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!
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!
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/
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
WELCOME TO THE REST OF THE WORLD RICK!!
First a lovely aloe bush
And secondly take a look at this beautiful King Protea in flower
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”!
Chicken cooked on the braai, Cajun rice and a nice curried vegetable chutney...
Saturday delights!
