Beware of being aware.
When I was a small boy, I was only scared of two things: my father and big steam trains. How times have changed. Now I’m scared of the financial meltdown of the Euro, all dogs (I have a phobia having…
Chairman’s Corner February 2012
The January lunch produced a good crop of members to listen to Julian Tangaere tell us about Antarctica. You can find some of the amazing facts he gave us via John Richardson’s blogs on the new CADS website – check…
VRA Cricket Club turns 130 years old.
The expat cricket club at the end of the runway. Amsterdam’s VRA cricket club (where we will be holding our July CADS Jubilee cricket lunch—live on Sky Sports) has been home-from-home to many expat journeymen, women, wives and girlfriends over the years. There’s always a…
The North Pole holidays in Amsterdam
North Pole holidays in Amsterdam Hypnotized by the ice I was told not once, not twice You’re out of your head You’ll end up dead. For the first time in 15 years I put away all my fears And stepped…
Amazing Videos of Earth at Night from Space
[brightcove vid=1445733335001&exp3=1813626064&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=1564549380&pk=AQ~~,AAAAAF1BIQQ~,g5cZB_aGkYZXG-DCZXT7a-c4jcGaSdDQ&w=404&h=436] While you’re curled up comfy in your bed each night, the crew of the International Space Station is getting unrivaled views of our planet. For anyone wishing they could see what the astronauts see, here are recent videos of the…
CADS donates 1,000 Euros to Hounds For Heroes
The purpose of “Hounds for Heroes” is to provide specially trained assistance dogs to injured and disabled men and women of the UK armed forces and civilian emergency services. [slideshow] The initial aim is to raise 100,000 GBP to train…
Joke of the day – the sermon
Ronald Reagan once regaled a group with a story about the best sermon he had ever heard. He was a boy in Dixon, Illinois, attending church on what must have been the hottest day of the year. Reagan said: Eggs…
