Delicious delights…

 

Why can’t we have a nice doner kebab restaurant in J’bay!

Ripped off…

 

Why do motorbike batteries last for such a short time!

For the past few months I've been riding my pop-around-town scooter and noticing electrical things starting to give up on me. First it was the electrical start, which was fine because I could kick-start it.

But now my indicators have started to stick in the illuminated position whenever I’ve tried to use them!

A friend of mine who knows a great deal more about bikes then I do, showed me that its my dying battery that’s the issue – I never knew, when I decided to purchase a bike that the battery life is shorter then such things as the brake pads – can you believe it!

R400.00 later and the bike is purring again!

Can you Adam-and-Eve it?

 

My garden of Eden is growing at quite a rate. I purchased a Ryobi Hedge trimmer to start taking control of some of my giant shrubs.

To my dismay I found that my new electric trimmer has a two pin plug and about a 15cm (6 inch) lead!

What a complete joke!

And now I have to either cut the plug of and replace with a standard plug (to do so means I loose my warranty), or I must purchase a special extension lead!

To the owners of the company Ryobi: You’re aving a bubble bath mate!

Flood water washes away bridge…

 

Yesterday I received a phone call from my wife to say that she didn’t think she was going to get home!

She works in St Francis Bay which became the inland of St Francis bay after the opening of a local dam.

A local dam needed to be relieved which led to flood water running down sand river (a river that normally is pretty water-less!).

The unexpected volume of water hit the bridge with such power that it took out the bridge and the only access road into St Francis.

I understand that today they’ve been able to erect some kind of foot bridge that will allow people in and out of the bay.

 

You can also read about it @: http://jbaynews.com/2011/07/08/st-francis-bay-bridge-washed-away-by-flood-water/

And: http://jbaynews.com/2011/07/08/foot-crossing-over-river-for-st-francis-residents/

Water, water everywhere...

 

Recent rain has been very welcome in J’bay where water restrictions have been in place for what seems like forever!

As I looked for the local news (http://jbaynews.com/), I happened upon a rather crazy piece of information. The dams that are local to my town (within the Kouga region) are controlled not by our local municipality but by the neighbouring municipality of Port Elizabeth (Port Elizabeth Metro)! How DAM (little pun), crazy is that! We don’t even own our own water!

So, the folks in PE now are the ones who decide whether water restrictions can now be lifted!

Read more @ Jbaynews.com - http://jbaynews.com/2011/07/05/dams-fill-up-in-kouga-region/

Last updated 04 July 2011

I had a dream...

 

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.

 

Martin Luther King Jnr, I have a dream 28th August 1963

 

All men should stand up and stand out, it's what we were created to do!

 

 

Good works...

John Wesley - Good works are no guarantee of a place in heaven. But they are most likely to be performed by people who believe that heaven exists…

Rick Warren on fuel prices...

Rick Warren - Just paid $102 to fill up my truck (an 11 year old Ford) with regular gas. May need to ride bike this summer.

WELCOME TO THE REST OF THE WORLD RICK!!

Blend of the day...

 

1 Orange, 1 kiwi fruit, and 1 banana - man what a lovely drink.

 

Might have to recommend that one to the Sharks as they head of to New Zealand to play the Crusaders!

 

Come on you SHARKS!!

 

 

Photo’s from my little drive today…

 

First a lovely aloe bush

 

And secondly take a look at this beautiful King Protea in flower

 

Aloe’s at the beach – J’bay…

 

Alex McLeish resigns as Birmingham City's manager!

 

Okay, so the resignation Alex McLeish might not be front page news for many, but the suggestion that he may have resigned so that he can take over the vacant managers job at Aston Villa sucks!

How can a man who has worked with Birmingham City as a club, with the team and fans, possibly leave to join Birmingham’s greatest rivals – Aston Villa?

I’m not a fan of either club, but as a football fan, I was discussed by McLeish‘s recent poor choices.

What has happened to loyalty today?

So McLeish, if you do join Villa, I can’t say I wish you all the best, actually I would have to say, “I wish you the opposite”!

Dinner tonight…

 

Chicken cooked on the braai, Cajun rice and a nice curried vegetable chutney...

Saturday delights!

Life without My Blackberry…

 

Towards the end of last year I took out a new phone contract that came with a Blackberry phone.

I was very keen to get on board with Blackberry because of the internet service and push email (you get the emails as soon as they are sent).

When Blackberry first came to South Africa’s shores I found the contracts providing the phones, far to expensive. But like most mobile advancements, prices had to come down.

So yes, I got my first Blackberry!

What I could use the phone for grow and grow and grow. It started for me with the Blackberry instant message service – what a great way to keep in touch with family and friends. But my journey with Blackberry soon grow to include the ability to use Twitter, Facebook and various other social networking sites.

The list of things I started using my Blackberry for just kept growing and growing until a sad day came - my phone died on me!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, the operating system for some reason was lost and needed to be re-installed!

This has meant that my Blackberry has been sent away to be fixed. So I’m currently Blackberry-less!

To say I can’t wait for its return would be an understatement!

How sad that I have become so dependant upon it – is that what the big brothers at Blackberry wanted?

Not like everyone else

I watched the film: "Not like everyone else" last night.

 

It’s a story about a person's civil rights.

 

A young girl is victimised because she looks, dresses and writes a little different to the supposed 'norm'!

She gets treated poorly by other students, the school principle and teachers etc, after they begin to fear that she is maybe disturbed and a fret to others.

It all takes place after the tragic Columbine shootings.

 

It's a very good film that speaks about our fears of what is different.

In a world where we have such things as differences in religious beliefs etc, we need to question ourselves as to how we treat others.

 

Some may say that we also need to protect ourselves; and I would agree. However, making assumptions without taking the time to understand a persons differences is not protecting ourselves, its victimising others.