Our three year old has now officially left his day nursery/creche and will start nursery school in September. As I think I mentioned before, he used to attend a private and expensive creche before we were able to get him in to the local authority run equivalent.There was no comparison between … [Read more...]
That soap which is life.
July 27, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Soaps or soap operas are the bread and butter of the TV industry the world over. However, when I think about it I've known a good few 'soap' situations in my life. Here are a few of the more memorable ones:Friend goes out with another friend. Friend has an affair and is just about caught … [Read more...]
Italian complexity, again.
July 27, 2006 By Leave a Comment
While I was at the hospital while I wrote this. Seeing a specialist can prove to be a time consuming process here.First, you need a piece of paper upon which is written the time and date of the appointment, then on the day of the appointment you need to go through the 'acceptance' procedure. This … [Read more...]
Lebanon
July 26, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I feel sorry for this area and its inhabitants. It sounded as if it had just about got over the last episode of violence. Things were picking up, getting back to normal.Many years ago, I can't recall exactly when, but I may still have been at school at the time, I remember seeing some news … [Read more...]
CSS
July 26, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Do you know what CSS stands for? Possibly, but if you don't it stands for 'cascading style sheets'. What are these things? Well, they are a set of rules, almost like program code which you can use to style web sites - things like making characters bigger or changing the colour behind some area of … [Read more...]
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