2026 04 02 - Carmen Clark

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Intro Track

At 2:25 Greetings Xenophiles!

On this day in 1967 the first Boeing 737 took off on its maiden flight.

Ten years earlier the Suez canal was opened.

Ten years before that the Atomic Energy Commision was confirmed. That’s why you just heard Blondie.

And finally, ten years before that, on 9th April 1937, a Japanese-built aircraft, arrived at Croydon Airport in London, marking a significant flight to Europe. It was called The Kamikaze.

Happy birthday to Cynthia Nixon - Miranda from Sex In The City - 60 yoday.

Carmen Clarke

Throwback

Bucharest - Christmas Eve in a blizzard - 60’s - Chaotic, darker, boiling frogs.

Only child, cousins, adults, school mates children of the elites, lots of homework. Holidays in mountains.

Late talker - made up for it - Wanted to be a bride - UN translator.

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19:19 - Commercial break

Money Money Money

After high school - a year in Austria waiting for US immigration.

Michigan, Uni in Detroit, Electrical & Computer Engineering.

First job - jewelry store. First proper job - telecoms (fibre). Sales director - biggest deal in corp. history.

Moved to CISCO - big job - millions of air miles. Exposure to cultures and whatnot. South of France favourite. Met Ian on a flight that neither should have been on.

Lived in California - Forever home.

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19:38 - Commercial break

Chaotic, Quixotic, Exotic

Came for family emergency - have to re-learn how to live here. Mostly retired. Late study interior design.

Lots of travel (22 countries in 4 years). Groupies to ‘Speak Floyd’. Drawing & sketching.

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19:51 - Commercial break

Next Chapter

Don’t know yet.

Hand over to Uman Real

Bingle Jingle