I do not know who in God's name wrote this, but I believe I heard it on a James Bond flick. It went like this: "If you are going out for revenge, dig two graves.'' JON ERIC PETTY Hamilton Parish Minister failed to show December 8, 2000 Dear Sir, In yesterday's Royal Gazette there is an article in the Business Section about Axiom Services -- which is an electronic solutions provider, assisted by Centre Solutions.

They hosted a presentation and reception on Wednesday evening to introduce their product to the marketplace, and all those involved should be commended for their efforts. In particular they should be commended for their creative solution to assist the Department of Tourism, whose current website is a national disgrace and waste of money.

The only fly in the ointment is the fact that the Minister of Tourism (who was the guest of honour) failed to show, leaving fifty or sixty people standing around twiddling their thumbs before things eventually got underway. It is the efforts of the private sector -- and taxpayers' money -- that will rejuvenate tourism, and it is therefore embarrassing that the Minister, by his absence, showed such lack of interest.

A LOCAL Playing with the traffic December 13, 2000 Dear Sir, The MarketPlace raffle for the Peugeot car is finally over and I, for one, am glad. Each week, for 12 weeks, my wife just had to do her $100 shop, usually on a Sunday or with me as her companion.

Of course, I did not go in, but sat in the car participating in a new adventure, traffic watching. The Heron Bay MarketPlace was the most interesting, as I could keep an eye on the parking lot and the main road.

Over the course of 12 weeks, I witnessed two "hit and runs'' and three "fender benders'', all of which took place in the car park. On the main road I saw two separate people mown down on the pedestrian crossing, two scooters struck as they pulled into traffic and my all-time worst, this guy was flying on his bike from the west, when he swerved to avoid a car pulling out. As he proceeded toward the Camp Hill junction he turned, shook his fist at the driver and called her a few choice names. Then "BANG'' he struck a truck going in the opposite direction. Fortunately, there was only minor damage to the truck. The driver was not so lucky as he received a ticket, not even a caution, for driving on a Sunday.

I guess he was in the right place on the wrong day.

DOUGLAS C. ROBERTS Sandys Parish No laughing matter December 18, 2000 Dear Sir, What is it about human nature, that forces one, to be afraid of, dispute, make fun of, destroy, and or demean, what they do not or for whatever reason, cannot be bothered to spend the necessary time to comprehend.

With all the various methods and vehicles of information gathering offered to us in this day and age there are still those few within our society, who find it disgustingly convenient to simply make a mockery of what only they consider to be factual.

SHANE SIMMONS Devonshire