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That’s one small step for Apple, one giant leap for Roger
March 14th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
One of my New Year resolutions was to upgrade my mobile phone and my mobile network. Two years ago, I upgraded from an iPhone 1 to an iPhone 5 and from 2G to 3G. This week, I upgraded from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 6 and from 3G to 4G. I may be 66 […]
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My 1st short story: “Making A Difference”
March 13th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
It’s almost six years since I started to write short stories, although I haven’t written one for a while now. So I thought it was time to give them another airing and, over coming Fridays, I’ll highlight one short story for you to read to end the week or start the weekend. My first short […]
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Middle Name Pride Day 2015
March 6th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Apparently today is Middle Name Pride Day. I had no idea that there was such a name until I heard a reference on the radio. But … here goes. My middle name is Alessandro which is Italian because my mother was from Naples. What’s your middle name and why?
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Almost 90 photos of our holiday in Ethiopia
March 1st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
A week ago, I put on my web site a detailed account our our two-week holiday in Ethiopia. Now I have added 89 photographs to the text, You can view them here.
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In the week since our return from Ethiopia …
February 27th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
We have had our third and last rabies injection. We have had our third and last (for a year) hepatitis B injection. We have completed our course of maleria tablets. All the clothes have been washed and ironed (mostly at our local dry cleaners). Even our dusty, hard working trainers have been cleaned (in our […]
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What happened when I spilt my tea
February 22nd, 2015 by Roger Darlington
After two weeks away in Ethiopia, I haven’t quite settled into home yet. So somehow I managed to spill a full cup of tea over my computer keyboard. Once I had wiped up the mess, my keyboard looked cleaner than at any the since I bought it, but a number of the letters no longer […]
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Our Ethiopian odyssey: the complete narrative
February 21st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
During our two-week holiday in Ethiopia, I blogged most days about the travel experience of that day. I have now pulled all the postings into a single narrative. Even if you read the various blog postings, you might want to look at the narrative because: the headings relate to locations rather than dates there are […]
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What happened when I missed my desserts
February 21st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
A day after our return from a two-week holiday in Ethiopia, I weighed myself and found that I had lost almost 3 kilos. Partially this must be due to all the tough walking we did. Partially, however, it must be because we rarely had deserts and then it was usually a banana. As friends and […]
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Our Ethiopian odyssey (14): conclusion
February 20th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Our flight back to London was an overnight one, so Dawit took us out for our first non-hotel meal. It was to a place called the “2000 Habesha Cultural Restaurant”. In fact. It was not like a restaurant at all: a large rectangular room had buffet food at one of the narrow sides and a […]
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Our Ethiopian odyssey (13): back to Addis Ababa
February 19th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Our last day in Ethiopia – day 13 (Thursday) – started early with the alarm at 5.45 am. Vee & Roger found that, in spite of mosquito nets in our four-poster bed, we had been bitten on face, arms and hands. The group left the hotel at 7.30 am and proceeded to the airport at […]
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