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I never got to hobnob with the peeps at Ysterplaat last night, something else came up but throughout the day I could hear the jets whizzing past my office (which is right on the harbour).
@francois: Sorry to hear about your mother...I know I'm tempting fate by saying this but I've never been robbed...either because I was too poor growing.
My greatest concern is for the safety of women and children...I mean, I'd hate to be a woman going out at night and somehow conditioning yourself to the reality that I might be raped...that's the tragedy of South Africa in 2006.
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Posted: 2006-09-23 15:29:58
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So did you guys celebrate National Braai Day? We had our braai at a picnic spot en route to George via the Outeniqua Pass, which is also one of the most breathtaking passes i've ever been thru.
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Posted: 2006-09-23 16:18:00
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That is indeed a beautiful part of the country, Kryptik.
However, I didn't always have fond memories of the journey through part of the Outeniqua mountains from George to Oudtshoorn, as this was during the days of the final National Service intake in '93 of which I was part of; and the Infantry School in Oudsthoorn was renowned for not being an easy place to pass the Junior Leaders' Course...the phrase 'Lords of Discipline' comes to mind.
It was worth all the incredibly intense training once those that passed got our rank, but I wouldn't want to go through all that stuff again...
Oh well, all character-developing experiences and I also have a lotta good memories with my platoon intertwined there; I always drive past the place whenever we drive from CT to EL or vice-versa.
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Posted: 2006-09-23 16:47:28
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Had a bit of drama with that Mobile World simcard that I was trying to re-activate.
I topped up as per the local Carphone Warehouse store's advice, but still got the 'inactive SIM' message. I then phone their customer care number.
It was explained to me that the sim can only be re-activated through themselves, and that it would take a max of 48 hours.
Still no luck.
I phone again this morning. Apparently the problem is that because the number was originally ported to Mobile World from O2, the number was 'returned' to O2 when I hadn't used it for ages.
I was a bit miffed that this wasn't stipulated when I originally ported the number over; I have ported numbers several times to other networks in the past and had no such 're-porting' hassles, even after long periods of non-use on these spare phone's simcards.
They apologised and said that they would contact O2 and request the number back, but this could not be 100% guaranteed. As a gesture from their part, they offered me £20 (approx R260) airtime for free if I bought a new sim from them, which costs £10.
I will know within 14 days if they have managed to retieve the ported number back from O2.
Let's see what happens...
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Posted: 2006-09-23 17:26:47
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National braai day? Every day is national braai day! Saturdays doubly so! We went to a braai at a friends house. Chicken tonight.
Just ended up at a dodgy bar, but they have amstel draft:) and the best is it is 3 blocks from work. The good thing, i doubt they will have kareoke during the working day:)
@ brix, same with me, never been mugged or robbed or attacked. I am quite the aware mofa when moving around. And tall and almost the right size to would have made a good body builder, so yeah.
Amstel. Yes. Make that two:) sorry, gotta go now. The brew is calling...
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Posted: 2006-09-23 23:54:04
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Oh yeah, the amstel drafts are 10 bucks. Most places charge about double that. Other than the crap music, and all the weird chaps buying me drinks, this place is not bad:) gotta get myself a chastity belt though, cos maybe they aint just drunk...what you say brix? You live in the Sa capitol of, well you know what:p
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Posted: 2006-09-24 00:40:43
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LOL francois,
Watch out if they start serenading "Franky, Do You Remember Me?" to you...
a friend of mine is a freelance photographer in CT and had to cover the CT Drag Queen competition, and the 'contestants' were all getting 'hot' when they started singing along to the classic song...
Speaking of which, another UK number plate which wouldn't be too widely sort after in SA I guess:
Sorry for the small pic, I accidentally had the 'picture message' setting on the phone's cam when I took the photo.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2006-09-24 00:20 ]
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Posted: 2006-09-24 01:19:10
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@ wanqa,is that mof? lol! I cant see, but jim says he can:) lol! We went to the usual pool joint, he is getting his ass kicked by the suspected les bar chick,(she is not though, just been hurt) and paul, my other pal chatting to a les chick he dragged along. Why are lesbians always less pretty? lol! Sorry, the amstel speaks loudly. Have not had this much in quite a while. Good thing though:)
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Posted: 2006-09-24 01:36:30
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@ Francois,
LOL yes it is 'mof'.
We've just got back from a birthday party at a Mexican restaurant called Cafe Sol in Greenwich, south-east London.
Binged on Burritos and Buds, then had a really 'nca' dessert called a 'Mississippi Mud Cake'.
Gee, took us ages to get back to our place; the Blackwall Tunnel that goes under the Thames River only had one lane open, so we literally crawled along until we reached the mouth of the tunnel entrance. There are quite a few options to cross the river ie. Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Dartford Tunnel, Rotherhithe Tunnel etc., but to get to these mighta taken just as long as crawling along the one we took.
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Posted: 2006-09-24 02:09:46
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@ wanqa,Jim lives in the Docklands area, near the greenwich area as i understand.
We are home, sat outside for quite a while. Time for bed. Almost 5am! Taking tuesday off aswell. Would have with the holiday. The day jim flies back to uk, so might as well.
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Posted: 2006-09-24 04:47:11
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