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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read these books." Mark Twain
Weather update from the Olde Worlde - After a few days of really pleasant weather (23 C) and all the apple and cherry trees flowering, we had a bit of a drench last night. As usual, everything broke down: metro (tube) stations were flash flooded etc. As one knows, rain is after all a rare occurence in London!
Anyway, the downpour shortened the South Africa freedom day concert on Trafalgar Square (which I could hear from the office). Shame about that, it was a good party!
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We are back to very cool temps at -5 this morning. The wind is once again howling and the clouds are moving past my office window faster than I ever recall seeing them travel at such a steady pace.
The wind is supposed to die down by noon and a high of 10 is predicted. Then back to the high teens, low twenties for the weekend.
Moscool, it's a tough job, but someone has to keep track of the Shang. We are getting the warm rains today, to wash away this weekend's snow.
I was one of the first Canadians to greet Nelson Mandella when he arrived in Canada. He flew into the St.John's airport unannounced on his way to Ottawa. I was out at the airport with my video camera taking pictures of planes taking off and landing. It was an old VCR-loading videocam, which I had to have on my shoulder. Suddenly, a few dozen people started to arrive at the airport. I was hurried in to a small sub-terminal. I was asked to show my press ID, and told them that I was not a member of the press. I think that they thought that I was from a local TV station because of the size of the camera I had on my shoulder. Five minutes later, NM and his wife are being escorted into this small terminal, and the official press that was there were taking still and video pics like crazy. I took about 15 seconds of his coming in to the terminal, and when he walked past me, I stuck out my hand and said "Mr. Mandella, welcome to Canada. You are truly a citizen of the world." He thanked me and was then hurried on to address the crowd that had gathered outside. Still, I was one of the first unofficial greeters of this great man.
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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read these books." Mark Twain
You have met the closest to a living god! I suspect that he is actually an alien part of Arthur C. Clarke's grand plan to bring peace and development to the galaxy; may he live another 120 years!
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Yes, Nelson Mandella is up there with those very few people who have brought peace and freedom to many, many people.
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"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read these books." Mark Twain
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