Hope I'm not too late to say bad luck Runce, hope everything turns out well for you. Everyone I know seems to be either chucking or losing their jobs at the moment and so far it's done them the world of good.
Have you got web access at home, btw? I bloody hope so.
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Flux:
"A question though - when exactly did Brighton become the Barbeparadise? It's starting to sound like the Williamsburg of England..."
Brighton = arty types, smiley bohemians (as opposed to the grim, nihilistic sort, although Nick Cave and Julie Burchill live there too), large gay community, hills, pebble beach, specialist record and comic shops, hippies. It's the place you're most likely to see a cheerful old man in a cravat and straw hat. It is always sunny there, except on Sundays when it rains in a cosy sort of way. Everyone in Brighton is always happy. Seagulls make proper seagull sounds, unlike the sullen, moody ones you get in Portsmouth.
Actually, there's something for every type of 'lither on the central south coast of England:
Southampton (aka Scumhampton) = commercial dockyard, ocean liners, Benny Hill, history of letting in marauding French, mud
Portsmouth = naval dockyard, violence, Victorian authors, anti-paedophile witch hunts, successful defense against French, complete lack of decent record shops, flat grey sky all year round, overcrowding
Bournmouth = pensioners, big sandy beach, regular appearances by dodgy old comedians.
But Brighton prolly has the best shops.
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