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My step daughter and I helped her and took her home. She was most likely concust. Her boyfriend took her to the hospital. Like an idiot I took my dog out (he's a mantrailing dog) and decided to trail into IY. I got about 30m in and decided I'm not going to have my dog killed for a bicycle. The incident happened at about 9.15 opposite IY on the graveyard side. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CYCLE PAST IY. They ARE waiting for you. it IS coordinated and the police are USELESS!!

Those certainly look the part but all of the reviews I've watched on the youtubes complained about it being down on power compared to what you'd expect from a "normal" 450. But if the pricing is good and you know what you're getting into then it's all good. They really look the business to me.

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The 353's Coz I live in Cape Town and we have wind. Oh and **** you!

I can't see him joining Norco as the current rumor mill suggests. I don't see a brand like that having the budget for a rider of his stature. He's a Fox and shimano guy and Norco run SRAM. If anything that team looks to be scaling back not putting big money into a guy like GM. Plus he's intimately involved with the SC brand here in SA. He's recently married and he REALLY has nothing more to prove. I reckon we'll see a retirement announcement with side projects announced soon. @capediver and I bumped into him in Morzine. Just rolling through town like a regular dude. He'd heard about the Saffers getting rowdy the night before at Robbo's. That was a great night that I can't remember.

There are motion and thermal cams around the high end suburbs in HB and Caanstaahnsha. I'm sure it's the same in the city. When these are tripped stuff starts to happen. But the baddies aren't stupid. They send people who aren't part of their direct crew to test the cams coz they aren't always operational. There was a home invasion recently close to where I live and the bad guys KNEW that 2 cams were down and they simply walked past them. No fks given. Sanparks wouldn't bother with adding any real value tho. They are the literal definition of useless.

Ja no doubt a gun changes the conversation.

The Recce's are all in their 50's and 60's. And 95% of the people who claim to have been Recce's are fking liars.

100%. A lot of lowlifes are starting to carry blank guns. There's no license needed, they make a very loud bang and to the untrained eye it's a gun. The worst part is if these okes are caught with them in a backpack for example there's ABSOLUTELY NOTHING law enforcement can do. They have to literally be caught in the act committing a crime. As a general comment we have to fight back. When my wife and I run/walk on the mountain we have a scary looking dog with us and i've got one of those "runners" pepper sprays in my hand ready to go. It's not much but we can't just surrender. If the guy has a gun then that obviously changes the dynamic.

Anyone looking to snake proof their dog please DM me and I'll put you on to the dog trainer. She's not doing any more till Jan. Some feedback. It was sort of a mixed bag. My Staffy X parked right next to the boa and has totally disinterested. We should probably have wrapped the boa in vienas to get her more interested. My Mali had a strong reaction so that's good. Whether there was any value in the whole event I can't really say. But I'd much rather have done it than not.

I'll try to get the guys number to you. Aparently the guy has a cobra and a puffie. Both contained and the dogs are shown them and shocked. He also has a boa that's on the grass and the dogs are exposed to that. One of the people that I do search and rescue work with organized it. She's a professional dog trainer.

I get where you are coming from and concur. I'm not going to shock myself tho. As much joy as I know that would give you. Hehe. In this instance the dogs need to understand snake = big pain. If there was another way to do this I would. With the tracking I do with my dog we spend a lot of time in the veld and I'd be devasted if he got bitten. He's a working dog and we're always in the bush and he's always on a 7m long lead so I don't have immediate access to him.

Both of my dogs are going for snake proofing on Sunday. They expose the dogs to the snake and then drill them with a shock collar. Not nice but it's way better than having a snake killing your dog

I 100% agree with you. Unfortunately there's also the counter to this. When you actually need something done the only way to get it done is often to throw your toys and behave like a complete prat to actually be heard and for action to be taken. I had an issue after covid with a travel company who will remain nameless. The only way to actually speak to a human being instead of being caught in an endless whattsapp loop was to create a hellopeter account and have a whinge on there.

That's beautiful. I'm a lefty too. Damned hard finding decent guitars for wrong handers. I got rid of all my stuff a while ago. All I have left is my Washburn D10 SCE. I'll never sell that. My wife recently picked up a little Takamine G series from a mate who flips guitars and we did a few lessons together which was fun. For any newbies looking to just strum along to some tunes there's a brilliant app called chordify that we use when we're in the mood. The pro version is like R250 a year.

Generally my other half and I find American shows to be shirt. However, We're watching Yellowstone. Yes they're all a bunch of murdering sociopaths but we are somehow enjoying it. And the scenery is incredible which is always great.

At the opposite end of the spectrum are surfboards. I've always said they are way too cheap. A top of the line hand made board from a big name brand can be had for 10k. Yes they are roughly shaped by machine but they are finished by hand and glassed by hand. You can get a Pyzel Ghost model for 10k in this country. That's the same board that's ridden by John John Florence scaled to your weight.

I used to be a big Rouvy and Zwift fan. But mywoosh being free makes it a no brainer for me. I only ever do workouts anyway. The massive updates aren't an issue for me. I just start the app during the day and download the updates long before my workout. I put youtube on my TV and run the app on my laptop and off I go. If I want to pretend to be riding Alp d Huez during my workout I'll find a POV vid of a guy riding it. Riding indoors still sucks BIG TIME tho.

I think everyone is in agreement that a real firearm is best for self defense. But if for whatever reason you cannot have a firearm or have one on you, a pepper gun/pepper spray is a whole lot better than fending off an attacker with your personality. I've done a bit of research (Youtubing) on this and it's interesting to note that some people don't seem to be phased by pepper spray/tear gas at all. But I'm far more conformable having a pepper ball launcher in my side table at night than having to reason with a criminal in my underpants at 3 in the morning.

what is the effective range of the pepper round? Does it blow out a cloud of pepper or does it fie a projectile that explodes on impact like the Byrna, Tippmann etc?

One that has Honda written on the tank.

For mountain biking at night. Just my humble opinion I used 2 lights. A bar mount AND a head mount. The head one lights up where you want to go and the bar one lights up where you are going. Not necessarily the same thing. Having said that night riding is not for me.

Hahaha. Yeah. The dog is amazing. The handler has been a huge disappointment from day 1.

Check out the self control. The tugs are his favorite toys. He's going up for evaluation soon. If he passes he'll be a qualified INBTI trailing dog which essentially means he's qualified to go looking for missing people on the mountain.

What I really like about this is that it can work as a nice general use kit. It's really nice. Unlike that god-awful Ciovita Xmas one.