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by Duncan inthere will be a lot of moon landing stuff in the press and media in the next couple of months - its 40 years since that first small step the anniversary is on july 20th.. so, like ive done in the past (for example this post regarding the transit of venus in 2004, which i posted 3 months early), i thought i would get my 40th anniversary post in before anyone else.. this is it, then: the apollo moon landing- the part i played in the whole thing.
growing up in the sixties in england, for people of my age and nationality, there were maybe two great events in that decade that stand out as truly unforgettable .
winning the world cup in 1966 was one, and the apollo moon landing was the other.
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Hester and Cars
by Duncan inhester had opinions on pretty much everything, and one of the things i heard her pronounce upon over and over again were motor cars.. .
i must admit , this story isnt as funny as some of the other things she said, but its an interesting story nonetheless.. .
anyway, hester had firm views on cars: .
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Hester and North Sea Gas
by Duncan inif you dont know who hester is (or was shes probably dead by now, forty years later), she was an elderette in our congregation way back when.
they know its got less of a smell, so they put a noise into it!
where they make it in the gasworks they put a noise in it.
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Tom Gets A Big Fright
by Duncan ini havent posted anything much for a while, but the other day i was thinking about this story, and i thought id share it.
i did think twice, though, because it involves incidents and behaviour so bizarre and non-christian that some readers might have trouble believing this kind of thing could actually go on.
anyway, at one period, tom fell completely under garys spell, and thats where this story gets started.
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Christine's Retirement Lunch
by Duncan ina few months ago, i went to christines retirement lunch.. i didnt really know christine that well, she joined the company when we merged with another business a year or two before.
she took care of facilities management (cleaning contractors, building maintenance, landlord management etc) on all the properties the company used.
prior to the new arrangements, she would most probably have been one of my team, but as it was, she reported up to someone else, and i never got to know her properly.. until the day of the retirement lunch, when i sat next to her and a long talk.
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Night Guards at Twickenham
by Duncan ina very enjoyable part of my job these last few years has been entertaining clients with corporate hospitality at the rugby union international matches at twickenham.
i work for a software company, as finance director, and these events such as the six nations, or the annual barbarians tour - provide companies such as mine a valuable opportunity to spend time with customers and prospects and try to interest them in our products, or at least get them to be favourably disposed to the company.
sponsorship of rugby matches like this is actually quite a smart move marketing-wise.
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The Nails in Jesus' Hands
by Duncan indear everyone,.
i have been watching the new bbc production of the passion this easter week.
very good it is too, i think, and its interesting that for the biggest, most expensive star they had in the cast, they gave him the role of pilate, not jesus.
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The Day Hester Decided that Perry Como was a Witness
by Duncan indear all,.
i have posted hester ("shoot the pipes") stories here before - see these postings for the background story of this elderette in my congregation back in the seventies.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/57269/844359/post.ashx#844359.
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Barbara Anderson's Paedophilia CD: The Watchtowers Chocolate Cake Defence
by Duncan ini received my copy of barbara andersons cd paedophilia in an american religion a month or two ago, and i have been reading through it since.. what follows, although i have called this a review, is in no sense a scholarly consideration of the legal merits of the cases described, a task for which i am wholly unqualified.
these are, rather, my subjective reflections on the material presented, the impressions i gathered while reading the legal filings, my untrained, common-man appraisal of the cases laid out in those documents.
ill also admit to being swayed by tone of voice adopted, and to using my own common-sense yardstick in determining the reasonableness of the statements made, the responses given and the arguments put forward.
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AM I THE ONLY GUY IN THE WORLD WHO....?
by Duncan inokay, heres how this works: .
either reply to mine, or make up your own new ones.. .
* am i the only guy in the world who * .. .