Every day I pass a field in which turnips are growing then, suddenly, a flock of sheep appeared in the field restricted to one part of it by electric fencing. At first you could only see the sheep’s backs as they were only a little higher than than the turnip leaves. Slowly the sheep ate [...]
Entries from November 21st, 2009
Cathy Buckle’s latest letter
November 15th, 2009 · Comments Off · Zimbabwe
Dear Family and Friends, If you think things are back to normal in Zimbabwe, just walk into a bank. Its something I haven’t done for many months and flipping through my last cheque book reminded me of the mayhem of our banks less than a year ago. My cheque stubbs look like something from a [...]
Religion gets in the way ….
November 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Miscellaneous
…. of driving a bus! First it was the no God Bus. Now it’s bus driver suspended for praying which says “An Atlanta bus driver was suspended for insisting his passengers join him in a prayer, his employer says. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority spokesman Lyle V. Harris said LeRoy Matthews received a five-day furlough [...]
Success!
November 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Miscellaneous
On 28th October I wrote about our return from South Wales and said “Monday was taken up by something of which I’ll write about later but it certainly couldn’t be classified as a thing you go on holiday to do!” Yesterday we received the result of what had taken up that Monday – Essy’s Mum [...]
Tomorrow’s World
November 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · Miscellaneous
There is a wonderful archive of BBC Tomorrow’s World programmes here. This one, introducing the home computer terminal, predicts a time when homes will have ‘special computer points’ (WiFi was unthinkable) and prices were expected to fall below those of renting a telephone. This first home computer terminal 42 years ago cost £30 per week! [...]
