Monday, November 16, 2009
Brother number 2
Brother number 2; D- born in 1934 is still going strong. Being only eight years older than me we had in many ways the closest relationship. He was the brother who was prepared to dig for buried treasure, play draughts, snap and table tennis on the dining table. As the middle child he missed out on...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Where there's muck, there's money.
At present we arenaturally preoccupied with next month’s climate summit in Copenhagen. Even school children, such as Miramy granddaughter, are aware that something important is about to take place. Inthe last few weeks her class has had a project about re-cycling and they have beenproducing ‘junk’...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Nudging works.
Wiley John dropped a hint that he would like to hear about my brothers. So let me begin with the eldest Bernard Lewis born in 1932. In those days the family was well to do so in his infancy he was fed with a silver spoon and fussed over by a nanny. By the time brother number 2 David arrived in 1934...
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Generalization and injustice.
A few weeks ago people here were alarmed when they heard that two men had been arrested in Chicago charged with plotting attacks in Denmark. We know that we are vulnerable after the cartoon crisis. http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article819041.ece However to show what I consider the obvious i.e....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
H1N1
H1N1 has arrived in our midst too, there are cases at the grandchildren's school. So just a short greeting to wish you a peaceful, bright and healthy day. Being deemed in the risk group I've been vaccinated against it, so have my daughter and granddaughter. My grandson's coming to stay for a couple...
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