Pantani Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 Why come you always on the internet in Ufgaaniestaan? I thought you were working? You do realise that when they post their figures for internet usage per capita it's going to be grossly distorted because one bloke from Suff Efrika was on the internet 24/7 for 6 months!!! There is no way a nation of goat farmers and Opium peddlers can run up as many internet hours! Pantani2008-03-27 21:06:37
Sammajoor Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 Hallo my Affirmative Action Friend( they say to be politically correct in the new Souf Efrica, you have to have at least one coloured and one black firend whose name you can throw around at parties and functions)Seriaaslie dude how are you and more so how is the knee doing. We have satelite (spelling) internet in the office and cable at home both running wireless internet connections so in a day I am off 1 hour tops, unless the dish un aligns itself, don't know how it happened but it did. We think the satelite moved in orbit, but we will never know .When are you going to visit the Queen, a mate of mine was in London over Christmas. Walked into a bicycle shop and a new carbon fibre trek w integrated seatpost and Ultegra was selling for 900 pounds, even now that is a lot cheaper than what they sell for here.As for goet farmers saw a funny thing the other day a man( lets call him that) had his goats loaded into his Hi Ace bus, and the women were told to sit on the roof I kid you not. When I am down in May, will make an appointment and show you the photo. As for opoium, well they say that opium is the Talibans main income, and if you see how the poppy field are looking now you will understand why they say it is. I am in Herat which is near the Iranian border, when travelling down to Farah, where one of my workshops areyou drive through kilos and kilos of poppy fields and this is not even the opium province. That my friend is in the Khandahar Province. And funnily enough the Taliban Stronghold, the cops here are in green containers, basically a cop in a can, but they are on the Taliban payroll so they basically turn a blind eye to all the activities as something needs to pay for food. A dollar is worth roughly 50 Afghanie, and a family can survive on a salary of 2500 Afghanie, so 50 dollars will support a family of 6. And if you see the houses of some of the people in the provinces you know that somewhere the salary is being boosted. Hope you to have a great day, today is "weekend" for me as the Afghans take Friday as the Sabbath, the rest of the time it's work as normal. Work from 6 in the morning to 6 at night office hours are from 8 to 5 normally but I like to dirve through earlier to get all my paperwork up to date and plan my day. Here in Afghanistan there are no telephones only cell phones, MTN are here to, 1000 units for $ 10 USD, and that lasts me a whole week and I am on the telephone at least 2 - 3 hours a day. And then at 12 o clock I get and SMS , your account has been credited with 50 to 200 points dependeing on my usgae for the day. $ 10 USD aloows me to talk to Joulanda for roughly 30 min. You do the sums but you are being screwed in SA by the cell companies. Driving here is a NIGHTMARE, you need balls of steel to drive here. You drive where you want to and when you want to. If you want to turn you turn if you drive a 18 wheeler or a motorcycle. And if you don't want to drive with the traffic you drive in the other lane up the traffic flow. And speed is your decision no speed limits. And traffic cops what a laugh. They are at the crossings and have these funny lollipops they hold up to stop the traffic, well that only works if the motorists want to stop and what your standing is in society, the more senior you are well then you drive as you so wish. The traffic cops can't write tickets either so if they really get pissed off at you they kick a dent in your door or if REALLY PISSED they draw an AK 47 on you. Then you are in deep K@K. Flying here takes on a whole new meaning. Got off the aircraft the other day this guy has two boxes as luggage, puts them in the overhead locker and leaves them when we landed in Herat, he collects hs boxes and moves outside of the aircraft and the boxes start moving around turned out to be his two fighting chickens he took on board. The local governor took his double barrel shotgun on board the other day WITH AMMO, no problem he is the governor so local laws don't apply to him. F*K My bru And off course their sport is dog fighting and cock fighting, not very cultered. I hope this enlightens you on my working condition, hope you have a GREAT day and if there is anything else you would like to know mail me or post on the thread. This really is a beautiful country, looks roughly like the Karoo same topography and Flora Enjoy Sammajoor
Pantani Posted March 27, 2008 Author Posted March 27, 2008 reminds me of home?wish i was there? lol... I thought he was describing Soweto! I leave to see the Queen tonight... My knee is OK I think but then again, I haven't ridden in months. I would post pics but my man boobs are out of hand!
Sammajoor Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 reminds me of home?wish i was there? what part??
Sammajoor Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 reminds me of home?wish i was there?lol... I thought he was describing Soweto! I leave to see the Queen tonight... My knee is OK I think but then again' date=' I haven't ridden in months. I would post pics but my man boobs are out of hand![/quote'] Become quite a handful have they
Tumbleweed Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 reminds me of home?wish i was there? what part?? the bullets, the dog-fighting, the bad traffic?
Pantani Posted March 27, 2008 Author Posted March 27, 2008 reminds me of home?wish i was there? lol... I thought he was describing Soweto! I leave to see the Queen tonight... My knee is OK I think but then again' date=' I haven't ridden in months. I would post pics but my man boobs are out of hand![/quote'] Become quite a handful have they Yeah... gonna be needing a sport bra soon!
Tumbleweed Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 reminds me of home?wish i was there?lol... I thought he was describing Soweto! I leave to see the Queen tonight... My knee is OK I think but then again' date=' I haven't ridden in months. I would post pics but my man boobs are out of hand![/quote'] Become quite a handful have theyYeah... gonna be needing a sport bra soon! pray tell, oh style-meister, who does the stylish male cyclist carry of a sports bra with poise?
Sammajoor Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 reminds me of home?wish i was there? what part?? the bullets' date=' the dog-fighting, the bad traffic?[/quote'] That's another thingy, here in the prvince capitols, the americans are loved, actually very nice people the americans, because they do so much for the people in the cities and the locals can see the country changing for the better, but in the country where the taliban still rule it is another question. As a european you cannot just simply drive through the country , you either get shot at or worst case senario you kinda lose your head. Here all travelling in the country is done by armoured vehicle( let me tell you I am seriously contemplating buying a Hummer, the military spec one does a great job. been shot at twice in a vehicle, the only **** is the IED's (improvised Explosive Device) they take a drum and put it on the road and make fire in it, burns a whole in the tar. They then lift the tar and plant a bomb in the hole, then they put the "tar ring" and place it over the hole and cover it with a sandlayer, so if you don't know what you are looking for you drive straight over it and BOOM game over. Now the vehicles have electronic devices that detonate them from inside the vehicle as you drive. Don't know how it works but it does. For those who flew in Angola and SA in the bush war will love flynig here, it's either high up or ON THE DECK, and I am talking 25 to 50 mt above the ground and flat out. nothing gets done slow and easy as in commercial aircraft, it 's abrubt and decisive. If you are into it, it ias really exilerating.
Tumbleweed Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 mate of mine by the name of "taliban pete" got shot down while flying around in a chopper. hey, sammajoor, know you're married, but how are the local chicks?
Sammajoor Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 Holy Roller here we call them blue ninja's the saying in afrikaans say" wat die hart nie sien nie" well here you see nothing
Sammajoor Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Salaam wu aleikum Anton Wa aleikum Salaam Evan Gobe Stie 4 de ienglies Hallo Evan How are you Good luck with the Vasbyt today, give my regards to all. May you all have a great day and NO punctures
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