Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Daily Mail quandary

By 6000 | 6000 | March 31, 2009

I remember being in the UK. Downing a coffee and heading out into the rain to work. Popping into the hospital newsagents in the morning and buying the paper. I generally stuck with The Times or The Telegraph. If it was Monday, I might get The Sun for the football news. I wouldn’t touch the Daily Mail, because I didn’t want to [...]

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Sofa danger

By 6000 | 6000 | March 30, 2009

There are a plethora, a myriad, a lot of different things in your home which can do you harm. Your iron may scald you, your oven may burn you, you may plunge from your ladder while trying to rescue the cat from the roof – your cat may scratch you on the way down, your [...]

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Peaceful weekend

By 6000 | 6000 | March 29, 2009

VOTE FOR ME IN THE 2009 SOUTH AFRICAN BLOG AWARDS! It’s been a peaceful weekend. This morning, we headed out to the conveniently local Arderne Gardens in the beautiful autumn sunshine to throw some bread at the ducks; this afternoon, we mainly played with a broken Hoover Aquavac 2200. As you do. I didn’t bother [...]

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Malema visits Orania

By 6000 | 6000 | March 28, 2009

In a move which surprised many, ANC Youth League President and all-round firebrand Julius Malema today visited the Northern Cape white Afrikaner enclave of Orania. In a move which surprised even more, he didn’t actually say anything particularly stupid. Orania Movement president Carel Boshoff junior said in describing the mood of the talks with Malema [...]

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BIOPRO i-H2O

By 6000 | 6000 | March 27, 2009

I was just looking into the benefits of activated water via the BioPro Technology site: When age-old secrets from Mother Earth are combined with cutting edge technologies, a new generation of wellness solutions is born that is bound to change the energetics of the planet as we know it. Ja right. Frankly, I’m amazed that given the [...]

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