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The Fire Room
Thursday, 17 June 2021 16:07The Fire Room in Montecasino is one of our favourite restaurants, and Kat and I joined a friend, Juanita, there yesterday for the public holiday.
Some pics:
Some pics:
Parkrun milestones
Thursday, 9 January 2020 17:41On 28 December, Morgan and I volunteered at the Roodepoort parkrun so that we could hit milestones together. On 1 January, we ran the New Year's Day Parkrun at Kei Mouth, and I did my 300th parkrun and Morgan did his 100th. The parkrun had not been well-advertised, so there were only 11 people there. Morgan and I came in 3rd and 4th respectively, but despite that, were were both only second in our age categories - the father and son team ahead of us were the same ages, roughly. Afterwards we had cappuccino and toasted bacon & egg sandwiches served by the country club. Kat and my dad were there to cheer us on.
- Sun, 13:44: PicknPay are selling Christmas decorations... #fb
- Sun, 18:34: RT @RichardWiseman: A skeptical look at psychic detectives http://t.co/ffCKQqP #fb
- Thu, 19:32: Best thing about getting back from holiday to work on a Thursday is that it's just one day, and it's Friday already! #fb
- Fri, 06:13: RT @gussilber: Shocking news: your zodiac sign may have changed. This will explain the odd shifts in your behaviour. http://t.co/Ep5C6tu #fb
- Sat, 00:43: Happy New Year! I hope 2011 will be a great year for all of you!
- Sat, 09:54: Lovely soft rain for New Year's Day. #fb
- Tue, 20:57: Mmm, sushi made with freshly-caught sea fish, with the sound of the waves in the background. #fb
- Wed, 09:29: Going off deep sea fishing. I am slathered in sunblock. #fb
- Sun, 14:03: About to see Mamma Mia at the Teatro in Montecasino. Bumped into an ex-colleague, had a nice chat. #fb
- Mon, 06:19: On the road. About 900km to go. Roads are good so far. #fb
- Fri, 14:46: This morning I accidentally made filter coffee without the filter. It was chewy... #fb
- Sat, 06:59: Aaah. Coffee, fly cemetery pies, and present opening on Christmas day. #fb
I can Engrish use.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 15:42On Saturday I was at Showbiz in Cresta, looking for party costumes or accessories. Some of the products there are refreshingly cheap, but one can tell that the manufacturers never bothered to hire an English-speaker.
For example...
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Then there's a costume to turn one into a geek:
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For example...
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Then there's a costume to turn one into a geek:
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Writer's Block: Gadget Conundrum
Thursday, 27 May 2010 21:46[Error: unknown template qotd]
I only need one gadget: my BlackBerry. It's my music player, my email, my camera, my web browser, my ebook reader, my GPS and my cellphone, all in one. Sure, the camera's not as good as my Sony Cybershot, but it's adequate, and though web browsing is harder on a small screen, it does everything else just fine (or better than fine - it's a better music player than my iPod, for example).
I only need one gadget: my BlackBerry. It's my music player, my email, my camera, my web browser, my ebook reader, my GPS and my cellphone, all in one. Sure, the camera's not as good as my Sony Cybershot, but it's adequate, and though web browsing is harder on a small screen, it does everything else just fine (or better than fine - it's a better music player than my iPod, for example).
I encountered a beautiful praying mantis on the stairs last night, a good 12cm long, I reckon; it had a lovely gold iridescent appearance.
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Fully automatic
Tuesday, 3 February 2009 23:06Last weekend, my dad invited me to go shooting with him; he had been invited by a friend of his who is involved with firearms in a big way (so is my dad for that matter). So I went along, and got to shoot some really interesting weapons.
Star of the show was a WW1 Vickers machine gun, mounted on tripod. Lovely weapon: just point it where you want, pull the trigger, and it pours out a stream of bullets into your aiming point.
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All the automatic gunfire attracted a group of policemen at the range next to ours; they came by, drooled a lot, and had a go too. We went through several thousand rounds of ammo, I reckon; it was left over from a "corporate day" held by an investment bank.
A day to remember.
Star of the show was a WW1 Vickers machine gun, mounted on tripod. Lovely weapon: just point it where you want, pull the trigger, and it pours out a stream of bullets into your aiming point.
( More pictures )
All the automatic gunfire attracted a group of policemen at the range next to ours; they came by, drooled a lot, and had a go too. We went through several thousand rounds of ammo, I reckon; it was left over from a "corporate day" held by an investment bank.
A day to remember.
Happy New Year!
Thursday, 1 January 2009 10:16Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2009 will be a better year than 2008!
