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 | Greetings from the Chair, CADS Blog
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 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 | 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...
by Mike | Feb 2, 2013 | CADS Blog
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...