The journal

Notes from a curious life.

Daily Kos :: The New Europe

A eulogy to the European Union from a USA viewpoint and a a view I totally support. The introduction of the Euro was truly remarkable and I, for one, miss not having it in the UK plus all the legislation emanating from Brussels is much to be admired. interesting thatFord finds that its Volvo plant […]

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Gmail thoughts

I have to admire google and gmail. when I first got my account with them on April 27th 2004 the spam detection was poor (I diverted my geoff@cortexcontrollers.com address to my gmail – this was getting 150+ spams a day) detection was about 80% or so. However, recently the detection has improved remarkably. Now gmail […]

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Tanks and McDonalds

A wonderful comment taken from here by Brian H “I saw a clip yesterday of a tank crewman saying, “It’s a historical fact that the US has never gone to war with any country that had a McDonalds!” There you go, folks: the Big Mac Defense Shield!” Or maybe it could be intepreted that the […]

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Tanks and McDonalds

A wonderful comment taken from here by Brian H “I saw a clip yesterday of a tank crewman saying, “It’s a historical fact that the US has never gone to war with any country that had a McDonalds!” There you go, folks: the Big Mac Defense Shield!” Or maybe it could be intepreted that the […]

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