Small earthquake here

Was woken by the noise and our apartment block shaking, found out later that it was a 4.7 quake centered at Yingkou, about 80 Km south of us. No apparent damage or injuries. I sleep with very little on and thoughts of having to evacuate the building and brave the cold -24c temp makes oneContinue reading “Small earthquake here”

For those of Scottish blood who own an iPhone – I doubt that many Scotlanders would…

For those of Scottish blood who own an iPhone – I doubt that many Scotlanders would buy an iPhone just because their friends have one like so many others in the world – too canny for that.Good laugh though if you can understand it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxKhUuZ0Rc Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+

My birthday, Feb 2nd, and 70 years old.

They say that three score years and ten is your lot and I seemed to have reached it with out too many problems. I am not keen to move off this mortal coil just yet so I have decided that I am going to stick around for quite some time yet and dodge all theContinue reading “My birthday, Feb 2nd, and 70 years old.”

Not going out tonight, it is -22c and the weather says real feel is -29c (-21f)

Nice and warm indoors though Google+: View post on Google+

Went off to work this morning in the brisk air (-21c) and very few kids had come…

Went off to work this morning in the brisk air (-21c) and very few kids had come back after the holidays so was sent home for another couple of days off. Too bad Google+: View post on Google+