>
New Topic
>
Reply<
Esato Forum Index
>
Regional >
Europe, Middle East and Africa
> South African mobile discussion
Bookmark topic
Just got back from our British Citizenship ceremony. So now I'm both a Saffer and a Pom. Safpom? Still proudly Souf Efrikan too.
There was one other ex-SA gut there in his late 40's, from PE. He hasn't bothered to do the paperwork for Dual Nationality, effectively giving up his SA nationality/heritage.
Before he could begin any possible tirade of doom n' gloom for SA, or try justify his reasons, I found some better company amongst some Sikhs who had also just obtained their citizenship. It wasn't long before I got onto the topic of 'mithai' with them...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithai
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 16:41:23
Edit :
Quote
A poster in central London, taken with the N73. LOL, I wonder what Che Guevara woulda made of this...
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 17:30:09
Edit :
Quote
And while still on about Sir Richard Branson, one of his 'tilting' high speed trains deliberately done all in graffiti-type art to advertise a show in Manchester. Judging by the 'style' of the wacky artwork, it looks like it was done by the guys who do the Gorillaz videos.
Euston Station, again with the N73:
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 17:51:33
Edit :
Quote
Yipee! ! !Survivor is back...Has anyone also experienced problems with their gprs lately,its getting onto my nerves.
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 18:16:36
Edit :
Quote
Yep,with my prepaid sim which im stuck with til nxt wk friday ive had GPRS problems with Vodacom @ gola,BUT with my contract sim ive had absolutely no prob, shows where Vodacoms priorities lie
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 18:49:01
Edit :
Quote
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CITIZENSHIP WANGAMAN
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 19:18:41
Edit :
Quote
Another cellphone-documentary from Wanqa's Travels LOL. Lotsa pics. If you've got a 56k connection, you may wish to go make yourself some coffee or something and then come back to the PC.. LOL.
Sight-seeing with the N73. HMS Belfast was a cruiser-class warship (just under battleship class) which served in WW2 and The Korean War. It is a floating museum along the Thames now. They're busy restoring it in stages.
40mm AA Bofors cannons. Tower Bridge in the background, City Hall (helmet-looking building) to the right.
Cannon shells visible in this shot.
View from the Admiral's seat.. London Bridge in the distance, and St. Paul's to the right in the far distance:
...and from the captain's seat on the 'bridge':
One of the shell hoists feeding one of the 4 main turrets:
In the belly of the beast...engine room:
Boiler room: Yes we all bumped our heads at some point while we were clammering around these nether regions.
_________________
He who laughs last...thinks slowest.
T39m,
T610,T630,P900,Nokia7600 & N73
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2007-08-15 19:52 ]
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 19:24:55
Edit :
Quote
@ Hobbster,
Thanks boet. If any of you guys ever come over here on holiday or whatever and need a place to stay, just let us know a week or two beforehand.
We're within the London underground train network (albeit the outskirts/Zone 6) and we do what we can to help out.
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 19:35:29
Edit :
Quote
Saw this on
www.theregister.co.uk :
'Telecel Zimbabwe to lose its licence
Has Mugabe run out of farms to grab?
The Zimbabwe government is revoking the license of one of the country's cellphone operators claiming the firm has not done enough to expand its roster of local shareholders.
The move will further restrict communications in the troubled African country.
Telecel Zimbabwe company is 60 per cent owned by Orascom Telecom, based in Egypt, with the remaining 40 per cent owned by the Empowerment Corporation, a company set up to promote indigenous ownership. The Empowerment Corporation has the right to buy another 11 per cent of Telecel, but it doesn't have the money, so Telecel remains in majority foreign ownership.
There are reports that two local businessmen have bought 11 per cent of the company, which should have resolved the problem, but the licence has still been revoked in what is seen as an attempt by Leo Mugabe (who happens to be the nephew of Zimbabwe pres Robert) to take over the firm.
The company's couple-of-hundred-thousand subscribers have no idea what's going on. They are hoping their connections might be taken on by the state-owned Net*One, if Telecel is required to switch off its network, but it's more likely they'll just be left disconnected.
With the country's electrical infrastructure failing network connections are increasingly unreliable, but with each temporary disconnection Telecel subscribers aren't sure they'll be reconnected again.
Getting a cellular connection in Zimbabwe isn't just a matter of signing a contract, so current customers are very worried they'll end up losing communications entirely.'
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 20:16:30
Edit :
Quote
@GUCCI,you are lucky pal,both my contract and prepaid sims are giving me
problems.@ama,wow,you must have the greatest library of beautiful photos.Keep up with the good work boet...Well,time for HEROES now,laters...
_________________
You can't handle the truth...
[ This Message was edited by: gola on 2007-08-15 19:39 ]
--
Posted: 2007-08-15 20:33:16
Edit :
Quote
New Topic
Reply
