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Cippo

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  1. I commented before seeing your post further down. Respect.
  2. Hmmm, kevlar impregnated clothing with some carbon ascents.
  3. Anti-venom is hell expensive and you need a specific one here and there. You do get 'do-it-all' polyvalent ones which cover most snakes. Only Tygerberg hospital and Red Cross Childrens hospital keeps it afaik. The stuff just ends up expiring in there fridges. Hospital care is mostly supportive, putting you on a ventilator if its a neorotoxic venom like Cape Cobra, paralysing your body so you stop breathing. Puffie's cause massive tissue damage and bleeding. Anti-venom has been known to cause more damage than good in some people. The one snake handler at Ratanga once was said to be allergic ti anti-venom.
  4. Nice post Caerus. It's not just the hub. In general I think people have become less intolerable of others and their opinions, and we seem to be engaging others who differ from us with a more hostile approach. Life itself seems more stressful these days and it's so easy here to express your anger without any real recourse whereas in reality when we do complain at home, work , public very seldomly do we get a favourable response. Whatever opinion I may have on any topic is mine and in no way can I force that on anyone merely have a meaningful discussion without antagonising them and them maybe one of us can walk away with something to ponder about. We can learn from each other.
  5. https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/75991-cannondale-f1-alu-29r-lefty-small/
  6. 'One of your lady friends'. How many exactly are there?
  7. Cippo

    Tour Down Under

    Pvr set already. Gonna be 'HOT'!
  8. Sounds like most juveniles injecting anything they can.
  9. This one, https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/76077-new-garmin-edge-500/
  10. Best to do if you get bitten by a snake while riding stop where you are and call for help, if you not at a point you know well move to the nearest place you can direct emergency service. Hopefully you have reception. If you are on the mountain call the 'goverment ambulance service' at 10177 or 107, or call Sanparks. Most likely your cell provider will redirect call to them first. I would suggest in western Cape not to call a private ambulance service as most likely they will first try and get to you on mountain and then realise they can't reach you and then only call for rescue helicopter or rescue services, time wasted which you don't want. You wanna get to the hospital asap. Sucking on bites and cutting open ai'nt gonna help. Puffadder's venom is cytotoxic so damage will mainly be local at bite site leading to tissue damage. Your limb will swell up quickly and in hospital you might need a circumferential inscision to relieve pressure if its completely swollen cutting off circulation. Hope this helps.
  11. GM's new Corvette Z06 for 2015 with motorsport version in background.
  12. Snapped this baby in CBD yesterday.
  13. Calfee tandem with Madfiber wheels.
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