Author Archives: 6000

Hang on a minute!

By 6000 | 6000 | November 11, 2009

Cape Town‘s Integrated Rapid Transport Strategy has hit another snag ahead of the World Cup next year: Fare dodgers. Apparently this guy got on without paying a cent. Fortunately, the police were quickly on the scene to arrest him. This one has been doing the rounds here for the past couple of days, but I [...]

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Bovine Blockage

By 6000 | 6000 | November 11, 2009

Incoming from The Tall Accountant: I turned into Upper Buitengracht St this morning in front of our building (in the CITY CENTRE) and had to drive around 2 cows! I kid you not – photo on the way. And here it is, with the cattle safely removed from the dangerous traffic flow. It looks like Sheffield [...]

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There’s talk of emigration in the air

By 6000 | 6000 | November 10, 2009

Remember when we used to hear that at all the dinner parties, the braais, on the television and in the papers? The ZumaRumas™. The dangers of another ANC government. Chasing the whites out of the country. Murdered in our beds. How South Africa was going to become “another Zimbabwe”. I never did get a firm date for any [...]

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Photo fuss

By 6000 | 6000 | November 9, 2009

A couple of my photos from the “Wet Weekend” set seem to have caused a bit of a stir, which is nice. I’m referring to Patio Splashes: and his singular brother, Patio Splash. They were the result of some playing around with various settings (Exposure 0.001sec (1/1300), Aperture f/5.0, Focal length 26.7mm), while lying on my [...]

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Snails, Cheese and Wine. And Rain. And Footy.

By 6000 | 6000 | November 8, 2009

It’s been a wet weekend. Very wet. Latest figures from Kirstenbosch suggest that they weren’t really expecting rain at this time of year and forgot to put the rainfall gauge out. But if they had have done, it would have been full. And that’s a lot of water. I would look it up on the SA [...]

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