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How I looped the loop
May 21st, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I have a lifelong interest in aviation sparked by my father being trained as a fighter pilot at the end of the Second World War (he was too young to see actual action). Like all pilots, I’ve kept a flight log and, in the course of my near 61 years, I have now made almost […]
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Ten days that shook my world (3)
May 18th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’ve used this blog to give a detailed account of my recent experience with Pipex whereby I lost my Internet connection for 10 days and only had it restored after around 20 calls to the Pipex first line ‘support’ in The Philippines and regular conversations with the second line ‘support’ in India. The day my […]
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Ten days that shook my world (2)
May 15th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
If you read my original posting on my terrible time with Internet service provider Pipex, you will understand why I am so angry with the company. I submitted a formal complaint by e-mail on Monday and was advised by an automated reply that I should receive a response within two working days. Four days later […]
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My feeling of ‘Jai Ho’
May 11th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I receive over 5,000 visits a day to my web site and two blogs – but typically I only have one or two comments a day. Yet the blog posting that has attracted more comments than any other – 28 so far – is the one where I ask “What does ‘Jai Ho’ mean?”. The […]
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Ten days that shook my world (1)
May 11th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Have you missed me? For more than a week, I haven’t blogged but I haven’t been away – so what was the problem? We all lose our connection to the Internet from time to time and it’s very frustrating. Usually switching off the PC and switching it back on seems to do the trick. Sometimes […]
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Art nouveau in Prague
April 28th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
As regular readers of NightHawk will know, I was in Prague for Easter. Now this city is an architectural gem and it has some especially fine buildings in the art nouveau style. One of the best examples in the Municipal House and, on this occasion, we went on a guided tour of the interior of […]
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This Sunday (1)
April 27th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I spent the day with our Chinese ‘family’ celebrating the second birthday of little Joshua. We all drove over to the Cotswold Wildlife Park which is ideal for young children. He was able to view large animals like rhinos, zebras, camels, and lions and to stroke smaller animals like sheep and goats – […]
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40 years in the Labour Party
April 22nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Forty years ago today, I joined the British Labour Party. At the time I was aged 20 and a university student. I wrote in my diary on 22 April 1969: “”Today, after about 18 months of slowly drifting Leftwards, I joined the Labour Party at a time when ‘In Place Of Strife’ is causing just […]
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The Darlington Spitfire
April 21st, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I am not a materialistic person so I want for very few possessions. However, if I had the money and it was for sale, I’d love to own a Supermarine Spitfire and, if it was a two-seater so that I could be flown around in it, then that would be absolutely fantastic. But, besides not […]
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Thought For The Week 500
April 19th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
It all began a decade ago when, on 18 April 1999, I read this sentence in the middle of an article in the “Observer Business Section”: “There appears to be a positive correlation between an atmosphere of ‘human playfulness’ (otherwise known as humour) in the workplace and the improvement of ‘innovative activity and creativity’.” At […]
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