Tag Archives: uk

The Last Hurrah

By 6000 | 6000 | July 21, 2010

With the World Cup over (feel eet, eet is gone), it’s time to move on to other things and I need a project to keep myself occupied now that there isn’t live football available 24/7 (at least, until the new football seasons start in a couple of weeks). So I’m turning my attention to my [...]

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There’s talk of emigration in the air

By 6000 | 6000 | November 10, 2009

Remember when we used to hear that at all the dinner parties, the braais, on the television and in the papers? The ZumaRumas™. The dangers of another ANC government. Chasing the whites out of the country. Murdered in our beds. How South Africa was going to become “another Zimbabwe”. I never did get a firm date for any [...]

14 Comments | Also tagged , , , , | Posted in annoying people, emigration, politics, positive thoughts, this is south africa, uk

The Dangers of Wind Power

By 6000 | 6000 | July 22, 2009

I’m not sure how much I believe in the global warming/climate change argument. However, I do recognise that pollution is a bad thing and therefore that reducing pollution would be a good thing. Thus, I find myself in cautious favour of any steps being taken towards the reduction of pollution. Wind power is one of [...]

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Back home on the Isle of Man

By 6000 | 6000 | July 7, 2009

After a short trip to the ghastly Gatwick airport and the bumpy flight over the UK and the Irish Sea, followed by the most horrendous landing ever, I feel profoundly lucky to be safely “home” in the Isle of Man. Not many people know that I almost died here, on a runway at Ronaldsway Airport [...]

3 Comments | Also tagged | Posted in 2009 kids in tow tour, positive thoughts, uk, world cup 2010

Out of the Frying Pan (2)

By 6000 | 6000 | July 2, 2009

(Not to be confused with my original Out of the Frying Pan post from February last year) I’m in two minds whether to fly this evening. We’re packed, we’re all checked in, our hosts are ready and waiting, the weather looks good and the boy can hardly wait and is literally twitching with mounting anticipation, but then [...]

15 Comments | Also tagged , , | Posted in 2009 kids in tow tour, emigration, in the news, this is south africa, uk
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