Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 25, 2009, 1:26 pm
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 25, 2009, 1:26 pm
US 605 slowed and began to descend. The vivid blue Lake Mead was interrupted only be a tiny speck of concrete, otherwise known as the Hoover Dam. The Airbus 319 banked sharply and my stomach dropped quicker than the aluminium tube I was strapped into. Seemingly endless rocky desert gave way to in...
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 20, 2009, 3:56 pm
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 20, 2009, 3:56 pm
After a sabbatical of idleness I'm back, and looking forward to posting more notes on life and stuff in the very near future. Thanks for visiting my blog.
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Aug 8, 2008, 9:59 am
"After you land and collect your bags, grab a taxi over to the float plane terminal and I'll be there to meet you." Such was my first introduction to Canada – the epitome of the Yorkie bar culture. As an add-on to our 2006 summer vacation through parts of western USA, my wife and I spent a week in...
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 29, 2008, 3:02 pm
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. An indicator in the cockpit is telling us we have a hot undercarriage. We are going to lower the landing gear at cruising altitude to cool it down. You may hear a slight noise, but don't worry - this is normal operating procedure." You would be f...
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 22, 2008, 6:56 am
I read with some interest the other day about one of the largest land deals in history. By a treaty dated 30 April 1803, the United States agreed to buy the Louisiana Territory (modern day Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Oklahoma) from the French Republi...
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 12, 2008, 1:06 pm
I lost my credit card the other day, for the umpteenth time. I went to pay for some all-in-one dishwasher, denture cleaning and coffee sweetening tablets (or something like that) and discovered my flexible friend was missing. I knew this was nothing more sinister that old fashioned absentmindedness....
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 8, 2008, 5:55 am
I walked into the kitchen and stooped down to carefully remove a sumptuous gateaux from the fridge. I could hear the background chatter of friends and relatives gathered to celebrate my birthday. I firmly took hold of the serving plate and began to gently withdraw it from the fridge, twisting and tu...
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 5, 2008, 7:03 am
Impenetrable thick black clouds, fierce lightning storms and grapefruit-sized hail stones. No, I'm not describing a typical British summer but the weather conditions which precede the birth of a tornado – one of Mother Nature's most destructive forces. I am one of those nerdy people who don't just...
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jul 1, 2008, 3:03 pm
I love coffee. I love going to coffee shops even more, especially to enjoy a nice cup of the black stuff, as opposed to some other tasty beverage. I enjoy the exposed brick work surroundings, the miss matched leather chairs and people watching the 'society' ladies for whom this is a vital daily enga...
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Paul C. posted an article on Notes on Life and Stuff - Jun 30, 2008, 8:35 am
I went to have my hair cut this morning. I'd thought my hair was fine, but the discovery of a mullet in its infancy soon shocked me into action. I read that the origins of the word barber lie in the Latin word "barba", meaning "beard". This is all very strange because I don't have a beard. Stranger ...
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