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Satan’s Arithmetic

By 6000 | 6000 | September 30, 2011

From Frederick Schoeman of Cape Town on Friday’s Cape Times letters page: Satan’s Arithmetic I believe that a couple of centuries ago, two mathematicians were demonstrating their numerical skills to the French monarchy when one of them stunned his opponent and the audience by reciting an algebraic formula and claiming it to be proof that “God lives”. Could I [...]

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Pining for nuts

By 6000 | 6000 | July 15, 2011

Let it never be said that life here in South Africa is easy. Sure, the weather is ridiculously good, despite this being midwinter, and the views, the expats and the beer are utterly spectacular, but there are always difficulties as well. I’m talking about allegations of corruption in Government, violent strikes in the engineering sector, [...]

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Good advice

By 6000 | 6000 | September 9, 2010

Spotted this morning on several poles on the way to work, this headline deserved a blog post and submission to this flickr group. I had a copy of the newspaper in my car with me, but reading a newspaper while driving comes a very close second to using a mobile phone while behind the wheel. [...]

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Heavy Sacks

By 6000 | 6000 | August 27, 2010

Flicking through the Cape Times yesterday, I noticed a half-page ad for Cape Union Mart, the local camping, hiking and general outdoor sports suppliers. The ad in question (pictured here) detailed the wide variety of rucksacks which they sell, complete with stats on each and a brief blurb listing the features of the pack in [...]

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JD Bryce explains all

By 6000 | 6000 | July 16, 2010

And he/she explains it in a letter to the Cape Times today. Over to you, JD Bryce of St James: The tirade against Bakkies Botha compels me to defend him. Ti•rade [tahy-reyd, tahy-reyd] – noun; a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation. Ok – I’ll give you the denunciation bit – and maybe a hint of bitterness because he was an idiot. [...]

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