Blackbeard

I did a few classes when living up in the Big Smoke. I moved to the Fairest Cape and I have threatened to join UCT/Hoerikwaggo every year since, but my new business made it difficult to commit fully. I think this is the year. I did Karate previously, but Aikido has always fascinated me since an elderly guy (Darko) a fraction of my size threw me around with ease (and I am not light) and put the pain on. Are you at the UCT Dojo?

Your Master in absentia. The Guy with his picture on the wall.

O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba says ... Edit: "Enter and blend, Baby. Enter and blend."

While cycling down Main Road, Hout Bay past the graveyard just before Mandela Park, on Monday around lunch time, I passed two teenagers pointing what I took to be replica 9mm firearms at each other. There was one on each side of the road and the traffic passed between them. They were obviously seeking reactions from passing motors, perhaps a dry run for use later in an asset liberation exercise. Passing very close to them in good light I could not tell whether they had real firearms or replicas. I assumed replicas as I hope that that type of individual would not have possession of a real firearm.

Thank you.

Removed my post as I don't think it will take the matter any further. Good luck all!

I lost my rather long reply to NicoBoshoff's post in the ether, but this works and is a lot less verbose.

All cyclist/motorist accidents should be reported even if only for crime statistics purposes. A criminal case number makes it more difficult for SAPS to lie about the crime figures.

SANPARKS is there to protect our natural heritage for the use and enjoyment of all citizens. They have to balance competing demands of many different interest groups. By way of example, the Western Cape is internationally known as a Floral Kingdom. This is worth protecting in its own right, but has the added benefit of drawing worldwide interest and tourist money to the Western Cape as a whole. The fact that we can ride in Tokai, within certain guidelines, is something to be grateful for. I for one have no problem if a super-flowy, non-pedally DH line is lost if a plant, previously thought extinct, can re-establish itself. As this thread has shown, the regulations and guidelines are there to protect our national assets against the unauthorised actions of the puerile and the petulant.

No problem.

Burn it.

As a beneficiary of the hard work of Pain or Shine, Mayhem, others the identity of whom I know not and the many volunteers, I would like to say thank you. I am well aware that navigating a legal and bureaucratic minefield is not easy and I am grateful that we have access to the mountain. While I invariably enjoy my rides at Tokai, I freely concede that I have neither the skill nor knowledge to venture a meaningful opinion on the more technical rides. I accordingly thank those who offer their constructive input for the betterment of Tokai. I wish you all well in your meeting.

Thank you Pain or Shine. So at best, a "professional" trail builder would be a passionate amateur and the "professionalism" of said individual would be based upon the esteem he or she is held in having regard to their commitment, passion and experience? Very subjective criteria. Edit: spelling

What qualifications would a professional trail builder have? Are you merely using the term in the sense that its someone that claims payment for services rendered?

Keep it. Its an interesting historical artefact.

Assuming seller is underage as mommy alleges = voidable, but mommy clearly has indicated that she will not ratify therefore void. Mommy is telling porkies as to seller's age the contract may be valid but there is no practical way to enforce it, particularly as the purchase price was tendered back (or repaid as it now appears). As there was no delivery of the item, ownership did not pass.

There is a distinction between the political party in the majority and the municipal council just as there is a distinction between the party with the national majority and the state.

Nice!

We have all done or seen cyclists do stupid things in the traffic, whether intentionally or negligently. Road users have to accept accidents can and do happen despite our best efforts. I believe that whether or not a cyclist wears his/her helmet is that cyclist's choice and I am more than willing to let him/her permanently remove himself/herself from the gene pool. I will however be very upset if I should be an unfortunate party to a road accident where the cyclist dies or is seriously injured where such death or serious injury could have been avoided by the wearing of a helmet.

Very slow, but I have no doubt the whip will be cracked before the Argus.

Chappies is A Ok but for a very short section opposite the entrance to Hanging Meadows - only a few hundred metres. Its a single lane controlled section while they clean up the mess (mud, rocks and twisted gambions). This is the very last section of Chappies just before the end coming from Noordhoek. The rest of Chappies was undamaged. Edit: spelling

Imitaton the sincerest form of flattery?

He did not strike me as a seasoned cycling veteran.

I passed him as well. It looks odd to see a guy so kitted out without a helmet.

No. Waiters.