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Recalling a world of dots and dashes
Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/05/2025
» I forgot to mention in PostScript last week that Sunday, April 27, was Morse Code Day which marks the birth of Samuel Morse, inventor of the famous communications code. The reason for my interest is that it brings fond memories of the late 1960s when I worked at Cable and Wireless (C&W) communications company in Holborn, central London.
Veteran remembers joy of WWII end, 80 years on
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» HARLOW, England - Centenarian Dorothea Barron recalled the wave of relief she felt when she heard World War II had finally come to an end.
Tuning in to the opening day of May
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/05/2022
» Well, here we are in the first 24 hours of the magical month of May. According to the dictionary, May Day is the time for "a celebration of the coming of Spring". Unfortunately, we don't experience Spring in Thailand and are still perspiring our way through the hot season, hoping Jupiter Pluvius might oblige with an occasional refreshing shower.
Saving the great hornbill
News, Published on 12/01/2019
» One of the first things you notice about hornbills, apart from their sickle-shaped bills and quiff-like casques, is they have funny names -- rhinoceros, helmeted, wreathed, wrinkled and trumpeter, to name just a few -- but the threat of their extinction is no laughing matter.
Going green
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 22/03/2018
» T he air in Bangkok has been horrendous these past couple of months and we can’t help but feel like we’re basically inhaling exhaust fumes. The difference in air quality is so evident that when you go to another country and take a huge whiff of oxygen, you actually get a bit of a high because the air is cleaner than what you’re usually used to. We can go on complaining, something you all know we’re really good at, or we can find ways to be part of the solution instead of being whiny toddlers. These businesses are providing us the opportunity to do just that.
Stern ends historic 30-year run as NBA commissioner
AFP, Published on 31/01/2014
» David Stern steps down on Saturday after 30 years as commissioner of the NBA, a reign that saw him transform the league from a downtrodden afterthought into a global sporting powerhouse.
I ... MISS ... YOU
Published on 06/01/2014
» About 20 years ago, a Bangkok native left home to work in Ubon Ratchathani province. One day, a postman came to knock on his door and told him: "You have received a telegram from Bangkok".
Indians remember telegram heyday as service stops
AFP, Published on 11/07/2013
» Sixty-six years ago, Santosh Sharma saw her mother sell gold bangles to feed and clothe her family of six and then dispatch telegrams to her brothers urging them to leave newly created Pakistan and gather in New Delhi.
Youth army reserves: bullets, bonding and a ticket out of the real thing
Spectrum, Published on 15/07/2012
» For 17-year-old Kornwut the highlight of his time as a member of the Army Reserve Force Students was blasting away with M16A1s left over from the Vietnam War. Though they were only 5.56mm calibre guns and offered little recoil, they were fun to shoot and he would have done more but that could get costly _ due to budget constraints reservists who wish to practise their shooting must pay 30 baht for five bullets.