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Dutch and UK news oddities from both sides of our cod-less pond

JAN ISSUE 2013

CADS REPORT

Non compos mentis

I hear the oldCADS stationmaster has won

the OBE.

I say, thatwill have put

I bet that raisedhis self a steam

(Get it? Ha! Ha!)

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OBE

Mike Carn awarded OBEHonorary chairman of CADS number 007,Mike Carn has been honoured with the OBE.(Read more in the Chairmans Report on Page 4).

How, you are wondering?

Simple.

Like the number 007 suggests, he has been both shaken andstirred my many in need during his time at the helm of the

good ship CADS.

Mike has given with his generous heart and his limited pocket to

a wide range of charities through CADS. Whatever CADS mem-

bers raised he always matched it, or at the very least, rounded

it off.

It has a been a great honour to know Mike over the years, and

occasionally work with him on his writing projects, so to return

the favour I request, no order, that you all attend the CADS

lunch to congratulate him on this well-deserved honour.

See you there:

Friday the 25th January at 12 noon sharp.

Hes man of many talents: heres a picture of him surviving

swimming with the fishes during a CADS boat trip.

John Richardson, CADS Report Editor

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Oddly Enough Anglo Dutch NewsPee under the shower to save

water, says council executive

Drenthe --Urinating while under the show 'saves lots of

clean water and is good for the environment,'

council official Bert Wassink is quoted as saying. 'If you

combine showers and peeing, you save a lot of

water and money, so why not?'

Scheveningen Some 10,000 people took a dip in the sea at

Scheveningen, traditionally the biggest of the New Year's Day

swims. The sea temperature was 7 Celsius, one degree colder

than last year, but felt chillier because of the wind.

AmsterdamA 76-year-old man from Amsterdam got stuck in a recy-

cling paper container on Thursday morning after trying to retrieve a

lottery ticket, the citys police said.Passers by heard his shouts for

help and called the emergency services. The lottery ticket was not

recovered and it remains unclear whether or not it was a winning

ticket, the police statement said.

London Towns in the Netherlands are consider-

ing whether to heat their cycle lanes. According

to BBC News, the scheme plans to use geo-thermal

energy to prevent ice forming on the paths, which

would encourage them to be used more in the

winter. The scheme is reported to cost between

26,000 and 52,000 per mile.

I took a swim at Schrinkensacken. Now I knowhow it got its name.CADS Newsletter Editor John Richardson

Thousands brave the chilly sea forNew Year's Day swim

Man gets stuck in paper recyclingbin trying to find lottery ticket

Dutch towns to heatcycle lanes?

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Oddly Enough Global NewsMan run over by van with dog

behind the wheel

NBC News Florida - A Florida man

has died after a dog jumped into a

van and pushed the accelerator,

causing the vehicle to strike the

man as he opened a gate outside of

his home, authorities said.

TodaysNews OhioIdentical twins Darlene and Diane met identical

twins Mark and Craig Sanders at a twin convention. Darlene and

Mark fell in love and got married, as did Diane and Craig. Diane and

Craig have since given birth to identical twin boys. The odds of hav-

ing identical twins are three in every 1,000 births, but the odds of an

identical twin marrying another identical twin and then giving birth

to identical twins are...well... you work it out.

Daily Mail Stockholm -- A 20-year-old female cleaner suffered severe injuries

after stealing a commuter train and driving it straight into an apartment

building in Stockholm, Sweden. The young woman appears to have been

unable to stop the train once she reached the end of the line in the exclusive

suburb of the Swedish capital at around 2.30am in the morning. The woman

was going at such speed that the train continued for nearly 100 feet off-rail

before it smashed into the apartment block where three families were asleep.

Female cleanersteals train,

derails it andcrashes into an

exclusiveSwedish

apartment block

Seeing double: Twin marries twin,

and they have identical twin boys

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Chairm

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CornerJan Issue 2013

WATERSThe December lunch Jokathonwas as funny as ever. LouiseHunter, John Donnelly andJudith Hope were all extremelyfunny, but in the end JohnRichardsons elephant and mousejoke timed to perfection justgave him the edge. He waspresented with the brand newHayes trophy by Mike Hayespersonally. It is now being usedto wedge the door.

The last great CADS news of 2012,

received just before the New

Year, is that Mike Carn has been

honoured with an OBE for his

charitable and commercial efforts

on behalf of Queen and country

whilst chairing CADS.

This is the first time such an honour has been

awarded to a CADS chairman, and is a fitting endto our 40th Jubilee year.

The OBE is similar to the Order of Orange Nassau in The Nether-

lands, and comes in various forms. The most numerous is the

MBE Member of the Order of the British Empire, colloquially

known as My Bloody Efforts, awarded to individuals doing

good work in the community. Next in the pecking order is the

OBE Officer of the Order, colloquially Other Buggers

Efforts because it honours leaders of organisations.

MIKE

And then there is the CBE, Commander of the Order, colloquially

Companys Bloody Efforts because it is awarded to successful

company leaders.

From this, you can conclude that not only has Mike done an excel-

lent job, but also that CADS has been recognised. So well done to

all members, and long may we prosper with our commercial,

cultural and charitable efforts to bring the peoples of the UK and

Netherlands closer together.

On Friday the 25th January we have the first CADS lunch of the

year, to congratulate Mike and to hear Peter Blickman speak

about how to train a dog to be really helpful.

See you there!!!