Oh, and now that I have made an issue of it, it's fixed....
Dammit!
Salagatle!
LIU - Look It Up!
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Damn edit function
So I made a small change to my profile, and now it's all skrewed up.
Blogger Steve pointed it out to me, and I have edited it (about 100 times) and it does not change on the normal view......
Dammit!
So, My youngest is NOT the cancer survivor... I am.....
Salagatle
Blogger Steve pointed it out to me, and I have edited it (about 100 times) and it does not change on the normal view......
Dammit!
So, My youngest is NOT the cancer survivor... I am.....
Salagatle
You are the weakest link!
Have you ever seen a collection of more idiotic / stupid people competing for a monetary prize on the basis of their intelligence! It's pathetic at best. Sometimes you get a contestant that's a bit brighter than the rest, but gets voted off early. Obviously cause he's / she's seen as a threat!
And the attitude of the presenter. It's laughable. This hard?, rude, cheeky woman has to have all her wits around her to keep from strangling someone!
And to top it off, I now know someone who entered, and WON! A whole ZAR20k (that's about 3 weeks beer money in the UK). Our company is so proud of him they had a "private" rerun of the show in the company auditorium! Have you ever!!!
I'm glad for him though. See, he's a big time biker, and writes a lot of articles for a local biking mag (who shall remain nameless, as I have no wish to give the arsehole owner any free space), anyway, had he not won, his buddies would have never let him forget it! So, good for him.
As for this evenings lot, all students. Well, if that's the quality of intelligence of our modern day student body, God help us. Not 7 brain cells between the 9 of them.
Like, "What is the body of water which stretches down the east coast of Africa, all the way to Cape point called?"
"Lake Victoria" ....????....!!!! ....... OMG!!! (It's the Indian ocean for those of you who might not know)
or "How much is 7+ (-3)?
"10". (it's actually 4)
Ag Shame, I suppose they can blame apartheid, or slavery, or their parents, or bad teachers / lecturers, aids, poverty, hunger, strikes, Zuma, the Boers, Bush, communism, the South African Police, South African defense Force, CIA, FBI, ANC, SACP, NP, DP, IDP, IFP ..... Or any other third party. After all, it's always someone else's fault, isn't it?
Well, some of them were white kids, so I suppose they just plain stupid. (They don't qualify to blame any of the above, except maybe the ANC).
I know that you can get stage fright, pressure blackouts, and the like, but after a round or two, you should settle in and then be "clever". After all, the reason you applied to take part in the first place is because you / your friends / family think you have a good general knowledge! Or are the producers paying anyone they can solicit to take part, because no self respecting intelligent person is trying to get onto the show?
Salagatle!
PS - Some of the above I mean, some is tongue in cheek. No prizes for separating the two. It's irrelevant anyway!
And once again, images of Google - no permission requested.
And the attitude of the presenter. It's laughable. This hard?, rude, cheeky woman has to have all her wits around her to keep from strangling someone!
And to top it off, I now know someone who entered, and WON! A whole ZAR20k (that's about 3 weeks beer money in the UK). Our company is so proud of him they had a "private" rerun of the show in the company auditorium! Have you ever!!!
I'm glad for him though. See, he's a big time biker, and writes a lot of articles for a local biking mag (who shall remain nameless, as I have no wish to give the arsehole owner any free space), anyway, had he not won, his buddies would have never let him forget it! So, good for him.
As for this evenings lot, all students. Well, if that's the quality of intelligence of our modern day student body, God help us. Not 7 brain cells between the 9 of them.
Like, "What is the body of water which stretches down the east coast of Africa, all the way to Cape point called?"
"Lake Victoria" ....????....!!!! ....... OMG!!! (It's the Indian ocean for those of you who might not know)
or "How much is 7+ (-3)?
"10". (it's actually 4)
Ag Shame, I suppose they can blame apartheid, or slavery, or their parents, or bad teachers / lecturers, aids, poverty, hunger, strikes, Zuma, the Boers, Bush, communism, the South African Police, South African defense Force, CIA, FBI, ANC, SACP, NP, DP, IDP, IFP ..... Or any other third party. After all, it's always someone else's fault, isn't it?
Well, some of them were white kids, so I suppose they just plain stupid. (They don't qualify to blame any of the above, except maybe the ANC).
I know that you can get stage fright, pressure blackouts, and the like, but after a round or two, you should settle in and then be "clever". After all, the reason you applied to take part in the first place is because you / your friends / family think you have a good general knowledge! Or are the producers paying anyone they can solicit to take part, because no self respecting intelligent person is trying to get onto the show?
Salagatle!
PS - Some of the above I mean, some is tongue in cheek. No prizes for separating the two. It's irrelevant anyway!
And once again, images of Google - no permission requested.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Service please
What is it with South African companies and internet!
Most times if I have a query / complaint, I use the internet to find the culprit company, and email them accordingly. 99 out off 100 never respond.
Culprits:-
Renault South Africa - I wrote to them to query why their dealers would only offer me 30% below trade value on my Renault Espace if I trade it on a new one? I previously wrote them regarding high service charges (upto 300% markup on spares locally) and upto 500 3 times more expensive than in the UK!
Mercedes Benz - I recently checked out the site looking for a good second hand Vito (if you don't know what it is, look it up). I found 2 I liked. I sent of electronic enquiries (as per the online facility). I got a call the next morning from someone to say "Thank you for the enquiry. Someone will be in touch shortly" Nada, nothing niks!!!!
Nashua Mobile - I have 3 cellphone contracts with them (for the wife and kids). I sent them an enquiry regarding the upgrades for which we now qualify! Nada, niks, nothing. I repeated the request, threatening to go elsewhere.......????
South African Government - Home Affairs - Enquiry for assistance with resolving the problem with my gardeners ID book - still nothing (see some of my previous bloggs about this).
Vodacom - Cellular service provider - my business cell - I got a Blackberry with my last upgrade. It's been 15 months. I still cannot get them to give me a) internet accessibility, and b) email reception!!! Too late now, in 6 months I'm due for another upgrade. Going to ditch this piece of crap and get me a Nokia again....
And so it goes on.
With regards Renault, my next step is an open letter to the CEO of Renault South Africa. I will post it to the Citizen Motoring, Business Day Motoring, and Star Motoring newspapers. Maybe then someone will sit up and take notice.
The proof is in the website http://www.hellopeter.com/. A lot of people, with a lot of complaints. Some service providers are registered to respond, some, but most have a standard response.
"Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Someone from XXX will be in touch with you shortly".
Some do, some don't. Check it out.
Anyway, so the age of technology, such as it is here in sunny SA, is all but wasted. We'd be better off with Telex machines (look it up), or, as in the old days, going round and slapping someone awake!!!
So, to hell with Renault and Mercedes, I'm now shopping for a Volkswagen. Hope they know what service is all about.
So, that's my gripe for today. Now I feel much better, and can pack up and go home!
Salagatle!
Most times if I have a query / complaint, I use the internet to find the culprit company, and email them accordingly. 99 out off 100 never respond.
Culprits:-
Renault South Africa - I wrote to them to query why their dealers would only offer me 30% below trade value on my Renault Espace if I trade it on a new one? I previously wrote them regarding high service charges (upto 300% markup on spares locally) and upto 500 3 times more expensive than in the UK!
Mercedes Benz - I recently checked out the site looking for a good second hand Vito (if you don't know what it is, look it up). I found 2 I liked. I sent of electronic enquiries (as per the online facility). I got a call the next morning from someone to say "Thank you for the enquiry. Someone will be in touch shortly" Nada, nothing niks!!!!
Nashua Mobile - I have 3 cellphone contracts with them (for the wife and kids). I sent them an enquiry regarding the upgrades for which we now qualify! Nada, niks, nothing. I repeated the request, threatening to go elsewhere.......????
South African Government - Home Affairs - Enquiry for assistance with resolving the problem with my gardeners ID book - still nothing (see some of my previous bloggs about this).
Vodacom - Cellular service provider - my business cell - I got a Blackberry with my last upgrade. It's been 15 months. I still cannot get them to give me a) internet accessibility, and b) email reception!!! Too late now, in 6 months I'm due for another upgrade. Going to ditch this piece of crap and get me a Nokia again....
And so it goes on.
With regards Renault, my next step is an open letter to the CEO of Renault South Africa. I will post it to the Citizen Motoring, Business Day Motoring, and Star Motoring newspapers. Maybe then someone will sit up and take notice.
The proof is in the website http://www.hellopeter.com/. A lot of people, with a lot of complaints. Some service providers are registered to respond, some, but most have a standard response.
"Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Someone from XXX will be in touch with you shortly".
Some do, some don't. Check it out.
Anyway, so the age of technology, such as it is here in sunny SA, is all but wasted. We'd be better off with Telex machines (look it up), or, as in the old days, going round and slapping someone awake!!!
So, to hell with Renault and Mercedes, I'm now shopping for a Volkswagen. Hope they know what service is all about.
So, that's my gripe for today. Now I feel much better, and can pack up and go home!
Salagatle!
Mouton Blanc - Poker Star
A couple of years ago (it's been that long?) I downloaded the Poker Stars program, registered, and played poker, on line. Not for real dollars though, just the freebie stuff!
During my time playing I met some interesting people, and would look forward to seeing them on-line, daily. We'd chat, discuss our issues, talk crap, bluff the other players at the table. Loads of fun was had by all.
One player in particular became very special. Mouton Blanc - with the pic of a sheep as the icon.
For months we chatted, shared ideas, laughs.....
And then one day I found out that Mouton is a lady! All this time I treated her like one of the boys! However, that didn't change things.
Eventually, I regrettably had to delete the program from my pc, as it had become all consuming. It's crazy how you just want to play poker all day. So I told my fellow players I was signing off.... And that was that.
However, I did maintain some contact with Mouton via email (we did exchange email addresses at some point), but with my hard drive crashing (twice in 18 months now), I lost her details.
The other day she posted a comment on my blogg!! Damn, I was so excited. It's such a small world, isn't it?
So, to you Mon Cherie, I have the following to say:-
"Je ne pas parle francaise", & your favourite
"Merci Beau Coup mon ami"!!!
Welcome to my blogg, Mouton, and I trust we can renew our PC friendship!
Salagatle!
During my time playing I met some interesting people, and would look forward to seeing them on-line, daily. We'd chat, discuss our issues, talk crap, bluff the other players at the table. Loads of fun was had by all.
One player in particular became very special. Mouton Blanc - with the pic of a sheep as the icon.
For months we chatted, shared ideas, laughs.....
And then one day I found out that Mouton is a lady! All this time I treated her like one of the boys! However, that didn't change things.
Eventually, I regrettably had to delete the program from my pc, as it had become all consuming. It's crazy how you just want to play poker all day. So I told my fellow players I was signing off.... And that was that.
However, I did maintain some contact with Mouton via email (we did exchange email addresses at some point), but with my hard drive crashing (twice in 18 months now), I lost her details.
The other day she posted a comment on my blogg!! Damn, I was so excited. It's such a small world, isn't it?
So, to you Mon Cherie, I have the following to say:-
"Je ne pas parle francaise", & your favourite
"Merci Beau Coup mon ami"!!!
Welcome to my blogg, Mouton, and I trust we can renew our PC friendship!
Salagatle!
IT and HOORS!!!!
When management are targeted with growing their revenue, it's amazing the things they will do.
We have a client with a requirement for training facilities. Now, we are not equipped for this, and it will require a complete refit of a section of the second floor.
Also, our Learning services division turned down the opportunity, as they (who do this stuff) could not accommodate the client.
But he who shall be obeyed, the illiterate incompetent creature named as manager of our division sez " We can do this"!
Arsehole!
So now I'm running around trying to arrange a facility refit, meals (lunches) teas and biscuits!
For Fuck sakes!!!!
Apart from which, the price he came up with is really crazy, we can hardly do the lunchs for that!!
So, it got me thinking, if I approach him with this, will he go for it:-
We rip the whole of the 2nd floor. We could probably get 200 bunk beds into that space.
That's 400 hoors. 
At say, 4 clients per 24 hours, at ZAR 50 per client (our cut) that's.... mmmmm.... Let's see....
400 x 4 = 1600 x 50 = 80000 per day x 30 days that's........ mmmmm ZAR 2,400,000 per month.
Hey, that's about double what we making now!!!!
Damn, I'm off to go run it by him... Later all
Salagatle!
PS - All images uplifted from Google - without permission
We have a client with a requirement for training facilities. Now, we are not equipped for this, and it will require a complete refit of a section of the second floor.
Also, our Learning services division turned down the opportunity, as they (who do this stuff) could not accommodate the client.
But he who shall be obeyed, the illiterate incompetent creature named as manager of our division sez " We can do this"!
Arsehole!
So now I'm running around trying to arrange a facility refit, meals (lunches) teas and biscuits!
For Fuck sakes!!!!
Apart from which, the price he came up with is really crazy, we can hardly do the lunchs for that!!
So, it got me thinking, if I approach him with this, will he go for it:-
We rip the whole of the 2nd floor. We could probably get 200 bunk beds into that space.
That's 400 hoors. At say, 4 clients per 24 hours, at ZAR 50 per client (our cut) that's.... mmmmm.... Let's see....400 x 4 = 1600 x 50 = 80000 per day x 30 days that's........ mmmmm ZAR 2,400,000 per month.
Hey, that's about double what we making now!!!!
Damn, I'm off to go run it by him... Later all
Salagatle!
PS - All images uplifted from Google - without permission
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Forza Italia!!! Su Azzuri!!!!!!
NOOOO!!!! Not now! never mind the 1.5 billion viewers, my wife might be watching!!!!!Match Stats
ITA GHA
18 Shots 14
12 Corners 4
8 Fouls 22
3 Cautions 2
0 Expulsions 0
Some of the very happy spectators!!
Forza Italia!!!!!
Salagatle!
The house / bar / collections....
So, basically the house is done, except for the bar area. That always seems to be on the back burner. Always sucking hind tit. Always.... Well you understand.
Queens flat / apartment is done. Expanda doors, burglar bars, curtain rails, pictures hung.... DONE!
The two basement rooms have been painted and tiled. We even fitted a window to the one. So now the kids will have their own lounge area. The fact that access is through the garage, well that's just tough. We have an old lounge suite we are putting in there, and I'm going to make and install a wall unit for the TV, playstation games and stuff. Oh, and the soccer table game, fuzeball thing is going in there as well.
The builders (working in their off time) are finishing the flower boxes / wall retaining boxes, and once that is done I want to put a roof over the braai / barbecue area. Then that's them off / finished / away. Thankfully.
And then, maybe I can start with the bar. Oh, that beautiful place, full of alcoholic beverages, collections of miniature booze bottles (over 500 at last count), coasters (bar beer mats) over 600, some framed, others still to be sorted, over 100 beer mugs of various forms, makes, (500ml), bar counter beer towels, some 10 - 15 of them (thanx to friends visiting the UK - and Peter who has been living there for 15 yrs!).
Queens flat / apartment is done. Expanda doors, burglar bars, curtain rails, pictures hung.... DONE!
The two basement rooms have been painted and tiled. We even fitted a window to the one. So now the kids will have their own lounge area. The fact that access is through the garage, well that's just tough. We have an old lounge suite we are putting in there, and I'm going to make and install a wall unit for the TV, playstation games and stuff. Oh, and the soccer table game, fuzeball thing is going in there as well.
The builders (working in their off time) are finishing the flower boxes / wall retaining boxes, and once that is done I want to put a roof over the braai / barbecue area. Then that's them off / finished / away. Thankfully.
And then, maybe I can start with the bar. Oh, that beautiful place, full of alcoholic beverages, collections of miniature booze bottles (over 500 at last count), coasters (bar beer mats) over 600, some framed, others still to be sorted, over 100 beer mugs of various forms, makes, (500ml), bar counter beer towels, some 10 - 15 of them (thanx to friends visiting the UK - and Peter who has been living there for 15 yrs!).
Above, pic of the bar in our previous home. Room was abour 3 meters x 6 meters!!! Pic shows some of the minatures (in sealed / dust free display cabinets) and above a small beer collection and above that some of the beer mugs in my collection. On the cabinet is 2 or 3 of the special 1.5lt wines in their boxes, as well as an old clock I inherited.
Above pic is more of the dispalys, plus the baby grand, beers, mugs, some of the warthogs....
I have a big, old collection of cigarette lighters, fancy ones, and about 200 disposable ones (which I want to get rid of. Anyone collecting?). Some few hats / peak caps, special collected one's, (the rest I give to Seaman, he displays them in his lapa)(what's a lapa u say ? Look it up!)
Then there's the coin collection, bank notes (some old, some just different), there's a collection of cufflinks (very old), ties (about 100, really want to get rid of them), a collection of wines (1.5 lt bottles) in special wooden presentation cases.
THERE'S MY COLLECTION OF WARTHOGS!!! For many years I have been collecting warthog carvings. Wooden one's, stone carvings, and I even have glass and crystal carvings of the warthogs! And from my two boys when they were very young, a plastic "Pumba"!
So you see, there is much work to be done to design a bar / bar area to
a) display all this stuff
b) protect this stuff
c) allow for continued growth of the collections
d) still be able to use the bar as such!!
Any ideas?
Salagatle!
Monday, June 12, 2006
Rugby Test
10 June 2006 - Kings Park Stadium - Durban - South Africa
South Africa (Springboks) 36 - 16 Scotland
Nuff Sed!
Salagatle!
South Africa (Springboks) 36 - 16 Scotland
Nuff Sed!
Salagatle!
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