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Joke of the day—B&Q Job Application

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...
Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore!

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...
Gerard J. Metzelaar – Honory CAD no. 1

Gerard J. Metzelaar – Honory CAD no. 1

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...
Amazing WW1 Photo

Amazing WW1 Photo

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...

Why you should support The RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF)

Incredible story of pilot who survived a Russian gulag and trekked 830 miles to India before making it to Britain to fly Spitfires for the RAF in WW2 Tony Rogers braved 830-mile trek on foot across Russia’s frozen wastes He made it to India, before eventually...