Thats why my aunt married an Englishman. So that I could one day end up in Natal without being able to read any English sign boards. :)

'n Kapenaar: iemand op siek verlof toe die Groot Trek begin het.

As die Kaap die weer van Pretoria gehad het, dan was daar nie 'n Groot Trek nie.

Tswaniaaner wens hulle kan eerder stil, stil Kaap toe trek.:)

A 74-year-old man was arrested for possession of dagga valued at R250,000 in the Eastern Cape police said on Wednesday.

Ish 'n lekka plek, ne?

Wackey Wednesday!

Keep quite you G3 K3 or something similar.....All the okes unfit for army were left behind in the Cape. Only the STRONG ones made it up here.

En toe word hulle dors!

Net die groot ouens met die kwaai vrouens kon oor die Drakensberg kom. Die res het maar gebly en gewag totdat die teerpad klaar was.:D

En die wat moeg en dronk was het agter gebly in bloemfontein.
En die klop is nogsteeds hier.
Ons sal eendag besef dit is nie so lekker in die middel nie.

Vaaldam

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Kobus, did you finish the 3ply Ark profiles! The flood is coming Papa!
Any strange objects washing up on the beach there Hennie?
Watch out for the relocation of informal townships? :D

Need to replace some roofsheeting from the wind we get so it might come in handy.I just got into boatbuilding!

Hennie, how is the drought in your corner of the country?

It is BAD ,we get some drops of rain but just enough to dirty ones car.I am busy with plumbing work to use the bath and shower water for the garden.The worst thing of it all is that when they show its going to rain in our area one can actully see it raining over the ocean and not inland in the catchment area.The other thing is that when it eventually rains it floods everything like three years ago.The same heat that you had in December is what we have every day, about three weeks ago it got to a point that the workshop got so hot that I sent the workers home.

Hey there guys.
I`m starting to plan my mm and would really appreciate some local help.
Do any of you own a mm because some photo would help me allot.
Im in bloemfontein and i kow most of you are in cpt and jhb and pretoria

Look in this thread to see the Mechmates that are working already:

http://www.mechmate.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=78

Gerald I think that MM from the Free state is not going to be blue:).Borries vra ons sal almal help sterkte.

Thanks i`m going to need it.
Im kind of lucky because i work at a manufacturing company and i get the
steel, cutting and bending really cheap. Well i actually just pay for the steel
the rest the do for free.
If you guys have anything i can help with let me know.

Flying 101 . . . . teaching South Africans about airplanes:

http://blog.flightstory.net/1472/kul...-funny-livery/

Gerald, I love that plane, it brings back the fun in flying :)

That plane is very cool. It is great when a company can have some fun and make it fun for the people that spend their money with them.

The safety announcements by the crew have similar humor......and people actually listen to them. At one stage their uniforms were matched T-shirts, jeans and "sneakers" - totally practical, especially if the plane had to land in water or something.

Hi Gerald & other SAers !

In regard & follow up of this post, I thought you may enjoy knowing that, a Canadian national radio is honoring African music & life !
Although the page & texte are in French,Here’s the link for those who may be curious
Amicalement, Robert ;)

We have a particularly obnoxious wannabee politician in this country by the name of Julius Malema. Here is a bad outburst: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcmqX6klUJY.

But, he is good material for a joke like this:

Julius and the Pope

The Pope and Julius Malema are on the same stage in front of a huge crowd.

The Pope leans towards Julius and says, "Do you know that with one little wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display, like that of your followers, but go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!"

Julius replied, "I seriously doubt that. With one little wave of your hand? Show me."

So the Pope gave him a moerse klap. (smack across the face)

Gerald did you get the defenition of a octopus?

No.

Malema's handbook is Mein Kampf. My mother survived WWII, she says he behaves exactly like Hitler, same style, same retoric, same methods to sow racial divides.

The only thing we have learnt from history is that we don't learn from history.

You should have it now

Mike Metalhead gets the mail for anybody @mechmate.com these days . . . . that mail address is no longer mine.

sent it to the other mail

I like Juluis. He has done more to discredit his own organization in the last year than the official oposition could do in the last 15! :D

I think he is just a puppet taking the heat off the president when he is doing funny things ...like marrying several wifes and having childeren out of wedlock.....make me think I could be right here.

Did Zuma's recent formal visit to Obama make the press over there, and was it mentioned that his partner was his fiancé and not one of his wives?

Google "Jolly julias malema" there is a song about him doing the rounds on the tune of waltzing matilda.

I see Zuma was praised by Obama for dismantling our nuclear weapons, doesnt Obama know we dismantled them before they came into power so that him and the likes of Julius couldnt get their grubby paws on them, or wasnt that lesson part of Presidential Knowledge 101?

Franschhoek Motor Museum
 

Had some glorious autumn (fall) weather today and took a drive into the country, up to the Hex River valley, to see the fall colours in the vineyards. On the way back, stopped at the Franschhoek Motor Museum, a private collection of 220 cars. I grew up as the son of a garage owner, and a lot of those cars brought back memories of my old man's customers and their cars. :)

That must be the most beutiful place on earth!
I remember a friend had one of those old Volvo's. Those cars had no end to them. Just kept on going. They don't make them like that anymore.:(

Johan, old cars did well if they managed 100 000 miles without a major engine overhaul....the modern car easily does that. And with air-con, I am sort of glad that they aren't made the old-fashioned way anymore. :)

You are right Gerald. We used to visit Durban every year in the December holidays. As a high school 'Laaitie' me and my brother used to count the cars standing next to the main road. Some with clouds of steam boiling out under open hoods.:)

Today spend some father and son time. This time my youngest or the little 'pension eater' as I call him. Hopped on the bike and went to the air show at Rand aiport. http://www.randairport.co.za/randairport_new.htm . Check out the AIRSHOW button.

Took some pictures of my favourite ones.

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