I now realise that I've done this completely wrong...I should have introduced myself properly before commenting on this wonderful..and rather insightful site. So apologies for neglecting to do that.
To give you my background..."Rimbaud" is of course my alter ego...My real name is Andrew and I live in the Haute Pyrennees in SW France; I own a small but extremely busy Hotel or Chambre D'Hote with two friends..my CV is horribly eclectic...although I started off in the normal way...School..Army..City trader etc...then in the slump before last I was made redundant from my job...I retrained as a chef de cuisine..and have spent the last fifteen years either cooking in Bistros..setting up kitchens for others..running "posh" restaurants in London and recently this latest business venture.
I'm half French...my Mothers family hail from Normandy and Paris..My Fathers family hail from Hastings in Sussex...It's fair to say that I am a pure Norman..and "Rimbaud" seems to come from similar stock to me. We both have the "pale blue eye" of the Gaul and the same "wonderlust". Where we depart is the insanely wonderful poetry of Rimbaud...I wake up in the morning with his verse ringing in my ears...never forget that he gave it all up by the time he was twenty. I use "Rimbaud" as my nom de plume..because I love his works and admire him personally.
I'll end this "C.V" by saying how happy I am to be a part of you all..and thankyou to all of you who wrote to me on AV2suggesting that I might be happier here. I can already tell you that I am. I'm a bit tired of arguing with folk who simply want to provoke a fight just for the short term pleasure of seeing someone get banned. I will always support the downtrodden and defend the abused... I might not always be right in doing so..but one has to take some sort of position in life. Bear with my friends..I'm still trying to find my feet.
P.S. Please excuse my written English in future...I'm horribly dyslexic and it takes me ages to write a post...Love to you all
Rimbaud