GCE 'A' Levels in Maths Pure and Maths Applied as well as Physics and ART • and I well remember his explanation of the IDEA of a MEMEX, which would take the form of an electronically computerised version of a rolodex device; and so [IT] was that having considered the idea of joining a BOAC pilot training programme, it transpired that I was invited to be one of the first cadets, straight from Grammar School, to be trained as Ministry of Aviation Air Traffic Controllers • and so [IT] was that I began my training, by way of learning the concept of systems analysis on an IBM 64K Mainframe Computer, that then transmogrified into a familiarisation with Digital Equipment Corporation PD11s and my subsequent IDEA of utilising the AFTN for the purpose of an enhanced radar-handover capability, between Air Traffic Control Centres, during my secondment to Eurocontrol, and subsequent return to the CAA at West Drayton.
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Added by Michael Grove at 10:02 on November 28, 2021
p with three twists -- 540 degrees, or 3π radians, thus, a 3π Möbius strip track.Having studied 'A' Level Maths Pure & Applied, Physics and Art at Borehamwood Grammar School in the 1960's • which gave me access to being trained as one of the first few Upper Airspace Air Traffic Radar Controllers • and subsequently being seconded from the MOA/MOD to EUROCONTROL in Buxelles & Luxembourg, pending the opening of the Maastricht Upper Airspace Centre in Beek NL, I can only propose that this project shouts volumes with deep respect for and regard to Buckminster Fuller's in depth understanding of SYNERGETICS.
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Added by Michael Grove at 10:34 on November 24, 2022
supply, other than an
excellent range of drawing equipment, including the sketchbooks that
contain the predominance of my own artwork which I have used in cyberspace;
as well as some of my most precious books on Design.
The "Osmiroid 65" fountain pen was developed, chiefly for school children whose special needs for writing instruments had always been a matter of prime concern. A large range of nib units were made to suit right and left handed users and the several types of handwriting being taught, particular attention being paid to the Italic style.
... & so it was as a reward of merit that I received an "Osmiroid 65" fountain pen and the nuns at my primary school in the Archway, London, taught me to write in LEFT-handed italic handwriting - to the point where others took over to prepare me for my 11plus exam that gave me entrance to The Grammar School in the autumn of 1957. It was there that I first met my soul-mate Linnie and so it came to pass, 10 years later, that we were married on April 4th 1968. Linnie has since become extremely proficient in her own Italic Handwriting, as well as Calligraphy and Chinese Brush Painting.
This was further supported, from an artistic perspective, through a process of Discovering Japan, as a direct result of a year long promotion in the UK, of Japanese Art and Photography. As Carter Phipps says ...
"The blinders of local time are removed and we suddenly grasp
the extraordinary truth that we are ancient - related to ALL LIFE
and connected to the history of the cosmos itself."
WE ARE THE EVOLUTIONARIES…