Category Archives: from your comments

Return of the Daxk

By 6000 | 6000 | May 21, 2008

Daxk is back with a belter of a comment that sums up many SA expat’s feelings perfectly. Perhaps. Aaah yes,6K,I really dont understand what the fuss is about,its been going on for about a week and they’ve only killed about 25,going back to the famous Crime Blog post,and the normal 50 murdered per day on average,its hardly going [...]

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To sleep, perchance to dream

By 6000 | 6000 | April 3, 2008

I couldn’t sleep last night. It was a combination of things which prevented my slumbers. The heat was the obvious one. Considering we’re supposed to be well into autumn now, with the leaves taking on a rusty hue and the evenings closing in, it was a bloody hot, still night last night. I blame Al [...]

6 Comments | Tagged |Also posted in admin, learning curve, this is south africa

“Overall, it’s gone exceptionally well”

By 6000 | 6000 | March 10, 2008

So says Dr Basil Bonner, head of the emergency unit at the Milnerton Medi-Clinic of the Cape Argus Cycle Tour 2008 via iol.co.za. (Thanks, DC) I’m very glad to hear it, Baz. Let’s see what the good doctor is referring to, shall we? About 65 people had to be taken to hospital during the Argus Cycle Tour [...]

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Stuff and Nonsense

By 6000 | 6000 | October 25, 2007

Every so often, when there’s nothing big to write about* – crime, politics, rugby, antelopes etc. – every blog has to have a bit of a catch-up post. This is mine. I generally try to avoid catch-up posts if I can. I prefer my posts to be discrete – that is “separate and individual; not [...]

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How to win friends and influence people

By 6000 | 6000 | April 12, 2007

You may recall me mentioning my being interviewed by a journalist. That article has now been published (I made Page 7, just next to the advert for Harris’ Patented Haemorrhoid Preparation), although it’s sadly not available online anywhere just yet. One of the comments on my last post was from June who read the article [...]

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