Category Archives: this is south africa

The Pick n Pay Cycle Tour Coffee Table Book post

By 6000 | 6000 | September 14, 2011

This all started with a comment on a post here a few weeks back. The comment was unrelated to the post in question and it had the commenter’s cellphone number on it, so I didn’t publish it. It was merely a means of making contact with me [you can do that by email here]. Here’s [...]

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Port Pourri

By 6000 | 6000 | September 12, 2011

Much excitement Chez 6000 today as I discovered a new website. And yes, it’s suitably nerdy, so you’re going to love it too. Right, so you know when you are passing the harbour in Cape Town or looking down at it from the Mountain? [Joburg readers will have to try to imagine the scene, it's [...]

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Beetlebum

By 6000 | 6000 | September 11, 2011

Back from a weekend of crashing surf and blustery beach walks on the Cape coast, which was I believe, what I was aiming for before my op, it seems that my recovery is almost complete. We spotted this chap in the dunes behind the beach. There are a few more photos here.

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It’s all kicking off…

By 6000 | 6000 | September 9, 2011

Ah. The perils of supporting England in the Rugby World Cup. Actually, there really aren’t very many of them. It isn’t that important to me: after all, this is just rugby, it’s not football. But there’s always someone that suggests that because I’ve moved to SA, I must support the Boks. Yeah right, because when [...]

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Some good service

By 6000 | 6000 | September 8, 2011

Sadly, SA is not noted for its customer service. Or rather, it is, but not in a good way. That’s why when I have some good customer service, I like to tell people about it. And this week has been a revelation in what other countries would call “service”, but what we here in SA [...]

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