Motorists - Honour?

[Willehond]

Man, reading all your comments I really miss SA.  Things here in Holland is just so peaceful and respectful, it just doesn't feel real.  I miss the adrenaline of dodging cars and abusing other road users and trying to close down every gap in traffic when someone puts on their indicators (using indicators is a sign of weakness right?).  You guys are so lucky...[/quote']

 

So Willehond.. is there anything you dont like about cycling in Europe yet?

 

Ive just remembered what I hate about summer and cycling here, all those bladdy little black k?fers, just got back from a ride and I'm covered in them

 

Yeah but otherwise its pretty tame compared to SA

 

 

 

 

Yes, I miss my Winningtime mats!  I fealt cheated this weekend when I did my ride and did not hear that ping of the mats.

 

..and I've learnt to keep my mouth shut, but only when riding!

[Willehond]

I have had some Dutch youngsters staying over at my place in Mozambique over the years' date=' and most say that life in "Africa" made them feel more alive. In Holland they say that life is so boring- their major problems are about which club to go to that night and intrigues about boy and girlfriends.

The roads in Mmoz are disgusting. I live 100 km's south of Xai Xai and I know exactly what the hubbers with knowledge of Moz are talking about. At least the Gorongosa road is fixed, until the heavy log truckers rip it all up again, together with the weather.

 

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Of course you feel more alive when you are constantly trying to avoid death! 

 

Anyway, there is so much to do here and just so much cycling available that it is just not funny.  I can't make up my mind what race to do next.  Kid in a candy store stuff!

 

[SwissVan]

Man, reading all your comments I really miss SA.  Things here in Holland is just so peaceful and respectful, it just doesn't feel real.  I miss the adrenaline of dodging cars and abusing other road users and trying to close down every gap in traffic when someone puts on their indicators (using indicators is a sign of weakness right?).  You guys are so lucky...[/quote']

 

So Willehond.. is there anything you dont like about cycling in Europe yet?

 

Ive just remembered what I hate about summer and cycling here, all those bladdy little black k?fers, just got back from a ride and I'm covered in them

 

Yeah but otherwise its pretty tame compared to SA

 

 

 

 

Yes, I miss my Winningtime mats!  I fealt cheated this weekend when I did my ride and did not hear that ping of the mats.

 

..and I've learnt to keep my mouth shut, but only when riding!

 

Luckily they don?t seem to be harmfull, I?ve swallowed enough of them?. its the big yellow hairy ones you need to watch out for though otherwise you end up looking like Pantani

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[Willehond]

 

Luckily they don?t seem to be harmfull' date=' I?ve swallowed enough of them?. its the big yellow hairy ones you need to watch out for though otherwise you end up looking like Pantani

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Big yellow hairy ones?  What, where?!  That sounds absolutely disgusting, what are you on about and how do I find them, or rather how do I avoid them?  Sounds absolutely disgusting.

 

Now I'm scared

[SwissVan]

 

Luckily they don?t seem to be harmfull' date=' I?ve swallowed enough of them?. its the big yellow hairy ones you need to watch out for though otherwise you end up looking like Pantani

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Big yellow hairy ones?  What, where?!  That sounds absolutely disgusting, what are you on about and how do I find them, or rather how do I avoid them?  Sounds absolutely disgusting.

 

Now I'm scared

 

Bee's in general, and then you get those big hairy ones which I think are bumble bee's, once had one fly into my forehead and sting me, next day my face was swollen and for days had this swollen lump which slowly migrated downwards

 

SwissVan2008-07-01 03:22:19

[SwissVan]

 

Hmm... not wanting to scare you but watch out for the horse fly as well, especially when cycling in the country close to cattle.

 

They actually hunt you down and have a painfull bite which often gets infected

 

 

 

 

[Willehond]

SwissVan, please stop your warmongering!  Next thing you will have me running back to the safety of the high walled SA security villas.

 

I also encountered the surprisingly stingy characteristics of the stinging nettle recently.  I have decided to stick to clean, clearly marked pathways in future.

 

This Europe place is ROUGH!  Don't know how I'm going to survive here. 

[Yang]

I met a Dutch MTB'er named Marcel visiting Zimbabwe about 4 years ago, training for his MTB nationals. He did the Leopard Rock ride in the Vumba area, one of my favourite rides, with some of the steepest and longest climbing in Zim. He rode on his MTB, and beat some of the best riders in Zim - very hot cyclist. 

[Guest Big H]

 

Luckily they don?t seem to be harmfull' date=' I?ve swallowed enough of them?. its the big yellow hairy ones you need to watch out for though otherwise you end up looking like Pantani

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Big yellow hairy ones?  What, where?!  That sounds absolutely disgusting, what are you on about and how do I find them, or rather how do I avoid them?  Sounds absolutely disgusting.

 

Now I'm scared

 

Bee's in general, and then you get those big hairy ones which I think are bumble bee's, once had one fly into my forehead and sting me, next day my face was swollen and for days had this swollen lump which slowly migrated downwards

 

 

Did anybody notice the difference or did the children just get sacred of you quiker!!!!!!!!!

[Speed Devil]

Being in the high voltage industry I have have been to Moz, Zim, Botswana and Zambie many times to commission substations. My first trip out of SA was to Moz in November 1998. You guys have not seen bad roads yet... When I was there in '98, there were no roads. you just followed the tyre tracks and presumed it was the road. An experience that I will never forget was on the road going from Boane past mozal to town. It was tarred (one of the very few tarred roads in Moz at the time) and one of my colleagues was driving and overtook a local. Just around the bend was a traffic cop that pulled him off and informed him that he had overtaken a vehicle on a solid white line. He protested and pointed to the road and said that there wasn't even a line in the road. The cop said to him....THERE USED TO BE A LINE THERE. He landed up paying a R500 fine or go to jail.

 

He in SA you know exactly when you leave Gauteng and enter MP...the nicely tarred roads stop and then you feel like you are in Moz with all the potholesWe can complain about our roads all we want, but they are way better than our neighbours. The only difference is that we pay to keep our roads maintained which very rarely happens. 

 

As for the motorists, the SA drivers are well behaved compared to Moz and Zambia. If someone really wants to learn to drive then they must go over the border. Here people just play with their steering wheels. Our biggest problem is the total lack of respect, ignorance and apathy of our society, and one of the main contributers I think is the price of the vehicles. The more expensive the vehicle is, the more right the driver thinks he has to be there. It is as  if everyone thinks they own the piece of road they are driving on. Motorists think that if they put their indicator on (which very seldom happens) that they have automatic right of way to pull in front of you, regardless whether the gap is big enough to squeeze his car into.

 

Another irritating thing is the amount of people to their make up, hair, shaving and so on in the car on the way to work. Has our society become so fast paced that there is not enough time to do these things before leaving for work in the mornings? Next time you are in rush hour traffic and a car suddenly veers in front or next to you, I'm almost sure they will be busy with something. 

 

PS: BigH and Jakes, If you ever go to Inhambane and get to Lindela about a km  before the fork to Maxixe/Inhambane there is a bright orange building with a substation....I helped build that one

Speed Devil2008-07-01 04:38:42

[SwissVan]

 

Luckily they don?t seem to be harmfull' date=' I?ve swallowed enough of them?. its the big yellow hairy ones you need to watch out for though otherwise you end up looking like Pantani

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[/quote']

 

Big yellow hairy ones?  What, where?!  That sounds absolutely disgusting, what are you on about and how do I find them, or rather how do I avoid them?  Sounds absolutely disgusting.

 

Now I'm scared

 

Bee's in general, and then you get those big hairy ones which I think are bumble bee's, once had one fly into my forehead and sting me, next day my face was swollen and for days had this swollen lump which slowly migrated downwards

 

 

Did anybody notice the difference or did the children just get sacred of you quiker!!!!!!!!!

 

No I don?t think I?ve ever been sacred, don?t let me catch you being blasphemous now Oom, otherwise I?ll get one of our planes to bomb you?

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[Guest Big H]

 

Luckily they don?t seem to be harmfull' date=' I?ve swallowed enough of them?. its the big yellow hairy ones you need to watch out for though otherwise you end up looking like Pantani

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[/quote']

 

Big yellow hairy ones?  What, where?!  That sounds absolutely disgusting, what are you on about and how do I find them, or rather how do I avoid them?  Sounds absolutely disgusting.

 

Now I'm scared

 

Bee's in general, and then you get those big hairy ones which I think are bumble bee's, once had one fly into my forehead and sting me, next day my face was swollen and for days had this swollen lump which slowly migrated downwards

 

 

Did anybody notice the difference or did the children just get sacred of you quiker!!!!!!!!!

 

No I don?t think I?ve ever been sacred, don?t let me catch you being blasphemous now Oom, otherwise I?ll get one of our planes to bomb you?

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Is jy seker 'n by het jou gesteek of het Ma jou alweer geblixem?????? As ek so na Air Disasters of Discovery kyk twyfel ek of een van julle aeries dit tot hier gaan maak!!!!!!!!

[Guest Big H]

Being in the high voltage industry I have have been to Moz' date=' Zim, Botswana and Zambie many times to commission substations. My first trip out of SA was to Moz in November 1998. You guys have not seen bad roads yet... When I was there in '98, there were no roads. you just followed the tyre tracks and presumed it was the road. An experience that I will never forget was on the road going from Boane past mozal to town. It was tarred (one of the very few tarred roads in Moz at the time) and one of my colleagues was driving and overtook a local. Just around the bend was a traffic cop that pulled him off and informed him that he had overtaken a vehicle on a solid white line. He protested and pointed to the road and said that there wasn't even a line in the road. The cop said to him....THERE USED TO BE A LINE THERE. He landed up paying a R500 fine or go to jail.

 

He in SA you know exactly when you leave Gauteng and enter MP...the nicely tarred roads stop and then you feel like you are in Moz with all the potholesWe can complain about our roads all we want, but they are way better than our neighbours. The only difference is that we pay to keep our roads maintained which very rarely happens. 

 

As for the motorists, the SA drivers are well behaved compared to Moz and Zambia. If someone really wants to learn to drive then they must go over the border. Here people just play with their steering wheels. Our biggest problem is the total lack of respect, ignorance and apathy of our society, and one of the main contributers I think is the price of the vehicles. The more expensive the vehicle is, the more right the driver thinks he has to be there. It is as  if everyone thinks they own the piece of road they are driving on. Motorists think that if they put their indicator on (which very seldom happens) that they have automatic right of way to pull in front of you, regardless whether the gap is big enough to squeeze his car into.

 

Another irritating thing is the amount of people to their make up, hair, shaving and so on in the car on the way to work. Has our society become so fast paced that there is not enough time to do these things before leaving for work in the mornings? Next time you are in rush hour traffic and a car suddenly veers in front or next to you, I'm almost sure they will be busy with something. 

 

PS: BigH and Jakes, If you ever go to Inhambane and get to Lindela about a km  before the fork to Maxixe/Inhambane there is a bright orange building with a substation....I helped build that one

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I am in Angola now, the roads are even worse here than in Moz. Did the section between Xangongo and Lubango last week. Busy with construction everywhere. Not sure what I prefer...... the old potholed roads or the by-passes!!!!!! It was 300 km of non stopping dusty hell!!!!!!!

[SwissVan]

 

Luister Oom dit was Maaie die by en nie Jill my vrou, Jill slaan my nooit in die gesig nie..

 

Jy het seker ons aeries al gesien, daai met n hoeg vleerk en wat leker stadig vlieg... sommer maaklik om handgrenate uit ti gooi...

 

 

 

 

[Guest Big H]

Silver Valke se soort??????

[SwissVan]

Silver Valke se soort??????

 

Ek sien ek moet n prentjie teken wys van die goed

 

 

SwissVan2008-07-01 07:13:55