Category Archives: this is south africa

Wynberg chimney

By 6000 | 6000 | October 19, 2009

It’s been a hectic day, followed by a hectic evening. TB has been cultured, stained, examined. Kids have been fed, bathed, bedded. Medical advice has been given over the phone. A toilet has been fixed. Four cups of coffee have gone cold due to sidetracking issues. A tragic waste of caffeine. We had perfect blue [...]

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7 weeks

By 6000 | 6000 | October 18, 2009

It’s just seven weeks until The Killers play “Cape Town” and that might explain why my whole family was dancing around the new study to the dulcet sounds of Brandon Flowers this evening before bathtime. We were both Human and Dancer, before you ask. But it’s the brilliant cover they did of Dire Straits’ Romeo [...]

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Where are you going to stay?

By 6000 | 6000 | October 15, 2009

With almost all the teams now confirmed for next year’s FIFA World Cup, excitement is beginning to mount and people are suddenly realising the need to start making plans. Flights are getting booked up, rental car agencies are running short of rental cars and flag sales are up to their highest levels since before the [...]

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DIY Big Screen Telly

By 6000 | 6000 | October 14, 2009

I am constantly poking Mrs 6000 in the direction of a big screen telly, but she remains disinterested. That’s because Mrs 6000 doesn’t actually watch a lot of television. She only watches on Friday evenings because there’s some god-awful American programme with a plethora of bimbos throwing themselves at a bloke from Watford. But I digress. [...]

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It never rains…

By 6000 | 6000 | October 12, 2009

That’s a complete lie. It rained all day today and it also rained a bit yesterday, even though the sun was shining at the same time. Apparently, in the UK this is known as a “sunshower”, although I’ve never heard that expression. Still, I only lived there for 30-odd years. In Cape Town, where the [...]

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