Celebrations

No, nothing to do with the US elections (Ohio nearly coming in as a Florida 2000 rerun). It is also nothing to do with my birthday on the first of the month.

The real reason for celebrations is that Olgui passed the exam of exams that we all hate (statistics) with flying colours. On the same day, I found out that the toil and sweat that went into my latest project finally paid off, as it was a big success. So contrary to the headlines in the global news, there are some good things happening :)

So, now for a few titbits from the global press...

Tesco's, one of Britain's biggest supermarket chains, has started to give shoppers a new reason to choose them over the other brands of supermarket. They are offering free taxi rides home after you have bought something. Now most people have seeing this from the wrong angle, so I would like to bring to your attention the real benefits of this service:
Ever been invited to dinner and realised that you have no wine to bring, and it's too late to go to the shops? Well, don't worry, now you go to the supermarket first to buy the wine, and get a taxi straight to where the dinner party is - no need to go home and drop off the car first. Coming home from a late night out clubbing, and no busses for another 4 hours? Well pop into your local Tesco's 24 hours buy some aspirin and get home quicker than you can say plonk plonk fizz.
So, there you have it, some great ideas of how to increase your quality of life at minimal cost - the roadtest of this service will follow shortly...

Storms cause many unexpected things to happen, none so much as the latest one in the south of England. Residents of Devon walking along the beach the day after the latest storm were surprised to find a 50 foot (~170m) whale there.

As previously mentioned, it was my birthday recently. So for all of you who fogot, sorry, were not able to find my address in time to send me something, I went to the trouble of creating my wish-list. It's very simple, in fact, as there is only one item on it. Namely, a Vulcan bomber that's on sale on Ebay. So no more excuses, get your bid in now.

One thing not on my wish-list is Saddam's left leg, which is also on offer on a German auction site.

And finally a few personal notes. Albe has to be congratulated again, as it appears his dad has made it into office in Uruguay. Well done !

Nuri has gone back to Valencia after handing in her first draft of her thesis, so there goes another of the Erasmus in Mainz members...

And finally, for those of you who have ever wondered what it's like to get your fork-lift-truck certificate, here's a short video (in german) to show you how. Enjoy.

Right, that's it from me , drive safely...