Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Two links for you

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Susanna has put up a blog entry to wish us a happy Ruby (40th) Wedding Anniversary . On it, little Asha, who is just 9, plays her violin in...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

40 years ago

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(Cross-posted on the CHAFF Blog .) It was 40 years ago that in a small but picturesque town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England, that we we...
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Saturday, January 27, 2007

Fish food and spawning goldfish

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Annikki has been at me for a few days for me to pick up the fish food as the current tin was being rapidly depleted. She wanted a special so...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Special action on 1st February 2007

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(Cross-posted on all my major blogs.) This message was sent to me by my friend 59er Peter Miovic for the widest possible circulation. Since ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Dinner with Asheesh, Indu and Karthik

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This morning's newspaper brought news of another Indian acquisition of a Finnish facility, the largest Biotechnology facility in our reg...
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Monday, January 15, 2007

My childhood friend is now blogging

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There have been many people that were my friends when I was a child. Most of them were of my age group. I do not have contact with many if t...
Saturday, January 13, 2007

Attending a funeral

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(Cross-posted on the CHAFF Blog .) Raija Pojhanpalo Today at 12 noon we attended the funeral of Raija Pohjanpalo at the Old Chapel in Oulu. ...
Friday, January 12, 2007

Mallu CD Salesman on the phone

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Mallus (Malayalees from Kerala) are everywhere. The saying goes that if you reach the top of Mouut Everest, you will find Mallu with a tea s...
Thursday, January 11, 2007

Another demise, another friend gone

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As I put away my tears on hearing of the demise of one good friend from Oulu, the tears flowed yet again as I just received news of the demi...

My first Audio Blog Entry

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I received this from regular readers of Jacob's Blog, a great couple, Yakub & Shilpa Mathew, in the USA. All Mallus should greatly e...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Tears to shed

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(Cross-posted on the Oulu CHAFF Blog .) In 1984, when we moved to Finland, Annikki was looking for something to do. She saw an advertisement...

Delighted grandparents

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It was the 1st of January 2007 when my Skype phone on my eMac rang. And behold, there were two of our grandkids waiting to talk to us. Howev...
Monday, January 08, 2007

Nobel Laureate attends Oulu CHAFF meeting

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(Cross-posted from the Oulu CHAFF Blog .) The first meeting CHAFF for 2007 was an event which showed that we are going to have an outstandin...
Saturday, January 06, 2007

2007 vs 2006

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(Cross-posted on all our major blogs.) 2006 was a wonderful year, better than 2005; 2005 was a wonderful year, better than 2004, and....... ...
Saturday, December 30, 2006

Busy day, yet

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(Cross-posted on Jacob's Blog .) I had a very busy schedule yesterday. Even so, just before noon, I had a sudden urge to ring Ilari and...

She is back, 2 months on

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(Cross-posted on Jacob's Politics Blog .) One of the most watched blogs is Baghdad Burning by the Girl Blogger from Iraq. On the eve of...
Friday, December 29, 2006

Thanks to blogging

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Annikki and I greatly missed our girls, their husbands and grandkids this Christmas. They were holidaying in Florida at a place known as Kis...
Thursday, December 28, 2006

Some odd issues of today

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Yesterday was a day of waiting, as, despite it being a holiday for their department, the Office of Equipment Loan for Invalids, delivered, a...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Great greetings

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Annikki and I got some outstandingly beautiful, some really deeply emotional, and many other types of greetings this year. Each one was view...
Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas to all our friends

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(Cross-posted on the CHAFF Blog .) It is Christmas morn. Annikki and my email Inboxes are filled with greetings from all corners of the glob...