Author Archives: 6000

Anyone Can Play Guitar

By 6000 | 6000 | December 3, 2011

Although of course, it’s not strictly true that anyone can play guitar well. But I was reminded of this vintage Radiohead track this week and felt the need to share:   This was actually my first introduction to Radiohead, on a Parlophone (careful now) cassette tape given to us freshers in our first week at [...]

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Meanwhile, in Jefferson County

By 6000 | 6000 | December 2, 2011

A husband and wife team are travelling across America armed with 16 disposable cameras, taking pictures of town and village signs that they pass, rock formations and cemeteries. But this is no ordinary couple. Teagan Nefer cannot speak, cannot walk and is wheelchair-bound, mainy because she is a mannequin. Ned Nefer said he was born [...]

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Your Parenting Weekend: Sorted

By 6000 | 6000 | December 1, 2011

I know that much has been said about the Green Point Urban Park childrens’ play areas by other notable Cape Town blogs, but we hadn’t actually test driven it with the kids until yesterday. Suffice to say that we’ll be going back. If you’re a parent of young kids and you haven’t been there yet, you’re [...]

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Thinned sunset goodness

By 6000 | 6000 | December 1, 2011

Still no time to blog, but it’s for all mainly the right reasons, so that’s ok. I got a few great pics of sunsets while we were away this last weekend. Here’s one of them optimised for quota photo usage: The original is here and there are more sunsets and other stuff in my November [...]

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Club Statement

By 6000 | 6000 | November 29, 2011

  Gary Speed MBE 8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011 Having been away from all radio, internet and cellphone contact this weekend (try it, you might like it), I was hugely shocked and saddened (as I’m sure many others were) to hear of the apparent suicide of Gary Speed – footballer, Wales manager and – [...]

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