This is my Poppy, advertising Debonairs. Good girl. Mornin' all. It's my usual period 4 posting, and boy do I have news. Firstly, we finally have ADSL in the flat. Plenty of shillyshallying is now going to occur! I don't have my computer connected yet. It's all a bit too complicated and expensive cos everything is wireless but I'll eventually make a plan. I'd really rather get a video webcam thingymajig. They're cool for Skyp[e?]ing.
Secondary news topic. Jateel has a blog. These things spread like diseases. I caught mine from Sarah, she caught it from Bevan he caught his from...? I'm sure we could trace it if we tried. Problem is this disease has hit me bad.
Not as bad as Eskom though. I had a go at Cape Town Metro the other day. Well, it's Eskom's fault too. They do supply electricty (sometimes) to CPT. For all you Cape Townians, here is the emergency plan, useless cos if the electricity does go off, who's going to be surfing the web?
http://www.giscoews.com/loadshed/
This link is for GREEN level only! Orange, red and brown levels will stuff up the whole system.
This is all the information I have. And the phone numbers for when the electricity just somer goes out. City of Cape Town Call Centre: 0860 125 001/2/3/4/5/6/7/8. Good luck getting through. (*Hint*: most people start with 7, so go for 1 or 3.)
It's like the US terrorism levels isn't it?
In other, related, news: Eskom is also the reason for my ethereal glow. We had a very kind lady drop in on us yesterday afternoon. She carried with her two big plastic woven bags and another big box. The light darkened and the red glow appeared. With a dusty sparkle {wink} her Eskom ID badge reflected the abyss we were sinking into. Then the words came, like an oyster to your dinner table. "Give me all your Lightbulbs! Har Har Har".
OK, so she gave us new energy efficient ones and asked us if we had a geyser before buggering off to make another R1 for every 60watter she captures, but it was quite creepy. How often have you changed all the lightbulbs in your house in one sitting? Although technically it wasn't a sitting; more of a clambering on dodgy chairs. Nevertheless, I walked outside this morning into the soft morning glow of the orange sun and was amazed. It's like living in a hospital with these 11W energy savers (although the 'bright' side is that we don't need to turn our geyser off at 18h00 if we have them).
Secondary news topic. Jateel has a blog. These things spread like diseases. I caught mine from Sarah, she caught it from Bevan he caught his from...? I'm sure we could trace it if we tried. Problem is this disease has hit me bad.
Not as bad as Eskom though. I had a go at Cape Town Metro the other day. Well, it's Eskom's fault too. They do supply electricty (sometimes) to CPT. For all you Cape Townians, here is the emergency plan, useless cos if the electricity does go off, who's going to be surfing the web?
http://www.giscoews.com/loadshed/
This link is for GREEN level only! Orange, red and brown levels will stuff up the whole system.
This is all the information I have. And the phone numbers for when the electricity just somer goes out. City of Cape Town Call Centre: 0860 125 001/2/3/4/5/6/7/8. Good luck getting through. (*Hint*: most people start with 7, so go for 1 or 3.)
It's like the US terrorism levels isn't it?
In other, related, news: Eskom is also the reason for my ethereal glow. We had a very kind lady drop in on us yesterday afternoon. She carried with her two big plastic woven bags and another big box. The light darkened and the red glow appeared. With a dusty sparkle {wink} her Eskom ID badge reflected the abyss we were sinking into. Then the words came, like an oyster to your dinner table. "Give me all your Lightbulbs! Har Har Har".
OK, so she gave us new energy efficient ones and asked us if we had a geyser before buggering off to make another R1 for every 60watter she captures, but it was quite creepy. How often have you changed all the lightbulbs in your house in one sitting? Although technically it wasn't a sitting; more of a clambering on dodgy chairs. Nevertheless, I walked outside this morning into the soft morning glow of the orange sun and was amazed. It's like living in a hospital with these 11W energy savers (although the 'bright' side is that we don't need to turn our geyser off at 18h00 if we have them).
This is me showcasing the glasses you need to wear as protection from Eskom's new light bulbs.
More shocking news: Some guy got killed at Intervarsity, but I don't have the details on that yet. Another fell out the back of a bus on the way to Stellenbosch while urinating out a window and leaning on the emergency exit, but he should be fine after some reconstructive surgery.
I've got a lot of writing in this post, so I'll stop blabbing now, and let you read. Although if you've got here, you're already finished. Almost.
Cheerio, now you're done.
3 comments:
Intervarsity sounds DANGEROUS. But never mind you didn't go. And, how can I comment on Jateel's blog if I have to be a blogger. This thing may be spreading, but I refuse to have a blog of my own.
I'm a bit confused. Are the new energy saving lightbulbs brighter or dimmer than the originals? I know the Cape Town weather is dull at the moment - so when do you wear the shades? When you go out because by comparison it's so bright outside, or when you go in because those 11W are powerful?
Mom, don't get so techincal! He just looks funny. It was confusing though. Seeing as Mom doesn't have a blog I'll write comments to her on Ad's. K thanls for entertaining me in the English office, and well done Pops.
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