Category Archives: that’s a bit mad

H&S – African style

By 6000 | 6000 | January 12, 2012

The ‘Elf an’ Safety people in the UK (who are not actually as bad as Jeremy Clarkson and the Daily Mail would have you believe) would have a cadenza if they saw this on a building site over there. In this image, you can gauge ground level from the guy in the bottom right corner of the [...]

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10 years II – The Big South African Pool Cleaner Export Ban Explanation (sort of)

By 6000 | 6000 | January 11, 2012

Remember this post – where I suggested that the penalties for the seemingly innocuous crime of exporting a pool cleaner (or bits thereof) from the Republic of South Africa seemed rather harsh? (Not as harsh as those proposed for the proposed Severe Weather Warning Law,  at least in financial terms, but still pretty nasty.) In terms [...]

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No Parking

By 6000 | 6000 | January 3, 2012

The typical South African mentality that certain rules apparently don’t apply to certain people (see previous posts referring to speed limits, seat belts, CTICC disabled zones etc etc) has obviously prevailed into 2012. This double cab was helpfully parked directly in front of the rather obvious No Parking sign on the road to the beach [...]

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Pete is very trying

By 6000 | 6000 | December 28, 2011

As I mentioned earlier this week, things all get a bit confusified at this time of year when it comes to blogging. And despite the fact that I’m away from my beloved internet, that doesn’t stop the potential post suggestions rolling into my inbox. Here’s another one I thought might be worth sharing. It’s evident that [...]

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Keep the change

By 6000 | 6000 | December 8, 2011

Fresh on the heels of the weeing on bougainvillea saga, here’s some more Popular Mechanics Top Tip Letters Page brilliance from Al de Bruyn: Keep the change Finding change for car guards at short notice can be a pain. To solve the problem, I store a few coins in my car’s ashtray, pressing them edge-on into a [...]

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