I was struck by a thought-provoking fact that I read the other day that I think is worth considering. A million seconds is equal to about twelve days of ours lives. A billion seconds – a true billion – is equal to somewhere in the region of thirty-five years. I had no idea of the […]

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I left home for work this morning without my set of keys. Cristina needed them, her set being with the building’s handy-man and as today she would be working from home she would need keys to come and go for various reasons. I called her late afternoon to touch base and work out how and […]

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