Tag Archives: electricity

Capetonian woman continually surprised by events

By 6000 | 6000 | June 30, 2011

News just in: Capetonian Margaret Wilson (61) of Diep River, has admitted to being “almost permanently bewildered” by what she describes as “a continuous stream of surprising events” which she claims are plaguing her life. Yesterday, my son-in-law asked if I had registered the card in my cellphone. I asked him why I needed to [...]

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No energy

By 6000 | 6000 | May 30, 2011

Ah, electricity. The elixir of the Gods. It remains a touchy subject here in SA, with the constant threats of load-shedding as we approach winter. (And believe me, we’ve been doing some serious approaching today.) At the heart of this is the fact that while we want to use lots of electricity, we don’t have [...]

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Going green

By 6000 | 6000 | February 18, 2008

Incoming from the Ad Wizard: “A possible 6000 story?” Yep – I’ll go for that.   Not sure where this came from originally or if it’s true. But you know, this is South Africa and people are nothing if not resourceful. It’s a cool story – I choose to believe.

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