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BRAZIL In terms of area, Brazil is not a great deal smaller than the US, with similar, but perhaps more extreme climate differences. The north, in this case being significantly hotter than the south. The southern states are heavily forested, and there are ample rivers – the perfect recipe for paperm...

IRAN 2 We had agents in many countries, but not in Iran. The paper mill in Ahvaz had a head office in Tehran, to which I always paid a courtesy visit, not least to check that arrangements had been made for me down the line. The factory was so remote that it had its own accommodation, but it had to b...

IRAN 1 Iran was a good market for us, not least because the biggest paper manufacturer in the country had bought their machines from a company called Walmsley’s in Bolton, Lancs, and with it our ancillary equipment. The bad news was that they were situated deep in the south of Iran, near the city o...

IRAQ – Part the second. Following the nutritious breakfast, I returned to the terminal, where, somewhat to my surprise, two check-in desks had opened, so it was back to the room, pack the toothbrush and pay the bill. Checked in and hung around the terminal for a while, during which time it became ap...

T15 - you mentioned a while back that you studied paper making at Robert Gordon's in Aberdeen and for a while worked at a mill(s) in the locality. You may already know this but paper making in Aberdeen no longer takes place. The Donside Paper Mill closed in 2001, the Davidson Paper Mill in Mugiemos...

Re the PzH 2000, and wearing my professional (but not totally unbiased) hat, we in the UK were aware of the barrel overheating problem. We made a similar Howitzer, called AS90. The barrels, which are life-limited on all large weapons no matter the manufacturer, suffer from overheating if they are he...

I remember from my days there, that the train operator was less than popular and the people I knew wouldn't travel with them unless they really had to. I remember one of the ladies had to take a train to Volos in order to vote and she said both journeys were horrendous. The backpack thing isn't 17N ...

As you probably know, talmacapt, there are problems with the engines on some Embraer series at the moment. It's mainly the P&W-powered ones, but I wonder if there's a common component that's been identified as a trouble-maker?

Following recent posts by yours truly and subsequent comments, and with time on my hands waiting for the never-ending exchange of contracts on my house to take place, I thought I might regale the readers with a few bygone tales of my foreign travel experiences. With the aviation industry having been...

Please pass on my birthday wishes to Mrs OFSO, and wish her a speedy recovery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeugL6jV3W4&t=5s I think the descending oil price will do more to hurt Russia than anything else. Each time I pass a filling station currently, the prices seem to have dropped a few pence per litre. Russia probably has fixed-price long-term deals in place with China ...

Yes Tango every morning when I go out and feel the cold wind off the North Sea I realise that the weather guessers live in a world south of Watford and that is as far as their imagination spreads..They know nothing of our weather,, :-bd I thnk they all live in Brighton, because whenever we have a d...

Grey day on the Humber and cool on the coast, took a trip inland for lunch where it would be less wind and warmer. Mrs 1DC drove as I was getting over a migraine. As we were entering the country side a road ahead closed sign appeared. Turn right says I, we immediately turn left. What kind of right ...

They are unfairly saying that he is trying to divert attention from HMK's state visit to Italy. The court dates were not his decision. However Miss Fanny Cradock is, with her podcast which seems to have been another flop. There was quite the mickey-take on Have I Got News For You, about the jam, th...

My name is down for an allotment at the new place, which is just a short walk from the house. I've never had an allotment before, but I fancy growing my own veg, and the way things are going, it might be a good idea! The new house has a large garden, mainly planted to lawn and bushes, so there's no ...

Depends if you wan to go to church T15. Their services are not exactly 'joyful'. Just one miserable dirge after another. which go on for hours. I suppose you can walk in and out as you please and have a chat with your mates outside the front door. Been to far too many. Yes, that's exactly what one ...

All-white Antonovs? Yes, a sure sign of shady business. I saw a few of their smaller brothers in Colombia. We really did not have much choice! We found ourselves stranded in the transit hotel in Kuwait, along with 25 cartons of computer gear, when our ride to Baghdad had an aircraft problem and had...

Morning folks. Bit miserable but warm. Got him down a hole digging for Botswana. I will teach him to do sod all whilst we were away. He said he 'tried'. If he tried that hard to get to the moon he wouldn't make it past the door of his hut. Pleased people found the article about our Papas Spyrithon ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWxdai2hzH4 (P.S as for I did get to play with a few AK47s, and although I'm not really into that sort of stuff, it was quite fun. I had to go to the tactical shooting range once, because my translation was so full of details on how you take aim and all the movements...