Author Archives: Cal

Repairing our toy plane.

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After crashing our Reely toy plane. We managed to patch it up again using Styrofeam. The nose is completely replaced. See the photos:

Playing with our fixed toy plane

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After the crash of yesterday we bought special glue. To test the glue we patched up our broken Silverlit Boeing plane . (It broke in pieces last year after 2 flights). It flies again. Nose broke after this flight, but the glue can fix that.

Next stop… Egypt

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After Brasil in September it is time for my next goal: visit the pyramids of Egypt. I am very fascinated by the rich history of Egypt. Fortunately a friend shares the interest. We will be going on a 14 day trip visiting all kind of tourist places like Cairo, Gizeh, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswam. I have to wait a while… Read more »

Sunday Afternoon

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This picture sums up how I spend my sunny Sunday afternoon :D Also look at my flowers in the pots. Even I can have green hands! Well.. sort of..

Twitter

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I finally caved in:  http://www.twitter.com/caliburn77 Still need to research the options to intergrate it with this blog. There is probably a plugin for it.

Ode to my car.

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Sigh.. making new posts once a week is hard.. :S Anyways here is a picture of my car: Some properties about my car: Brand: Volkwagen Golf III 1.9 SDI Creation date: November 1995 (in my possession since July 2004) Milage: 255.000 kms (116.000 kms driven by me) This is my first car. I have driven with this car to my… Read more »

Weed plantation

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I visit my old appartment building every Tuesday after my bassguitar lessons. Always nice to meet up with friends, drink a beer and have some laughs. In this appartment building where I have lived for 9 years, there is always something happening.  See below a picture of a illiegal weed plantation being removed. It is the fourth I have seen… Read more »

Street View

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Google’s Street View is now available in a couple of towns in the Netherlands. Including mine (click picture for larger one) : They forgot to blur my license plate :-)