Monthly Archives: August 2008

I spent a year sitting in a room at Aramco, Saudi Arabia.  At least it was well cooled, except when the air conditioning went wrong, in which case they improvised this giant hose into the room from a standby AC … Continue reading →

In the 90s, we had a bit of a gang of older ex-18 Plussers, still organising events and known colloquially as “Renegade” . We had an annual trip to Center Parcs, various parties (30ths, then 40ths, now 50ths) and a … Continue reading →

The Eighteen Plus Easter Holiday had a big budget for entertainment, but then again, it had to cater for thousands of Plussers across five venues at its peak during the 70s so it needed it. At my first Caister in … Continue reading →

This was Alex Carlyle, the software specialist at Nortel when I started there. As we were both batchelors, we went drinking occasionally, although we were something of opposites. He had bought himself a tiny detached house which needed a lot … Continue reading →