Saturday, December 06, 2003
I am hatching a new project in order to exercise my warped sense of humour. Followers of Wymsey (www.wymsey.co.uk) will recall that it was originally run as an experiment in order to fully understand the effect(s) of a whole community having internet access - a fanciful idea even in 1998. The WebSpin Contortium was set up under the guidance of Lympshire Social Services and was operated out of Contortium House under the direction of County Hall in Watchester.
In 2000 one the effects of government welfare cutbacks was that the Webspin Contortium was subjected to a management buyout and the rest is history (herstory for you feminists out there)!
Ironically, The new Management were successful in taking full advantage of Central Government grants under the RuralKick 2000 program.
Lympshire is still out there as indeed many counties are. The County Contortium (an offspin of the WebSpin Contortium) is shortly to launch The Lymp Ledger. This up to the minute publication will be tabloid in size and broadsheet in content, or perhaps incontinent. Be that as it may, there is much happening for we Lympodians live in exciting times! For example we will soon have two wheelie bins, one with a green lid and the other blue.
Naturally we will be following the polictical poop from the likes of County councilor Julius Blaah (that's right the Wymsey ex-parish councilor who fought Wymsey's fight for independence).
The first edition will be published early in January, 2004.
In 2000 one the effects of government welfare cutbacks was that the Webspin Contortium was subjected to a management buyout and the rest is history (herstory for you feminists out there)!
Ironically, The new Management were successful in taking full advantage of Central Government grants under the RuralKick 2000 program.
Lympshire is still out there as indeed many counties are. The County Contortium (an offspin of the WebSpin Contortium) is shortly to launch The Lymp Ledger. This up to the minute publication will be tabloid in size and broadsheet in content, or perhaps incontinent. Be that as it may, there is much happening for we Lympodians live in exciting times! For example we will soon have two wheelie bins, one with a green lid and the other blue.
Naturally we will be following the polictical poop from the likes of County councilor Julius Blaah (that's right the Wymsey ex-parish councilor who fought Wymsey's fight for independence).
The first edition will be published early in January, 2004.
Well, Bush did announce this week that steel imports to the US would cease to be banned - he must have read the same article as me. You know the one, it concluded that the areas being harmed by steel imports had fewer Republican votes than the areas where manufacturing was being hurt by the cost of the more expensive American steel. Funny that.
We here at Gnome Mansions are getting heavily into the Christmas Spirit, me I lugged home a seven foot tree, we have lights in the windows, candle-like lights on the tree and the missus is busy with baubles & balls of every shape, colour & size.
The free range turkey has been ordered from the local butcher who opens at 4am on Christmas Eve, he said that by 7.30am the queue is a hundred feet long as people collect their orders and/or buy anything edible because, god help us, the shops will be closed for two days! Our turkey weighs in at 8 lb and will come all dressed up and ready to cook, with only the two us we'll be eating turkey 'til Easter! The butcher has promised to hand out mince pies to his queuing customers.
We here at Gnome Mansions are getting heavily into the Christmas Spirit, me I lugged home a seven foot tree, we have lights in the windows, candle-like lights on the tree and the missus is busy with baubles & balls of every shape, colour & size.
The free range turkey has been ordered from the local butcher who opens at 4am on Christmas Eve, he said that by 7.30am the queue is a hundred feet long as people collect their orders and/or buy anything edible because, god help us, the shops will be closed for two days! Our turkey weighs in at 8 lb and will come all dressed up and ready to cook, with only the two us we'll be eating turkey 'til Easter! The butcher has promised to hand out mince pies to his queuing customers.
