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About me;
My normal Look!
Well my name is Paul Sayle also know as
Taffy, Donald or Daffy Duck, because of the impressions I do for the
children and some of the adults as well, I'm employed by Isle of Man
Transport where I am a bus driver, I'm also known by other
names that cannot be repeated, well not on this family site!
lol.
I'm forty four years old and have three children, 23(M), 20(F), 14(M) and
have been very happily married to Maria for 25 years this
September, I have been interested in computers or to be more precise
the programs that are on the computer, I have completed the Clait
Stage 1 course which covers Microsoft Office programs Word, Excel,
Access, PowerPoint and Desk
Top Publishing
using Word, which are held by the TGWU and are FREE to
members of the TGWU, I sometimes help out with the lessons and would
like to try teaching at some point, I'm always being asked for
advise about different computer problems from the other drivers at
work, which I really enjoy helping them sort out.
I got started in web design by one of the other bus drivers
Big John McCreadie, who is the 2nd Coxswain at Douglas Lifeboat
Station, it began when he told me how good I was on computers, and
that I could design a web-site easily, well before I had time to
think about it, I heard myself say, why not: God! I was completely
off my trolley, not only did I not have any programs to create a
website with, I had no idea where to start, so I then got a program
called Serif Webplus8, so I taught myself how to make a Website
which never got used, but the ideas from that site helped create
this one,
in the meantime my brother told me about Microsoft's FrontPage so
now I had to learn both programs and after some huge cock-ups, I got
most of the site built, to say it was a steep learning curve is an
under-statement, more like a vertical 100ft mountain climb with Big
John on my back but after six months of some very stressful and
also some very funny moments, well they were funny for Maria and my
kids, especially when I got something wrong.
This is now the second version of this site, as I had to
start from scratch when I tried to make too many changes at once and
my system failed, it took me three days of very late nights to get
the site how it is today, I have learnt a lot over the past year or
so, from the history of Sir William Hillary and his involvement in
forming the RNLI, and how he was instrumental in getting the Tower
of Refuge built, I have also met some very nice people in the
Douglas Lifeboat crew and officials, who have said some very kind
things about the site, I have been privileged to go out on exercise
with the crew, which I would say is one of the most thrilling things
I have done!
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On the Tower of Refuge.
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* Well the Body Shave Has Taken
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Saturday 7h January.
To say I was a little apprehensive about the body shave is an
understatement, but Larna and Karina made everything a piece of
cake especially as I came armed with two bottles of wine, then
(after they stopped laughing) it was straight down to business,
Karina took control of the clippers and after only six seconds
had a stripe across my head, (see pic)
another few minutes later it was all gone, then on to my chest,
which after some wrangling Larna drew the short straw and got to
work (sorry no pics) so with my chest out of the way.
It was time for the bit I was not looking forward to! Larna got
the wax strips ready and set about my legs like a demon (see
pic) I got the impression that Larna was enjoying my pain a
little too much, (the manic laughter every time she tore the wax
strip off gave it away), on behalf of all men everywhere I
sympathise with the way women suffer, to say it smarts a little
is just an insult, IT BLOODY HURTS!!!! (and yes I am a
wimp).
After only twenty five minutes the whole thing was over and done
with, I would like to thank all the staff of the Hairport for
their professionalism, they are a credit to Larna and
themselves. I would also like to thank Roger Oram for taking
some pictures and, to Isle of Man Papers, who have given me some
great publicity, and with a total raised to date of ... |
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£943 |
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I would like to thank everyone who gave so
generously when I was dressed as Santa on the buses, which was
the week before Christmas, when a total of £309 was collected,
and with more monies outstanding, I am hopeful of reaching £700
and would be very pleased if it was more, so once again a huge
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have still got a lot to do to keep the site going, but it is getting
easier to do, I would say that if you are thinking of starting your
own site, I recommend using Microsoft's FrontPage, but that is
my own opinion, there are some other programs out there like
DreamweaverMX, Home Site 5 and Serif's WebPlus 8 which have ready
made designed sites, the most important thing is to take your time
and not be afraid to make mistakes, also spend as much time as
you can getting to know your chosen program.
I am also keen on photography and use PaintShopPro 9 as the
main editing program for pictures, I have tried using Photoshop but
find it user unfriendly, but I do use it when I need to, I have a reputation at work for taking compromising photos or if
the picture isn't compromising, after I've finished, it will be!, so if
you need any advise or have any suggestions on making the site
better, please send them to me here at
douglasrnli@manx.net |
Karina Having Fun
