by Mike | Apr 1, 2013 | CADS Blog
The Brussels Business is a self-styled documentary thriller about the shady world of corporate lobbying of the European institutions. Its main conspiratorial narrative rests on the assertion that the creation of the EU is a capitalist plot with no democratic...
by Mike | Mar 28, 2013 | CADS Blog, Joke of the day
B & Q JOB APPLICATION This is an actual job application that a 75-year-old pensioner submitted to B&Q in Tunbridge Wells They hired him because he was so funny….. This is a genuine application form for a position at B&Q. Wouldn’t you just love...
by Mike | Mar 19, 2013 | CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair
Chairman’s Corner March 2013 Friends, Amsterdammers, fellow CADS…. After last month’s witty and motivational speech from Dr Willem about the new Scheepsvaartmuseum (do go and see it, it’s great!), we have a change of pace and subject this month. Don’t forget that we...
by Mike | Mar 19, 2013 | Greetings from the Chair
Chairman’s Corner February 2013 Hello sailors! This month we have a nautical theme. Dr Willem Bijleveld, who some may remember as a fellow member, is coming to talk to us. Formerly responsible for the Madame Tussaud’s museum, he is now algemeen directeur of the...
by Mike | Mar 19, 2013 | Dutch News, Events Blog
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Dinner Come and join us watch the annual Cambridge vs. Oxford Boat Race. After last year’s strange happening, Oxford is planning to even the total score, but can Cambridge beat them? The event will be held on: Sunday...
by Mike | Mar 14, 2013 | CADS Blog, Cricket
SOUTH AFRICA Vs NETHERLANDS ODI ON FRIDAY MAY 31, 2013 Fri 31 May 11:00 – 19:30 VRA ABN Amro ICC Cricket Netherlands (KNCB) is delighted to announce that following negotiations with Cricket South Africa (CSA) the South African Castle Lager ODI squad will be...
by Mike | Mar 14, 2013 | Joke of the day
by Mike | Feb 19, 2013 | Greetings from the Chair
Chairman’s Corner January 2013 The December lunch Jokathon was as funny as ever. Louise Hunter, John Donnelly and Judith Hope were all extremely funny, but in the end John Richardson’s elephant and mouse joke – timed to perfection – just gave him the edge. He was...
by Mike | Feb 15, 2013 | CADS Blog
When Mike Waters asked me to put together a few words about Metz my first thought was “panic, I’ve never done an obituary before” and my second was “OK, it can’t be too hard”! How wrong can you be? I’ve called everyone I can think of and got almost no more information...
by Mike | Feb 3, 2013 | CADS Blog, Photography
A boy chained this bike to a tree in Washington when he went off to war in 1914. The tree is now fully grown. pic.twitter.com/XPknh4Np A boy left his bike up against the tree when he went away to War in 1914… and he never came back. Makes the picture more...
