Resurrected and links inserted for you, OZ. Published in your absence for your eager fans. 😎
Firstly, sincere apologies to Boadicea for the late judging of this competition and special thanks to the entrants for their perseverence. The rest of you, apart from Pseu, can kiss my hairy, drooping tail. 😀
Anyway, to the judging. In strict order of posting, the first entry up was Janus with another tale from Slacky Bottom, an on-going epic of which I never tire of reading.
Next came Christopher with Cherry Blossom. Wonderful writing, Christopher. Is MaryA on t’other side your sister by any chance?
Thirdly, there was Pseu’s entry. Having battled with tap roots that came up singing ‘Walzing Matilda’ right outside The Cave, I know exactly what you mean.
Last, and by no means least, was Soutie’s Dry Spring. A very evocative description.
So, and after due deliberation, I award PW7 to Soutie and pass on the mantle for him to inspire some innovative poetry.
OZ
Boadicea's Chariot 
Thanks OZ!
Well done Soutie – a worthy winner. 🙂
Well done Soutie!
Congratulations, Soutie! 🙂
Very well done, Soutie. 🙂
Excellent news.
(what bit can I kiss?)
Lekker, absolutely blerry lekker !!!
Thank you, I now know how that lot at the Oscars feel when they walk up to the mike clutching the statue, speechless, thanks all.
Now would you believe that probably as this was being published (late Tuesday night) my motherboard packed in. I of course didn’t think it was the board but possibly the power supply, so off to the doctors yesterday waited for the diagnosis and found out that it was terminal!
It’s cheaper for me to buy a new PC than a replacement, I’ve ordered one but will probably only get it later today.
I’m currently using Mrs. S’s laptop, no bells and whistles, a difficult keyboard, none of my files are on the hard drive, it’s a bit like operating with one hand tied behind my back 😦
I promise to have the new compo organised by tomorrow arvie* 🙂
(*that’s afternoon for those of you who need a translation)
Sorry to read of your loss. Nothing more frustrating. Can anybody explain why replacing the mother-board costs more than replacing the whole kit? Same thing happened to me.
Morning Janus, perhaps a bit of poetic licence there, a replacement m/board was quoted to me at R1350 plus labour and vat probably about R1700 in total, new box R2300.
I’m told it’s cause there so old and difficult to find, mine must be about 6 years old, a lifetime in the IT industry!
Arvie is close enough to the Strine arvo to give me no probs, but what does blerry lekker mean when it’s at home? 😕
Bearsy: Lekker in South Africa, Lecker in German. Depending on the circumstance it can mean either “delicious” or “wonderful/fantastic” either earnestly or sarcastically.
Lækker på dansk. Scrummy, of food. Often used ironically to mean the opposite.
Thanks, guys! How about the blerry?
Bearsy: it might be safe to assume that it is a corruption of “bloody”.
Ten out of ten everybody 🙂
Lekker = nice.
Blerry, well it is of sorts a corruption but a word we can quite confortably use in ladies company, I wouldn’t however encourage its use as “hey, where’s my blerry supper” but “hey, that was a blerry lekker film” would be fine!
😉
Belated congrats, Soutie. Good result. 🙂
Congratulations, Soutie. Well done.
Having recovered from a near fatal dose of Wolf Flu, I’ve been battling connectivity issues with MEO, my Portuguese t’nternet provider, these past few days. I’m back now, so beware! Obrigado, Boadicea, for your editing. 🙂
OZ
Cheers OZ… Good to see you!
We’d begun to wonder whether the Flu had carried you off ( 😦 !), or whether you were ‘offended’ that Bearsy had edited your post and put it up for you…
We were a little more concerned that it was the former since we couldn’t see that you were the ‘easily’ offended type!
‘Obrigado’ needs to be directed to Bearsy… 🙂
Obrigado, then, Bearsy. Boadicea, I am trying to become the Chariot’s tame wolf (I draw the line at ‘pet’) and am thus the least offended. 🙂
OZ
De nada. 🙂