Memories
Posts with old photos in them
Breaking out, last years in Portugal
Was there ever a time in your working life when you had just had enough? This is my story. The oil industry traditionally is one of boom and bust. One day you are a Chief Geophysicist working on prospects off…
The Band
Rag Mama Rag hit the airwaves in 1969 as a track on their second album The Band. I liked the song and bought the album and subsequently Music from Big Pink released the year before. The music was identifiably rock…
Desktops 1
I have a number of photos that I have used as desktops on various computers. Most of them hold some memory or have a background of some meaning for me. The quality of the photos however, is quite variable. In…
Tabitha Cambodia
Today I heard from Janne Ritskes that Tabitha Cambodia is closing down. Janne says the reasons are: “Covid has had a significant impact on Cambodia and on our projects as it has worldwide. The level of donations to Tabitha Cambodia…
From Punched Cards to eLearning
This post is edited from a piece submitted for a course on the internet, probably Coursera. My educational background was maths and science-based and at school I developed a fascination with Physical Geography and later Geology. When I graduated in…
First New Zealand Visit
I first visited New Zealand in 1979 and again in 1980 but I’m not sure that I have photos, maybe somewhere. Of course it was a totally different experience then, a long trip too. Returning on BA 001 took something…
Lockdown Day 25
More detail on maybe coming out of Level 4, cabinet to decide tomorrow. Only 9 new cases today and all traced to contacts. Apart for that it was ice creams and wii dance again Who let the chucks out? This…
Lockdown Day 19
Blast from the past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuServe Easter Monday, a piece of lamb from our neighbours in exchange for free range eggs. Casseroled with apples and turned out well. Also enough left for slow cooking and a good bone for stock. Cranium…
Lockdown Day 15
Another busy one today but also a very sad one, one of my heroes died today. I first heard John Prine on John Peel around 1971 or 1972 when, as a student, I had a lot of time for listening…
Cambodia 1999
Introduction I wrote this after our first trip. It gives some impressions of the country fairlr soon after it was opened up from Khmer Rouge control. The city, the countryside and Angkor had very few visitors at that time. We…