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Blokman

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  1. A Home button please. The moment you select riding style - marathon cross country , all the bikes disappear.
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    The Munga 2019

    I can't work. I'm trying to imagine what these two guys are going through. Twelve or thirteen kms apart , 180 kms to go , forty seven hours, no sleep and if you blink you're gone. Not forgetting all those brave souls behind.
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    Attakwas 2020

    From WP 3 the race changes somewhat. The gnarly rocky part is behind you . The roads are better but the climbs very steep. You start with a monster just as you leave WP 3. So if you can do climbing on gravel at a speed just before you fall over , that is also ok . Hills, hills, hills. And the 220 th of December will never come. So you hang on to that entry.
  4. Busy sorting out a back problem. Hope to hit those hills about the 15th or 16th. I CAN'T WAIT . See you all there.
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    Who remembers?

    I seem to remember that the Ford Corsair and the Taunus was just about the same car branded differently.
  6. Bill Bartlett the guitarist with Ram Jam also played in this band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI1EOxwnpvk If you ever went to a wedding in the seventies you danced to another prison song. The railway line that passed close by and the train that shone it's light into the cells at night , giving some hope to the prisoners.
  7. Listened to Johan Bruyneel on The Move a few mornings. He had him tipped for a stage win. Speaking of young guys. Any chance that Pogacar could take the white jersey back ?
  8. I think we saw the doctor. But thanks very much . You're mates with a 60 plus, weekend warrior called Johann . He lies low in winter . Struggles in the alphabet soup in summer and runs a small butchery in a dodgy part of the Vaal. Well done with the results . And who knows what today and tomorrow may bring. Keep well.......Bud ?
  9. Sunglasses , taken off a little later during a short interview with Pocagar next to the bus. Didn't see the ink. I'm really desperate to know somebody in world cycling.
  10. Was that John Wakefield that we had a glimpse of when Pocagar cooled down ?
  11. 'n Man stap by die dokter in. "Dok, ek het 'n probleem. Ek droom elke nag dat ek 'n klomp rotte leer hoe om sokker te speel. Soos 'n afrigter." "Sjoe , klink of dit jou pla. Kom ek gee jou 'n pil vir dieper slaap. Dalk help dit." "Baie dankie." Die man staan op stap deur toe en draai om. "Dokter, kan ek die goed maar môre begin ? Ons speel vanaand in die final."
  12. Thanks Hairy. I'm working through it. "Hang on I know this , I know..." And then Shazam. And Woodstock's 50th came and went..
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    Biltong

    You're right. A few with a knife should work. Just give it a go.
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    Biltong

    There is no rule. Every 10 to 15 cm or so. We always used a small s shaped meat hook . Flattened it and whacked it while moving the wors along. Don't worry too much. Second thoughts . Something with one sharp point. You can't really mess it up , it's just wors.
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    Biltong

    Not to confuse things. Yes you get skins of which the actual walls are thick . Normally in higher calibrations for boerewors. Not really a problem in the thinner sheepcasings.
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    Biltong

    You can use a boerewors casing ,the best is not to fill it too much. Flatten and poke holes with a fork. It becomes mouldy because the moisture cannot escape from the inside . All casings (skins) come with a calibration in mm. The higher the number ,the thicker the wors. For drywors from about 20 to 24. 24 Works well but is more expensive. Boerewors normally from 26 up to 30 which is thick. They are sold in bundles. You do get different quality casings . Normally the longer the strands , the better the quality. For home use not really an issue. Depending on thickness you should get from 16 to 20 kg per bundle For spice a batch pack from Crown or Freddy Hirsch works fine. And you can keep some of the wet drywors for a braai . Edit: Yes , the thinner ones are sheep . Thicker ones pork.
  17. The theme song from Eastwood's latest movie , The Mule. Based on the real life story of a man that became a drug mule in his eighties. The artist Toby Keith and Eastwood shared a cart at a golf charity. During conversation Eastwood said that he is turning 88 and that he is going to make another movie. When asked by Keith how he does that at his age , his reply was ," I get up every day and don't let the old man in." Keith then wrote the song .
  18. I have children in the Netherlands so when wife and I were offered a chance to see the Grand Depart and stage two, I grabbed it with both hands. This appeared in a paper the day after his stage win. In typical Dutch fashion they lampooned him a bit and then wrote quite a nice article. Some of it loosely translated : "If you sell yourself as a rockstar you have to deal with the image. Is Peter Sagan a serious contender , or is he a playboy surviving on an overdose of talent? "The past winter his porno moustache was still his trademark. Even Freddy Mercury in his heyday was more of a choir boy than Peter Sagan" And Sagan himself: " With these legs the victory had to come."
  19. My TomTom had done it's duty. Battery life 5 hours max with hr and gps on. Registered for healthy gear and got a Forerunner 235. TomTom was very simple to work. Still coming to grips with the Garmin. Bells and whistles that I may never use.
  20. Rus in vrede Piet Botha. Goeienag Generaal was a song critical of the army and the government's role in Angola. Quite something if you consider that his father was the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time. In the 80's Botha saw a bloke with a ZZ Top cap in a Los Angeles laundromat. They started talking. He was a drummer wanting to be an actor. And so Billy Bob Thornton became a part of Jack Hammer in the US.
  21. Featuring Chris Chameleon and the bloke that looks like an undertaker in a Western, Rian Malan. Songwriter , journalist and in the eighties, political activist. Author of "My Traitor's Heart". Malan was the man who found the story behind "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". As a result of his efforts Solomon Linda's family now receive 25 % of the royalties.
  22. Blokman

    Who remembers?

    Back in the eighties. A family member had just started grade one. It's athletics day and the whole family is watching. He's a mile ahead in the 80 metres. Near the line he suddenly goes into slow motion. Ends up stone last. His dad goes bananas. "What were you doing ?" His reply. "Toe ek naby die lyn kom , toe is ek die Man van Staal."
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