Who invented the time, and do we really need it?
“Christiaan Huygens is usually credited as the inventor. He determined the mathematical formula that related pendulum length to time (about 99.4 cm or 39.1 inches for the one second movement) and had the first pendulumdriven clock made. The first model clock was built in 1657 in the Hague”. “The measurement of time began with the […]
Who will win at COP26?
There are more delegates at COP26 associated with the fossil fuel industry than from any single country, analysis shared with the BBC shows. Wednesday, 10/11-2021, was another day of new announcements, statements and coalition-building, this time focused on the transport sector, which is responsible for approximately one quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to […]
A new #Timezone 1965, Australia
Arriving at Brisbane, Australia. When we finally sight the shore of the Australian coastline, it was a relief to know that our adventure in the southern Pacific Ocean had come to an end and that all of us on board were well. This was the first time for me to visit the Australian continent and […]
Voyage from Brazil to Australia.
The dangerous journey from Brazil to Australia. We had recently unloaded a cargo shipment from Japan, in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest port city when we were told to go to Sao Francisco do Sur for loading. It was a small port town then, in 1965, but now an important resort in the Catarina district located […]
The year 1963 was marked by devastation in the Caribbean due to a hurricane and a virus outbreak.
Sailing to Caribbean 1963. I had signed on at M/s Trubadur in the port of Gothenburg in September 1963. This was my first time that I left home, at the age of 15. It was going to be a big change in my life, from farm working to become a sailor in the merchant navy. […]
2020, Covid 19 a new Time Zone
The world will enter in a new “Time Zone”, after Covid 19. We will find that the so called economic “Globalization”, did not have its way as planned. Free world trade with products and currencies will never be the same again. The growing economy in the Asian countries, like China and India has been overvalued. […]
My Time Zone in Buenos Aires.
Arriving to Buenos Aries. We had been in Mendoza, Argentina, for a few days and now another long trip on train was ahead of us. We were going to the capital Buenos Aires, more than 1000km away. The train left early morning on a nice and sunny day and the train porter told us that […]
My Time Zone, in a secret cave.
In the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador, I was told by a young lad that he knew a secret place. As this young kid, 10-11 years old, was so exited about his secret my first thought was that he only tried to receive some money for this information. When he told me that he will take […]
Traveling by train across the “Los Andes” in 1965.
My Time Zone, at high attitude! After signing of my duties at M/s Broland with 2 of my mates, after 26 months of working without any days off, we put our feet’s at the Chile soil in the port of Valparaiso. It all started with a horrible experience! We were jailed by the Carabineers (Chilean […]
A new Time Zone as began, 2020, The Year of the Rat!
I was born in 1948 and the Chinese year of the rat. The old Chinese legend says thatBuddha himself called the12 selected animals in the zodiac and the first toarrive, was the rat.! The Chinese horoscope repeats every 12th year. It’s also always an Olympic year! People born in the Year of the Rat are instinctive, […]
