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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
The world didn't stop for Christmas

Walking along streets yesterday it was quieter than usual - save for the people asking for money who seemed to be around in even greater numbers than usual. Perhaps that's because people are more generous to them at Christmas so they're all out - or perhaps it's simply because they've got fewer people to ask. Alas - it turns the city we're in from somewhere to say "Wow - I want to come back" to somewhere to say "That was an interesting place to visit".

News just "heard" via email this morning that the senior man at our accountants went missing about a week ago - story from paper. I'm all at sixes and sevens over this. His car found on a major estuary bridge; reports of someone climbing over the side; I would be delighted but- frankly, surprised if he turns up alive.

Yesterday also brought a personal "hit" from Lisa's ex. There are some people who do well by climbing on merit, there are others who do well by trampling others down as they climb - by fighting to get more than their fare share of the same cake rather than working to improve that cake for everyone. Personally, I think it's a really dirty trick to .... oh - never mind. It's Christmas ... and this is "only" more money this time.

We have a good, dry home. Health, happiness, work we enjoy, great family and fun. If you - EVER - see me behaving like the accountant, like the street people, or especially like that ex, please pull me to one side, remind me of this post, and tell me what a huge mistake I'm making.
(written 2005-12-26, updated 2006-06-09)

 
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
Z700 - People
  [207] Canteen Dragon - (2005-02-09)
  [388] BBQ Season - (2005-07-24)
  [392] No Smoking - (2005-07-27)
  [423] A Victorian Lady - (2005-08-23)
  [530] Perl course during the week, getting married at the weekend - (2005-12-16)
  [584] Loosing breath with Gerald - (2006-01-31)
  [601] A fond memory of Sir Freddie - (2006-02-11)
  [611] Look out for the motor cyclist - (2006-02-17)
  [650] A person of few words - (2006-03-18)
  [704] Erin Brent - rest in peace - (2006-04-29)
  [763] Much more that the world cup - (2006-06-15)
  [771] From cat breeder to Cobol to Perl - (2006-06-21)
  [794] Perl delegate - much more than just a delegate - (2006-07-06)
  [820] Robert and William Whitworth - (2006-08-01)
  [1064] Light and shadows at Beach - (2007-02-04)
  [1065] Graham Ellis - an Introduction - (2007-02-05)
  [1107] Weekend Visitors - (2007-03-13)
  [1119] The Last Word on the road - (2007-03-26)
  [1151] Gordon Dodge, R.I.P. - (2007-04-16)
  [1197] Back off home with our best wishes - (2007-05-21)
  [1238] The kind spirit of Melksham - (2007-06-21)
  [1279] The Gdansk fireball - (2007-07-27)
  [1303] Heading Upstate New York - (2007-08-14)
  [1385] Delegates of all shapes and sizes - (2007-10-09)
  [1522] Paging Martin Noke, who petitions for more trains from Trowbridge to Swindon - (2008-01-28)
  [1570] London Midland ... Merrymaker ... Percy Danks - (2008-03-10)
  [1627] Amazing family members - (2008-05-02)
  [1916] Why I remember East Grafton - (2008-12-02)
  [1980] Michelle - (2009-01-06)
  [1988] Melksham, Wiltshire. Town Crier Competition, 2009 - (2009-01-11)
  [2078] A lot has changed - but the memory lingers on - (2009-03-12)
  [2100] Visiting Family - (2009-03-23)
  [2132] Learning about Lurchers - (2009-04-18)
  [2503] Melksham manslaughter case concludes - sort of - (2009-11-14)
  [2795] Simon says - (2010-06-05)
  [2846] Catching up with an old friend - (2010-07-01)
  [2886] Congratulations, Kimberly - (2010-07-25)
  [3008] Dulwich College Preparatory, and Sevenoaks, Schools - (2010-10-21)
  [3034] Birth Notice - Aeryn Cassandra Ellis - (2010-11-07)
  [3055] Zyliana Kyrei Cox - (2010-11-16)
  [3125] The family is defunct. Long live the family. - (2011-01-09)
  [3184] Visiting relatives - (2011-02-26)
  [3268] Baby Pictures - (2011-04-27)
  [3297] A long day, a long journey, and families and similarities the world over - (2011-05-22)
  [3298] Quiet Monday in - (2011-05-23)
  [3355] Family Pictures - (2011-07-12)
  [3466] Passing of Steve Jobs - R.I.P. - (2011-10-06)
  [3512] A colleague and friend who changed my life - (2011-11-07)
  [3775] Alan Turing - 1912 to 1954 - (2012-06-23)
  [3905] How should we choose our Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner? - (2012-10-27)
  [3981] Melksham - a town of some remarkable people - (2013-01-19)
  [4193] Using our non-found page to help look for missing persons - (2013-10-18)
  [4349] When I am old, what will worry me? - (2014-12-11)
  [4482] People in New York - (2015-05-02)
  [4646] Sometimes you wonder about people. And perhaps you should not. - (2016-02-13)
  [4728] Visiting Los Alamitos Bay Yacht Club - (2016-11-23)
  [4736] Our changing world - (2017-04-17)

Z210 - Christmas and New Year
  [161] Christmas break - (2004-12-23)
  [162] A Change is as good as a rest - (2004-12-27)
  [540] Christmas Party - (2005-12-24)
  [541] Christmas is for everyone - (2005-12-25)
  [573] Giving an excuse for Christmas - (2006-01-22)
  [953] Christmas in November - (2006-11-29)
  [980] Street Scene - (2006-12-12)
  [1462] 10 training days to Christmas. - (2007-12-07)
  [1481] The Christmas Letter - (2007-12-22)
  [1483] What have hotels and bananas got in common? - (2007-12-24)
  [1484] A christmas message - (2007-12-25)
  [1914] It must be nearly Christmas - (2008-12-01)
  [1931] Frosty Morning, foggy evening - (2008-12-08)
  [1942] Christmas scenes and events - (2008-12-14)
  [1952] Small Print - (2008-12-19)
  [1959] - - (2008-12-24)
  [2486] Santa Special - Trowbridge and Melksham to Swindon - (2009-10-31)
  [2528] Melksham Christmas Lights - (2009-12-05)
  [2529] Santa Special, 2009 - (2009-12-06)
  [2543] Day and night at Christmas - (2009-12-19)
  [2549] Christmas Day ... - (2009-12-25)
  [2978] Christmas 2010 - Well House Manor, Melksham, Hotel - (2010-10-01)
  [3095] The Christmas Season has arrived - (2010-12-19)
  [3101] The week before Christmas - (2010-12-23)
  [3110] The days after Christmas - (2010-12-27)
  [3116] Are there newspapers on New Years Day? Do the shops open on Easter Sunday? Do trains run at Christmas? - (2011-01-01)
  [3530] A typical weekend?? - (2011-11-28)
  [3535] Melksham, Luxury Hotel Rooms, Christmas. - (2011-12-02)
  [3538] Santa Train - another successful trip - 4th December 2011 - (2011-12-04)
  [3557] Melksham Christmas Lights - Town, Shops and Private Houses - (2011-12-20)
  [3561] Happy Christmas ... a Christmas morning walk in Melksham - (2011-12-25)
  [3562] Christmas Day - for unique pictures - (2011-12-26)
  [3765] Christmas in June? Melksham hotel bookings and Santa train - (2012-06-15)
  [3957] The week before Christmas - (2012-12-19)
  [4227] Happy Christmas from the Well House Manor team - (2013-12-25)
  [4235] Sharing my personal best of 2013 - (2013-12-31)
  [4329] Does Santa Claus need a CRB check? - (2014-11-25)
  [4357] Seeing Christmas Coming to Melksham - (2014-12-20)
  [4363] A quiet evening in Melksham - awaiting Santa - (2014-12-24)
  [4364] Christmas day in Melksham - (2014-12-25)
  [4365] The changing face of Christmas - (2014-12-26)


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