I bought some electricity the other day. A slightly unusual transaction, as it included extra codes to upgrade our meter. But I’ve done that in Agulhas already, so all was well.
And that was a good thing, because all it hadn’t been well, then I would have had to get in touch with someone…
In a country with 11 different official languages, there are often problems with pronunciation, but I’m usually one of those people that wants to learn, and wants to get it right.
A disproportionate amount of my UK readers are from in or around the Sheffield area, so maybe this is of more use that you think.
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Yes. To compare the reading experience with the ad-filled pages of the Sheffield Star:
there’s a story in there somewhere…
…and it is chalk and cheese. And it does seem that there are some high quality stories there too. Interesting, quirky, informative stories.
Anyway, if you’re interested, give it a go on that link above. There are many different paid subscriptions available, but maybe give the free stuff a go first and see how you get on.
I logged onto Facebook and was presented with a handy guide to using your vehicle’s lights. And when I say “handy guide”, I mean that this was making some really important points that some people – even veteran drivers – might not have ever considered.
Brace yourselves.
So, just so we are all clear:
Fog lights in fog – yes. Fog lights not in fog – no.
And:
Turning indicator when turning – yes. Turning indicator when not turning – no. And never for the straight movement.
Wi-fi on planes is another one of those technologies which, like Falcon rocket boosters landing on drone ships in the middle of the ocean, will never cease to amaze me.
I’m currently 11,203m above the Free State, traveling at 905kph and I’m still getting 16Mbps.
The fact that I can even upload images onto the blog to show you this by pinging the pixels off a satellite tens of thousands of kilometres up above us is absolutely crazy.
To me, at least.
Now if they could just stop the plane bouncing around so much, and find some flight attendants who could smile, we’d be golden.
