Jacob's Blog

Annikki and Jacob Matthan live in Oulu, Finland. Annikki is a Finn, Jacob an Indian. They are the founders of the Findians Movement way back in 1967. Both are now retired. They have been married for 57 years. This blog is an account of their lives and thoughts as reminiscenced through Annikki's and Jacob's eyes.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Shift from Spring to Summer

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The days are now long here in Oulu. It is bright all through the 24 hours. The spring air is turning to a feel of summer. The neighbours are...
Sunday, May 18, 2008

DNA Finland Oy continues to DEFRAUD customer

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On April 6th 2008 , over a month ago, I drew your attention in my Oulu Best Buy blog entry Worst Internet Service Provider - DNA to how, f...

Never heard of the NOROVIRUS before Wednesday!

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(Cross-posted on all my major blogs.) I have been missing on the Blogosphere and in my Google Groups for a few weeks. It has been because of...
Sunday, May 04, 2008

May 3rd 2008 - Oulu's Hyde Park Style Corner

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Many of you may remember my last year's blog postings: Freedom of Speech - Whose? ">Oulu’s Hyde Park Corner The same event app...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Has Oulu International School started teaching Rubber Technology?

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When I was studying Polymer Science and Technology in the London School of Rubber Technology, England in the early 60s, my lecturer in Rubbe...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

I Wish You a Sandpiper

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Posted on all my major blogs. I received this in an email from Joan & Kevin Dean. Thank you for sending this to me as I am blogging it e...
Sunday, April 06, 2008

Worst Internet Service Provider - DNA

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(Posted on Jacob's Blog and the Oulu Best Buy Blog .) It is rarely that I post a Worst Buy Report but this is one which certainly dese...
Saturday, April 05, 2008

Oulu - India Crazy Love Express?

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2008 Crazy Days were here again. I drove up to Stockman on my scooter on the opening day of the Crazy Days, Wednesday 2nd April, and found f...
Friday, April 04, 2008

Knowing how it feels to be LOVED!

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Yesterday was a strange day. Joanna rang me early morning to tell me that I should take Samu to school as he was going downhill skiing and w...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Hopefully back on line

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(Posted on all my major blogs) Yesterday, after some 33 days of being without my internet connection, I was put back on line. Several errors...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Silent prayer

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Today, I said a Silent Prayer for my mother Ammachi), who would have celebrated her 94th birthday, had she been alive. Ammachi (Senior Stude...
Monday, March 10, 2008

A trying three weeks

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When Annikki's mother came home from her interval care in the Old People's Home in mid February, we were a bit worried about her phy...
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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Annikki launches her new blog

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I have been off blogging because of a problem with my ethernet connection, making me use my 56 kps internal modem rather than my 100 Mps eth...
Monday, February 18, 2008

Wow: 10 days.......

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How time flies. It has been 10 days since my last posting. Annikki and I have been up to our necks doing all sorts of things. Annikki’s moth...
Friday, February 08, 2008

Action Snowman - 2nd Installment

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Many of you raised the point that the pictures in my previous post on the Action Snowman did not really explain how the Action Snowman would...

Action Snowman - 2nd detailed post

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many of you raised the point that the pictures did not really explain how the Action Snowman will work. I got a few more explicit photograph...

World's first "Action Snowman"

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Annikki is famed for many things - but one of her specialities is designing snowmen. Many will recall how, a few years ago, I was greeted at...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The seamier side of my life

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Yesterday, I told you of my first love - my Miss Universe who has been at my side for 44 years and as my partner for 41 years. But alas, man...
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