Cape Town danger areas

[ChrisF]

26 minutes ago, Mongoose! said:

Toilet paper also part of the cold chain or is it needed for the HKGK coming? 

 

The cold chain is what keeps our food good and safe .... and ultimately our tummies happy .....

 

Milk, fruit, etc you can see or smell when it is "off".

 

Chicken and various others dont warn you .....

 

 

The distribution centre of the company @Robbie Stewart works for spends obscene amounts of money making sure their cold chain is maintained - at the DC.  My neighbour is now, 4:10, running around that DC making sure everything is running perfectly after the loadshed .... he has been on site at 1:30, to get the generators up to speed, temperature and synched with the grid.

 

Thursday he was there at 23:30 until Friday 4:30.

 

WORST part is when eskom and then City of Cape Town change the schedule at short notice ....

[Zebra]

On 3/2/2023 at 6:55 PM, tedza said:

Was thinking this morning that it may be beneficial to email the CT traffic authorities about the trucks using the yellow lane shoulder as a parking lot – not sure if it would achieve anything, but they are not supposed to park on the shoulder.

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….maybe just don’t mention that you are cycling the wrong way down a 2-lane express way, when you mention the naughty trucks…!

thake no offense, am actually on your side, but you can see how it READS…!

 

 

[tedza]

yea, you are quite right...but on my return ride I still have to negotiate the trucks anyway.

Either way, I should be using the cycle track, which is too risky under the current conditions. Assuming that is ever resolved, I would happily stay off the roads 🙂

[Mamil]

8 hours ago, ChrisF said:

 

The cold chain is what keeps our food good and safe .... and ultimately our tummies happy .....

 

Milk, fruit, etc you can see or smell when it is "off".

 

Chicken and various others dont warn you .....

 

 

The distribution centre of the company @Robbie Stewart works for spends obscene amounts of money making sure their cold chain is maintained - at the DC.  My neighbour is now, 4:10, running around that DC making sure everything is running perfectly after the loadshed .... he has been on site at 1:30, to get the generators up to speed, temperature and synched with the grid.

 

Thursday he was there at 23:30 until Friday 4:30.

 

WORST part is when eskom and then City of Cape Town change the schedule at short notice ....

There are so many saffas like this. The people who actually do the work that keeps the country going just pull finger and pitch up and always have done. 

[Robbie Stewart]

18 hours ago, Mongoose! said:

Toilet paper also part of the cold chain or is it needed for the HKGK coming? 

Not quite 😆.

The problem relates to companies like SAPPI having problems running their paper mills during load shedding. They're falling behind on production meaning they can't produce enough stock to meet demand. Hence shortages become a reality.

[Robbie Stewart]

9 hours ago, Mamil said:

There are so many saffas like this. The people who actually do the work that keeps the country going just pull finger and pitch up and always have done. 

These people are the REAL heroes.

[Robbie Stewart]

@ChrisF Your neighbour is part of the solution. And that is commendable. People don't understand what it takes to get a product on the shelf in a store, and if they truly understood they'd think long and hard before moaning at a supermarket manager, employee or owner next time they feel inconvenienced because they couldn't get the right paté for their toast.

[Migual]

On 5/26/2021 at 10:30 AM, AndrewHemp said:

Got mugged on a pedestrian bridge next to the river in Rondebosch this morning by a dude with a gun. He just took my phone, don't think he saw my watch and fortunately wasn't interested in the bike

It happened here:

Always thought this section was relatively safe, it's like 250m away from the police station and normally has a fair bit of foot traffic. I've even taken the kids riding here.

It was probably a cop on his break.

[mazambaan]

10 hours ago, Robbie Stewart said:

Not quite 😆.

The problem relates to companies like SAPPI having problems running their paper mills during load shedding. They're falling behind on production meaning they can't produce enough stock to meet demand. Hence shortages become a reality.

Isn't white gold referred to as "wood free paper" and not made by Sappi or Mondi? I do not think Sappi or Mondi mills suffer loadshedding as it would take weeks to re-start. Savvy estate agents are starting to identify these areas; or so I am told.

[Robbie Stewart]

19 minutes ago, mazambaan said:

Isn't white gold referred to as "wood free paper" and not made by Sappi or Mondi? I do not think Sappi or Mondi mills suffer loadshedding as it would take weeks to re-start. Savvy estate agents are starting to identify these areas; or so I am told.

Can't say how white gold is made, but I'm informed by head buyers of a large retailer that there are definite shortages resulting in sharp price hikes on the cards. Not just white gold, but all sorts of daily necessities.

I can't divulge, but this comes from high up and is reliable.

[ChrisF]

31 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:

Can't say how white gold is made, but I'm informed by head buyers of a large retailer that there are definite shortages resulting in sharp price hikes on the cards. Not just white gold, but all sorts of daily necessities.

I can't divulge, but this comes from high up and is reliable.

 

Oooohhhh     s h ! t ... 😬

[Hairy]

1 hour ago, mazambaan said:

Isn't white gold referred to as "wood free paper" and not made by Sappi or Mondi? I do not think Sappi or Mondi mills suffer loadshedding as it would take weeks to re-start. Savvy estate agents are starting to identify these areas; or so I am told.

Slightly off topic, but completely on topic.

We do Architecture and Interiors, so an industry that is highly reliant on paper to convey our work to the the rest of the team, clients, contractors, etc.

Council submissions have been done digitally the the past few years. Before we would have had to print out the drawings and hand them in physically. No more.
In our office we are still working remotely, and I no longer have access to the office printers. This was a bit odd in the beginning for quickly printing out A3's to check a drawing and mark up to send back to consultants. Marking up the drawings digitally now has just become the norm, and I do prefer it. I would either use the PC or mark it up on the tablet with a stylist. 

Meeting minutes .... all on my tablet, and marked up with the stylist. The advantage of the tablet on site is that you can have the whole project on hand and can pull up any drawing, spec, animation, etc on the spot to show the contractors.

Site surveys. We used to either take a printed out base drawing of what was historically on file, and then checked this against the on site conditions, or would take blank paper and sketch up the works on site. Now I do all the above on site with a tablet and stylist. The ease of use is light years ahead, and it is easy to also snap a pick of a complex structure, and then just scribble the dims and notes over this. No need to sketch this structure up, so saving you time and allowing you to be more accurate with respect to what you mark up.

Now I do still have my A4 landscape bound clean white paper sketch pad that I use for design work or looking for conceptual solutions to tricky problems, but this book lasts a long time as it is a complimentary aid to the tablet.

We also issue digital copies to the contractors, and they in turn decide what to print, and the number of prints required. So you would hope for a more streamlined no. of copies with less wastage.

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, Hairy said:

Slightly off topic, but completely on topic.

We do Architecture and Interiors, so an industry that is highly reliant on paper to convey our work to the the rest of the team, clients, contractors, etc.

Council submissions have been done digitally the the past few years. Before we would have had to print out the drawings and hand them in physically. No more.
In our office we are still working remotely, and I no longer have access to the office printers. This was a bit odd in the beginning for quickly printing out A3's to check a drawing and mark up to send back to consultants. Marking up the drawings digitally now has just become the norm, and I do prefer it. I would either use the PC or mark it up on the tablet with a stylist. 

Meeting minutes .... all on my tablet, and marked up with the stylist. The advantage of the tablet on site is that you can have the whole project on hand and can pull up any drawing, spec, animation, etc on the spot to show the contractors.

Site surveys. We used to either take a printed out base drawing of what was historically on file, and then checked this against the on site conditions, or would take blank paper and sketch up the works on site. Now I do all the above on site with a tablet and stylist. The ease of use is light years ahead, and it is easy to also snap a pick of a complex structure, and then just scribble the dims and notes over this. No need to sketch this structure up, so saving you time and allowing you to be more accurate with respect to what you mark up.

Now I do still have my A4 landscape bound clean white paper sketch pad that I use for design work or looking for conceptual solutions to tricky problems, but this book lasts a long time as it is a complimentary aid to the tablet.

We also issue digital copies to the contractors, and they in turn decide what to print, and the number of prints required. So you would hope for a more streamlined no. of copies with less wastage.

 

As a consultant it is interesting to see those architects stuck in the paper era, vs those that embrace the new technologies ....

 

Teams ....

3D model ...

Cutting the model to show wall vs ceiling vs roof etc ....

Team working together to fine tune the design to find optimal solutions.

 

 

So much more effective that hours around a massive boardroom table.

 

 

 

Most of our large plots are now only for construction purposes.

 

 

 

Ironically, on large projects, we do the digital council submission, AND then print a full scale set for the fire chief.  Simply way too much detail to see on a computer screen.

[Hairy]

41 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

As a consultant it is interesting to see those architects stuck in the paper era, vs those that embrace the new technologies ....

 

Teams ....

3D model ...

Cutting the model to show wall vs ceiling vs roof etc ....

Team working together to fine tune the design to find optimal solutions.

 

 

So much more effective that hours around a massive boardroom table.

 

 

 

Most of our large plots are now only for construction purposes.

 

 

 

Ironically, on large projects, we do the digital council submission, AND then print a full scale set for the fire chief.  Simply way too much detail to see on a computer screen.

The fire chief is another kettle of fish that I really really struggle with....best discussed in private.

[MORNE]

4 hours ago, Hairy said:

Slightly off topic, but completely on topic.

We do Architecture and Interiors, so an industry that is highly reliant on paper to convey our work to the the rest of the team, clients, contractors, etc.

Council submissions have been done digitally the the past few years. Before we would have had to print out the drawings and hand them in physically. No more.
In our office we are still working remotely, and I no longer have access to the office printers. This was a bit odd in the beginning for quickly printing out A3's to check a drawing and mark up to send back to consultants. Marking up the drawings digitally now has just become the norm, and I do prefer it. I would either use the PC or mark it up on the tablet with a stylist. 

Meeting minutes .... all on my tablet, and marked up with the stylist. The advantage of the tablet on site is that you can have the whole project on hand and can pull up any drawing, spec, animation, etc on the spot to show the contractors.

Site surveys. We used to either take a printed out base drawing of what was historically on file, and then checked this against the on site conditions, or would take blank paper and sketch up the works on site. Now I do all the above on site with a tablet and stylist. The ease of use is light years ahead, and it is easy to also snap a pick of a complex structure, and then just scribble the dims and notes over this. No need to sketch this structure up, so saving you time and allowing you to be more accurate with respect to what you mark up.

Now I do still have my A4 landscape bound clean white paper sketch pad that I use for design work or looking for conceptual solutions to tricky problems, but this book lasts a long time as it is a complimentary aid to the tablet.

We also issue digital copies to the contractors, and they in turn decide what to print, and the number of prints required. So you would hope for a more streamlined no. of copies with less wastage.

It’s a stylus, unless you employ a hairdresser to do your markups?😅

Edited March 5, 2023 by MORNE

[Hairy]

4 minutes ago, MORNE said:

It’s a stylus, unless you employ a hairdresser to do your markups?😅

Autocorrect and not paying attention