Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Nov 21, 2009, 6:35 pm
I am ready. Tomorrow I will be in hospital to have my surgery on my hand. But the news are great. Last Wednesday I had a meeting with the anesthesia specialist. She told me that I will not be put into...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Nov 14, 2009, 11:28 pm
Piper Cherokee 140. When I was living in South Africa, I made my private pilots licence on this lovely machine (1968). Rockwell Aero Commander. Once I had my licence, I was walking around this aircra...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Nov 9, 2009, 11:25 pm
I am enjoying the last few days of "liberty of movement". Liberty to drive my car. Liberty of banging on my computer keyboard. Liberty of doing anything that needs the use of two hands. On November 2...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Nov 4, 2009, 6:06 pm
Something cool today. When I was 17, doing my commercial apprenticeship, when tickets for a concert cost 5 dollars, I went to my favorite record shop. I was told that they had something new for me. A ...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Nov 1, 2009, 9:36 pm
Lufthansa did read my post "I might bore you". When I reached home, I found a letter from them: Dear Mr. Voegtli, We thank you very much for your kind words in your post. It was for us an immense p...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Oct 24, 2009, 8:13 am
In five days I will leave "MY" lovely island of Sri Lanka. My mission is finished. I have started to say Good Bye to my many colleagues who have become friends. I will miss the beauty of this countr...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Oct 14, 2009, 7:14 pm
Again a story about airplanes. But this time it is rather a story about an airline. My love story with Lufthansa. The story has developped because I was "orphaned". As a Swiss, I did fly for many year...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Oct 9, 2009, 9:18 pm
Saving lifes. That is what we are doing in our daily work of giving food assistance to people in need. But sometimes we do a different thing. We get the water in our house from an open well and pump ...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Oct 5, 2009, 6:58 am
WFP OFFICE IN ISLAMABAD BLASTED Statement On Explosion At WFP Offices In Islamabad, Pakistan Published on 05 October 2009 WFP is providing vital food assistance to as many as 10 million people acros...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Oct 4, 2009, 6:33 pm
A jewel, a treat. A video from 1963. "Jive Samba" performed by the great Cannonball Adderley with his alto sax, accompagnied by his also great brother Nat on the trumpet, Yusuf Lateef, as great, with ...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Sep 28, 2009, 1:18 pm
Because when I was drafted (a long time ago) they put me in infantry. And we walked and walked and walked. For miles, many miles. I am still tired today. The people in the Army justice department neve...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Sep 25, 2009, 9:33 pm
One week gone, I am going back to Sri Lanka today. I tried to rest. but being here such a short time, there was a lot of running around to do. I was not much on internet, I did not visit blogs much a...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Sep 22, 2009, 7:16 pm
As you know, I call myself Worldman. But is this a justified name? When I look at the world map, it seems that there are a lot of "empties" left for me to carry that name. Looking at the Americas,...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Sep 16, 2009, 6:01 pm
In two days I will go for my last break and rest. And at the end of the next month, my mission in Sri Lanka will be finished. In the coming days, I will not be posting very much but I will visit your ...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Sep 11, 2009, 6:45 pm
Probably I started wondering when I was a baby. When will they come and change my dipers? When will I get my bottle? When, when, when? But then, I am not sure whether I was wondering at that time. I d...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Sep 7, 2009, 6:50 pm
A lovely aircraft: The Airbus 340-600. With its 75 meters, the world's longest passenger airplane. Here seen on take-off at Kotoka International Airport, Accra/Ghana, on August 29, 2009. Picture:...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Sep 4, 2009, 6:03 pm
This month something a bit modern. In the range of fusion jazz. Which is not really my favorite kind of jazz. But here you will see a great, young saxophone player: Candy Dulfer. She has performed se...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Aug 26, 2009, 6:08 pm
This is the first of a series of posts about aircrafts. It is dedicated to Baron, all the frequent flyers in this world and anybody who is interested in airplanes. Auster V. The first plane I ever sa...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Aug 22, 2009, 6:38 pm
Yesterday afternoon I attended a "Mine Awareness" training. The purpose of this mandatory training was to familiarise us with different type of mines we could come across in our work. Our region, in p...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Aug 17, 2009, 10:39 pm
Back to Sri Lanka for another tour of duty. I am leaving tomorrow and, as usual when I travel, will not be much online for a few days. As you have noticed, a very friendly "différence d'opinion"...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Aug 12, 2009, 10:21 pm
To make it easy for you, and to start off, here is Baron's comment: Hi Pete... Congrats man...The chip off the old block is doing A OK... To be very honest with you...I for one do, not like Europ...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Aug 11, 2009, 6:25 pm
He is now flying this. An Airbus 340-500. My son, I am proud of you.
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Aug 7, 2009, 8:18 pm
What happened? Since days, you have not seen me commenting on your blogs or entrecarding. We had a breakdown of our internet. The private one in our guesthouse. And it was the most stupid breakdown....
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Aug 4, 2009, 8:29 pm
Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Slide Hampton, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera. Great names. And others. Together in "Dizzy Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra". Playing "Tin Tin Deo". The sum...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Jul 31, 2009, 6:30 pm
Today August 1, my dear Switzerland, is your birthday. You were born in the year 1291. After the defeating of the terrible Austrians. Three guys conceived you. You grew, over the centuries from a 3 st...
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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Jul 27, 2009, 8:12 pm

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Peter V. posted an article on Worldman - Jul 23, 2009, 7:42 pm
Now, you should see here a new chapter of my memoirs. Well, you will not. It just so happened that on the last chapter I received a very nasty, unpleasant comment. Though I believe in free speech, th...
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