by Mike | Jan 23, 2012 | Greetings from the Chair
The December Jokeathon was great fun, with over 40 in attendance; we started with an introduction sent by Bernhard Garside, who is now Deputy Ambassador in Algeria. And then made Willem honorary CAD number 8, and donated 1,300 Euros to John Cameron-Webb for his...
by Mike | Jan 22, 2012 | CADS Blog
Was the Captain showing off? Disturbing claim that Euro sailed too close to “uncharted” Italian rocks to wave at local mermaid. The vessel passed too close to the Italian Island of Corupti, sounding its whistle and waving at a local Italian mermaid –...
by Mike | Jan 18, 2012 | CADS Blog
by Mike | Jan 2, 2012 | CADS Blog, UK news
New analysis reveals that the Mayan guy with his tongue sticking out is actually Greek and predicts that the 490bn euros that the Greeks owe will remain under their collective mattresses.
by Mike | Jan 1, 2012 | Dutch News, CADS Blog
Mild weather encourages thousands to take part in New Year swims The mild weather encouraged record numbers of people to take part in New Year swims this year, news agency ANP reports. In Scheveningen, the 10,000 tickets were sold out half an hour before the official...
by Mike | Dec 31, 2011 | CADS Blog
They predicted an appalling winter and now it’s the warmest New Year’s eve since….whenever…so what’s going on? The hype surrounding this year’s winter forecast has been remarkable, unparalleled in 20 years of meteorology. Driven...
by Mike | Dec 27, 2011 | CADS Blog, Cricket
BBC Sport – Sachin Tendulkar short of 100th ton in Boxing Day Test.
by Mike | Dec 27, 2011 | Dutch News
Sunday 25 December 2011 Johannes Heesters, the Dutch singer and actor who made his name performing in Germany during World War II, has died in hospital at the age of 108. Heesters made a come-back in the Netherlands in 2008. He had last performed in his home country...
by Mike | Dec 27, 2011 | Dutch News
Tuesday 27 December 2011 Two brothers aged 43 and 53 and their 51-year-old sister were stuck in a lift in an office complex in Tilburg for 17 hours over the holiday break. They were released as people arrived for work on Tuesday morning, having become trapped on...
by Mike | Dec 27, 2011 | Dutch News
Tuesday 27 December 2011 December is shaping up to be the third wettest since records began in 2006, while Christmas Day was the second warmest on record at 12 Celsius, according to weather bureaus on Tuesday. So far this month there has been 152 mm of rainfall,...
