Sunday, March 25, 2007

And now it was Annikki's turn

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Annikki was jealous that as I had joined the exalted company of Moses and Jesus, she wanted to walk on the sea! So, there she is walking on ...
Friday, March 16, 2007

Anti-Racism Week in Oulu

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(Cross-posted on all my main blogs.) Next week, 19th to 25th March 2007, is Anti-Racism week. Tero Raiskio and I have been involved, as CHAF...
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Hilja celebrates her 87th Birthday

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Annikki and I helped Hilja, Annikki's mother, celebrate her 87th birthday today. Hilja certainly enjoyed the attention she got. Even thr...
Saturday, March 10, 2007

Moses parted the Red Sea, Jesus walked...

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In the Old Testament of the Holy Bible, Moses is reported to have struck the Red sea with his Staff and the sea parted allowing the Israelis...
Thursday, March 08, 2007

Last Saturday night, the eclipse

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I forgot to mentioin that last Saturday night I rushed off to Samu's house and picked up his telescope as Annikki wanted to see the tota...
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Samuel is 10

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In many ways it was a sad birthday for grandson Samu. His father, Tony, is away in Calofornia. His paternal grandparents are in Kalajoki, Fi...
Tuesday, March 06, 2007

One of my rare lectures

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(Cross-posted on the CHAFF Blog .) As you all know, I HAVE RETIRED! So, when Emelia Frantsi asked me to give a lecture (in English) at the O...
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Monday, March 05, 2007

Indian lady joins Nokia Board

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The drumbeat is growing as Nokia woos India as the enormous market is just opening up for it. Nokia now needs India more than India needs No...
Friday, March 02, 2007

Finest leather products in Oulu

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(Cross-posted on Oulu Best Buy Blog and the Oulu CHAFF Blog .) It is quite a long time since we put up anything significant on the Oulu Bes...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Spoilsport...

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(Cross-posted on the Oulu CHAFF Blog .) It is evident that why, whenever there is a contest or competition, relatives of the organisers are ...
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Monday, February 26, 2007

Using metaphors

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(Cross-posted on the Oulu CHAFF Blog .) When we posted our last entry on the CHAFF Blog, we used a mataphor that the tears flowed like the R...
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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Teaching driving

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Ashesh and Indu bought Tony and Joanna's virtually unused car. Before I handed it over to them, I thought I would let Ashesh drive the S...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The opposite of BEST BUY

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(Cross posted on our Oulu Best Buy Blog and the CHAFF Blog .) It is not often that we get angry or are deeply disturbed by an experience wh...
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Friday, February 02, 2007

Did you switch OFF?

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(Cross-posted on the Oulu Chaff Blog .) How many of you switched off all your lights and power units between 19:55 and 20:00 hours on 1st Fe...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Hilmi Oral wins prize

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(Cross-posted on the Oulu CHAFF blog .) This morning when I opened the newspaper, I read with great joy that Hilmi Oral had won the prize f...
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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