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Unless you have just come out of prison after serving a 75-year sentence (what could you have done to get such a long stretch?), you must have experienced the safety instructions given on commercial airlines. They vary from one airline…
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During our “Dordogne Farm Holiday” in France with our two young daughters, we spent the first week enjoying life on the farm pretending to be farmers but mostly wandering round exploring the farm, picking fruit, stroking animals, chasing chicken, watching…
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Back in the Nineties, when mobile phones were the size and weight of a brick, the Internet was only accessible by nerds who called it “Information Super Highway”, and navigation was done by using paper maps, we went on a…
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Officer: What is the purpose of your visit? Me: I live and work in London Officer: What were you doing outside the UK? Me: I was on holiday Officer: As an “alien”, you are not allowed to enter the country…
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Weary Wisdom: Although nature sometimes saddles us with less than perfect relatives, it makes up for it by gifting us with the wisdom to make the right decisions. A short conversation overheard in a marine equipment shop in Southern Spain: Very…
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