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Do not pass Go…

By 6000 | 6000 | May 10, 2012

I really enjoyed Jerm’s offering this morning and he has given me kind permission to share it with you on here: It really does feel that way at the moment. The sponge is being squeezed and there’s very little bathwater left to drip out. For us in Cape Town, the next nasty “surprise” is the [...]

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The other Cape Town fog photo

By 6000 | 6000 | May 9, 2012

While everyone is (rightly) sharing Anelia Loubser’s Cape Town fog photo from last night (that link from her Facebook profile), it seems that there was another individual on the Grassy Knoll we call Signal Hill. His name is Mike Hutchings and here’s what made while he was there: Which was published along with this one here. For [...]

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London Talking…

By 6000 | 6000 | May 9, 2012

A blog, from London, about talking. It’s the musings (did you really just use *that* word on this blog?!? – Ed.) of the brother of a schoolfriend of mine. He’s from Sheffield, but now lives in London and he does things that no-one else ever does. He talks to people. On the Tube. And then [...]

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Waenhuiskrans

By 6000 | 6000 | May 8, 2012

We managed to get the kids round to the cave at Arniston/Waenhuiskrans while we were away. The cave is huge inside; allegedly, so huge that a wagon with a full span of oxen can turn around in it. But probably only at low tide. The locals therefore named it “Waenhuiskrans” literally meaning “wagon house cliff”. [...]

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Song of the Day

By 6000 | 6000 | May 4, 2012

Hey, I’ll take any excuse to get my 90s on and this just seems appropriate today: Stupid girl. All you had, you wasted.

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