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  #31  
Old Tue 22 January 2008, 04:53
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Afrikaans is a very gutteral language, it is the best language for cursing
. . . . none of that used above though
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Old Tue 22 January 2008, 07:36
domino11
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Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Gerald,
I wonder if the language when spoken correctly sounds as interesting as it reads to a Canadian?
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  #33  
Old Tue 22 January 2008, 08:39
Marc Shlaes
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Cleveland, OH
United States of America
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To me, it looks like English, German and Dutch. I'll have to do my homework.
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Old Tue 22 January 2008, 08:53
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerald D View Post
Kobus, geen probleem - ek is seker dat jy nie in die parlement, of by Nersa, is nie.
Het jy laas week die masjien gesien?
Kobus, no problem - I am sure that you not in the parliament, or with Nersa, are not. (double negative in Afrikaans)
Have you last week the machine seen?
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  #35  
Old Tue 22 January 2008, 09:13
revved_up
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Hartland, MI
United States of America
I was actually more curious as to what a geyser is? The link you posted for the power outage alerts tells people to shut off their geysers.
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  #36  
Old Tue 22 January 2008, 10:23
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Electric water heater/tank
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  #37  
Old Tue 22 January 2008, 11:36
Doug_Ford
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Conway (Arkansas)
United States of America
Congrats Linus!
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  #38  
Old Tue 22 January 2008, 11:37
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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Gerald,

I got mail from Sean, will be in Cape Town next week Wednesday to go and have a look at your MM babies.

Sorry J.R. just a little South African lingo beween the locals.

Eishcom Gerald Eishcom
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  #39  
Old Tue 22 January 2008, 11:46
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
If I am bored at the office, I might go and meet you there.
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Old Tue 22 January 2008, 12:47
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
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That will be nice. See u there.
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Old Tue 22 January 2008, 23:42
Alan_c
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Cape Town (Western Cape)
South Africa
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Maybe we can arrange a mini Mechmate get together...?
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  #42  
Old Tue 22 January 2008, 23:51
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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Why not, I will see Sean sometime after 13:00 at his shop in Woodstock.
I like to go to Snoekies in Houtbay for a piece of fried Snoek and chips when I visit Cape Town, so that is my first priority after I have landed at 10:20 from Johannesburg.
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Old Wed 23 January 2008, 00:42
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Snoek in The New Yorker

Alan, it sounds as if Kobus' time is not too fixed, but come and join in.
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Old Wed 23 January 2008, 01:56
Linus
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Jhb
South Africa
Snoekies ...

He he he ....

Does everyone go to snoekies automatically when hitting Cape Town? ... it's usually my first stop as well ... doesn't get fresher I suppose ...

Kobus ... you are welcome to come and see our mess.

Regards

Linus
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Old Wed 23 January 2008, 03:24
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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Thanks Linus, I suppose for our BINNELANDERS any snoek will do.

You can reach me on 0725404446 then we can see when we can get together here in Johannesburg

Gerald, Time in CPT is my own..got two free plane tickets and decided to take the old bag on a short trip..wink wink nodge nodge...after being away for 13 months alone on Marion Island last year.
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Old Wed 23 January 2008, 05:29
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
....and the first thing you do is to take her to a dodgy fish & chip shop on the wrong side of the harbour to eat New Zealand barracouta sold here as snoek? No wonder she let you go away for a looong time!
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Old Wed 23 January 2008, 06:04
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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After working in Holland for 5 years, I now am a REAL DUTCHMAN....
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Old Wed 23 January 2008, 08:11
sailfl
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Winter Park, FL
United States of America
You guys having an unoffical MM meeting? Or is it Offical. We need to know so if others should be flying in!
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  #49  
Old Wed 23 January 2008, 08:45
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
We could always hold an "official training course" with curriculum & certificates, so that your whole trip becomes tax deductible
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Old Wed 23 January 2008, 08:56
sailfl
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Winter Park, FL
United States of America
Gerald,

If you are going to have an offical training session, please tape so that the long distance attendees can view and get certified also.
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  #51  
Old Wed 23 January 2008, 11:27
Doug_Ford
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Conway (Arkansas)
United States of America
I read the article in the New Yorker. Does the fried Snoek, in your fish and chips, have bones in it? Fish and chips is one of my favorite meals but I don't think I'd care for it with bones.
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Old Wed 23 January 2008, 11:53
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Standard fish & chips is practically boneless, the fish used is "hake". (cod or "stock fish").

Snoek is by special request only. The bones in snoek are easily pulled out because they are about 3" long.
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  #53  
Old Wed 23 January 2008, 13:31
domino11
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Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
Gerald,
I have had fish and chips with cod or halibut or ocean perch but I have never seen snoek available in Canada. Do you prefer it over the others I have mentioned?

ps Your power consumption looks high today, does that mean you had outages?
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  #54  
Old Wed 23 January 2008, 16:53
Doug_Ford
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Conway (Arkansas)
United States of America
Hake is my family's favorite fish. We practically get in fist fights over it. Great texture and taste. I only know of one source around here so if they sell it at fish and chips joints in SA, we'll be on the next plane over.
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  #55  
Old Wed 23 January 2008, 21:34
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Linus must be getting tired of the smell in his thread . . . .

Snoek is not a particular favourite of mine - I prefer the freshest fish available on the day.

My factory power is out 12 noon till about 2.15pm every day since last Monday, except for last Friday. We now have battery inverters and a generator to see us through that patch.

Let's give this thoroughly abused thread back to Linus now
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  #56  
Old Mon 28 January 2008, 10:52
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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Hi Gerald and Alan, I will be a Sean's shop on Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 14:00. Hope to see you there.
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Old Fri 01 February 2008, 03:26
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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Thank you Gerald and Sean for the time at the shop. It was nice to look the beast in the eye. Now I can't wait to get going with my own. Mine will take some time, but I hope I can have it done before the end of this year.

Nice meeting you as well Alan.

Too the rest, we had a niece piece of Snoek and chips at Houtbay... http://www.houtbay.org/ ...on Thursday afternoon. When we left the local fishermen just came ashore with FRESH Snoek...sold them for R 30.00 per fish....BIG ones fresh from the boat.

http://www.houtbay.info/

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