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Working Boy
As a seventeen year-old office boy working for Steel Brothers and Company Ltd, one of my tasks was to take the bank pass books around to their relevant banks. Steel Brothers were a prosperous commodity trading company operating in the … Continue reading
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SOME METHODS OF CALCULATIONS
The Pareto Principal80% of Effects come from 20% of Causes (*80%-20%)A priority index by Vilfredo Pareto of Italy in 1896. The Bell CurveAn index showing gradation averages in centre and extremes at either end by Richard Herrstein and Charles … Continue reading
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INTO THE HILLS AGAIN
The longer the young ex-patriates worked in the remote Oil Fields the more they came to consider their local leave a serious matter that needed careful thought, firstly, the decision as to what place and then the timing and whether … Continue reading
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URSULA’S POEM
When we were separated by the Atlantic ocean in the 1960’s I wrote a poem called ‘A Pledge’ and sent it from Brazil. 50 years later I found this poem by Ursula in a scrap pad written by her but … Continue reading
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A PICNIC – ENGLISH STYLE
The Year 1985 stays in my memory for two principal reasons; The Awful Summer and the picnic in Windsor Great Park. Caroline had recently returned from her University gap-year in Spain and seemed to have scattered invitations around for newly … Continue reading
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COMMUNICATION
It was 29th September 2020 and Linie, Mads and Louis were visiting. The talk turned to Social Media and Mads said that she ‘followed’ David Attenborough while Louis said he ‘followed’ Barack Obama. I congratulated them on selecting such good … Continue reading
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COMMUNICATIONS
It was September 29th and Linie, Mads and Louis were visiting. The talk turned to Social Media and Mads said that she ‘followed’ David Attenborough while Louis said he ‘followed’ Barack Obama. I congratulated them on selecting such good examples … Continue reading
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A PLEDGE
If all the joys you gave to meWould vanish like a sun-warmed mistAnd all the happiness be goneLike lightness at a setting sun –If memory of your glad, quick smileMy twin-locked heart could not recall,Then would my treasure house be … Continue reading
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