Thanks, and I assume the leg is still improving.
Much thankfulness and are you getting paid to say nice things about me? As you can see am I extremely ‘popular’ with Tommy too (note his happy looking shaking blue-faced smiley). The low-cunning plan was to infuriate him enough with the “Y-word” so that he’d jump on a plane and hunt me down as obviously I cannot travel - unconventional but it may work. 
Heh. I’m training my Ninja Killer Kittehs as we speak. A scrawny Yorkshire terrier should be no more than a mouthful for them. 
They are “toy dogs” and originated from ‘Scotch terriers’ and “improved in Yorkshire”. I suspect they were bred small so they were low maintenance however, they are surprisingly brave for such a small breed.
Though I suspect your prowl of menacing house ‘Lodjur’ probably would eat them for breakfast.
I suspect they were bred small so they were low maintenance however, they are surprisingly brave for such a small breed.
Bred small so they could do their jobs better: terriers are rat-catchers.
I know what it is (thanks for telling me it Robert).
It’s definately something interesting (unique) and I won’t give it away because I’ll leave that up to you…but I would believe it’s doubtful anyone else on earth has it…
Poes, not really Yorkshire terriers they are “toy dogs” their fur would take forever to clean and they have been “improved” too much for working. Though would be small enough to fit into a handbag and bite a sneak-thief or make a lot of annoying yapping noises.
There are an awful lot of people “out there” so it is possible somewhere, someone else has the same trait? Though you might be right about the “uniqueness”.
Though would be small enough to fit into a handbag and bite a sneak-thief or make a lot of annoying yapping noises.
Those aren’t dogs. Those are rats with diamond-studded collars. What I recall of a Yorkshire terrier though was a small, rat-catching dog. I do make a distinction between ratting dogs and rat-dogs.
A rat-dog:
See, unlike real dogs, these things shiver all the time and need fancy sweaters. And their eyes look too big for their skulls. And they can’t actually bark like a real dog. They yip and squeak. See where this is going? It’s like calling those one rats “Maned Hamsters”, someone’s made an excellent foray into marketing with the term “toy dog” lawlz : )
Well, I suspect they wanted them to sound extremely ferocious and “mighty” so prefixed Yorkshire in front of the word terrier…
You were probably thinking of the rough-coated Jack Russell terrier that does “instinctively” tend to kill things that live underground or in holes. Or possibly the Airedale Terrier; largest of the terriers but were originally bred in Yorkshire and very close to where I live, for Otter hunting.
Alternatively, it could have been a cross-bred dog. Hmm, “Maned Hamsters” yeah, that’s a fairly good description. 
Congrats Robert. Yorkshire is beautiful, Nidderdale in particular is somewhere I’ve visited a lot and I’ve always thought it to be pretty idyllic (as in the “English idyll” sense).
Congratulations. I enjoyed reading your interview and also seeing that you were trained as - and do - something totally different. I’m a psychologist but I adore web design/development. It’s a passion. Nice to have both a job and a “hobby” that you enjoy.
Susan
Sorry for being so late but just wanted to congratulate xhtmlcoder 
Very interesting interview :agree:
Thanks for the confirming it is not actually a “quagmire” and it wasn’t fancifully writing. Some of my ancestors lived around that area; Pateley Bridge, obviously it is the only town in that area. I am near Haworth Bronte Country but it’s more densely populated than the Nidderdale area and has far less bare rocks.
Yes, thanks you need “variation” to keep your mind active, and ensure that you keep your skills up-to-date opening more windows of opportunity.
Late, you cannot be “late” so long as its involves the month; May 2010, there’s about another twenty days for anyone to pluck-up the courage… I promise not to bite their heads-off during that time. But thanks for taking the time to reply.