tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24204826735855646702024-03-13T21:07:00.506+02:00The Diaries of a Village IdiotVillage Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.comBlogger312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-85099760455356714582014-05-11T16:48:00.002+02:002014-05-11T16:48:49.457+02:0020 years of Democracy, where to from here?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So since 1994 I have voted 5
times and have seen the country being run by 3 different presidents,, sorry 4
if you count Kgalem Molanthe who took
over after the ANC booted out Mbeki and brought in Butternut head Zuma. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Now I am aware that many people
consider Nelson Mandela as a terrorist and that he should not have been President
in the first place, but I think that even those people, if honest with
themselves would agree that Madiba was 1000 000 times better than the asshole
we have as our president today. Thabo
Mbeki was not liked by his party and thanks to the efforts of another dumb fuck
Mr (and I use that term lightly) Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom
Fighters, but at least he was not a lying, cheating fktard like the present
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in SA?, well let’s see what the results are and how the next year pans out,
While I Love South Africa, I can’t help but get a horrible feeling that it’s
going to slide into the typical Africa Abyss that seems to befall this beautiful
continent. I am not trying to be purposely pessimistic, because generally I am
positive about SA but with 62.6 % of the population (many of them who riot
about lack of service delivery) voting for the ANC again I feel that perhaps we
are just “farting against thunder” or “moving the deckchairs on the Titanic”. It seems that the Abraham <o:p></o:p></div>
Lincoln quote "You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time but you cant fool all of the people all of the time" does not apply in SA with regards
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So Wednesday I voted , a week
after Saffers in other countries around the world had done so, a mere 26000 Saffers
were registered to vote, which is a mere drop in the ocean if you think how
many Saffers there are overseas there are overseas. Have to admit though that
it was not all their fault, while many are the sort that will tell u on social
networks how dof/stupid we are to live here and how kak the cANCer is and that they
won’t come home unless there is a strong opposition, they don’t get off their
asses to vote. Many others wanted to, but the cANcer made it very difficult for
those who wanted to vote to a) register to vote and b) actually vote, for
instance a friend of mine, his sister lives in Aussie and she drove 8 hours to
vote, in the UK you could only vote at SA house in London, so only approx 9000
stood in queues to do just that. Now I
know why the government made it so hard, it’s because? 84% of all votes that
have managed to make it safely back to SA as some had still not arrived by the
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ballot papers could not be sent to SA on time to be counted (where all the
planes or other modes of transport broken??)
its seems that the cANCer where able to
send out representatives from SA to hand out cANCer T shirts and try and
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Results are in and while the IEC
have declared the election free and fair (apparently finding bags of opposition
ballots in weird places is deemed OK) the cANCer have unfortunately won 62% of
the vote with the DA garnering 22 % and the new fktards on the block just over
6 % which will mean they will have 25 candidates in parliament. I did my little bit for democracy by working
a few hours at a local polling station for the DA. I am a little disappointed as
I really thought that more people would vote for the DA, I know that they received
a million more votes than 2009, but I thought we would get at least 25% of the
vote, let’s hope that the EFF don’t grow too much and it’s also worrying that
the younger people are thinking Malema is cool. <br />
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The month of May has seen the
Village Idiot getting promoted at work and after 4 years of hard work and
studying (yes I need to pat myself on the back). I am now the Training manager for the Eastern Cape (PE, EL
and Mossel bay) lots of challenges ahead, not least the admin (which I hate
with a passion) but looking forward to re-building a team that the Eastern
Cape can be proud of and I have a good base to start with. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Super 15 Rugby has not exactly
been “Super” for South African teams, with only a few rounds left we have the
Sharks at the number one spot (just by a
mere 1 point) , with the Bulls, Lions (yes I am also shocked), the Cheetah and
the Stormers being 9<sup>th</sup> , 11<sup>th</sup>, 14<sup>th</sup> and 15th
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up at 4am to be at Coke at 5am to set up for the first of 3 industrial theaters
at 6 am, left George at 10am and drove the 250 kms of
so to Beaufort West where we presented another industrial theater at 5pm. We passed
through the Meiringspoort on the way after passing Oudtshoorn and what a pass, definitely
need to go back there on a bike. Stayed at a really lekker guest house and the
place we did theater at was originally the Drostdy’s (magistrates house) and is
a National Monument. I will actually do a separate Blog on the house at a later
stage. The last time I was in Beaufort West was in 1986 when on the second
night of our honeymoon on the way to Cape Town, we over nighted at the Oasis
Hotel. Its still there and does not look any different to the day we arrived. On Tuesday we left Beaufort West and drove
back to PE, via Aberdeen, where I found a book shop that is situated in the
oldest house in Aberdeen. Altogether travelled
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Well the Public holiday season is
over, now the population has to get back to normal , with the next Public
Holiday being 16 June. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunday (today) we went to the
Fairview race track as there was a prawn festival and a crafters market ,
plenty prawns not so much craft, but we did get to watch a couple of horse races
, something I have actually never experienced live before, neither had Tania or
Gabby, so that was pretty cool. Must say though they could not have built the place further from PE if they tried.</div>
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Well that’s about it for this
week, have a 2 week SAMTRAC course to
present and it’s a big class, some 21 students, so it’s going to be pretty
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To all moms that read this Blog,
Happy Mother’s day, hope that it was a great one. To my Wife Tania, you are the
best mom our daughter Gabby could wish for and to my mom, ‘Thanks for being the
best mom a son could have as well as grandma that the grandchildren could have.
Love you both sooo much xxxxx <o:p></o:p></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-49267567792560774112014-04-13T08:47:00.000+02:002014-04-13T09:22:55.893+02:00What’s that smell?....................”Oh it must be Bullshit”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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that they will win a massive 23<sup>rd</sup> majority this election (7 May),
now while I have no doubt that the cANCer will win the elections, signs are
there that more and more “sane” people are getting Gatvol (Literal translation
is “arse full” but means “up to here” or “pissed of” for my not Afrikaans
speaking English readers). One also has to worry about comments from a cANCer
supporter who said to Helen Zille “I know the ANC are corrupt, but I will still
vote for them”………. “Well lady you deserve what you get or in the case of having
the cANCer as your government, what you don’t get”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cyril Ramaposa make a statement that t<span style="color: #444444;">he ANC's mistakes had far been exceeded by the good it
had achieved during the past 20 years in government, the party's deputy
president<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/cyril-ramaphosa-1113"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cyril Ramaphosa</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">said on Friday Speaking in Durban,
Ramaphosa said: "Mistakes have been made, but at the same time we have had
great success."He said the party's record had me<span style="color: #444444;">ant
its membership had grown to 1.2 million people. (That’s because they pay their
members to Breed)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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then my old Commie chum Blade “watch my nose grow” Nzimande came up with this doozie<span style="color: #444444;">: “</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">President </span><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/jacob-zuma-927"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jacob Zuma</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> built
his house in Nkandla with his own money, SA Communist Party general
secretary </span><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/blade-nzimande-877403"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Blade Nzimande</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> said
on Saturday (12 April)."Zuma built his own house, he did not use
taxpayers' money to build his house," Nzimande told the National Union of
Minewokers' national shop stewards council in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">That is definitely BULLSHIT
I smell Blade, really are your supporters that fking dof ??? and let me ask you
this if he did have the money (246 000 000) that two hundred and
forty six million for those that did schooling prior to the cANCer fking it up,
then where did he get that money from
Blade …………………..You sir ( and I use that word loosely) are a BULSHITTER <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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certainly give that South Korean pop singer Psy and his hit song Gang Gam style
a run for its money on YouTube hits (especially in SA ) is “Nkandla style” . For
those that don’t know our president Jacob Zuma had a security up grade done on his house that
included amongst other things (and we seem to have invented new words for these
items) a Swimming pool (Government calls it, a fire pool), Extensive luxury
paving (Government calls it, Ground Stabilizing), 2 x soccer pitches
(Government call it ,Essential security amenities) and an Amphitheatre (the Government call it a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Prez JZ says that he isn’t
paying for any upgrades because he </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">didn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> ask for them, which I suppose if fair
and can also apply to those that don’t want to pay toll fees in Gauteng. That’s
something they didn’t ask for either. But let’s be honest how can you not know
that your house is being upgraded? The question that I ask or would ask Jacob
“Pinocchio” Zuma is; </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So when you visited your
home (you must have done so over the period of the “security” upgrades) did you
at no point notice the Tipper trucks. Architect (he would have been the one
with the HUGE smile, due to the exorbitant fee he was being paid) scaffolding,
as well as other paraphernalia that one usually find on a building site. When
they were constructing your fire pool and setting up 2 football fields (I know
you have many children, so perhaps you were looking at setting up a new PSL
team ?) did you not ask yourself “why would I need a football field”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Did one of your many wives
not complain to you about the builders wolf whistling at her as they normally
do when they see a “Vision of loveliness walk past” or maybe it’s because as
the most uneducated president South Africa has ever had (Yes we know it’s
Verwoeds fault) especially when you have to deliver a speech that has numbers
in it, as we have seen on numerous occasions you are unable to differentiate
between 5 mealion and 260 Mealiiiiiiion. Anyway hopefully you don’t become
president for a second term because you are a liar and a thief and Nigeria who
apparently are set to become the biggest economy in Africa are probably going
to give you an award because it due to you and the fucktards that have assisted
you in fucking up our economy that this can happen. “So fuck you very much”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Oscar show is still ongoing with
those that have no life whatsoever glued to TVs. Computer screens or the radio
to see whether or not State prosecutor Gerrie Nel can get Oscar to say he is
lying, seems that some fktard feels that Gerrie is violating Oscar’s human
rights by his questioning techniques and the fact he “Oh my Gosh” called him a
liar……………….“</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has been asked to probe the
manner in which State prosecutor </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/gerrie-nel-586516" title=""><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "inherit","serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Gerrie Nel</span></b></a> conducted his
cross-examination of murder accused </span><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/oscar-pistorius-5404"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Oscar Pistorius</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">."We have received an e-mail with an intention to lodge
a complaint over the utterances made in court," SAHRC spokesperson Isaac
Mangena said on Friday”. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I suppose my question is to the person that sent in the e-mail,
what about how Oscar violated Reeva’s human rights , like the one to live
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been very enthusiastic in writing the Blog lately so this is a catch up as to
“what’s been happening” in the Village Idiots life or what has interested me in
the last while”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ryan (my brother in law) has
resigned from NOSA so with Ryan leaving this has opened the window of
opportunity for yours truly and as from May 1, 2014 I will be the Training
manager for NOSA Eastern Cape. It’s time for a new challenge and I am sure that
the position will provide just that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tania’s business seems to be
doing well since she has broken into (not literally, like a house breaker) into
the American markets and I am very happy because she has put so much effort
into her business and it’s great to see her hard work paying off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Iron man (weekend of 5 and 6
April) was well attended and again brought good money into the local economy. I
have to say I was a little upset that I had put so much effort in to my
training; swam our splash pool twice, walked to the local sports shop and
looked at the bicycles and actualy had to run 5 meters on the way home when a
vicious chiwowa/cheewowa (small dog with ears like a bat and big eyes) chased
me and after all that Tania forgot to wake me up……………..So it’s back to the
drawing board. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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years ago a young man waited nervously at the front of a church in Kempton park
scanning the door to catch a glimpse of his beautiful young bride and while I
am sure at times Tania probably thinks that she got the short (no pun intended)
end of the stick I know that I did not and look forward to another 28 years of
love and life together. We went to the Yacht club for lunch and with the
weather being awesome it was busy so the service left a little to be desired
but the company and the food was great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sports news is not great
with the Proteas actually getting to the semi-finals of the Pro- 20 series, but
stumbling when it mattered most this means that since 1998 when the won the inaugural
champions trophy competition they are like old mother Hubbard , yep you guessed
it “The cupboard is bare” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In Rugby the Stormers languish
at the bottom of the super 15 log with the Cheetahs just above them, the Bulls
are playing so so and the Lions much to my disgust and surprise started off
well but are now losing games as well. This leaves the Sharks to top the log
(at present) because injuries are starting to take their toll. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this week, have a great one ahead and don’t forget that elections are coming up
on 7 May so don’t forget to get out of bed and make your mark for change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-8382206781128713922014-03-23T11:40:00.001+02:002014-03-23T11:40:24.634+02:00Playing Devil’s advocate.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Satan, Beelzebub, or the Devil and that precisely what a witness in the OSACR
Pistoltorius case came up with, some pastor has said that it was not Oscar that
killed Reeva it was in fact Satan. ………………….This then begs the question is Barry
Roux (Oscar’s attorney) playing “Devil’s advocate”? Have to say that Barry has
become an overnight sensation with his hard hitting questioning techniques that
I think would even have Chuck Norris a little nervous. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the UK after receiving an unprecedented number of complaints from the
“sensitive and politically correct Poms” the Advert is for a betting company
who are taking bets on whether Oscar will be found guilty or not. The ad pokes
fun not only at Oscars disability but also about the murder case……………….you
decide (I think it’s funny, but I do have a sick sense of humour).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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using Barry soon, as the Nkanndla report was released by the Public prosecutor
on Wednesday and the highlights of the 444 page masterpiece; this is
information from News 24.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Pretoria<span style="color: #444444;"> - President </span></span></i><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/jacob-zuma-927"><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jacob Zuma</span></i></a><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> benefitted "unduly" from a R246m
state-funded security upgrade to his Nkandla homestead, the country's graft
watchdog said on Wednesday in a damning report six weeks before the
elections. Public Protector <a href="http://whoswho.co.za/thulisile-madonsela-9068" title=""><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Thuli Madonsela</span></a> <span style="color: #444444;">accused Zuma of conduct "inconsistent with his
office" and said he should pay for some of the unnecessary renovations.
The findings are another blow to Zuma and may harm the ruling African National
Congress (ANC) in the 7 May polls. The Presidency said Zuma had been
"consistently concerned about the allegations of impropriety" that
have swirled around the upgrade. He would study the report and give his
response "in due course", the statement added.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Madonsela's
444-page summary of her two-year probe into the renovations at Nkandla painted
a picture of systemic official incompetence and flouted tender procedures that
Zuma never questioned.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">"The President
tacitly accepted the implementation of all measures at his residence and has
unduly benefited from the enormous capital investment in the non-security
installations at his private residence," Madonsela said. She described the
cost overruns as "exponential" and said ministers had handled the
project in an "appalling manner". <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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scandal first broke in late 2009, the cost was estimated at R65m. Despite
intense public scrutiny since then, the bill ballooned to R246m as the project
spiralled out of control. The total amounts to eight times the money spent
securing the home of former president </span></i><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/nelson-mandela-3961"><i><span style="color: #009c6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">N</span></i><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">elson
Mandel</span></i><i><span style="color: #009c6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">a</span></i></a><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> and more than
1 000 times that spent on FW de Klerk. Even though Madonsela's findings are in
line with leaked excerpts to newspapers late last year, the ANC looks set to
take a hit from voters angry at perceived corruption under Zuma and the
country's shoddy public services. <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The ANC, which
has staunchly supported Zuma during previous corruption and personal
imbroglios, cancelled a scheduled news conference, saying it needed more time
to study Madonsela's findings. It will give its response at 10:00 on Thursday.</span><br />
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"This is negative for the ANC," said Nic Borain, an independent
political analyst. "They will lose votes as a result of this."
Underscoring the challenges facing the party, thousands of Numsa members sang
anti-ANC songs as they marched through the streets of Johannesburg on Wednesday
demanding greater workers' rights.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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are clamouring for his impeachment and madonsela has said he needs to [pay back
Millions on upgrades that were not necessary, like the chicken coop, cattle
kraal, and the Olympic size pool (sorry fire pool) all I can say is the Zuma is
made of Teflon, nothing sticks and good luck getting him to pay the money
back…………neither is going to happen</span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was thinking that now
petrol is R13.95 per L (at the coast) we are going crazy about the high price
of being able to transport oneself around in any vehicle that has a combustion
engine attached to it, be it a car, scooter, motorbike. And while walking or
buying a bicycle or even a donkey may seem like a good idea there are other
everyday items that we use that are as or even more expensive per litre and we
never seem to get overexcited about the price of these products. For example a
common slogan that can be seen on a T shirt is “Drinks beer, it’s Cheaper than petrol”
well I beg to differ. I have news for
you beer drinkers a litre of Castle light draft in a pub or bar will set you
back between R36 and R50 depending on where you drink. So while beer may be
able to get you to move from sober to getting moerd in 3 beers or less I don’t
seem to see people up in arms about the price of getting drunk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has still not been found although on Thursday they sent a plane to check a 24 meter
blob floating on the ocean about 1500 kms from the Australian coastline. The
blob was picked up by satellite. I still
think that they should check Waterkloof air force base. Also spare a thought
for the guy who told his wife that he had to do business in China and is now
still hiding in his girlfriend’s flat. So where is it has it been hijacked did
it blow up, did the pilot commit suicide by doing a kamikaze stunt? Who knows
but I am sure eventually we will find out. Wouldn’t it be weird though if in 3 months’
time it arrives at its destination and the pilot and passengers are like “what
the fuss” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took the Harley and had shit headwinds there and back again, well over 40kms
per hour, I just never seem to get great weather going to EL it’s either
raining, cold or Windy and if I am really lucky then I get the trifecta of all
the kak elements. I still need to get the Triumph fixed as I have not ridden it
for over a year and I miss the fact it’s a faster bike than the Harley and I don’t
have to kak that I won’t make a destination due to lack of petrol. The wind was so strong at stages that even
with all the torque the Harley has it was struggling to maintain 100kms per hour.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Seems that the Kariba dam is
in danger of collapsing due to lack of maintenance that could see a Gazillion litres
of water flowing out of it that would need those living downstream (some 3.5
million) people in Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe in desperate need of
swimming lessons. Obviously Bob and his government have denied that this is
true but “experts” say that it need $250 000 000 ti fix. Want a bet
the South Africa will “donate our hard earned tax monies” to fix it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with “human rights” day on Friday 21st. Saturday was an awesome day (as is
today Sunday 23</span></span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">) but last night the weather came in like it was
winter so literally went from 36 degrees to 12 in a matter of hours. So why am I
complaining about that, well last night we went to a local oval track to watch
large hunks of metal go as fast as they can around an oval track and hopefully not end up in the stands. Have to say
was very busy and while this is a generalization it seems that the most of those
attending , “Um how do I put this mildly”…………………come from the other side of the
railway tracks, in fact I think some haven’t even seen railway tracks but apart
from the wind, the cold the intermittent rain and the fact that I may have to
go for an </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">audio-gram</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> on Monday it was a pretty lekker evening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this Blog, have a great week ahead and don’t forget that 7 May is the day to
vote to try and get the cANCer virus that is killing our country to be
radiated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-44250035676999480562014-03-09T10:48:00.001+02:002014-03-09T10:48:25.875+02:00Will the last person to leave please turn off the ………………………….<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Been absent for a few weeks, been
really busy…………… So Hi, hope that you have not missed me too much. Two events
this week that are perhaps on your minds would be the Oscar Pistoltorius trial
that started on Monday and the fact that on Thursday Eskom switched off the
lights in SA on Thursday. But before we get there I have to brag.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I Think I did tell you that I had
4 UNISA exams to write at beginning of March to be able to pass a OHS diploma.
It seems that there is life in the old dog yet and I still do have some grey
matter in the old noggin. Managed to get 3 Distinction’s and a C………….So pretty
chuffed <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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So the “Blade Gunner” has started
his “day or should I say days in court” this week with a media frenzy of note.
I personally don’t give a shit about the trial, but it seems that many are
glued to their TVs, radios or devouring all they can read about the night Oscar
‘accidentally” shot his girlfriend who was having a kak. The cANCer must be
really happy that attention is being diverted from them to this “circus” that
has over the last week come up with gems such as “Oscar screams like a girl”.
The question I have to ask “Are we becoming like the Americans” that we have
either repeat the same news snippet over and over and over and “you get the
picture” over again or make stuff up because the reality is the trial is Boring
as shit………………….As far as I am concerned he is guilty there is no way that he
could have forgot he just bonked a good looking woman and that she had stayed
over………. “but let’s see how blind justice is or is not” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Eskom started load shedding again
this week (Thursday to be exact) it’s the first time we as tax payers have been
subject to this since 2008, Business has had a few since then but not Joe
public. It seems that the coal was wet. Yes the coal was wet and that is why we
could not supply the country with electricity. So people rushed out to stock up
on candles, batteries and those that can afford them generators. Initially we
were going to have rolling power cuts until mid-April but that seems to have
been put on hold, so we are “in the dark” so to say about if this will be a
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The Proteas lost the test match
series 2/1 against Australia with a 245 run defeat, we nearly pulled off a draw
but with 25 balls of the innings left Mitchell Johnson took the last
wicket………………….. “Sucks” and that means we lost our first test series since 2009
but on the bright side we are still number 1. Graham Smith as retired from
cricket so in the last couple of months we have lots Jacques Kallis as was as
“Captain Courageous” as many called him. So let’s see what the future holds for
the Protea’s, I have a feeling we are going to hit a dip as all teams do and it
seems Bafana Bafana have had for a while, the latest dip being a 5/0 hiding
from Brazil.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the Super 15 Rugby front SA
teams had a mixed weekend with the Cheetahs losing, the Stormers getting pipped
at the post by 1 point, the Lions lost to the Sharks and the Bulls pulled of a
good win against the Blues. Looks like the Lions 2 wins were perhaps a great
start but will see them at bottom of the table at the end of the season and the
Bulls seem to be improving on a weekly basis, the Cheetahs are consistently kak
(but at least they are consistent). The Stormers “well the jury is out on that
one” and the Sharks look like the SA team to beat this year………………Its however a
long season and I am sure we are in for a surprise or 2. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At work have been busy and have a
large SAMTRAC class that I am facilitating at the moment, it’s my second
SAMTRAC class this year and hopefully they will emulate my first class by
passing as well as they did. It’s a nice big group which are always challenging
and means I have to be on my toes and sometimes be tough as I want everyone to
pass. Got a feeling that will get some good results from this class and that a
few of the students will surprise themselves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-78727982671952058002014-02-09T12:06:00.003+02:002014-02-09T12:06:36.188+02:00Howzeeet my China”.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What used to be a colloquial
Sefrican greeting has now taken on a complete new meaning as this little piece
of information so clearly indicates.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The new colonials have arrived. (and also in other African states) Without as
much as a whisper the South African government allowed at least 400 000 Chinese
to swamp the country during the past six years. Chinese migrants, mainly from
the overpopulated Fujian province in China, have been shipped off to South
Africa at an alarming rate. Spreading all over the country, even in the
remotest parts, between 6 000 and 12 000 "Chinese shops" sprang up -
indicating that the phenomenon is well-orchestrated by both China and South
Africa.</span></div>
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Prof Colin McCarthy, retired from the University of Stellenbosch, first noted
the "Chinese colonization". Says Prof McCarthy: "All the
evidence indicates that the project to set up such an extensive network of
Chinese shops, all following the same pattern and targeting the same market,
was well researched, well planned, well organized and well financed".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The young, unemployed couples from Fujian province settled into the network -
pushing up cheap Chinese plastic, products and clothing into a lucrative retail
chain far bigger than Pick 'n Pay, Pep Stores or Edgars. To make matters worse:
most of the Chinese shops are not registered and do not pay any taxes in South
Africa' not even import or export duties - in fact, China puts its clothing
exports to South Africa to R11,3 billion in 2010; whilst South Africa's failing
statistics put the Chinese clothing imports at only R6,7 billion! It means that
in one single year R4,6 billion worth of Chinese clothing entered South Africa
illegally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A South African Revenue Services employee spilled the beans on a small Chinese
shop in a rural area where, when raided by SARS, R1,2 million was found under
the counter. Janet Wilhelm of the HSRC observes: "It is amazing how so
many people can enter a country seemingly unnoticed!" She quotes the SAPS
Aliens Investigation Unit as saying "Many Chinese travel to South Africa
via Mbabane, Maputo and Maseru from where they enter South Africa with false
identity documents by road".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Patrick Chong, chairman of the Chinese Association of South Africa, says:
"Many would enter on tourist or student visas then simply stay". Researches
of Noseweek (http://www.noseweek.co.za/articles/2836/Howzit-China) followed the
Chen family where one pioneer settled illegally in South Africa, spreading
within four years to 172 members of the family scattered across Lesotho trading
Chinese products. What is even more mind-boggling and sinister is that the
South African ANC government officially proclaimed Chinese as "honorary
blacks", making them exempt from affirmative action, quotas and Black
Economic Empowerment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The whole "Chinese" experiment has been carefully planned, criminally
enhances, and no doubt .. Vast sums of money are involved, lining the pockets
of very influential South African politicians.( also Africa as a whole)</span></div>
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It is ironic that while populists like Malema and Shivangu walk about claiming
"land and minerals for the South African people", the ANC government
has allowed at least 400 000 additional Indians and Pakistanis, at least 400
000 Chinese and at least 10 million illegals from Zimbabwe, Nigeria,
Mozambique, Angola and now also Zambia into the country..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Scary! And this happened as the increase in rhino and other poaching started!
Coincidental? I think NOT!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-29642343575123017952014-02-09T08:38:00.002+02:002014-02-09T08:38:18.930+02:00Your Country needs you.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok so the General elections have
been announced. Our esteemed (and I use that word loosely) leader has decreed that the Elections will be held
on 7 May 2014, unless of course of course there are service deliveries protests
or the cANCer supporters forget then it could be extended.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have to be honest for the first
time in a very long time I am becoming disillusioned with the road that South
Africa is travelling at the moment and that the future holds for myself and my
family. Why am I disillusioned? Well let’s look at SA in the last week or so<o:p></o:p></div>
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Miners on strike, want to work for less and get much more,
they seem to strike every second month at the moment. so this means less exports and investors going "fuck That" i am not going to take a chance on that emerging market.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Democracy seems to be taking a back seat. The DA wanted to march in Gauteng to show the cANCer that they were not happy with their governing of SA as well as the Gauteng Province, this request was denied because the police felt that there could be violence , this is after the cANCer had themselves said that they could not guarantee that there would be no violence. However in the Western Cape (best run Province) and run by the DA, the ANC were given permission to march (loot and destroy) and railed in by Metro rail for free (yep using my tax money for political gain). <br />
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The schooling system just seems to be getting worse not better, especially in rural areas, the cANCer it seems wants to have stupid people as their voter base because they are easier to control, but its the uneducated that are the ones that have no chance of getting jobs, starting a business . so that means they become dependent on the cANCer for handouts and free shit, that we the taxpayer have to fork out for.................I saw a poster the other day that said "Those of us that work for a living are getting tired of those that vote for a living" </div>
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General lawlessness of society is getting out of hand, we
have 5 protests a day about service delivery , that <o:p></o:p><br />
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the cANCer say is not about
how kak they are doing but rather a reminder from the public that they should
perhaps do better. Perhaps if the cANCer ministers councillors and tender thieves had not lost/wasted/stolen over 28 Billion (yes Billion) rand last year alone
then those that need schools, clinics etc etc could be assisted. What I do not
understand from the protesters though is 1) why burn down clinics etc that have
been built to help you 2) why fucking vote for the cANCer gain and again and
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and it drives me insane that the government is allowed to get away with wasting
so much of my hard earned money (I pay taxes) and while their is never enough money for the necessities for the public there always seems to be enough money available for the luxuries for the ruling elite and their fucked up friends<o:p></o:p></div>
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The petrol price has gone up again , 3 increases in a row
and there is talk that with the way the R is taking a hit against major
currencies of the world and the rise in the crude oil price it could go up to
R16 per litre, which puts more and more pressure on ordinary consumers. Add the toll fee fiasco to the increasing petrol prices then more pressure has been put on hard pressed consumers, very strange how the cANCer have exempted the taxi drivers though from the Tolls, (although thats a bit of a fuck up at the moment as well) and the Taxi associations are also pissed off. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The interest rate was raised by half a percent (unexpectedly)
and while everyone has been going on about how SA sort of missed the world
financial meltdown over the last few years , it seems that we may be heading
for our own. I predict that we will have at least another 2 in not more
interest rate hikes this year. And what is the advice of the Government and the
Rich…………….”we will have to tighten our belts” <o:p></o:p></div>
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inflation is 5 % but they have taken petrol and elect out of the basket and
these contribute to huge increases in food etc prices, so electricity goes up
25% and fuel 30% in 3 months, insurance and medical aid goes up by 10%, but salary increases are a mere 5 % or 6 if you’re
lucky…………………..So standards of living are dropping rapidly amongst the middle
class and this is where the majority of taxes come from to fund the corrupt
cANCer, who gave themselves he increases (way above inflation) not too long
ago.<br />
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The DA managed to get egg on their face, after announcing
that they had elected AGANG parties Ramapele Mamapele (or something like that)
as their Presidential candidate and after a kiss from Helen Zille a few days
later RM reneged on the deal and this obviously made the cANCer very happy. I
was sceptical to start with for 2 reasons<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->How can you make someone your parties
Presidential candidate for the elections when they are not even a member of
your party (that’s like electing someone as a presidential candidate and they are not
a resident of that country)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--> That they
did not (both parties) discuss it with their respective parties prior to the
Huge announcement and kissing in public.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The elections for me are a watershed moment in South African
history and will show whether or not I need to think about leaving and starting
somewhere else before it’s too late for my family and I.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BcFgwXanrHY/UvccuFjj3rI/AAAAAAAADbo/m4U4OlNQjGY/s1600/1077397_100527080011_814065_100408185855_south_y_flag+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BcFgwXanrHY/UvccuFjj3rI/AAAAAAAADbo/m4U4OlNQjGY/s1600/1077397_100527080011_814065_100408185855_south_y_flag+(2).jpg" height="256" width="320" /></a>Tomorrow I write my 4<sup>th</sup>
exam in 7 days, have to say has been pretty hectic, I suppose that it may have
been easier if I had done some major studying over the year. The first 3 exams
went ok so hopefully Mondays will follow suit and I will pass. Need to get the
diploma for work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next week Super Rugby starts with
the Sharks playing the Bulls and the Lions against the Stormers. Usually I
support all teams that play in the Super 15 but this year I won’t be supporting
the Lions due to the kak that many Lions supporters spoke about the Kings last
year, I hope that they get their asses handed to them every single week. Have
been to 3 matches in last 3 weeks at the NMB stadium with the Kings playing
Cheetahs, Lions and last night the Stormers.
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Ok well that’s it for this week,
hopefully you have registered to vote this weekend and you are ready to make
your mark on 7 May.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ciao <o:p></o:p></div>
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SPAD.<o:p></o:p></div>
Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-17832054111217354242014-01-24T17:16:00.002+02:002014-01-24T17:16:18.169+02:00The Death of Common Sense.........RIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">An
Obituary printed in the London Times.....Absolutely Dead Brilliant!!</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Today
we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with
us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth
records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as
having cultivated such valuable lessons as: <br />
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- Knowing when to come in out of the rain; <br />
- Why the early bird gets the worm; <br />
- Life isn't always fair; <br />
- And maybe it was my fault. <br />
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Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than
you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).<br />
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His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing
regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual
harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using
mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student,
only worsened his condition. <br />
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Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that
they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
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</span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to
administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student. <br />
<br />
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals
received better treatment than their victims. <br />
<br />
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in
your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. <br />
<br />
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize
that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was
promptly awarded a huge settlement. <br />
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Common Sense was preceded in death,<br />
-by his parents, Truth and Trust,<br />
-by his wife, Discretion,<br />
-by his daughter, Responsibility,<br />
-and by his son, Reason. <br />
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He is survived by his 5 stepbrothers; <br />
- I Know My Rights <br />
- I Want It Now <br />
- Someone Else Is To Blame <br />
- I'm A Victim<br />
- Pay me for Doing Nothing <br />
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Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. <br />
<br />
If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do
nothing.</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-66609265110866646722014-01-19T09:09:00.003+02:002014-01-19T09:09:45.339+02:00Village Idiots go Global<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It used to be that Village idiots
had an influence of “if they were lucky” a few miles as time went by they
managed to increase their sphere of influence. In fact it’s rumored that a
Village idiot in Nottingham forest actually invented the “Fox machine” you tied
a message to a collar attached to the Fox and sent it to an address that the
Fox had no idea where it was, needless to say the original Fox machine was less
than successful. Now we are able to influence public opinion from vast distances……………………”Love
it “ <o:p></o:p></div>
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Had to take an unexpected trip to
Umtata this week to do some training, so I hopped in the car on Thursday
afternoon for the 6 hour trip to Umtata. However just before East London I got
a call to say Umtata had no electricity so I would have to stay in EL at my
favourite guest house Tindale Lodge. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The upside is that I did not have
another 240 kms to do that day which meant a leisurely trip but the downside
was that I would have to leave “sparrow fart” on Friday morning to get to the
venue, “Dans country lodge” some 22kms yonder Umtata itself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I did manage to take a few photo
of scenery of items that I often want to take off, but because I am always in a
hurry or the weather is kak, I don’t stop, the weather was great, the traffic
was light and better yet the road between Port Alfred and the Fish river was
almost pothole free, which makes a pleasant surprise.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The plan was to wake up early and
head for Dans, I woke up earlier than expected as it was so hot and humid in East
London on Thursday night that I was skinny dipping at 3.30 am, so by 4.15am I
was on the road. Trip was uneventful but hit Umtata at early morning “freak
show” where you feel like you’re part of a live play station game that puts the elements of Frogger, Need for speed
and the Walking dead together. Traffic
lights mean nothing, stop streets even less, lines on the road are merely to break up the
monotony of a black surface. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Got to venue, set up and I bump
into Jacob Zuma, yep “Mr Nkandla himself” seems he had some official
engagements in the area (open a school, kiss babies, shake hands) he and his
large security contingents that include a bomb squad member, drug and explosive
sniffing dog etc etc. was just sort of mulling around and he came round the
corner with a couple of security staff (he was on his way to breakfast after
his Dr had tested the food to ensure was safe)…………………paranoid? “me thinks so”<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think I may have taken the
security by surprise as I walked up to JZ stuck out my hand, said “good morning
Mr President, I hope that you have a good day” , he shook my hand and said
“Steve you and I really need to get together to talk about how I can clean up
my act and do better as President”…………. OK he said “Thank you same to you” . I then immediately
stepped back and checked my pants to ensure my wallet and cell phone were still
there……………..Just joking I didn’t have my wallet .<o:p></o:p></div>
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Training was meant to start at
8.30, but I had not been told that in that part of the world that they have
turned back their clocks by a day, so I started at 9.30 with only half of the
delegates (the rest could quite possible be stuck in the traffic in Umtata).
Training went well and I then had to drive back to EL. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reg number says MAL (Mad) 6 - very apt</td></tr>
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Well, all I can say is that if
you put an American, Aussie or Pommie traffic Cop in Umtata/Butterworth/Idutwa for
a day they would probably commit suicide before their shift is over. I am sure
no I am positive) that 80% of those that drive in the former Transkei do not
have drivers licence’s and if they do then they bought them. Once you cross the
Kei River all rules of the road go out of the window and while going to the
venue had been interesting going back to El on a Friday afternoon was an
“Experience”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Friday afternoon traffic in that
part of the world is like Charge of the light brigade meets fast and furious
1-6, traffic is hectic and it does not help that when you get to Umtata half of
the traffic lights don’t work, but then again when they do work the drivers don’t
look at what colour is showing. Then from Idutwa there was thick mist which at
stages was like driving with a blindfold on due to the fact that many people
either don’t have lights or hazards or have “super hero powers” of being able
to see through mist add to that anything with legs attempting to outdo each
other by running across the road (very much like a live version of Frogger) the
mist lasted until 50km past Butterworth. And it took me 45 minutes to get through Butterworth
due to traffic volumes and total lack of regard for traffic rules.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1-Gqpt4_FZc/Utt6FGfHNsI/AAAAAAAADaw/_ARGWD2sWTs/s1600/IMG-20140118-03773.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1-Gqpt4_FZc/Utt6FGfHNsI/AAAAAAAADaw/_ARGWD2sWTs/s1600/IMG-20140118-03773.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a>One guy forced his way past me
and then not 5 meters past me pulled over to drop of a passenger, another came
flying past me a after sitting on my tail for a number of kms and then after
they had almost killed themselves, me and 43 schoolchildren playing a game of
football on the side of the road then proceeded to drive at 45 kms, until I could
get past him. Needless to say my middle
finger was given frequent exercise and my voice was hoarse from voicing my opinion
regards people’s heritage and brain capacity. ………………………..Drove back to PE on SAT am , left at 4.30 am and saw an awesome African sunrise.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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Seems that Michael Schumacher who
was placed in a medical coma, will in fact not come out of it, Medical experts
looking after him say that he will be in a coma all of his life, so I suppose
the question is do they unplug him or not. What’s your opinion? <o:p></o:p></div>
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I start with my first SAMTRAC
course of the year tomorrow, so I am hoping to start off well with a 100% pass
rate and a couple of distinctions from the class. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Have a great week<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ciao<o:p></o:p></div>
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SPAD <o:p></o:p></div>
Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-61338530528410544722014-01-12T10:00:00.001+02:002014-01-12T10:00:23.196+02:00Life after Clarens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was very sceptical and worried
about having to leave Clarens in 2009, after all I was the Village Idiot and
the unofficial mayor of the village, I was the person that everyone contacted
if they were looking for something. I was on TV talking about the history of
the village, I had a really laid back life and while I had to work hard to make
money it was an idyllic lifestyle and one that you don’t really want to give
up, those that have read Blogs from when I lived in Clarens would have thought
“wow what a life” and I didn’t want to give it up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-12kBBBXRfPE/UtJK_vsPbrI/AAAAAAAADZs/gzmx79XtyuY/s1600/DSCN4558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-12kBBBXRfPE/UtJK_vsPbrI/AAAAAAAADZs/gzmx79XtyuY/s1600/DSCN4558.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a>I must say that it was like
moving from Std 5 to Std 6 in Std 5 you are a big fish in a small ocean but
then you are hit with reality and when u go to Std 6 all of a sudden you become
a small fish in a big ocean. That’s what happened we I came to PE and at first
it was difficult to adapt and I pined for Clarens my friends, my way of life
and my comfort zone. But as is the norm
it does not take long to adapt to new surroundings, especially when you need to
find a job and fend for your family. I still miss Clarens but over the years
that we have been away I have learnt that nothing stays the same, people that
you were great friends also get on with their lives and contact with those friends becomes less and less. One thing however
stays the same in a small village and that is the petty politics between the
residents who to be honest at times have nothing better to do than to stick
their noses in other people’s business. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lots of Political news this week
as the parties start gearing themselves or the General elections this year (hopefully
the ANC will remember to announce the date)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QzDFQTRll8I/UtJLMpekxvI/AAAAAAAADZ0/aQDys1takj8/s1600/1521513_654340751275862_827215301_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QzDFQTRll8I/UtJLMpekxvI/AAAAAAAADZ0/aQDys1takj8/s1600/1521513_654340751275862_827215301_a.jpg" /></a>Jacob Zuma has stated that he
wants the ANC to achieve a 2 thirds majority so that he can change the
Constitution, which to me is very worrying. JZ’s track record against SA’s
democracy and its constitution as well as his total lack of care for its values
is not only worrying it’s scary. Why is he so eager to change the Constitution?
The ANC themselves keep reminding everyone how good it is.<o:p></o:p></div>
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While I agree that it’s a living
document and changes can be made (with the agreement of the majority) I don’t
believe that it must be taken lightly and should not be used as an election
ploy. The country under Zuma has
regressed and the ANC have failed to deliver on all the promises they keep
dredging up when they need votes. I believe he wants to change the constitution
so he can become President for life and Rape and pillage the economy like his
good mate up North…………..Rob Mugabe. I
think that many “sane” South Africans of all colours are starting to see thru
the smoke and mirrors, the corruption, egression in education, hospitals and
just the general bullshit that the ANC spout out all the time. 2014 is a
watershed election as far as I am concerned and we have a duty to vote <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The North West Premier Thandi Modise gave Pravish Ghordan the bird
by purchasing not only one, but 2 luxury vehicles during her during her time in
office, this information was confirmed on Friday by the Democratic Alliance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“MEC for public works, roads and transport Raymond Elisha indicated
that Modise utilised another car over and above the R1.3 million BMW she
ordered in November and the R1.1m BMW (BIG MAMMAS WHEELS) she took over from
former premier Maureen Modiselle,” DA North West spokesman Chris Hattingh said
in a statement. He said Elisha did not give details of the car or why it was
purchased.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The North
West legislature set up a sub-committee to probe the procurement processes
followed in purchasing the R1.3m car. Mahlakeng Mahlakeng, the chairman of the
sub-committee, confirmed that a second car was bought for Modise in 2010.The
premier's spokesman Lesiba Kgwele referred questions on the second car to the
public works and transport department. The department could not comment
immediately. Yeah that the normal answer to questions along with “We are busy
investigating” or “Give him/her another chance”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Meanwhile Fktard JuJu "Telly Tubby" Malema the
leader of the EFF says that we should learn from Zimbabwe, this is the report.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Economic Freedom Fighters
leader </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/julius-malema-8930"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #0e2e5e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Julius Malema</span></b></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">has reportedly showered
Zimbabwean President<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/robert-mugabe-3562"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #0e2e5e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Robert Mugabe</span></b></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">with praise, saying there
was no land reform system that had worked successfully for Africa other than
Zimbabwe's land reform programme. Speaking during a media conference in
Johannesburg, Malema said in the next 20 years Zimbabwe would be the only
African country where people owned their own land, according to a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/news-categories/top-stories/40327-west-punished-zim-for-taking-land.html" target="_self" title="Link: http://www.zbc.co.zw/news-categories/top-stories/40327-west-punished-zim-for-taking-land.html"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #0e2e5e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Zimbabwe Broadcasting
Corporation report</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">. Malema said the
Zimbabwean policy on land reform was a lesson to be learnt from and to be
implemented in South Africa, “except the initial violent method of attacking
white people or attacking each other”. According to an<span class="apple-converted-space"> Eyewitness report</span>, Malema said
although Zimbabweans may be hungry and poor today, they could be proud of the
fact that they owned property while South Africans had nothing to show as proof
that they belonged to South Africa. The EEF leader said Western powers were
attacking Zimbabwe to scare South Africans from engaging in any agrarian
reform. He said the result of Zimbabwe's 2013 elections was scientific evidence
that the people of Zimbabwe were happy about the land reform, particularly the
rural masses who now had access to land.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This week the ANC launched their
2014 Election Manifesto to 44 thousand Sheep at the Mbombela stadium, I believe
they all received the 3 T’s (free Transport,
free T shirt and free Transport) JZ has promised that the ANC will
create 6 000 000 (6 million jobs in the next 5 years) that’s about
3 333 per day……… Probably going to create 6 000 000 jobs in the
Civil service which will guarantee that they have another 6 000 000
votes and that the long suffering tax payers just get squeezed even more. A few
years back it was the same ‘blah blah blah” and the ANC promised to create
5 000 000 (5 million jobs), they must have forgotten about that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9ehcGCt4fs0/UtJLhVxDcKI/AAAAAAAADaE/oF4fHHdTrFA/s1600/1544004_10152096939476390_46480277_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9ehcGCt4fs0/UtJLhVxDcKI/AAAAAAAADaE/oF4fHHdTrFA/s1600/1544004_10152096939476390_46480277_n.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a>The Matric results came out and
it would seem that the number of Matric’s who passed did increase (not really
hard when a pass is 30%) how fucking dof (stupid) are you then to actually fail
Matric? The Eastern Cape as is the norm had the worst pass rate of 64.9% with
the Free State having the best 84 %………….but if you look at the adjoining
picture one has to wonder about the people in charge of the Free State
Education department and the veracity of those pass rates.</div>
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The ANC and its SACP cronies are
lauding the fact that the Matric results have increased over the years and that
this is a sign that we have a fantastic educational system but their <span style="color: #3f4549; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Statistics
are such nonsense. Our education system has a very low pass requirement and a
very high dropout rate. The ANC chooses which statistics are relevant</span>
and uses them for their political gain, so it’s using our children as political
pawns.<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tomorrow starts my 2<sup>nd</sup>
week back at work, last week was Ok as we only started on Wednesday but this week
will be the “Full Monty”…….5 days. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ok well have a great week<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ciao<o:p></o:p></div>
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SPAD<o:p></o:p></div>
Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-60048331463506850762014-01-05T14:51:00.001+02:002014-01-05T14:51:20.515+02:00“Dis n nuwe jaar”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Or for my non - Sefrican readers………………
“it’s a new year” and 2014 is upon us. Let’s hope that it’s a great year for us
all. In SA we did not start off so well with a 38c per litre increase of petrol
at midnight on 31/12/2013 with predictions that it could hit as high as R15 per
litre by years end……….’I hope that they are wrong but I don’t think so” <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GlkoyQJhAc/UslUuZ7rvZI/AAAAAAAADZE/pKC0cfZ9BkY/s1600/1009834_10202126426534886_863121675_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1GlkoyQJhAc/UslUuZ7rvZI/AAAAAAAADZE/pKC0cfZ9BkY/s320/1009834_10202126426534886_863121675_n.jpg" width="236" /></a>The main event for this year in
South Africa will be the General elections that will be taking place in SA and
it’s to me a pivotal election as it will show me where this country is going in
the next few years. As much as I love SA the last 19 years of mismanagement and
corruption of the ANC have seen standards of living drop and the well-being of
ordinary tax paying South African come second on the ANC gravy train that initially
started off as a trickle but is now in full flood……………………I for one will definitely
be voting for the only party that I believe has the ability to take on the ANC
and that’s the DA, all the other parties or coalitions just dilute the vote. The
coming months will be interesting as JZ and his cronies will shamelessly
exploit Nelson Mandela’s legacy and hand out as much free shit and create more
government jobs as to enslave their voters for voting for the “hand that feeds
them”. I will keep you informed of their shenanigans over the coming months.</div>
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I have not been fishing since I caught
a trout on Bergwoning’s farm about 12 years ago, I kept it in the deepfreeze
for about 3 years and would whip it out at dinner parties, family gatherings
and public holidays, I think that Tania threw it out when I was not looking and
was terribly disappointed that she had done so…………..perhaps I should have had
it stuffed and mounted like one of those singing bass fish you used to able to
buy for your pub.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gr9VhHE2_Zk/UslU9x2vqAI/AAAAAAAADZM/2_Hg9mthJnY/s1600/P1420832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gr9VhHE2_Zk/UslU9x2vqAI/AAAAAAAADZM/2_Hg9mthJnY/s320/P1420832.JPG" width="320" /></a>Anyway I digress………………. I was
persuaded after a couple of beers by Rob and Rudy to go fishing on Saturday
(yesterday 4/12/2014). So awake at 4.10am and picked up by Rob at 4.30am Rob
and I made our way through the peas soup mist (reminiscent of the movies ‘The
Fog” or Ghost ship”) and eventually managed to find our way to Cape Recife where
we met Rudy and Jacky and proceeded to unpack the “fishing gear”.</div>
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About an hour later ,Rob set up a rod for me and threw
it in and I stood for a while had a few nibbles and ten caught a rock………………..stood
for a while looking real cool with the rod bending like I had a 4000 kg Great
white on the 5 pound line and with a “twang” another lea sinker a hook and what
was left of the bait was surrender to the deep. </div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7wRpK2eG7w/UslVKl5bO5I/AAAAAAAADZU/GGa5DjJ6zsw/s1600/2014-01-04+05.49.01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7wRpK2eG7w/UslVKl5bO5I/AAAAAAAADZU/GGa5DjJ6zsw/s320/2014-01-04+05.49.01.jpg" width="240" /></a>After that I took photos, not
great ones due to the fact that the mist was at times so thick that the
lighthouse even disappeared. Rudy and Jacky also had no luck and seemed content
on adding to the lead poisoning of the local fish species with only Rob
managing to catch 2 fish. I think that the nature conservation should erect a
sigh saying “please don’t feed the fish” as that’s what we seemed to be doing,
Sardines and Chokka (squid) being on the menu for the day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I think fishing is a lot like
golf, not that I know much about that sport either, but it would seem that
after not catching anything but the flu for an hour a few nibbles and a false
strike makes you ready for another hour of gormless looking at the line in the
sea waiting for the big one. In Golf after 6 KAK holes if you have a good drive
on the next hole then you are all ready for the ready for the rest of the
course , the fat that you 187 over par does not even factor into it…………………..”Oh
ja we are going to play Golf next weekend so I guess that we will test that
theory”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ok I have to ask you this, I saw
this on a posting on FB and a few people got the shits, I thought it was funny
(maybe a tad racist but nonetheless funny) but funny non the less. What do you
think? “<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wonder if anyone can confirm this story. I was
told that the reason why God made Barbel (cat fish), was to show the blacks
what they would look like if they wanted to be mermaids”..??</span> I mean if
we can’t laugh at other people then who can we laugh at ?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Supposed to start work on Wednesday but Ryan and I have to do industrial
theatre for a client tomorrow and Tuesday and then after finishing at the client
at 5pm (starting at 7am) we then have a hour environmental theatre that Ryan
(my brother in law) kindly agreed to on my behalf for SAMREC (they look after
the penguins and other marine life or birds that get into trouble) who are having
a conference for other environmentalists and the likes somewhere outside of PE.
So today is my last day of freedom ………………“The holidays have gone by faster than
a bag of biltong at a weight watchers meeting”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok well that’s it for now <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-90995980420206122962013-12-31T13:33:00.002+02:002013-12-31T13:33:43.799+02:003,2,1………………..Happy blah blah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok so sue me I know I said last
week that that would be my last Blog for the year, but I am sitting here and
thinking “it’s the last day of the year” so let’s do the last Blog of the year.
Normally by today many people are coming up with new year’s resolutions, the
normal are “Go n Diet, stop drinking, stop smoking, get a new job, getting fit,
stop spending money etc etc” …………………….I don’t do resolutions as I never usually
keep them. So for 2014 I will set myself some challenges and see how many of
them I attain. One of them will be to build a better career. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Many people said they had a kak
2013, mine wasn’t too bad to be honest and I have been keeping a list of Lekker
things that happened or that I did in 2013 so here they are “in no particular
order” </div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><!--[endif]-->Went to UK With Tania and Gabby <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Drove a Ferrari F430 at Siverston <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Drove
Austin martin vantage v8 at Silverston<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->50 lap indoor go cart race<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Turned 50<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Bought a Harley (second hand one, but still a
Harley)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->First big
OHS CMB253 audit where I did some one on one work<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->went to Richards bay for the first time (twice)<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Became an uncle for 6<sup>th</sup> time to Lexi<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Became a great uncle for 1<sup>st</sup> time to
Rachel<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Passed my auditors exam with a distinction<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Watched Blitzbokke beat All blacks at PE stadium
in front of local All Black supporters<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Watched all except 1 Super 15 games played in PE<o:p></o:p></div>
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the first rookie side in super 15 to win their first ever Super 15 game <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Survived the 10 days of Nelson Mandela on radio,
TV etc etc <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Rode 5000 kms on a Harley<o:p></o:p></div>
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harbour)<o:p></o:p></div>
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for 31 Dec 2012 <o:p></o:p></div>
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year’s with us<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think. The pool pump has just given up the ghost, so puts a bit of a dampener
on the year, but like I said lets focus on the good stuff.<o:p></o:p></div>
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All that’s left for me to do is
to wish you all a Happy New Year, In 2014 may you have Love to share, Health to
spare and friends who care.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ciao for the last time this year<o:p></o:p></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-3928121437716952302013-12-22T12:02:00.001+02:002013-12-22T12:02:27.236+02:00Steps to take in case of a fire………..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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“Frikken large ones” would be my
answer, but at Nkandla it would be pick up a bucket and “fillit” up from the
pool and “frow” it on the fire. Of all the excuses that Publics work Minister
Thulas Nxesi gave at a press briefing
yesterday (19/12/2013) as to the 208
million rand upgrades to JZ’s Nkandla homestead this would be my favourite,
although having to build an expensive path because of high heels comes a close
second (Didn’t know that JZ was a cross dresser, but as they say in the classics you learn
something new every day) As I have said of the 10 explanations given my
favourite is the reason they put in a swimming pool is that due to the
positioning of Nkandla and the fact that no fire station is situated within a reasonable distance from Nkandla. <o:p></o:p></div>
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those who grew up in rural areas knew that “there are no fire extinguishers or
fire brigades”.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">She said the “best we know is to take a bucket,
dip it in water and throw it on the fire”.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">General Vijay Ramlakan, the retired
surgeon-general who represented the defence force, confirmed that there was
“what is referred to in the media” as a swimming pool, but that the department
of defence’s original request had been “translated by public works engineers
into what is there”.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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For the other 9 “if
you have 1 brain cell” reasons go to <a href="http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/High-heels-and-9-other-explanations-for-Nkandla-upgrades-20131219">http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/High-heels-and-9-other-explanations-for-Nkandla-upgrades-20131219</a>.
And believe me there are some doozies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They did not mention why a
multi-million R gym had been built as part of the security upgrades (that by
the way did not cost the tax payer anything, so that begs the question who paid
for it ?) my answer to the press and the thousands upon thousands of pissed off
South African Tax payers would be the following.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Due to the fact that many people
call our President a fat cat we thought that we should let him gym to get rid
of that perception, however it will also mean that if the chicken coop, new
kraal, air-conditioning, swimming pool or new paving does not keep the tsoties
away or fires from bennnning the house, then he will be fit enough to be able
to run away, as long as he is not wearing high heels, or run to the pool with a
bucket and put out the fire”……………..</div>
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I know many are going to be upset
with me, but I am just so happy that they have eventually buried Nelson
Mandela……………..it was seriously getting to much with the outside world basically
not existing from the day after he died.………… then of course are all those
expats that basically left SA due to the fact that the ANC with Nelson Mandela
as its leader came into power and decided to pack their bags ……………Now all of a
sudden he is their saint and thousands have his face as their FB or BBM etc
picture. Don’t get me wrong he did some great things but we also need to
remember about the many thousands of other ordinary South Africans (Black and
white) who have died at the hands of animals who know that if they do get
caught the chances of a hefty sentence are minimum and if they do go to jail
the chances of escaping or pretending to be ill and getting early parole are
good . <o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p> </o:p>One also has to laugh at the many
African politicians who harped on about Madiba’s legacy of forgiveness, humanity,
compassion, humility etc etc but they themselves are don’t live up to those
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So here is a question for you………………..
“Has convenience made things inconvenient”? Let’s look at that statement for a
moment and dwell upon it while I go make myself a cup of coffee (Ok open a
Millers).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not too long ago I decided that I
needed a McDonalds real bad (I know, I must have been really hungry) so popped
into the nearest one, there was a lengthy queue at the drive thru so I decided
to go inside order and eat which I did. As we know the service at McDonalds is
not the fastest, in fact they manage to put a whole new meaning into “fast
food” even so I must have been about 10 – 12 minutes and when I walked out cars that had been in the back of the
queue had not yet reached the window to receive their orders. Now I may be
wrong (and I often R) but I thought the whole point of the drive thru was to
provide quick takeaway food for those in a hurry?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think that in this day and age
we have become so attached to the idea of convenience that we will put up with
inconvenience to achieve it. We seem to be surrounded with items that do things
for us, automatic dog and cat food dispensers, electric juicers, tin openers,
fridges that automatically make ice cubes, electric windows and my
favourite disposable toothbrushes that have the toothpaste already squeezed on
it………………I mean how lazy is that ? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Automatic gates and garage doors
are my favourite, it’s amazing how many people have them and they don’t work properly
or decide not to work at all. It all seems great as you swing into the drive or
drive towards the garage and as you press the button of the remote control it
either opens and closes as it’s supposed to or the gate half opens and you
press the button a few more times and the gate goes back to the start and then
gets stuck halfway which means that you need to get out of the car and hand
crank the gate open, which usually entails you having to crawl on all fours. <o:p></o:p></div>
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With automatic Car doors they will open as
expected or slow down just a little which will mean that you will take the
bottom panel off the door. They can also have a mind of their own and will only
decide to close if there is a chance that it can crush the gardener or one of
the kids bikes. You then get up on a
chair and try to repair the motor with either a screwdriver a hammer or in my
case both. You then call in the garage
door or gate motor repairman who takes
his holidays in the Bahamas, so while we buy gadgets to make our lives more convenient
what they n fact do is add expense and complications to our lives. Is it a
coincidence that the first syllable of convenience is Con ??.................I
think not. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Seems that Steef “I have a
million kids” Hofmeyer and Jooooolius “I wish I had a million brain cells”
Malema were both arrested for speeding but Malema got pissed off because he was
given a bigger bail amount. Malema was released on R5 000 bail after being
arrested doing 215 in a 12o zone while Hofmeyer was released on R500 bail for
doing 175 in a 120 zone. “Keep the assholes in jail for all I care”……………seems
that with death of Paul Walker they are looking for new talent for the movie
Franchise , Steve and Jooolias may just fit the bill………..they may however need
to change the title as the poster says to “The Fat and The Furious”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Musica store on Friday (yep Xmas shopping) and imagine my surprise when I see
that Vinyl is making a comeback. The ACDC albums of which I have the originals
are going for R269 each. </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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arrive today, Nicole, Doug, Amber and newest addition Lexi have been visiting
Doug’s dad and brother who still live in SA and they will then spend time with
us and Nicoles dad and brother and his family here in PE. So the house is going
to be busy for a while, especially Xmas day when we will have 15 adults’ kids
and a baby running around for Xmas day Lunch. So let’s hope that the weather is
good. I know that Tania can’t wait to see her sister and hold her Niece Lexi
for the first time………………..”yeah ok I am also looking forward to meeting my Niece
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for the first time as well”<br />
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Today is the last day of the
first test against India and SA need 261 runs with 6 wickets in hand, let’s
hope that we can do it , but chasing a world record last innings score of 458
to win. Morne Steyn was all full of himself prior to start of the test as to
how the Indian batting line up was suspect and that the SA bowlers would rip
into them, well let’s hope those words don’t come back and bite him on the ass…………….Kallis
was given out LBW and he def had an inside edge, let’s hope that it’s not an
expensive mistake from the umpires. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well this will probably be the
last post for this year, I have been on and off this year regards posts, to be
honest for a while have not really felt like writing, but have also have been
busy with other things as well. Let’s see what next year brings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Do yourself a favour sit down and
list all the great things that you did or happened to you in 2013. I did and
had a pretty good year. We tend to remember the kak (shit to non-South African
readers) that happens and not the good. I will tell you mine in the first Blog
of 2014. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So all that is left to say is
Merry Christmas (yep I say Christmas, not Festive season or HAPPY HOLIDAYS like
my politically don’t want to piss off the minorities friends tend to say ) to
you and your loved ones and I wish you all a 2014 that is everything you hope
for.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ciao <o:p></o:p></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-57082526584902751952013-11-03T10:48:00.000+02:002013-11-03T10:48:00.994+02:00Permission to have Penis Pierced !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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but when I was a kid at school I went on a number of School outings, I remember
being taken to a farm for the day, the beach, in standard 5 we went to
Johannesburg and toured the gold mines and then in the evening watched a movie,
in high school we went on sports tours as well as numerous day trips. I
remember each time my parents had to sign permission and in most cases pay for
me to attend the days outing, sports tour or event that had planned by the school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that a teacher in Gauteng was able to take pupils to have their John </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">Thomas's</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> pierced, “yep can you believe it” ?……………..I am speechless to be honest and it
takes a lot to make that happen. The teacher in the meantime (after the story
broke/ did a dick become infected, did one of the kids show their parents or
were they caught going through a metal detector at the airport on their school
tour of the hot spots in Thailand ?), has </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">apologized</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and said that he is no
Sexual deviant. (looks a tad dodgy to me)</span></span></div>
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actions could not be undone but rumours of sexual misconduct were unfair,
apparently pupils that he teaches saw his penis ring in the change rooms after
a swimming practice (changing with the pupils after swimming………mmmmmm a tad
dodgy I don’t ever remember changing with any of my teachers) and they asked
him about it…………….Perhaps it was like a show and tell ? “So sir what is that
shiny thing on the end of your penis” Oh that Brian is a penis ring. makes me look rugged, interesting and windswept and make’s the
wife have multiple orgasms and is a real conservation piece at church fees, parties, weddings and family </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">gatherings</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> ................"Wow we should all get one sir will
you take us , Please sir Please” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of education and expanding their young minds he told them to do some research
and after they had done so perhaps they wrote a small report that they presented to the class. According
to the teacher they then asked him to take them for a piercing………………... Not their
parents, their teacher (how fkd up is that ?)…………this is also a problem for me,
how could he agree to take them if he was
not sure that the parents agreed (or can kids now just do what they want
now?) apparently none of the pupils of parents have complained (perhaps its
because they haven’t done a penis piercing inspection lately) it was the
schools governing body who decided to dismiss him and this is because a few
months before he had taken a another student to get a tattoo, hopefully not on
his penis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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question that maybe you are also thinking, how did the governing body know he
had taken the kids to have penis rings but their parents did not, or perhaps
they did and just don’t give a fuck? Either way this teacher is a serious fuckktard
and an embarrassment to his profession. . <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happening to our schools but its seriously fucked up at the moment, students
are beating other students, students are killing each other teachers are
beating pupils, pupils are sexually molesting teachers or beating them up and
this is in the last couple of weeks………… So who is to blame?? Well society in
general has become just so messed up and kids today don’t have the love and
discipline that we may have had as kids, the government wants us to not
discipline kids there is clearly no discipline at schools and how can people
just watch other people getting beaten and stabbed etc, is that the type of
individual we are turning our children into ? Cell phones are also “in my mind”
contributing to violence as people now want to “act” for the camera. Cell
phones should be banned from schools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for maintenance, apparently there is a law that when a kid turns 18 and they
either cant or are to fking lazy to find a job they can sue the parent/s for
money……………Nice one. So now she is 18 just finishing matric and wants her mom to
pay her R2000 a month a ell as her cell phone and medical aid contributions so
its about R2500 a month, she I claiming R300 a month for cigarettes as well as
money for cat food……her mom has no intentions of paying. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"SA crime at lowest in 15 years"</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> - </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">report. </span></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says an
international monitor has found that crime in South Africa is at its lowest
level in 15 years. "</b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Who is he trying to kid? its not that crime has decreased
its probably because people have got so gatvol of police ineptitude or the fact
that criminals IF they get caught get a slap on the wrist and get to go and do it
all over again, that they just don’t
report crime anymore", the fact that the latest police </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">commissioner</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> is under investigation may also just have the general public wondering why bother.</span></span></i></span></div>
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couple of weeks will be in East London , I was there last week and had a
student by the name Picnic “no lies”, great young man, just got to love Africa.
The week before I rode back from El in the rain and I was soaked and by time I
got back, the forecast was for 80% chance of heavy rain this Friday again, so I
got dressed up for monsoon season and guess what………………No Rain, have to love it
when the weather man fks it up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had our client function on Friday night and the Theme was “let the good times
roll”. It was held at a local Guest house near the beachfront, think it’s
called Ahoy boutique hotel and as the name suggests it has “wait for it” a
Nautical theme. “I know surprising hey”.
I was the MC and dressed up like an over the top Blinged out whale
(badly dressed, rich punter). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on the way to the venue, we came across an accident, looks like the guy riding
the bike grabbed a handful of front brake and with the water on the road from
the rain it slipped from under him and he hit the back of the Audi at
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was clean the pool, mow the lawn, watch a couple of movies, have the flu so was
not that “lus” to do much, I have not been to gym all week so hopefully next week
I feel better and go to the gym near to Carl. Have to say I was a little
confused yesterday because a) there was no rugger on to watch and b) there was
no wind, no rain, blue skies and it was sunny…………….why am I confused ? well it’s
weekend, last month or so every weekend has had really kak weather. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week sees the Boks play Wales in the first of their 3 games on their Northern
tour. Yesterday the Poms beat Australia 20/13 and the Pommie press are going on
about what a great team the Poms are and how they should be seen as contenders
for the 2015 World cup that will be held on the island. Fisrt of all Australia
are playing really kak at the moment and the Poms will have to improve by leaps
and bounds to beat the All blacks or the Bokke.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a great week<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-7190312401927441752013-10-29T21:08:00.000+02:002013-10-29T21:08:36.728+02:00why we must vote.<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Please read this semi-humorous letter from Trevor
Mallach, a Shoprite Group executive<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>(Vote
right!) </span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">_______________________________________________________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Hello fellow citizens</span><span lang="EN-US"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If like me, you don't have a passport from another country and you quite
like living in South Africa, now is quite an important time for you</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Instead of using clichés like "the future is in your hands<span style="color: navy;">..</span>.." or "make your mark, let your voice be
heard!" and other ineffective drivel, I am going to just draw your
attention to the following:</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Bob Mugabe had to amend the constitution of Zimbabwe to allow him to
remain in power as president, long after he had reached his intellectual sell-by-date.
(Before this, as in all "democracies", there was a limit to the
number of terms which a president could serve). Having changed it once, he did
it again. Then he was on a roll. The rest of the story we all know very well.
With hindsight, we can see that had he been prevented from taking the first
step, the whole sub-Saharan part of Africa would have been spared quite a lot
of bother.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When Hitler took over Germany he systematically turned it into a fascist
police-state, where no-one (no, not even German citizens) had any freedom. He
did this by passing one piece of legislature after another. Slowly he started
to ban things (like women shaving their legs and underarms). Next he formed a
special police force which was under his personal control (the infamous
Gestapo) to enforce these new laws. Then he banned some more things, like
jokes, clever books and talking about him behind his back. By the time he had
mobilized his army, and banned being Jewish or trying to stop him from invading
your country it was TOO LATE! He had gained too much momentum.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"How did Hitler and Bob manage this?" you may ask.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I'll tell you how: Baby steps.</span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Each time they changed something, they convinced all the stupid people
that it was for the greater good. Clever people, who could tell that it wasn't,
thought to themselves "Surely they won't get away with this" over tea
and rusks, but did nothing. By the time someone decided to stand up and make a
scene, his house had been burned down and his head was firmly wedged between an
S.S. boot and the pavement outside.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now, I'm sure we all agree that one "Jacob Gedleyihlekisa
Zuma" possesses neither the intellect, balls or charisma to start a world
war. However, he has somehow managed to wangle his way into a position where he
can very well take the first baby step towards making a complete pig's ear of
our country. Old-school racist whites are always on about our country going to
the dogs and ending up like Zimbabwe…... Of course they did this because they
were narrow-minded and ignorant, not because they were keeping a keen eye on
actual political developments. Our downfall will not be racism as everyone
predicted in 1994, it will be corrupt politicians driven by greed and a hunger
for power. And people drinking tea saying "surely they won't get away with
that?".</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Now JZ's trial has been scheduled for August (which is AFTER the election).
After winning the election, the ANC plans on amending the constitution to
prohibit the acting president from being prosecuted in a court of law. Just
like with Bob Mugabe, the most fundamental law of the country will now be
changed to suit the whims of a criminal with no brain. (Never mind the fact
that this would actually mean that he could literally commit murder and get
away with it until he steps down as president). Our constitution is literally
the anchor which stops our country from drifting down river and over the edge
of a waterfall. It leaves ultimate power in the hands of the courts and judges
and prevents government from raising itself above the law. To allow anyone to
mess with it is equivalent to committing a slow national suicide.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The ANC no doubt thinks they will again get the two thirds majority they
need to tinker with the constitution in the April election. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I beg to differ.</span><span lang="EN-US"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US"> <br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I hope and believe that, unlike the sheep of the past in Germany and
Zimbabwe , the average person who receives this mail has actually had enough of
all these shenanigans and would like to see the appearance of justice, logic
and efficiency in government. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, we are in the minority. However, to prevent things from
getting worse really fast, all we have to do (for now) is: ............................. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">VOTE !!!!!!!! .</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And then, when the election comes, vote for anyone except the ANC. You
can vote for Vernon Koekemoer or Skippy Peanut Butter for all I care, just as
long as no one gets a two-thirds majority!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I swear on my grandma's grave... if I hear someone (who didn't vote or
couldn't vote because they were too lazy or hungover to register) complaining
at a braai about the government I will come in from the side with a flying
head-butt which will leave you so brain-damaged you'll join the ANC youth
league and vote for Julius Malema in 2013.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This country is genuinely amazing, lets not let a small handful of
people use it as their personal monopoly set and turn it into another
post-Colonial African 3rd World sad story.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Vote, dammit! People are willing to die fighting for the right to vote.
If you don't, and you end up watching as the country slowly slides into an
abyss it will be "on you".</span><span lang="EN-US"> ............ </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ok, enough.</span><br />
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Been AWOL for a while, it’s been
a combination of being busy, trying to study (yeah good one) and generally
being lazy. But I have to say “Where has the year gone” ? Shits almost
November an when we rub our eyes it will be the season “to spend money” as the Xmas season will be upon us, with local retailers
already putting up the decoration, trees and advertising mince pies and the
like. Xmas just seems to be getting longer and longer every year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3oHMqX0J4X8/Um0ABlBVjVI/AAAAAAAADTY/WhCqFMLg4IU/s1600/2013-10-19+16.24.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3oHMqX0J4X8/Um0ABlBVjVI/AAAAAAAADTY/WhCqFMLg4IU/s320/2013-10-19+16.24.58.jpg" width="240" /></a>As you may or may not know we
have a new member of the family, other than my two new Nieces Lexi and Rachel. Her
name is Katy and she is a ginger kitten, that has to be one of the cutest
intelligent kittens we have had the pleasure to own and we have had some great
cats. Her mission at the moment is to sleep, eat, go totally berserk, eat, sleep………………
“you get the picture” Katy loves the
computer and regularly walks across or sits on the keyboard changing settings
or writing her own words, hence the name of this <o:p></o:p></div>
BLOG story because as I was starting I
stood up to get something and she pressed the o button a number of times. <br />
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ride this week (660kms), as I had training to do in East London. Usually I have
done that trip with the Triumph, but due to the fact that it’s not running “again”
I used the ‘Hog” I have to be honest, much prefer the long distance riding on
the Triumph as it can take luggage in the luggage panniers and it’s a lot
smoother. The ride there was not too bad,
other than being a little cold and sore when I got to EL (I have not done a
long distance ride in quite a while). The ride back however has to be near to,
if not the worst ride I have ever had, with the last 150kms being ridden in
monsoon type rain that had me curse the fact that I love bikes and riding. While
passing fast moving trucks with little or no visibility can be terrifying being
hit with a wall of water from a puddle that a vehicle in front of you or passing
you hits its believe it or not is worse and probably the reason my Flatberry
had to be immersed in a large bowl of rice when I got home so as to absorb the moisture………………seemed
to work as it did in fact start up again………………….I downgraded to a Flatberry by
the way, it’s like a Blackberry but just thinner, to be honest I am surprised
that it still works after being driven over by a car (fell out of my pocket
while riding the scooter back from work). It still works and that’s what
matters to me, I am not a techno junkie like a number of my family who just
love to have the newest up to date technology when it comes to phones and computers……………………………………….
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really Lus (motivated) to write anymore, gonna chill out and read some more of
the book I am consuming at the moment, it’s called “No Angel” and it’s about an
undercover ATF agent in the states that joined the Hells Angels and starts to
get too involved with them………….. , can’t put it down.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Again if you have not registered
to Vote for next year’s election in SA then do so, while you think voting cannot
change anything, it can. Indifference towards voting in my mind is a form of
cowardice, because you’re saying “I take no responsibility for what happens in
my country” so if you’re not registered or know of others that are not get them
to do so and then go make your mark………….Time to tell the ANC that we are not taking
any more of their shit.<br />
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Ciao<o:p></o:p></div>
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side of the road, to see how quickly you can get bored and in my case it’s
rather a fast process. In fact I have started this week’s blog from the side of
the road about 80kms from East London. The reason is that the car I was
travelling in on the way to an audit broke down, waited over 3 hours for
colleague to bring a clamp (it was R3.50 clamp that popped off the air intake
pipe into the turbo) and it put out so much air that cable ties, elastic bands
and even part of farmers barbed wire fences could not assist………………….Hence the
wait. Out of the hundreds of cars and trucks that passed us, only 2 persons stopped
to see if they could assist not even the cops or traffic police stopped. So
it’s nice to see that those two institutions believe in the “serve and protect
ethos”………………….”Yeah right”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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think I may have mentioned in last week’s Blog or the one before that it seems
at they are becoming more visible. Well its definitely the case, because after
the FIFA World Cup of 2010 all semblance of control on the roads seemed to have
vanished faster than Seth Blatter chasing the next World Cup “pay day”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trucks at weigh bridges seem to be the order of the day………….Some say it’s
because they have been given guns, some that it’s because they have received a
huge increase while others believe they have been imported from another galaxy,
I for one have mixed feelings about this new development cause while I want
order on the roads and vehicles that actually have brakes and steering wheels
using the highways and byways , like most South Africans (and I tell students
this in my safety lectures) we also like to be able to wind that bike or car up
to over the 120 km per hour speed limit and overtake on the double white line
“uphill on a blind rise” after all that the South African way……………..we
love laws and rules but hate to follow them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in Queenstown (which is a spot the white man and win a prize town in the first
place) you can equate this to seeing the
Loch ness monster, Big Foot, an honest politician, Leprechaun or a Unicorn,
it’s a rare rare sighting indeed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was on the way to an audit when the car I was travelling in broke down, I forgot
to mention it was my bosses car and the audit was for Transnet, seeing that we stared a day late I had to go on Wednesday “ all
on my lonesome” to audit the Depot and yard that side and traveled up with Oom
Danie and Lebu, two different sides of the coin one could not hope to meet.
Both great guys, Oom Danie hanging on for 2 years to retire and Lebu and ex
train driver who has been promoted to a Safety manager (even after he has
managed to kill 8 people while driving trains) in his defence after listening
to his stories none of them where actually his fault, it’s not like he drove
off the tracks and rode the people down in a mielie field. Not many people </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">realize</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> that it can take a fully laden train between 1 and 1.5 </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">kilometers</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> to
stop so if someone is lying on a track and you apply the brakes as you see them
there is not much you can do to prevent from slicing that person in 2.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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proud transport system into what is basically a delivery system for large
corporation and have allowed the infrastructure to deteriorate so much that we
now have to spend Billions of R to fix………”So let’s fuck it up, see that we
actually need a rail transport system to get the trucks off the road and then
use money we don’t have to fix it again” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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government been up to this week? Well here is my gem for the week, read this
first and then I will comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Northern Cape premier
Sylvia Lucas used her official credit card to spend R53 159 on fast food during
her first 10 weeks in office, the Sunday Times reported. Lucas spent R26 565 on
food in one month, according to the report. She was inaugurated as premier on 30
May. According to the Sunday Times, she spent R11 956 on food in Kimberley,
where she lives in the official premier's residence, in August. Treasury
guidelines stipulated that official credit cards were for "when the
executive authorities are away on official duties outside the province".
Between 16 July and 2 August, Lucas spent more than R2 000 at her local Super Spar,
the Sunday Times reported. Lucas reportedly told the newspaper the shop was
conveniently "close to her home".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"When we go out of Kimberley,
we go to the Super Spar and we buy water and Powerade and cool drinks. We need
Powerade for the energy, you know," she was quoted as saying. "How would we have eaten if we
didn't use taxpayers' money?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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can steal our money and make a mockery out of the accountability
process…………..”Bitch” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more, the ANC, the people who keep telling us that they are serious about crime
and corruption and that they will not tolerate member who use taxpayers money,
have come out in support of the Kentucky Fried chicken, finger licking thief by
saying “she is only human” again my response is WTF, I don’t know about any
other South African but I am just sooooooo sick of this shit, it’s time to vote
these bastards out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in your baguette and smoke it</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #232323; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">”…… Cape Town - SANZAR judicial officer Terry
Willis from Australia has removed a red card from the disciplinary record of
Springbok hooker Bismarck du Plessis. Du Plessis was issued with a red card
after receiving two yellow cards during the Boks' Rugby Championship clash with
the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday.<br />
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The yellow cards were issued in the 17th and 42nd minutes of the match at Eden
Park, which New Zealand won 29-15. The judicial hearing was held via
teleconference on Monday. Willis granted an application made by Gerrie Swart
who appeared on behalf of Du Plessis, for an expedited hearing. The hearing was
originally fixed for the Tuesday. At the hearing, Willis was assisted by former
professional player David Croft from Australia. Submissions were made on behalf
of the player and the video footage was reviewed. Willis found that the
decision made by referee Romain Poite to issue a yellow card as a result of the
tackle by Du Plessis on Dan Carter was wrong, as it was within the laws of the
game.<br />
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Carter to his credit said he had no problems with the tackle. No further
sanction was imposed on Du Plessis, however the second yellow card remains on
his record for the remainder of the Rugby Championship. But I have just heard
that the ref who will be in charge of the Bokke vs Australia game at Newlands
next Saturday will be non other than, yes another fking Frenchman, he was a
touch judge in the All black game, “did anyone say “dejavu”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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base that is 5 kms from Paris Disney has
had to be moved, it seems that every night after the fireworks display, the
management had accept the surrender of the commander and his men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the fact that we spent the weekend at a place called Cannon Rocks about 135 kms
from PE, nice place right near the beach which we took one windswept walk one
before being sandblasted back to the flat. The weather wasn’t exactly conducive
to the beach and bringing swimming trunks as well as snorkeling equipment was perhaps
being a tad enthusiastic. Especially after the Cape had been hit with a cold
front that brought snow and -3 temperatures. Saturday we took a drive to Port
Alfred and Kenton on sea and had a squiz around. I can happily tell u that I am
however the pool as well as table tennis champ in the family. But Steve
(Gabby’s boyfriend, gave me a good run for my money). Sunday the weather was
good and we had a lekker walk on the beach, it was a nice getaway. Thanks Tania
xx<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I need to be politically correct and say “possible non-Christians”) have been
at it again with “non- Muslims” being targeted at a local shopping centre in
Kenya and over 30 being shot………………..”yes a peaceful religion indeed</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #232323; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">”.</span></div>
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we had a new kitten but that we hadn't thought of a name for her yet. Well she
is called Katy. She is as cut as a button and in less than a week she has
stolen our hearts. The other 2 cats are not so enamored with her, but Mischief
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the week. Tuesday is a public holiday here in SA , its Heritage day, better known
as Braai day, so I am sure many a fire will be lit and a beer or two will be
consumed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-1326631517871040682013-09-15T08:09:00.000+02:002013-09-15T08:09:11.024+02:00Stand up and be counted.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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inefficient and fucked up ANC government
have told the Public protector Thuli Madonsela to drop her investigation of
President JZ’s R208 Million rand upgrade of his “PRIVATE” Nkandla estate has
put me over the edge as to my feelings for the present South African
government.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people complain (myself included) about how kak the government is, how the
local municipalities waste our rates and taxes, how the country is going to the
dogs and then don’t do anything about it. So I have decided that I am going to
actively get involved in trying to get this country back on the right track.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are whether your Jewish, Muslim (non- suicide bomber types), Christian , a </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">scientologist</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> or even an atheist, I don’t give a shit if your rich or poor, university
educated or only have a Standard 8 (sorry grade 10) I don’t give a shit are if
you fought for or against the old SA government or if your conservative or
liberal in outlook……………….All I care about is that we start to stand together
and make the ANC and the local corrupt,
inept and fucked up municipalities to understand that the “free ride” on my as
well as other selected taxpayers</span></span> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">money is over and we
“Demand” ( a word ANC supporters love to bandy about) accountability and good
governance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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start getting involved with local politics, if I want change then I am going to
have to get off my ass and do something about it, I urge all that are
complaining about the present state of affairs to do the same, we cannot just
sit idly by and allow the country we love to slide into the pit of mediocrity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and good governance it would seem that the SABC (local TV broadcaster) has
managed to “spend” 1 .5 Billion rand and not have any account as to what they
spent on it “I smell a rat”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And as if the country’s
farmers don’t have it hard enough here is another “Brilliant” proposal to
really make farmers want to carry on producing food for the country, “seriously
where do these cretins come from who even contemplate proposals of this nature?
(Probably some asshole, who has never built up anything from scratch in his/her
life and has a sense of entitlement because of the colour of their skin).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 12.6pt;">This from the Beeld newspaper: The
possibility that farmers would be "encouraged" by the state to
apportion shares in their farms to farm workers was worrying commercial
farmers. The share option was contained in a proposed policy document of the
department of rural development and land reform. It was suggested that a </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.796875px;">farm-worker</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 12.6pt;"> with 10 years of "disciplined service" on a commercial farm would be
entitled to a 10% share in the ownership of the land.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After 25 years of service, a worker
would be entitled to 25%, and 50% after 50 years. No mention was made of what
would happen when a number of labourers worked on the same farm for more than
10 years. The system would not be "enforceable" and farmers would be
encouraged to "voluntarily" participate. An incentive programme would
encourage farm owners to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Annelize Crosby, legal and policy
adviser for Agri SA, said on Wednesday that the policy did not make any sense
at all. "If there is any remote possibility of forced compliance to this
idea, it will lead to disinvestment and a sharp decline in agricultural production."………………..”Annelize,
they don’t give a shit about decline in agricultural production they just want
to fuck up what is there and have thousands of black farm workers owning 10% of
nothing”, also they get paid Huge salaries for doing absolutely nothing, so they
don’t care what the price of food is or petrol because they will just vote
themselves a salary increase and our taxes will go up…………….”Time for change” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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weird stories before, but this one takes the cake. It seems another South
African overseas has run foul “, or should I say fowl of the law” a certain
Steven Cohen was arrested in Paris a few days ago and charged with Sexual exhibitionism. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
idiot or some call “eccentric artist” paraded around Trocadero Square facing
the Eiffel Tower at 9.30am was clad in a bird costume, high heels and a live
rooster tied to his penis. He decided to parade in front of a group of tourists
while mimicking the movements of a chicken. Apart from the chicken costume
he also wore feathers on his hands and head, high-heel shoes, hot pants and
long, red gloves, Why did he do it ?? Well according to his lawyer he wanted to
evocate (means to thank, yeah i had to look it up as well) his situation, shared between two countries, South Africa, his native
country and France, where he currently lives." So now when someone asks
you why did the Chicken cross the road? The answer will be “to get away from
Steve Cohens penis” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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afternoon drove to El and on Friday morning at sparrows I had to drive 211 kms
to a place called Ncgobo and present SHE Reps for 16 students. Well what can I
say about Ncgobo other than it may have been cute once, and that was a long
long time ago. If the town was kak then the hospital was an eye opener and I
know why there are action groups wanting the MEC for Health to get his ass
kicked and why for once I agree with the Unions when they say that they want to
force all ministers, </span><span style="line-height: 22px;">Councillors</span><span style="line-height: 16.5pt;"> etc use state hospitals to see how bad they
have become “no more private hospitals for clinics for the elite”. Must say its the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt;">first time that i have seen dogs running in hospital hallways or goat shit and urine in the halls as well, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Drivers
in that part of the world come in 2 modes “Kamikaze and Miss daisy”, you can
usually tell who the Kamikaze drivers are because they sport either personal or
government number plates. The Miss Daisy drivers have discovered that they can
save money on petrol by driving really really really slow, I am talking about
40kms an hour in a 100 or 120 km zone and as you can imagine it becomes very
frustrating and irritating for a “patient” person like me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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driven over a thousand kms the last couple of days I have seen a couple of real
idiots (myself included) that have taken unnecessary chances in the
traffic, 2 of the idiots where young ladies who were in serious hurries to
get to wherever and then there was this Fktard who I hope one day gets his ass
kicked by some steroid enhanced, pissed off bodybuilder. I hope that Jesus love
him because f he continues to drive like a twat then he is going to meet him
real soon………………problem is he will probably take other innocent people with him.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I
wanted to use the Triumph to get to the work but it won’t Frikken start, even
bought a new battery (waste of money), tried yesterday to see what the problem
is and took some of the bike apart to see if it was getting fuel (it seems to
be) or if there is a spark, it did start when Steve and I pushed it but /cut
out and after that when you try to start it (even jump start from the car) it
just turns over and nothing………………”.wondering if I should rather just sell it”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We
have a new member of the family, a new kitten called ? (Haven’t named her yet)
She is really cute and full of energy and has put the other two cats noses out
of joint, especially Mischief who by the look on his face can’t quite believe
that we would dare bring another cat into the house. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IZdIFIZjmbM/UjVNPdSL3NI/AAAAAAAADRA/RzlYKO-6LDI/s1600/Bismarck-Du-Plessis-BigHit-130914G300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IZdIFIZjmbM/UjVNPdSL3NI/AAAAAAAADRA/RzlYKO-6LDI/s1600/Bismarck-Du-Plessis-BigHit-130914G300.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">So last week we beat the
Aussies, but this week we lost 29/15 against the All Blacks. The Eden park
venue has not seen the All Blacks lose their since 2004 and we have not won
there in 92 years……………I did not see the game but it would seem that it was
controversial with the sending off of by some French Ref of Bismark Du Plessis who
received a second yellow card for tackling the kak out of Dan Carter. Seems
that the northern refs feel that tackling hard is no longer allowed in the game
of rugby. Or perhaps Bismark had not read the little known IRB law 625 bc iii
that states “No player is allowed to tackle an All Black player cleanly and
real hard in front of a partisan New </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Zealand</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> crowd – violation of this law is a
Yellow card from an incompetent French Referee”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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week with my Boss to go and do an audits. Well that’s about it for today, have
as great week<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-53889649963057855852013-09-08T09:04:00.001+02:002013-09-08T09:14:21.244+02:00Bad ass Biker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">One of my favourite series
has to be SOA (Sons of Anarchy) – “why”? Well if I am honest, I suppose that
like many others that ride motorbikes I would in fact like to be an outlaw
biker or a 1%er as they are also known by normal society. While the series
itself probably does “glorify” the outlaw biker lifestyle and crime, I enjoy the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">story-line</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> as well as the bikes and
yeah I suppose you do imagine yourself as a Jax Teller or one of the other “men
of mayhem”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TffBs92-M30/UiwfjROb7bI/AAAAAAAADN0/xNFmw_wh4TE/s1600/andre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TffBs92-M30/UiwfjROb7bI/AAAAAAAADN0/xNFmw_wh4TE/s320/andre.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I suppose that when we “don”
the gear and start up the bike we enter another persona, one that says “I am
the man, don’t fuck with me”. The leather
cut may have your club patch on the back as well as other
patches that show the bike you ride, your view on the world as well as pins
that show what rally’s you have been to or band that you listen to, hell some
guys even wear patches that show their political persuasion. This together with
the half gloves, helmet, a pair of cammo pants and attitude are meant to make
you look mean and tough, the dentist, nursery school teacher and accountant
become “outlaws” for a few hours . Does it work? Well let’s be honest on some
it does, but the majority of weekend warriors are about as scary as if you
where to put Barney in all those </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">accouterments</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are outlaw bikers and why do they wear the 1%er patch and are they really as
bad assed as we and law enforcement think and they are? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Around 1905 the first
motorcycle clubs in the States were formed and in 1924 the American Motorcycle
association (AMA) came into being and they branded any non-affiliated clubs
‘outlaws”, now we have to remember these “outlaws” between the 1920’s and
1940’s were in fact harmless groups of young girls and boys who just enjoyed
riding bikes and wanted to escape the monotony of riding alone. This they did
by riding in groups and taking part in motorbike races. If the 1920’s saw the
birth of the outlaw Biker it was not until after world war two that the outlaw
biker came of age and this occurred in 1947 in a sleepy little Californian town
called Hollister that was forever </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">immortalized</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> by the movie “The wild One’s”
with Marlon Brando playing the lead role of Johnny . One of this movies and
cinema’s famous line’s is “So what are you rebelling against
Johnny”?................. To which Johnny replies “Whadyya got” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The image of the modern
“outlaw biker” was formed in Hollister when a few bikers behaved badly, that
compared to today’s standards would be seen as tame. It reads like a normal weekend rally,
burnouts, drags in the street, too much drinking, half naked women and a few
broken windows. This weekend of “mayhem” was taken up by Life magazine and blown
out of all proportion. The AMA also wanted to distance themselves from what had
happened at Hollister and in statement said “’Ninety nine percent of
motorcyclist are law-abiding citizens and </span><br />
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of outlaw motorcyclists and non-motorcyclists”
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themselves as the “outlaws” quickly called themselves the “1 percenters” and it
was between the late 40’s and 1960 that the main one percenter clubs formed
namely the Hells Angels, The Bandidos and the Pagans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Page 31 of the July 21 edition of Life magazine had middle class America
gasping in shock at the large drunk biker sitting on his Harley with a beer in
hand and dozens of empties littered around his bike on the pavement. The photo
just out of interest sake as “staged” with the dozens of empty bottles placed
around the biker’s feet to </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">maximize</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> effect (this was confirmed by 83 year old
Gus DeSerpa). That single black and white photograph published in what at the
time was America’s most respected magazine probably altered the image of biking
as well as the Harley Davidson motorbike forever. From that instant motorbikes
and those that rode them were associated with chaos and evil. The truth is that
a minor incident was sensationalized and while petty incidents did occur it was
not the “barbarians at the gate” scenario as it was and has been made out to
be.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While many who attended the
weekend probably did have plans to raise a little hell, we have to understand
what “raising hell” meant in the late 1940’s. To give you an idea as to how a
“prospect” (new recruit who wanted to join a bike club and earn his colours) would
be initiated, here are the cruel and harsh tests that prospects of the
Boozefighters (seen as a hard-core biker and Outlaw club in 1947) had to endure
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Get drunk at a race meet or cycle dance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Throw lemon pie in each other’s faces <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bring out a douche bag where it would embarrass all the women (then
drink wine from it) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Get down and lay on the dance floor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wash your socks in a coffee urn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eat live goldfish<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When drunk have the president of the club
shoot beer bottles off you’re had with a .22<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Not exactly rape and pillage
type of acts that one would expect from an “outlaw gang” or that one would
envisage a dangerous biker club making their prospects endure or commit to
become a “patched member”, hell and apart from the shooting of bottles from one’s
head, I think the initiation into the local rugby club is probably harsher than
that these days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a5j2cIbuNM0/UiwgBGpS1EI/AAAAAAAADOE/DsFNhrIQvWE/s1600/8b4b_1.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a5j2cIbuNM0/UiwgBGpS1EI/AAAAAAAADOE/DsFNhrIQvWE/s320/8b4b_1.webp" width="201" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are numerous accounts
of what happened that weekend at Hollister, and depending on who’s account you
have read you will either be aghast at the carnage of the bikers or say to
yourself “seriously” . Sourcing information on the incident from numerous
sources here are some of the myths, facts of that weekend as well as the incident/s that coined the phrase “1
percenters” .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All accounts that I have read
at least agree one vital point and that is, the incident occurred on 3-6 July
1947, after that some of the “facts” become a little blurred, sensationalized
or adapted so as to influence the people that would be reading that specific
magazine article, police report or which
politician was looking for re-election.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Probably the first Myth that
needs to be addressed is that the “riot” was the doing of the Hells Angels,
this is not true as the Hells Angels were only founded in 1950 in a dusty town
called Fontana in San Bernadino - California.
The truth is that it was a local bike group called the Booze fighters
who instigated the trouble. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are two stories as to
how the name Hells Angels was chosen, the first is that they named themselves
after a B-17 squadron the 358<sup>th</sup> – of the 303 USAF bomber group that
had been based in the UK during the Second World War or that they named
themselves from the 1930’s Howard Hughes movie “The Hells Angels” either way
the Hells Angels would establish themselves as the ultimate Motorcycle club.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the first questions
that I asked myself was how did thousands of bikers end up in Hollister anyway
a little town of 4500 people 420 kms from Los-Angeles in the first place ? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Through
the 1930s, Hollister, California hosted an annual 4 July</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">gypsy tour event. Gypsy tours were AMA </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">authorized</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> racing events that took place all over America and were considered
to be the best place for motorcyclists to converge, the annual event consisted
of motorcycle races, social activities, and lots of partying, as is the norm at
most motorcycling gatherings today.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In
Hollister, the event itself as well as the motorcyclists were always welcomed,
especially because Hollister was a very small town (Who’s main claim to fame
was garlic) and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">the rally became
a major event in its yearly life, much like Daytona Bike Week or Sturgis in the
USA Today and as such became an important part of the town's economy. Due to
World War II, the rally was cancelled, but re-organized for 1947.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So
why did the 1947 racing events in Hollister become a problem? What was the
catalyst that brought this little town to the world’s attention? Well one of the reasons was that the numbers
of people attending rose dramatically with estimate’s ranging from 3500 - 4800,
again depending on who’s information you believe. I don’t believe it was the
numbers that was the problem, it was the attitude of certain attendees, as well
as the popularity that the motorcycle had gained between 1941 and 1947 . What
some people forget is that after WW II as was the case in subsequent wars the
USA was involved in, those veterans returning found it difficult to re adjust
to civilian life that they found monotonous and yearned for adventure and an
adrenaline rush, they found it in the motorcycle and the camaraderie of fellow
enthusiasts which probably also reminded them of their days in the service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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American men who may not have been exposed to the motorcycle prior to the war
learnt to ride them during the war and this saw the popularity of motorcycling
and its danger/excitement growing dramatically, with thousands of new members
joining bike groups or clubs after their return home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Those
2 factors saw a record attendance at the 1947 event with enthusiast coming from
all over California as well as the USA. Motorcycle groups that attended also
included newly formed groups, such as the “pissed off bastards of Bloomington”,
the Market street Commando’s and the Galloping Goose motorcycle club.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we need to remember that about this time young men and women were beginning to
not only doubt but also question their elders, as well as challenge their
values, morals and any established institutions of authority. Young people were
looking for a reason, any reason to rebel.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">While
motorcycling today has become more popular with women, many owning their own
bikes, back in the 40’s there were numerous women only clubs with the biggest
being the Motormaids. In fact the Motormaids have maintained an AMA club
charter for more than 60 years and while certain Outlaw motorcycle clubs may
lay claim to a slightly longer lineage, they have experienced at least 2
organizational identity permutations during their tenure. The Motormaids have
maintained a singular identity as well as an overall governing structure since
their inception and can lay claim to be the oldest established motorcycle club
In the world. It was reported that at least 200 leather clad Motormaids rode
into Hollister to watch the races and participate in planned events. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Initially all were welcomed
into the town and its bars and restaurants but there were just too many people
for the infrastructure and those that could not get food or drinks started to
look for other amusements and started to cause trouble. Drag races in the main
street, throwing empty beer bottles out of windows, as well as fighting, both
inside and outside the bars became the order of the day. Accommodation became a
problem with bikers having to sleep on the sidewalks, on people lawns and in
some cases farmer’s haystacks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The number and the
unfamiliar </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">behavior</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of the attendees was just too much for the 7 man Hollister
police force to handle and even threatening to use teargas and arresting as
many drunken men that they could did not deter the men and women from enjoying
themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">So how bad was it? Here are
accounts the event seen through the eyes of a journalist, the local police a
city </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Councillor</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> as well as the local bike group, the “Boozefighters”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Shortly after the weekend 2
stories were published in the San Francisco Chronicle with titles “Havoc in
Hollister” and Hollisters bad time”. Both stories described the events to
readers as “pandemonium and “terrorism” and while in general the articles did
not actually lie about the events in Hollister the perception that they
portrayed to readers was one of negativity towards motorcyclists. Here is an
extract from one of those reports. “State highway patrolmen were called in to
assist in imposing an informal martial law in downtown Hollister to curb the
riotous </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">behavior</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of an estimated 4000. Almost 60 persons were injured, three
of them seriously. Several more arrests were made and a special night court
session was convenes to punish those charged with reckless driving and
drunkenness”. It was however the article published in life magazine (a major
American publication) that brought the “riot” to the nation’s attention. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A report from a city
councilman to a newspaper reporter states the following…….. “Luckily, there
appears to be no serious damage to the town. These trick riders did more harm
to themselves. 3 motorcyclists had been seriously injured. One man suffered
compound fractures of his right leg when struck by a cyclist swerving to avoid
another rider spinning circles in the middle of the street. By early Sunday
morning, the nearby hospital had treated 50 bikers for abrasions and broken bones”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">A police officer called the
rally……….. “The worst 40 hours in Hollister history” and gave a brief version
of events from the Police perspective. “Saturday afternoon it got a little out
of hand and I remember some people tossing bottles onto the pavement, and riders
spinning circles (today called donuts) in the street with their machines. The
guys </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">weren't</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> vicious but they were drag racing up and down”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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left town and the dust had settled the city fathers of Hollister debated long
and hard on whether they should ever allow another 3 day rally back into their
community and if they did could they keep the rowdies under control. The tow
chief of police resigned 48 hours after the weekend riot. The city fathers
decided to reduce the event to one day, which effectively killed the event and
after 1947, no hordes of bikers raced through Hollister or attended races at
the local racetrack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Did the Boozefighters, the
local bike club established in 1946 and who are generally acknowledged as being the people
that instigated the “riot” realize that that they would rip an enormous hole
into the social fabric of America? I don’t think that they did. I think that
they just wanted to have some fun, ride their bikes fast, dance and drink. One
of the members caused the most visible and memorable events of the Hollister
weekend by riding his Indian bike into Johnny’s bar, the truth is that while Jim
did in fact ride his bike into the bar and leaned it against the bar counter he
did not crash it into the bar and when asked to move it away from the counter
and put it against the wall he complied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So while in the day they
were regarded as outlaws and they liked to let off steam, partied heavy and
occasionally got drunk, got jailed for speeding and had the occasional bar fight,
none of the original members were ever put in jail for a serious crime like
murder or drugs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So the Riot in Hollister as
you can see, while for the time was a huge problem to authorities and most Americans it
was in fact nothing more than a glorified drunken binge that saw a few windows broken
a few arrests made and a few injuries from riding bikes like hooligans, not bad
if you think that thousand had descended on the town. It was thanks to the
press that the events of that weekend was blown out of proportion and Hollister
as well as the weekend’s events became part of biker folklore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mammoth book of bikers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Various
articles from internet <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-50536001358574632412013-09-01T09:31:00.002+02:002013-09-01T20:38:58.664+02:00Time to trade in the Blackberry ?<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Born in Nkandla, South Africa, on April 12, 1942, Jacob Zuma was elected
president of South Africa in 2009. In 2007, he won the presidency of the
African National Congress, which he joined at an early age in 1959. Zuma served
as deputy president of South Africa from 1999 to 2005. He is a controversial
politician, involving himself in several legal scandals associated with
corruption and racketeering. A polygamist, Zuma has 20 children. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“the Mafia” ) the Teflon don because any charges brought against him would
never stick, it would seem that JZ went to the John Gotti school of management
as while scandal is able to attach itself to JZ like shit to a blanket, he seems too
have the life of a cat, as the charges either go away or get swept under the rug. So let’s look at the history of our
president who in most countries would not have a) been allowed in public office
and b) never elected as president.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Government
arms deal that was seen to be corrupt by most normal taxpayers was eventually investigated by a Special
Police Task team that the then President Thabo Mbeki had set up called the
HAWKS Jacob Zuma as well as other He and other members of the government were
investigated when financial irregularities were discovered. Initially cleared
in a 2001 report on the matter, Zuma ended up facing corruption charges, but
those charges were dropped in 2003. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">JZ Was charged
with rape in the Johannesburg High Court on 6 December 2005. The accuser,
Zuma's deceased friend's 31 year old daughter, was known by Zuma to be<span class="apple-converted-space"> HIV Positive</span>. On 8 May 2006, the Court
dismissed the charges, agreeing that the sexual act in question was consensual.
During the trial, Zuma admitted to having unprotected sex<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>with his accuser but claimed that he
took a shower afterwards to cut the risk of contracting HIV. This statement has
been condemned by the judge, health experts,<span class="apple-converted-space"> AIDS
activists </span>and the public in general.</span><b><span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Shabir Shaik's
trial was the subject of intense media attention due to the involvement of
several high-profile members of the South African government. Though Shaik
claimed that his financial dealings were legitimate, on 30 May 2005, the Durban
High Court handed down its final judgment. He was pronounced guilty of
corruption for paying Zuma 1.2 million Rand (US Dollars185,000) to
further their relationship and for soliciting a bribe from the French arms company Thompson-CSF,
as well as guilty of fraud for writing off more than R1 million (US$154,000) of
Zuma's unpaid debts.</span><span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">More recent disgraces surrounding our President would be. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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13 SADF ember in the Central African Republic, who were in that country to
supposedly support democracy, but may have been there to keep a despot in power
or keep the “thieving rebels” from stealing the diamonds.</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The building
of a residence, sorry make that a Village with taxpayers money for over 200
million Rand, commonly known as Nkandlagate and seen by many as a “typical SA
scandal”, I suppose that how used we have become to JZ and his shenanigans. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #343b40; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The most recent shit to try and stick to the
blanket was his apparent involvement with the Gupta wedding with a Government
report that was released implicating </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">President Jacob Zuma in a
scandal over a plane chartered by rich friends of his which landed at a
military base without proper permission. The presidency and Zuma's ruling
African National Congress (ANC) have denied demanding landing permission for
the flight carrying nearly 200 guests for a wedding. But a diplomatic
protocol chief Bruce Koloane said he acted "under pressure
from No. 1", a direct reference to Zuma, the report said. Koloane has been
suspended and not spoken on the matter. The government report said he used
deception to obtain military landing permission. Opposition members of
parliament charged that the Gupta family at the centre of the affair and whose
companies have employed two of Zuma's children in high profile roles, was
wielding undo influence over Africa's largest economy. "There is a widely
held perception that when the Guptas say 'jump', the president says, 'how
high?'," David Maynier, an MP with the opposition Democratic
Alliance, said in parliament.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a quote that goes “you don’t have to love your government to
love your county” and it’s so true, the ANC led by this man has managed to put
a dent in my love for South Africa and to be honest I don’t like it. The R is worth shit, every month there is a
petrol price increase that in turn fuels inflation that in turn is seeing
workers making outrageous wage demands from employers, that in turn puts a
further dent in investors’ confidence, it’s like a never ending circle. But do they care? “Not a Fuck”. The new
wealthy and elite (read former struggle
“hero’s” and friends of the government)who have benefited from BEE legislation
and tender deals, drive their fancy cars, break laws with impunity and laugh in
the faces of hard working South Africans. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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how shit the ANC government are, they still put an X next to “Ninja Turtles” face
come election times ,when the members of parliament “show their faces” promising houses, electricity, jobs and with
a new T shirt and a free chicken lunch, the masses go on their merry way to
vote the ANC in to power and the masses then spend the next 4 years demonstrating,
burning tyres, destroying government buildings due to the fact that the ANC
have not delivered on its promises “yet again “……………….I mean WTF you have to
some kind of stupid to keep voting for a government that does not give a shit
about you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a joke in South Africa at the moment that 95% of the population
are employed in the Iron and Steel business, some of iron, but most of them steal.
Well it would seem that we can add going
on Strike It seems that everyone and his brother has decided to go on strike
the last, Platinum miners, Gold miners, construction workers, metal workers,
SAA, municipality workers and the traffic department in PE, textile industry seems
to be on the way and the list just seems to get longer. In the past the Unions
representing the employees would “demand” a 10% increase and the employers
would start at 5% and then through “good faith” negotiations end up at 7.5%,
the singing and dancing would stop and workers would go back to work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These days the unions say we want 50 or 60 % increases, certain
categories of miners are wanting 150% increases……………”Are the fked in their
heads” ? you can’t negotiate on numbers like that, “it’s ludicrous”. I
have to admit though that the government’s 6% inflation indicator is KAK, and
this is what employers jump on the, inflationary increases. Inflation has to be
way higher because they took, electricity, fuel and a couple of other items out
of the “basket” that is used to determine inflation. Electricity has gone up on
average over 20% a year for the last 3 years, insurance policies and med aid
contributions go up by at least 10% yearly, fuel has gone up at least 13 %
since January and food is increasing at an average of 14% a month at the
moment, so inflation is actually way higher, employers need to take this into
account when making increases. It also makes we laugh when your company boasts
of its huge profits that all the employees have contributed to, yet still offer
below inflation increases, quoting government figures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #343b40; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The petrol price already at a record high looks set to increase either
further and hit the already overburdened consumer another blow to the groin. </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The price is determined by a number of factors
including the oil price, exchange rates, levies and taxes………..but hey news just
in is that the price will come down 5 cents (yes 5) in September but in October
we can expect a MASSIVE increase as the R/Dollar exchange rate due to strike
action etc etc as well as the sharp increase in Oil prices (due to a possible
war breaking out between Syria and the USA, seems even the French are keen to
get involved with this one as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was in Richards Bay this week for a couple of days, it was hot with a Capital h
32/33 degrees. I had to do work at the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, also managed
to pay a visit to Durban Harley situated in Umhlanga Rocks. I had to laugh as I
decided to have lunch at a pub that had a chopped Kawa 900 cruiser (looked
pretty good) saw the gent sitting at a table, so walked up said hi and asked him
about the bike (as bikers do), his reply after lowering the shades with his
finger was “I am having a quite drink”………….translated for non-bikers “fuck off
I don’t want to talk to you”. This “OUTLAW WANNABEE” sitting with his arms
folded, shades on with a rebel </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Bandanna</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> blue (yes blue) Cammo pants tucked into
biker boots with a large knife tucked into the outside of the right hand boot,
is called “boom boom”. How did I know that, well the upper rocker above the
ever seeing eye patch on the back of his cut off denim jacket, said so and the
fact that some really old lady walked up to him and called him Boom Boom. I
think he thought of himself as a Rebel because his </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">bandanna</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> had a rebel theme,
his tank protector on the bike was a Rebel motif he had a rebel patch on the
back of his cut off denim jacket as well as a Rebel flag on his helmet (that
was actually a SADF tank helmet).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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if you go out riding with the “gang” then yeah part of the whole “I’m a biker”
thing is to dress the part, I mean what’s the point of riding a Bad Ass Bike if
you look like an accountant, or a nursery school teacher, the trick is to get
the accountant and nursery school teacher to look like a Bad Ass Biker’s, but
sometimes the look and the actions can make you look like a “doos”……………..but
hey I am sure he felt he looked the part and as the saying goes “whatever
floats your goat”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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department of education are seriously considering enforcing a “learn a 3<sup>rd</sup>
language (African) in school policy, but this will mean an extra hour of school
a day for students, grades 4 – 12. A company did a survey and I am printing the
results here and will comment on a couple of things after <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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school days to learn a third language, a survey by Pondering Panda found. “It
was found that almost three in five learners (59%) felt that this was a good
idea… [that] the school day be extended by an hour for grades four through 12,”
spokeswoman Shirley Wakefield said today in a statement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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interviews with 2 906 pupils between the ages of 13 and 24 across the country
in August. Thirty-three percent believed it was a bad idea, while nine percent
had no opinion on the matter. Wakefield said the survey was a clear indication
young people were hungry for learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">“Pupils have also shown their
enthusiasm for learning a third language, once more showing their support for
the education department’s proposals.” The survey further found black and
coloured pupils were more interested in learning science and maths than a third
language. “If a mandatory extension to the school day was implemented, 56%…
said they would rather spend the extra time learning science and maths. In
comparison, 38% favoured using the time to learn another language.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(the old matric)…..seriously? but what really flummoxes me is that they say 59
% feel that it’s a great idea ( no school kid I know thinks an extra hour of
school is a good idea) to learn an extra language but then it goes on to say
that of that group 56 % of them would rather use the time to learn Science or
Maths (subjects that we seriously need kids to get interested in as well as
spend extra time learning) and 38% say they would favour learning another
language………………..So is it just me or do those people that supplied the survey
figures need to go to extra maths lessons? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">What about extracurricular lessons or
activities at school, those kids will now finish close to 5pm and then have to
still do homework and what about those kids that don’t have the aptitude for
languages, to me it just seems it a government way of getting white kids to
learn an African language at the expense of proper education and if you’re
going to make kids stay an extra hour at
school then make it a subject/s that will benefit the country, its economy and
its citizens, learning an extra language will not. </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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weekend was rather slow with the 4 Nations not seeing any action, only Currie
cup action with WP drawing 31 all with the Lions. With the Griquas losing 40/22
against the Cheetahs and the Bulls losing for a 2<sup>nd</sup> week in a row
against the Sharks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about the 4 Nations, </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Boks will depart on Saturday night for
Brisbane to face Australia on September 7 at Suncorp Stadium, a venue where
they have never won before, and then jet across the Tasman Sea to Auckland to
take on World Champions New Zealand on September 14 at Eden Park, a stadium
they last won at in 1937. </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Knowing
that the odds are against them and keeping in mind the Boks' patchy history
away from home in the competition, Coach
Heyneke Meyer has challenged his team to prove their doubters wrong and come
back with not one, but two victories on the tour……………… I hope that they prove
me wrong but cannot see the current Bok team beating either Australia or New
Zealand (especially away from home)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh, apart from the heat in Richards bay i did get to see a sight that u don't always see when u go down to the main tourist beach..........................A shipwreck, yeah this picture is of a ship that took on coal at RBCT and then got caught without engines in heavy seas. it was dumped on a sandbank and after a couple of days broke in 2. luckily no oil leaked </span><br />
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-3478623198492542672013-08-25T07:58:00.004+02:002013-08-30T11:25:34.784+02:00Going the extra quarter mile <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">It’s just dawned on me that I’ve
been riding motorcycles for 34 years. It’s difficult to believe that it’s been
that long or in fact I have continued to ride and love bikes for that period of
time. It’s not that I grew up in a “Biker” environment, I do remember my dad
riding a couple of small bike in England and in South Africa, so where my love
of 2 wheels came from is anyone’s guess<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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<em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Like many teenagers of my
generation when I turned 16 I wanted a motorbike, “I suppose it represented
Freedom and the fact that it made you look older in the eyes or the girls was a
Bonus.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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<em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">My first “boney”, Slang for
motorbike was a red Honda SS 50 cc that I bought for the handsome sum of R50
way back in 1979. It was a frame with wheels attached and all the parts where
either in a box or checkers packets. I truly believe that Bikers are born, many
people may ride bikes when young, or see them as a cheap mode of transport but
it is only those of us that love the freedom of the open road, the sheer power
of the machine we happen to be riding and the high speeds that they are capable
of achieving that ride for the love of it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y4xrfRWFmOM/UhmZnk1_L9I/AAAAAAAADK0/RQQnW3z3o4I/s1600/66128_525679940778903_2142856300_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y4xrfRWFmOM/UhmZnk1_L9I/AAAAAAAADK0/RQQnW3z3o4I/s320/66128_525679940778903_2142856300_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Let’s be honest riding a bike
produces an adrenalin rush that car drivers cannot understand, when your that
close to the elements everything seems to make sense, you concentrate more and
that seems to block all the bullshit out of your mind all your focus is honed
in on that piece of rode at that moment, nothing else matters. The bottom line
is “if riding a bike influences your life, then you are a member of the biking
community” <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cjr1M305_xA/UhmZ9t03j8I/AAAAAAAADK8/szLosGYfdYU/s1600/1363337405_491907078_4-A-Sporty-upgraded-from-883cc-to-1200cc-Motorcycles-Scooters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cjr1M305_xA/UhmZ9t03j8I/AAAAAAAADK8/szLosGYfdYU/s320/1363337405_491907078_4-A-Sporty-upgraded-from-883cc-to-1200cc-Motorcycles-Scooters.jpg" width="320" /></a><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">I have owned various bikes over
the years and there have been a few years where I did not own a bike at all and
would look longingly at those bikers that rode past me, remembering the rides
that I should have been having.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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<em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;"> Today, "thanks to my wife" I am the proud owner of a Triumph 1200
Trophy and a Harley Sportster as well as a 150cc Scooter that I use to
commute…………………”yep I commute on a scoot” so what have learnt about biking, bikes and my
fellow bikers in general over the last 34 years?<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">After 34 years I still have no
idea how an internal combustion engine works or how maintenance work should be
performed on a motorcycle<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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the world but I have over the years learnt that being smooth is the next best
thing<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Hands should be on your
handlebars and feet on the pegs – ‘I know that this may sound strange, but many
accidents or near misses have occurred due to those body part not being where
they are supposed to be” <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">The hardest days on a bike are
the ones you always remember, rain, wind, cold and breakdowns seem to stick in
the mind. <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">No matter how safe you are or
think you are there is always potential for harm while riding a bike <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">The road is a good listener <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">You need eyes in the back of
your head when riding a bike, you have to be proactive and use all of your
senses. Cars have bumpers, bikers have bones.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">I find it amusing that the GS
riders look down at the Harley riders who in turn think that the Superbike guy,
my motto is “The brand of the bike is not important, the fact that u ride is”.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Every time I ride, I learn
something new<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Never judge a book by its
cover, we may dress like hooligans and seem to be unapproachable but most
bikers have hearts of gold, this is something that I had to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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wear the correct protective clothing (advice I sometimes forget myself).<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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wheels is a good day.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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</span></span></em><!--[endif]--><em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Bikers themselves while
complaining about “Cage: drivers can themselves be very selfish and take big
chances when riding in traffic………….Note to self – “as bikers we need to set the
example on the roads”.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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it comes to biking <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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surprised at the goodwill of other bikers <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RvUXg-ejNKM/UhmaRVyDhrI/AAAAAAAADLE/50TSzBT4hOE/s1600/1170661_10201882621126448_2057001110_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RvUXg-ejNKM/UhmaRVyDhrI/AAAAAAAADLE/50TSzBT4hOE/s320/1170661_10201882621126448_2057001110_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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<em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">LAST Saturday we, or should I say Gabby rode Maccie D to his new
home and while a number of people were very negative about his move from the
farm to his new home, news is that he is settling in well, has made friends
with the 2 donkey’s and likes the Shetland pony next door, he is eating well
and enjoys the daily rides. Sad news however is that on Tuesday morning Tania
and Gabby found Sweetie pie - our pet
rabbit dead in the pool, it seems that she was frightened and fell in the pool
overnight, and with bunnies not making sounds, we did not hear her and she
unfortunately drowned. I never thought that a rabbit could become such a huge part of the family, but she was a great pet
and she will be sorely missed not only
by us , her human family, but Black cat and Mischief have also noticed her
absence…………… “RIP Bun Bun”. <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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also the day that NUMSA decided that they would embark on their 2 week strike
over better wages and working conditions, arrived at VWSA with a crowd of
singing and dancing NUMSA members (its South Africa, all events, ether sport,
cultural, protest action or strikes are not the same without a bit of a song
and dance). Was a little worried that I would be stopped from entering the
plant but have to say there was no hassle and I fact I stopped for a moment to
hear watch the dancing and singing………………. “The x factor Uitenhage style” <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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<em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">Is Nelson Mandela dead ?? well an article that was on news 24 from a Los Angeles newspaper the Guardian
express (dated 26 June)seems to think he is, in fact the article says that he
died in June prior to his 95<sup>th</sup>
Birthday, and believe that a huge cover up by the SA government as well
as the cabinet is being perpetrated on both SA citizens and the world. They ask
questions like why are his daughter’s wearing red blankets (a sign of mourning
in the Xhosa tribe) or why both ex-president Bill Clinton or Barrack Obama
where not allowed to visit him ?<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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<em><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding: 0cm;">The press seems to not be reporting on his state anymore, it was
on the news 24 hours a day and are
family members still visiting the hospital, why had JZ gone to collect an award
on his behalf and not one of his own family members
?.......................mmmm I smell a conspiracy theory. <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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season alive and they are now 2<sup>nd</sup> on the Log a mere 1 point in front
of SWD but a huge 14 points adrift of 1<sup>st</sup> place Puma’s who have
played 9 and won all of the games. The Cheetahs lost by 3 points to the SHARKS
in a Currie Cup game on Friday night with the Stormers just edging out the Griquas
20/19 and to my utmost disgust the Bulls lost by a huge margin to the Lions . On the
International front, The All Blacks beat the Australians 27 ton 16 and while
the Aussies played better than last week, I have to be honest, The all Blacks
look really good this year”. The Bokke played Argentina at Mendoza and scraped
home 22/17 with the Puma’s playing the better rugby scoring 2 tries to the Boks
1 (last week the Boks crossed the whitewash 9 times) and deserving a win, it
was only 2 penalties in the last 10 mins that saves the Boks embarrassment. The
result was a far cry from last week’s 73/13 massacre. I am a little
apprehensive about our chances against the All Blacks and Australia in the competition,
yes we have won the last 8 in a row, but let’s look at the opposition Italy,
Scotland, Samoa and Argentina, and please get rid of Ruan Pienaar, his service
from the base of the ruck or scrum is mediocre to say the least. On a positive
note it’s the Boks first win away in this competition since 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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search Butter Blog…………………I had such a good laugh and I am not sure whether or
not “Tommy” is for real or taking the piss out of himself and Norway……………….’You
decide” <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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Saturday called ‘The mammoth book of bikers” looking forwards to reading
it. <o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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get my stuff together.<o:p></o:p></span></b></em></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-7166987378073577392013-08-18T13:29:00.002+02:002013-08-18T13:29:50.878+02:00"She’s always a woman to me"………<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Billy Joel fans will </span></span><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">recognize</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> those words from one his most popular
songs and seeing its woman’s month in South Africa, I thought that I would
dedicate this Blog to a few special women in my life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Drum roll please, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr………………. And in no particular order, so as not to
upset one of the female species, My wife Tania, My mom, my sister , my sisters
in law, my daughter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I was scratching my head as to who
could I use for this Blog that would embody the unique qualities of women and I
didn’t really have to look far. Under my very own roof I have a wife who I am
very lucky that loves me (sometimes, as she will jokingly tell me, “well I hope
it’s a joke </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">) and that
is a strong, clever, loving and amazing woman who has passed on these
attributes to our daughter Gabby, who yesterday showed me that she is going to
be a woman to be reckoned with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c7XNrvQ0yto/UhCuaZUZPgI/AAAAAAAADJ8/NP67Rcle2pw/s1600/P1400781.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c7XNrvQ0yto/UhCuaZUZPgI/AAAAAAAADJ8/NP67Rcle2pw/s320/P1400781.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For a while now Gabby has been
battling with a decision with regards her horse Maccie and whether or not to
find a new home for him or not. Financial as well as school and social
commitments have weighed upon her and she decided that for Maccies best
interest she should find him a new owner and a home. It was not an easy
decision for her and the fact that “so called friends” in the horse community made
her feel kak about her decision to move Maccie from the farm he is at , the
new home he was going to as well as the people taking Maccie.</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8EjM6KSav6o/UhCunprk1xI/AAAAAAAADKE/K0B4atlePbw/s1600/1002881_10201723001259459_1563780363_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8EjM6KSav6o/UhCunprk1xI/AAAAAAAADKE/K0B4atlePbw/s320/1002881_10201723001259459_1563780363_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gabby has taken an old horse
and thru exercise, love, hard work and vitamins made him look like a teenager again and she can
be so proud of her achievement in that, I think she saw giving Maccie away as a
failure, but nothing is further from the truth as this comment to Gabby on
facebook indicates “</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Sometimes the right decision is the hardest one to make. True love is
when you are prepared to sacrifice your own happiness so that the ones you love
can be happy. We are proud of you Gabby! Lots of love xoxoxo”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was so proud of the way Gabby stuck to her decision, even with the pressures
that made a very hard period of her life even harder as well as how yesterday
she did what she had to do and was strong for Maccie so he did not feel that
there was anything to be stressed about (I can only imagine how hard that must
have been for her). This is the post I put on facebook to tell her and the world
how proud I was of her and how lucky I am to be her dad. “Today Gabby rode Maccie to his new home,
While it had to be probably the hardest thing she has ever done in her life,
she did so with courage and dignity and I am very proud of her, August is
Woman's month and Gabby today embodied what a strong woman is made
of....................." I Love you monkey" xxxxxx</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The 4 nations started yesterday
and the All Blacks outplayed the Aussies and scored 6 tries to 2 beating them
47/29. It not that the Aussies played bad, the All Blacks played very well. The Boks played Argentina and to my utter
surprise beat them 73 to 13, surprising because I expected the Argentinians to
put up a much bigger fight. So while the score flattered the Boks, I agree with
Jean de Villiers (Bok captain) that there is still much to do before we tale on
the All Blacks and Aussies next month, as well as the return game in Argentina
next week. Having said that a much better start than last year, when we
narrowly beat the Puma’s and drew with them at home, with many pundit s
agreeing that we were lucky to get the draw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Seems that Jooooolias and a
delegation of his travelling circus has taken a trip to Nigeria so that they can pay TB (tuberculosis ) Joshua to receive blessings
for the journey ahead. Joshua is widely known for his miracle healings and
prophecies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">"We all seek divine intervention, we all seek blessings of
spiritual leaders, and it happened that this time we came to TB Joshua… and it
shouldn't be seen to be any controversial activities," he told the news
channel. Malema would not elaborate on what counsel he received from Joshua. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">However, Jooolias did speak of his desire to emulate Zimbabwe's
President Robert Mugabe, and congratulated the Zimbabwean people on the recent
elections. (“Now why am I not surprised” ??)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">"They have made their wishes very clear and we want to
congratulate President Mugabe because we are happy that he has returned the
land to the people and Zimbabwe will be one of the fewest African countries
which is truly owned by Africans," he said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Economic Freedom Fighters announced the visit on their<span class="apple-converted-space"> facebook page l</span>ast week, saying Malema
and fellow leaders would go on a "spiritual visit to meet and create
friendship with this son of Africa and his congregation and ask for blessings
for the journey ahead".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">City Press </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">reported that other
visitors to Joshua have included Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, King Goodwill
Zwelithini, Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai, late Ghanaian president John Atta
Mills and Malawi President Joyce Banda. Joshua is listed as one of the five
wealthiest pastors in Nigeria, and heads the Synagogue Church of All Nations
(SCOAN). He visited South Africa last year, according to City Press.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pXTdWOIAsdU/UhCwDYEVxfI/AAAAAAAADKc/iGIH6mKCDQ4/s1600/Port+Elizabeth-20130816-01806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pXTdWOIAsdU/UhCwDYEVxfI/AAAAAAAADKc/iGIH6mKCDQ4/s320/Port+Elizabeth-20130816-01806.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Have to say that I am loving the
Harley, Tania and I went for a beer at a local restaurant/pub on Friday and I
got a call from my mate Rob (also an ex Clarenite) inviting us for a drink at The
old Cash store near to Sardinia bay, Tania decided that she didn’t want to go
so I took a quick ride and as I came over the rise of the road that leads from
Charlo and Lovemore heights the sunset was just incredible……………Love PE. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Oscar Pistorius dog and pony
show will start again in the near future
and it seems that the “bladerunner” is having more charges brought against him
and that an ex - girlfriend has turned
state witness as this article from news 24 indicates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ex-girlfriend has reportedly turned State witness and has told police about an
incident in which the athlete allegedly fired shots through an open car
sunroof.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on Friday that Samantha Taylor, who dated Pistorius before he started dating<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://whoswho.co.za/reeva-steenkamp-583882" title=""><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Reeva Steenkamp</span></b></a>, told police that Pistorius
"stood up and fired shots through the sunroof" while she was driving
along a highway. It emerged on Friday that Pistorius could face two counts of
recklessly discharging a firearm in public. The other charge relates to an
incident in a Johannesburg restaurant in January when he accidentally fired a
gun while sitting at a table. City Press previously reported on Taylor's
break-up with Pistorius after a year-and-a-half relationship. She told the
newspaper that "Oscar is certainly not what people think he is".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that summer is still a way away, seems that the cold weather makes “strange
bedfellows”, as Bun Bun the rabbit and Mischief the “I don’t really like you
but will lie next to you and get warm” cat
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have a great week ahead and to all the women out there, enjoy the rest of woman’s
month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-35418078494522914182013-08-11T13:00:00.001+02:002013-08-11T13:00:28.032+02:00Jelly Bean<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Well the news this week is that
yesterday I became an Uncle again (5th time) with the Arrival of Jellybean (I
am sure Nicole and Doug will give her a real name in the near future). So now
we have two UK Nieces, and I am sure that Amber is going to enjoy being a big
sister. Welcome to the World Jellybean, can’t wait to see you in December.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mhg0TbZdgKc/UgdulMXSD1I/AAAAAAAADHo/z7fjp9-mwcg/s1600/IMG-20130811-WA001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mhg0TbZdgKc/UgdulMXSD1I/AAAAAAAADHo/z7fjp9-mwcg/s320/IMG-20130811-WA001.jpg" width="180" /></a>So Currie cup started this
weekend with the Griquas beating the Sharks , Province and the Bulls drawing 24
all and the Cheetahs beating the Lions 30/29 in a close game, real happy that
the Cheetahs beat the Lions after they pipped the Southern kings by 2 points in
a 2 match relegation decider as to who will be in the Super 15 next
year……………..at least 4 of the Southern Kings players have abandoned Ship as has
the coach Alan Solomon’s. I will be supporting any team from now on who plays
the Lions, especially in the Super 15.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7cRZiqy7z3Q/UgdutDPTy_I/AAAAAAAADHw/cDrNsxRJC9I/s1600/images+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7cRZiqy7z3Q/UgdutDPTy_I/AAAAAAAADHw/cDrNsxRJC9I/s1600/images+(1).jpg" /></a>Talking about winning, Robert
“the walking dad” Mugabe won a landslide victory to be elected as Zimbabwe’s
president (read dictator) for a record 7<sup>th</sup> time. Seems while the OAU
and his mate JZ are all crowing on how free and fair the elections where, the
truth of the matter is that it wasn’t. I suppose if you take other elections
and the shit that happened into account then this was probably one of the least
un - free and unfair elections in Zimbabwe. The fact that up to 1000000
1mileeeeon) people were turned away (350 000 in Harare alone), that they
found “suspect” voting booths or that scanners where not “available” to check
that people who had been marked with indelible ink could not vote again or that
Fucktard Mugabe boasted that the oldest person to vote for him was 135 and
still serving in the army has seemed to pass over his friends in SA and the
OAU. The MDC are challenging the results, but let’s be honest, nothing is gonna
change in that country…………………….and yet they keep swarming across the Limpopo
river because it’s still the land of milk and honey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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weekend, due to Friday being Woman’s day, hat celebrates the women of this
country, we give them a public holiday, but the government don’t in fact (as
far as I am concerned) give a shit about the violence that is perpetrated
against our women and children, Rape is a sport and instead of getting to the
core of the problem, we put a band aid on it instead and pay lip service to actually sorting the problem out and i suppose it does not help when your President is an "alleged" rapist as well. If you want to celebrate women then get hard on crimes against them, dont just play lip service. To all women past and
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have a great week ahead.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765225283089905890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420482673585564670.post-85777079568636393692013-07-28T18:28:00.000+02:002013-07-28T18:30:13.386+02:00Join the party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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formed his own political party called the Economic Freedom Fighters that
advocates amongst other words of wisdom? or doctrines that when “not if” …………….. “very
positive is our boy Malema” - he comes
to power the first thing he will do (after having awarded himself and a few of
his flunkies a number of lucrative tenders) will be to seize all land, “without
compensation” as it belongs to the government
so I am assuming that when he is
President his logic will be “it’s all mine”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">In the last few
days EFF supporters have ripped up ANC T
–shirts and driven over them with cars
at the University of Doornfontein campus
and Hundreds of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
members marched to the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto on Saturday to draw
"energy" for the organisation. JM said "We came here to collect
the fighting energy...it's going to sustain EFF for a hundred years," The
large group sang and danced (this obviously being an important part of electioneering in African politics, even Helen Zille has learned to dance) before he addressed them, <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">After visiting the memorial, they marched through the streets of Soweto,
disrupting traffic as they made their way back to the Uncle Tom Hall where
their national assembly is taking place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4FCQy36w1_E/UfVA1rRlbhI/AAAAAAAADGw/CqVlu6J9Mkg/s1600/da2d7b485da84376a5541af9fab7d297.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4FCQy36w1_E/UfVA1rRlbhI/AAAAAAAADGw/CqVlu6J9Mkg/s320/da2d7b485da84376a5541af9fab7d297.gif" width="259" /></a><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As you can see from the photo the party like the colours red
and yellow , that put together are seen as very aggressive as well was the use
of “berets” that make them look like “ Economic Freedom Fighters”…………………..I
personally feel that they will take a number of votes away from the ANC as they
will get the vote of the lazy, stupid, as well as those that feel that they have a sense of entitlement.
The fact that more and more Urban black South Africans are realizing that the
present ANC government is not living up to its promises or expectations and that 2 new parties are being
created I believe that we will see the ANC battle in the next
elections……especially in the cities. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the first of their 2 game relegation playoff, that will see either the Kings
staying in the Super 15 competition or the MTN lions getting back into it after
having been “relegated” for the Southern Kings. The Kings lost 19/26 to a 16
man team that included the Referee, yes I know what you’re thinking “it’s
always the refs fault”, the excuse all supporters use when their team do not
perform as they had expected. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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end of some harsh decisions (all SA refs) and Friday was no exception with the
ref awarding 2 penalties (6 points) and a try (7 points) that when watching the
TV you will see that the penalties should not have been awarded and that the
last pass that led to te try was in fact forward. The Kings just 7 behind were
also on attack (5 ms from the Lions line) and after an infringement in a loose
maul what should have been a 5 m scrum to the Kings turned out to be a 22 m
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out………………….So thanks Ref you where the Lions best player of the evening. .<o:p></o:p><br />
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Ellis park next Friday, especially with the news that star fly half Demetri
Catrakillis, has a shoulder injury and with a few other key players out it
looks like the next time we see Super 15 rugger in PE will be 2016. But as they
say it isn’t over till the fat lady sings, let’s just hope that she has
laryngitis in Joburg/Gauteng next Friday.</span></div>
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thought the stadium would be full or close to it, a mere 21 000 people
turned up (yes I know it’s more than the Lions had come and support them the whole of their last Super season 2012)
but I felt that this was really important for us to get behind the team for
this game. I also have to question those local Lions supporters that were so
jubilant at the win………….you going to be driving or flying up to Gauteng to
watch your team and Super 15 games for the next 3 seasons ??. Even if you are
not a Kings fan to have the privilege to watch Super 15 teams with their international players at one of the best
stadiums in SA is going to be lost………………”Sad when you think of it that way”, as
I don’t think some people realise what a big deal it is to have this calibre of
rugby in the Bay, the work opportunities that it creates, from the cheerleaders
to security staff as well as the development of Rugby in the local communities.
If the Lions do win next week and regain their place in the Super 15, I for one
(like their fans did to us) will be keeping a close eye on their progress and
will support any team that plays against them in the competition.</span></div>
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Loftus managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of Victory by not taking points
when on offer, the game that to and fro’d however reached </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">farcical</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> levels as the
Blue Bulls Captain, Dewald Potgieter
decided on 3 occasions to go for the sideline instead of 3 points
(penalties where in kickable positions). All 3 times the Bulls lost possession
lof the ball (twice they Fkd up their lineout’s) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Brumbies Outside centre Tevita Kuridrani crossed the line with seconds of the
second half to go, to beat the Bulls 26/23. The Brumbies will face the Chiefs
in Hamilton next Saturday for the Super 15 Final.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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taken points on offer, decided to go for the line and lost, Schalk Burger and
Victor Matfield did the same thing for Province and Bulls a few years back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“The things you see when you don’t
have a gun”, was and still is a favourite saying of my mom and the trip to
London brought that saying to mind. I am not saying that there are
not “strange” people in South Africa,
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I have to say that in general
South African women are much better looking than their Pommie counterparts and
if anything those ladies that were walking around where usually speaking a
foreign language. In fact the way you can tell if a lady is a Pom is usually
because she is wearing a tight fitting outfit or a short skirt and usually with
Blonde hair (and extensions) and has an orange hue from the overdose of self
tan lotion or spray on tans that are so popular in the UK, probably due to the
lack of sun. Gabby also commented on how many of the girls or women showed their stomach (and clearly many
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So while you get to see some odd
sights while you walk around central London and surrounds , it’s probably
Cambden and the market (especially on a Sunday) that attracts the “out there” and more “unusual” residents that the island
has to offer and has the shops to cater for those “varied” tastes. Cambden is a
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We took the drive on a overcast
(how strange) Sunday morning, with two cars, as the police are very strict as
well as active in the UK and amber (4) is not allowed to be in a vehicle unless
strapped into a European Union approved car seat, in fact up until the age of 12
a child may not be in a vehicle (unless it’s a bus, train, boat, ferry, ) and
not be strapped into their own car seats, Hell in SA kids at 12 are already
driving the car. While they care about the safety in a car a child can ride a
bicycle on a busy street with double decker buses hurtling down the narrow roads without a helmet, but I digress. </div>
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minute drive but a 30 minute search for parking that is not going to cost an
arm and a leg or have the vehicle/s on bricks when you get back from the market
. it’s a pretty vibrant and cosmopolitan community and with a multitude of foreign gawkers (much like us) the place
was busy. We saw a cast off from the punk rock era that was looking to get
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that worked at a place called Cyberdog at Cambden market itself that had surgically enhanced her ears to look
like a pixie or elf, but on previous trips he had never seen her, so it was
perhaps just a local legend. On the way out of the market we passed Cyberdog,
that is a double story shop that sells “alternate” clothing and rave clothing,
the music is deafening and they obviously don’t believe in aircons, I think
most of the people in their where like us and looking for the pixie girl or to
gawp at the customers or other weird staff. We found her on the way out at the
door, greeting customers and while we didn't really want to stare it was a bit
difficult with her blue and yellow dreads, wearing pink hot pants with her ass hanging out (which seems
to be one of the “cool” ways to dress for the people that should not this
season in the UK), as well as what looked like ears that had been operated on
to look like a pixie or elf, here is the photo, (not great but perhaps you can
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strange people as well, however you can’t take photos on the train, cause if
your caught the “crazies” with throw you off. in Soho/Piccadilly circus there where a few unusual people, mostly like this guy at the "Cool Britania" store trying to attract foreign tourists into the store to buy buy buy, unless your SOUTH AFRICAN OF COURSE (exchange rate was 15,75 to 1) AND WE JUST LOOKED LOOKED LOOKED.</div>
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One day in a local supermarkets parking area a lady got out of a BMW 5
series and was setting up the pram for the kid when I realized that I could see
her knickers thru her stockings of ski pants that are all the rage at the moment, at first I thought that perhaps she had
Alzheimer’s and had forgotten to put on
a skirt or a very long top. Nope according to Doug this is a normal occurrence with Pommie women and according to Doug, I was lucky she had been wearing underwear at all, as Doug had seen a lady
who was wearing the stockings but no underwear………………… "The sights you see when u
don’t have a gun”. I mean don’t people look in the mirror before they go out in
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In London at a Tesco’s while grabbing a sandwich, Gabby pointed out to
me a lady that had on the power
suit of an executive but obviously lived or at the very least spent a lot of time in Cambden as not only did she have funky hair and a number or face piercings that looked she had been the target for a pellet gun competition, she also had hoops in her ears (let me re-phrase that - her ears where the
hoops) that you could have driven a new "Boris Bus" through. and while we saw of strange characters, on a walk along the Chelsea Embankment, we got to see this gent (well it was a close vote ,but 3 or us said it was a guy and 2 said a woman and their was one abstention), make up your own mind.</div>
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I Have to say the Poms seem to be
having a great run the last couple of weeks, the weather is hot, Andrew Murray
won Wimbledon (although I still think he is Scottish), the British and Irish
Lions beat Australia to win their 3 test match series, the Poms are giving the
Aussies a cricket lesson (albeit with a number of South African assisting) and
a Kenyan born, South African raised who left SA at 19 “he is now one of our
own” cyclist called Chris Froome is winning the Tour de France…………………So they
must be feeling invincible at the moment, “hope they don’t declare war on the
Germans again” <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> .</div>
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Had training in Uitenhage from
Monday to Wednesday at Transnet rail engineering and took the Harley for a
little run, on the way back on Monday afternoon I must have ridden over a
grandmother as by the time I got back to PE, the bike was rattling and shaking like a MOFO? ( ask your teenager) and I realized
that I had a flat tyre. To cut a long story short when I eventually got home I pulled
what I thought was a small nail out only to fine it was the size of a Knitting
needle (see picture), that’s why I think there may be a really pissed off
Granny in the Uitenhage/Despatch area. Had the tube replaced on Saturday, so
that was a job for NOSA that actually cost me
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Ex president Mandela celebrated
his 95<sup>th</sup> birthday on Thursday (18<sup>th</sup>) and it would seem
that he is much better with a good
chance (according to Dr’s Zuma or Mbeki) that he could be going home soon. </div>
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The Protea’s got a comprehensive
Snotklap (hiding) from the Sri Lankans on Saturday in a one day international,
the Sri Lankans scored 320/5 in their 50 over’s and the Proteas managed 140 all out in 31.5 over’s …………one word “KAK”.
The Cheetahs played the Brumbies this morning
(Sunday 19<sup>th</sup>) for a place in the Super 15 semi –finals and came up
short losing 13/15 with the conversion of the try they scored glancing off the
bar. It’s the best season the Cheetahs have had in Super Rugby so at least they
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Add boat, bicycle, bus, feet, go
carts and Supercar’s to that list and that will pretty much tell you how we got
around London on our recent trip. The trip started here in PE with a midday
flight to Oliver Tambo airport. Here we met my mom and Niece Christine as well
as Doug’s dad who popped in quickly to drop off a couple of things for Doug,
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The trip was “LONG” and it was
with a grateful but numb ass that we landed at Heathrow, collected our luggage,
packed it onto a minute luggage trolley with two front wheels that had a mind
of their own and looked like I had really overstayed my welcome at the
complimentary on board bar. We then breezed through the passport control (having a Pommie passport does have its benefits)
and the “nothing to declare” line of customs, where we saw no one (apparently
they check u out from behind one way glass and pounce on those they feel are
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We walked thru a nondescript double door and where thrust into a throng of a
waiting crowd who had assembled to meet and greet loved ones, after a quick round
of hugs and how was the flight it was time to battle the trolley to the cars
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London and this meant a car ride to the Totteridge and Whetsone station and
then a train trip to Leicester square station and a quick walk to the tourism
office just off Trafalgar square to book a trip on a open topped bus and Thames cruise.
The weather was a tad cold but not altogether kak. The trip was great and we
saw many things that we would come back later during our stay to see close up. The
Thames cruise in particular was really lekker as the guide was both funny and
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We used the train/tube on a
number of occasions and I have to say there is something weird about voluntary
placing oneself in the bowels of London to catch a train. The trains are clean (or
the ones we used where), they are on time and you don’t have to wait long to
catch one. The underground map is fairly easy to follow and after a couple of
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the map and was surprised to read that it had been designed and created by a
one Harry Beck in 1931 (yes 1931). Harry was a out of work draughtsman who
realized that underground it actually
does not matter where you are and as long as the stations were presented in a their
correct sequence you can distort the scale and it would not matter. That’s why
the map of the London underground has the look of a electrical wiring system
and in designing this map he created a whole new imaginary London that had
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In fact you can ask someone who
has not used the tube before to take the bank station tube to find their way to
mansion house. They would take the central line to Liverpool street, change to
a circle line heading east, travel 5 more stops and when they walk up to street
level they will find that the have arrived at a location a mere 200 feet from
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UK Gabby, Doug and I decided to do a bicycle
tour of London and we hired what the call “Boris Bicycles” (Boris Johnson is
the current mayor of London). There are numerous “docking stations” dotted
around London and for 2 pounds a day you can rent the bikes and you pay for the
time you use them, it was great fun and to ride down Oxford street with a few
busses behind you is a strange feeling considering in SA you would probably end
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the Piccadilly circus area. All in all a
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to a indoor karting track and he offered them to Gabby and I. so the day after
having ridden bicycles we had a great 50 laps in fast moving go carts, Gabby
drove really well and came 4<sup>th</sup> out of 9 racers. Having crashed a
couple of times I managed a credible 2<sup>nd</sup> place , but I have to say
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It’s not very often that you get
to visit Silverstone, especially when you live 9795 kms or 6121 miles away on
another continent, Silverstone for those that may have been in a coma since
1874 is the home of British Motorsport and hosts the British GP, that took
place on the 30th June this year. The F1 track is 3.660 miles (5.86kms) long
and iconic names such as Hangar straight, Stowes corner or Abbey may jog your memory as to having heard
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Silverstone a mere 4 days after this year’s GP, but I did what even fewer
people have done and that was drive round it, not just drive round it in a
basic change the gear and do 20 miles per hour down the straight type of vehicle
but in 2 iconic cars, 1 from Italy and the other from England. I drove 3 laps
in a Ferrari “blow your mind 1,9 million South African Rand” F430 and another 3
laps in a Aston Martin V8 Vantage. I have
done some exciting things in my time but this has to rank up there with the most
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I drove on the International
circuit (that forms part of the F1 circuit) and is 1.851 miles (2.96kms ) in length. You have a 30 minute
briefing, where they scare the living shit out of you and have you fill in a
form with next of kin, coffin size etc etc. they got a tad miffed when I answered
the question – emergency contact - police or ambulance, it seems most people
put their spouse or a parents contact details. After the briefing we then got
issued a throw away helmet liner and a really dorky open faced helmet, ( The
helmet and fire retardant suit at the go carting was sexier).</div>
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will drive, and then you wait for your instructor, (that’s the person you hope
is going to guide you round then circuit without causing too much harm), so
comfortably ensconced in the Ferrari my heart sank when a 18 year old lady popped
her head in the car and said hi I am your instructor, Tania was almost peeing
her pants with laughter as she said the look on my face was priceless. It’s really
hard to put to words what the experience was like but after the second lap I felt
like Fernando Alonso and got a couple of compliments on my driving skills from the
instructor………..I have to tell you that those 3 laps went faster than a KFC family
buckets at a ANC election rally. The Aston was great as well but after the Ferrari
it was a little like eating hake after you have just had a plate of Tiger
prawns……………………………</div>
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to get us to and back from the UK as well as those we used while there (apart
for numb ass and sore legs on the plans) was fun and having the bragging rights
to say I have not only been to Silverstone but driven 2 iconic cars on the track that so many racing greats (cars
and bikes) have used is a memory that will last for a long long long long long
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