on behalf of the rather well known utilities company, I think that just some pressure, occasionally, is better than the full-on-omg-we've-only-just-finished-tax-year-end-and-have-2-weeks-to-get-the-next-payroll-out stress that I seem to face every year, no matter how much quality prep time is available.

So it is with tourism. It's not like the onset of spring - you see a snowdrop, maybe a crocus one morning and then gradually, the daffodils appear and slowly turn the brown earth to green. Oh no. Every year, without fail, and without warning, on the first sunny day on or after Easter, most of Liverpool invades the coastal towns from Prestatyn to Llandudno. Llandudno has more to offer year round than most, so it is well prepared. Sleepy Prestatyn barely knows whats hit it. Rhyl, who looks ridiculous in bright colours from early October to Easter, suddenly wakes up and becomes a personality again, rather than a shameful blot on the North Wales landscape.

Its not so much woodwork squeaking (was not was), more a sorta battering ram at the gates of a flimsy barn, and when you spend hours on buses to get to favourite destinations, so easy to get to in the winter. And people can't even say to me, you wouldn't have a livelihood without them, cos I would.

There are plenty that do though, and once the true personalities come out during winter, i.e. everyone takes a deep breath and starts talking to one another again, and with civility, I just wonder whether the stress is worth it, and does the money really compensate? And who does it compensate?

Hmmm

I do "fun surveys" on occasion, (as many of you know). Most I discard as rubbish. A laugh, but mostly of no consequence whatsoever. But after a stressful day and hearing some news that saddened me, this came as a welcome surprise.

Which Positive Quality Are You? Your Result: Faith You are Faith. Faith is the belief in better things, in spite of the cynicism and doubt that swirls around us. Faith gives us strength; it inpsires us to move forward and follow our hearts. "Faith tells us what the senses do not."
Love
Friendship
Courage
Peace
Charity

Amazing.

Lies, Damn Lies and Internet Service Providers

Hey ho.

Biscit is no more.

Strangely, I'm not angry or upset at all. It has a sort of Shakesperian Tragedy feel to it, a sorta inevitability. So, they bought V21 to shore up their debts, and went bust trying to pull it all together again. 6,000 customers in the UK was not enough, and doesn't sound like enough to me, frankly.

I do feel a little sad saying goodbye to V21, the best ISP I have had dealings with (and I've been through a few). And the vultures have already started sending stuff to my inbox desperately wanting my business.

But I'm going to a company that I trust and is not likely to go bust after a couple of dodgy decisions by the MD. And its all set for next Monday.

When in Wales

Although I'm an English girl, what better way to celebrate St David's Day?

Apparently, this is the official St David's Day Flag.

But I thought I'd add the more well known dragon flag.