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Nettie R

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  1. I don't mind waiting a day or two for results, but walkerville results are very basic. SS timing is not very electronic, and their results have age, gender overall position etc. I heard the guy call out our numbers, but there is a 5 minutes gap between myself and my friend who finished right behind me.
  2. You used those exact words in a conversation with your wife?
  3. Let him go, he's big enough to think (?) for himself. Try as we might, we can't be every one else's conscience. Save your breath and look after the ones close to you.
  4. I regularly pass the Bedfordview runners on my training rides out that way. They are responsible in the sense of group training and staying on the side of the road, opposite the traffic. But they should stock up on some lights and reflective wear for heaven's sake! I got 2 of those flashing, reflective clip on lights in goodie bags at races during the year and I use mine. Surely the runners get them at races too.
  5. Very clever move before 2010 World cup.
  6. Die permanente borde (het myne by Induna gekry) het niks met die 'kortpad vatters' te doen nie. Dit gebeur in pad resies ook. Ryers draai vroeer om op 'n uit-en-terug roete of draai af, nadat hulle uit hul groep geval het om na die 'mechanical problem' te kyk op hulle fiets.
  7. The mine dumps in Benoni are open to riding.(if it's Chimes outside Benoni we're talking about.) Motocross guys have been going there for years. Be careful on Sundays though. It's very busy and dusty, and your car could end up stolen. If it's between mtb'ers and KTMs: mtb'ers will end up 2nd best.
  8. Dit is alles goed en wel om jouself te verdedig in die regte omstandighede en ek hoop Bateleur1 is okay. Hou net kop - Suid Afrikaners is bekend daarvoor om te vinnig wraak te wil neem. Netnou begin die motoriste begin baseball bats uitpluk en tussen ons voorwiele indruk oor ons twee-twee langs mekaar ry.
  9. What makes these interest hikes worse, is that economists have a term for what's happening. It comes down to legalized stealing from the public.I read in a newspaper that the reserve bank uses the hikes to top up state coffers.
  10. We get chirped by drunks from a pub & News Cafe on our cycle route on Saturday mornings at 6am who are probably too smashed to know the way home. Imagine if that guy gets behind the wheel, we're toast. My thought used to be that you're safer in a race, the probability of being run over, is much lower. But then again...
  11. Northgate Lodge (5km from town) has 1 family unit available, the unit sleeps 6 if anyone's interested. (They phoned me today and I was on their waiting list, but I confirmed accommodation elsewhere last month.)
  12. I have no immediate plans to pack up and leave, but I've started making enquiries what my line of work has to offer overseas. I've spent more than R30G to secure my home and family. Small children don't have to learn what to do in a hijacking situation. Families are broken up and children are orphaned by violence. Think what was acceptable to you, say 7 years ago and see how you have adapted/conditioned to accept these bizarre changes and how it's changed your way/quality of life. In my opinion the only things that tie me to the country, are family and friends. People are the same wherever you go.
  13. Petitions hardly ever get the reaction its subscribers want. If he doesn't want to accept a public invitation to ride in a team car to speak an 'educated opinion" (well said!), he doesn't want to be educated. Radio stations aren't worried about DJs speaking their minds, unless it's defamatory, hate speech etc. Instead wear your cycling clothes with pride, show him it takes more than a dumb @ss on radio to ruffle our feathers. Gareth who?
  14. Yeah, it's crazy. Seems like Zim's found an ally. I just don't know why they involve SA if they could've used Mozambique's port, like before.
  15. They say it's a circular route, different from last year's out-and-back 100km. We were only a handful of riders on the 100km last year, most cyclists were on their own the whole race, the start time is not good (+-10h00) and you sit on your own the whole day waiting for your friends to finish the 175km.
  16. Demand a new car! There was nothing wrong with the money you paid them with, why settle for a faulty product? Being a woman makes it just more dangerous riding around with an unreliable car. If you financed it, the garage can do an 'item swop' at the bank, ie change the details,VIN & eng nrs on the contract and you keep the advantage of the past two months' debit orders you paid. Beware of what the garage tells you what is wrong. (I had brake fluid dripping in the new car from the reservoir and they tried telling me it's grease from my clutch pedal....
  17. Yeah, I say if I watch a local race on tv and see one more elderly with a teddy bear tied to his helmet to draw attention, I'm gonna throw up. But then again, I didn't ride the Amashova but got up early to watch the race live on TV?
  18. *Drivers who take their Sunday drive on a Saturday. *Drivers who can't talk on a cellphone and drive at the same time. *Drivers who don't want to wait their turn at an offramp queue. (a lot of potential road rage here)
  19. People who pick their noses in public.
  20. Or in a bunch over a 100km race...
  21. Pantani: eeeeeuuww! (maybe too much info). Just think, if you get tired, the shoes might start peddling by itself! But seriously: Nothing wrong with 2nd hand shoes. There's enough anti-bacterial sprays & powder on the market to kill just about any germ.
  22. Has Lance been actively involved in talks and cancer awareness in his foundation?
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