🙂
I couldn’t find a vantage point to get rid of those blasted poles and wires – I wanted to include the lights on the coast.
Yes Val, I know, I’ve done a Lady Macbeth and the spot is still there… I’ll get it next time 😦
Category: General
Grannies 1 – Thugs 0
Heard this on my lunchtime news yesterday, really made my day, thought that I’d share… enjoy 🙂
AN elderly St Francis Bay woman shot and killed one of two intruders in her home early yesterday after they broke into her house and held her hostage. Police said the 72-year-old was assaulted and robbed at about 3am by the men, who were armed with a screwdriver and knife.
The attackers gained entry by breaking a window and opening a sliding door.
Warrant Officer Marianette Olivier said the woman had heard a noise inside the house just before the men stormed her bedroom and attacked her.
“They confronted her, tied her hands behind her back and blindfolded her, demanding bank cards and pin numbers,” Olivier said. “One of the robbers allegedly took her Mercedes-Benz and drove to a nearby ATM, where he withdrew an undisclosed amount of money.
“While he was drawing the money, his accomplice remained behind in the house.”
The nearest ATM is at a local shopping centre about 2km from her home. During the time that the robber was at the ATM, the woman managed to untie herself when the other attacker left the room. In a panic, she grabbed her 38 special revolver. Continue reading “Grannies 1 – Thugs 0”
Well, that’s how it is…
In the beginning was the word
I love the English language; I love its beauty, its directness and its simplicity. There are wells of our language, sources where words and expressions were first drawn that people continue to use, often unconscious of their origin. The work of William Shakespeare is one of the most important; the other is the Authorised Version of the Bible, the King James Bible, the translation of which was completed in 1611, four hundred years ago.
So far as I am concerned the King James Bible is the Bible, though I have never known it used in worship: the Church of England has long favoured the modern translation. But I grew up in a literate household, one where I was introduced to a range of influences from an early age, including the translation of 1611, based on the earlier Bishop’s Bible of 1568 and William Tyndale’s New Testament of 1525.
There is a marvel to it, a sacred marvel, if you like, lost in modern translation, a marvel that was to have a huge impact on the subsequent course of English literature. I am tempted to say that in abandoning the King James Bible the Church of England abandoned sacred language altogether, the beginning of a process of secularisation, disengagement and decline.
Continue reading “In the beginning was the word”
For the Record
Just for the record, and we have said this many times on various sites, Bilby and I do not support killing policemen. Furthermore we do not make a habit of making unsubstantiated accusations on the Chariot or elsewhere about fellow authors on this site, or any other. Neither do we support or write abusive comments about Bearsy or Boadicea.
End of message, no further comments on this matter will be forthcoming from either of us. We are somewhat dismayed to have to make this statement.
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It’s one way of looking at it….
Good day out yesterday, but where was I?
Not a pleasant day today, raining hard and I have the dreaded man flu so feeling rotten. Good day out yesterday and a lovely walk.
Clue in the south east, and the swan is on an animal.
The Sails of Antibes
Having been told the other day by the usual idiot on MyT that we were “living the high life in Antibes”, we thought we ought to do something to deserve this description. So, having finished the ironing – and how high life is that? – we went out to look at the yachts taking part in the annual Voiles d’Antibes regatta. Continue reading “The Sails of Antibes”
Morning call
The drought is over
As I drove along the highway to East London today I heard the news that the Kouga dam was overflowing! I was going to type “you have no idea what this means to us ‘ but of course most here do.
It is the largest of the dams supplying this region, when full, as now it is 35 km long!
2 of our other dams are overflowing and the other two must be close to overflowing by now.
So, my question is, why hasn’t our municipality made a statement about this, this is the best news that we’ve had in perhaps 2 years and nothing from them.
Is it because it happened on a weekend?
Is it perhaps because despite prior warnings our council has been shown to be completely inadequate in times of flood disaster management.
OR
Is it because they can no longer charge ratepayers a penalty for exceeding limits now that water is in plentiful supply?
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