Archive for September, 2007
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Since I’ve been here, everyone I meet mentions how brave I am for driving about on the “other” side of the road. Well, it’s not really so brave, as long as you pay attention and the other drivers don’t get too mad when you find yourself in the wrong lane and need to go […]
Posted in Life in Wales, SouthWest Wales, Swansea Area | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Yahooo!! We not only got Cardiff on the Monopoly map but Cardiff Airport as well. You can see the results here.
Posted in Fun Stuff, General Stuff | No Comments »
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
From the BBC News website, please contact the Police if you have any information - these cowardly crimes sicken me. Our thoughts are with Mrs Williams and her family.
“Police in Swansea are appealing for help after a “horrendous” attack on a 75-year-old woman in her home.
They believe Annie Williams was punched and kicked […]
Posted in Swansea Area, Wales in the News | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
A hearty ‘good luck’ to ForumWales moderator Arwen! Today she flies to Heathrow from California to then travel onwards to Wales. Arwen is making the move to study Welsh at Swansea.
FW wishes her the best of luck in her new Welsh adventure and hopes that she enjoys her course and her time in […]
Posted in Education in Wales, ForumWales Site News, General Stuff, Life in Wales, South Wales, Swansea Area, Wales | 3 Comments »
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Diolch yn fawr, Dave. Anghofiais i’r cyswllt.
I guess what really toasts my cookie about this can be found in remarks made by Mr. Collins who, according to the South Wales Echo reporter David James (quoting James here) “Mr Collins argued that teaching Welsh in under-privileged areas only distracted from subjects that might help pupils […]
Posted in Education in Wales, Life in Wales, Welsh Culture, Welsh Language | No Comments »
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
There’s been a lot of discussion of late relating to Mr. Collin’s remark regarding Welsh as being a brain dead language. And I admit, I’m tired and have had a couple of whiskys nawr. But I will say that sober or not, I think his opinion in this case should have been kept […]
Posted in Education in Wales, Life in Wales, Welsh Culture, Welsh Language, Welsh Politics | 1 Comment »
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
I’m offline for a couple of days and when I return I find out that ForumWales has won the Best Online Community award in this year’s Welsh Blog Awards!!!
This is fantastic news! Many thanks to all those who voted for us. Our thanks also go to the Welsh Blog Awards for setting up […]
Posted in ForumWales Site News, Wales on the Web | 5 Comments »
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
Isn’t this a pretty little thing?
Aw, just look at that cute little face…..
How could anyone NOT like such a creature?
Well, here in the States we avoid them like the plague. And here’s why…..
There I was last night (or is it this morning) at 1:00 a.m. happily snapping bubbles in Dave’s bloody addictive bubble wrap […]
Posted in General Stuff, Nature and the Environment | 4 Comments »
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Well why not. Not a topic anyone likes to talk about, dying, but let’s face it, we all do it.
As it happens, Oystermouth Cemetery has made the final list for the 2007 Cemetery of the Year award. So what makes this one so special?
Probably not the fact that hoards of people have […]
Posted in Life in Wales, SouthWest Wales, Swansea Area | 2 Comments »