- We board our luxury cruise ships in Djibouti on the Gulf of Aden near the entrance to the Red Sea , and disembark in Mombasa Kenya , seven adrenaline-charged days later. Reservations start at only $5,200 per-person (double occupancy, inside room) and $6,900 (verandah complete with bench rest).
Author: Soutie
Luck of the Irish?
I’ll answer my own question, not at all they were magnificent. Continue reading “Luck of the Irish?”
Missing Cat E-mail
Here’s an e-mail that I received recently, I found it hilarious.
Shannon (the cat owner) asks a mate (Dave) for help designing a poster, Dave appears to be some sort of budding designer, are you sitting comfortably?
Good, then I’ll begin…
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.15am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Poster
Hi
I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.
This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number.
Thanks Shan. Continue reading “Missing Cat E-mail”
Soutie’s clerihews
Blogging
- Bearsy
Does not find it easy
Having invented The Charioteers domain
Suffering fools such as me is now part of his game.
Rugby
- Captain John Smit
The world cup trophy did lift
In 2007
Can we have a repeat in 2011
Super Rugby to respect Christchurch victims
Those of you watching this weekends Super Rugby matches may be wondering about the red and black armbands, all teams and officials are wearing them as a mark of respect to the victims of the earthquake.
Christchurch’s home team, The Crusaders play in red and black, hence the decision.
There will also be a minutes silence before all games and flags are to be flown at half mast at the respective stadia.
The Crusaders were due to play the Hurricanes today, the match has been cancelled and a draw declared.
The Crusaders stadium has been badly damaged, their next 2 games have been rescheduled for Nelson while the authorities take stock.
Our thoughts will be with the people of Christchurch today.
Our logo
I’ve been asked for a larger view and a description of our logo.
It was 13 years ago when we first got involved with the Quest School for Autism anything and everything to do with autistic children here in the Eastern Cape was very very basic, no support group, no community recognition, no meetings, etc. Other than the odd PTA at the school nothing existed.
We learned that some mothers in the early ’90’s had established a group (Eastern Cape Autism Association) but that it was defunct, dormant. We resurrected it.
To be fair, it was those mothers who did the original ground work to get Quest School established (a private initiative in those days.)
We obviously needed a logo, our secretary found this, showed my wife and I and we adopted it, no other proposals, no confusion a simple ‘hey, we like it, that’ll do!’. Life is so simple when Continue reading “Our logo”
Vote here (please)
Remember my Good news post about our lottery giving us money? Well we’ve got it and we’re spending it, amongst other things we’ve bought a new car. Here’ s where you come in, we can’t decide on the artwork Mrs. S and I have narrowed it down to two options but we’re split on which one to choose, which do you think we should go with?
Vote on the next page, thanks… Continue reading “Vote here (please)”
Bull elephant rolls car
Some of you may remember our trip up to Sun City in late 2009 and a day at the neighbouring Pilanesberg game reserve, look what happened last week.
“An elderly couple escaped with minor injuries after a massive bull elephant turned their car upside down this week. Continue reading “Bull elephant rolls car”
My dashboard
Sir Elton, David and Baby Zach
On my most recent visit to my father the subject of Sir Elton, his partner and their baby came up. I don’t approve he does, we left it that.
It must have been E.S.P. my favourite columnist wrote a column on the exact same subject this weekend, it’s a quiet day on here so I reproduce it for your entertainment / amusement.
An open letter to Sir Elton John
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Dear Elton, I am writing on behalf of the South African government to congratulate you on the birth of your bouncing baby boy, Zachary George Michael Jackson Canaan Banana Chastity Bono Furniture-John.
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Does he have your eyes? I hope not. Please don’t be offended. You have lovely eyes. They bring out your teeth. But you do wear glasses Continue reading “Sir Elton, David and Baby Zach”
Boadicea's Chariot 
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