25th November 2009
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My father continues the story
They started getting very abusive and tried to force us to put the machine back as before which of course was impossible, and we had our work cut out to prevent them trying to turn it ba...
24th November 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Michael Ogden
My Father continued the story:
At first we thought he was merely asking for money, but by degrees, mostly by signs, we gathered that there were bandits, bad men or robbers in the hills around who would come down dur...
23rd November 2009
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This was Lady Blanche's first real forced landing and told my father, who she called Oggie, that she had such confidence in his ability to bring them safely down in emergency, that she never had a moment's anxiety.
D...
22nd November 2009
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My father continued the story: Towards evening several of the ruffians offered themselves as our guards for the night, but we didn't like the look of any of them much - the only one we fancied at all was a small man wh...
13th November 2009
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QUIZ NO.3
(Please circle the letter opposite your selected answer. There is only one correct answer to each question.)
1. The Highway Code quotes the shortest stopping distance from 50mph as: a. 53m(175ft). ...
05th November 2009
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Our monster tips we have found most useful in the 11 years of using a website
1.Choose a good name relevant to your business and make sure you keep it short. Preferably make the same as a well searched key phrase re...
03rd November 2009
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We had decided to try the Caribbean as a January destination as it is always warm the whole year, the people speak English, the country is stable economically and otherwise, and it offered scuba diving. We tried destina...
30th October 2009
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QUIZ NO.1
(Please circle the letter by your selected answer. There is only one correct answer.)
1. The Highway Code quotes that the shortest stopping distance from 60 mph is:
a. 53m(175ft).
b. ...
22nd October 2009
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I had worked for Natwest Bank in Cardiff for three and a half years and Bournemouth branches for a year and having passed ny banking exams, I was ready to find more exciting work and higher pay and started to apply to v...
22nd October 2009
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We spent two weeks in Jamaica in January 2004 . We had thought we might hire a car to do some sightseeing. After the drive from the airport we changed our minds. We are, perhaps, critical passengers (what IAM memb...
22nd October 2009
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Onto your Contact List should go everyone you can remember, going back as far as you can, no matter who they are, how long it is since you saw them or how little you know them. Your Contact List is the most important do...
21st October 2009
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Customer Base Building
If you want to earn £250 per month, build a customer base of 350 regular customers as soon as possible. Find 1000 customers within 6 months.
Why?
1 Customers spend between £3 and £5 pe...
20th October 2009
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With my wife Alison, a member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, I often try to write an article for their local magazine about standards of driving in countries we visit. So, we arranged in the past a number of tr...
19th October 2009
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QUIZ NO 2 (Please circle the letter of your chosen answer. There is only one correct answer) We all think we are super drivers but are we? Have a go with this quiz and see how you score.
1. The Highway Code quote...
17th October 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Michael Ogden
My first car was a Mini, which despite it's size was terrific for large people like me. It was passed on to me by my mother in 1968 after she retired from being a Health Visitor. I had it until 1970 when I was sent over...