Clock This!

According to the popular George Formby song of the 1930s: “If you want to know the time, ask a Policeman”. Today, of course, in our vastly more cosmopolitan age, you might well be addressing a ‘gendarme’, a ‘guardia’, a ‘politziotto’ or even a ‘ New York cop’. And, language difficulties apart, you might well get a different answer from each.

The time of course depends on where you are in the world and, while your American grandma might normally be delighted for you to telephone her at 4.30 in the afternoon, she might find it less of a pleasure at 4.30 in the morning! So, to avoid an ear-bashing (and perhaps also to safeguard your future inheritance), why not check out precisely what time it is in her neck of the woods.

A quick and accurate way of doing this is to visit our handy Reference section (http://www.webwatch2000.com/portal/reference/) where the wealth of useful information includes timeanddate.com’s ‘world clock’ site which gives accurate information for different time zones and major cities across the world.

Celebrity Watch

No, we aren’t talking about the Rolex Oyster, the Patek Philippe, or the Tag Heuer. We are referring rather to the peculiar hobby of tracking the lives and fortunes of well-known strangers - people who, for no very good reason, we love to love (or sometimes love to hate).

A celebrity, it is sometimes said, is like an elephant - hard to define but recognisable on sight. At WebWatch2000, on the other hand, we prefer to think of a celebrity as more of an anchovy - to some people a delicious treat but to others a serious abomination!

At the last count we didn’t have any listings for anchovies - or elephants even - but celebrities are a different kettle of fish! So, if celebrity watching is your thing, take a look at the Celebrities section of the directory (http://www.webwatch2000.com/portal/celebrities/)

Happy surfing

Caveat Emptor

So you don’t speak Welsh? Well, that doesn’t really matter, because Caveat Emptor is Latin - and nobody speaks that (well, obviously the Pope, and a few other folk at the Vatican!)

What ‘Caveat Emptor’ means is ‘let the buyer beware’ and it is one of the reasons (together with ‘prenuptial agreement’ and a few other handy legal phrases) why there are very few poor lawyers in the world!

As far as we are concerned, it is only relevant because we would like you to know that we do not (cannot!) check the ‘bona fides’ (more of that Welsh stuff) of all the people and organisations whose websites are listed in our directory.

The fact that someone has a smart website does not mean that they have the moral scruples of Mother Teresa - nor, to be fair, those of Attila the Hun! (To be absolutely fair, we don’t believe either of those people had a website, so you can disregard that bit.) 

Our advice then, like that of your old headmaster at Eaton or Harrow (OK, the local comprehensive) is ‘do your homework’ (or your ‘prep’, even) especially if there is hard-earned money involved!  Check websites out carefully, and look out for physical address locations, user comments, feedback and personal recommendations.

Happy surfing!

It’s a Living Thing

Web directories grow, develop and evolve in a variety of ways. We would like this one to develop in ways that reflect the views of its user community, as well as the changeable times in which we live.

We have tried to make the site as interactive as possible – with links to social media, news feeds and links to other interesting sites that might otherwise escape your attention.

Do let us have your views on the structure and content of the site - particularly your suggestions for new directory categories or listings. (We believe in free speech, but we also like to keep things legal, clean, civilised and polite, so most aspects of the site are moderated!)

If you are promoting your own site, we would of course appreciate a reciprocal listing for WebWatch2000.com.

Getting this Blog on the Road

You are invited to take a look at our new WebWatch2000 guide to the web (http://www.WebWatch2000.com/portal/) – still in its early stages but growing rapidly day-by- day. We believe that this new “handy UK classified guide to the Web” will significantly enhance your surfing experience.

While search engines have transformed all of our lives, the vast volume of results they offer can sometimes be overwhelming. On such occasions you may find your requirements better served by a less comprehensive but more structured view of the world.

We hope that, in this way, you will find your use of WebWatch2000.com both helpful and enjoyable.