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Should I Really Join Facebook?
Read it all the way through! It's a good laugh! AND really quite true!! A good laugh for people in the over 50 group !!! When I bought my Blackberry, I thought about the 30-year business I ran with1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grand kids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way... I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space. That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, … [Read More...]
Interests
Tour of Egypt – part 1
TOUR OF EGYPT 23 January - 3 February 2009 23-24 January: Flew fromDurban to Oliver Tambo to catch flight to Cairo on Egypt Air departing at 21:45. Awful food & disgusting smelly toilets. Arrived in Cairo at 05:40 and met Mohamed Gomaa, our Egyptian guide for the duration of the tour. He had arranged for a Mini bus named "Harry Potter" to collect us & take us to the Oasis Hotel in Giza. As we arrived so early in the morning our rooms were not ready & we sat around in the lounge hoping to get early access to our rooms. This was not to be so we all tried to freshen up in … [Read More...]
Carbohydrates For Weight Loss?
One trivial but still agonizing stress of the season is going into a dressing room with three-way mirrors and a handful of bathing suits. Moans, gasps and little wails reverberate off the walls as customers take the first real look at their bodies since Christmas. I've heard all the following comments: "What happened to my waist?" "Were my hips that big last year?" "Maybe I should just buy a see-through cover-up and stay under a big umbrella." Although it is tempting to vacation in the southern hemisphere (where it will be winter in August), given the cost … [Read More...]
Columns
Destroying the Greek Economy will Only Hurt Us All Greatly
Converting Greek national debt into 'Brady Bonds' will allow the collapsing economy to recover, free from a strangling austerity programme. Those who are still talking about a possible Greek debt … [Read More...]
Judgment day for Julius – what next?
The following article is published with the kind permission of News24.com, from whom we have the permission to publish their articles. I wrote an article a few months ago called Redirecting Julius. … [Read More...]
A hug is a handshake from the heart.
Today I had a hug, a huge warm squishy hug. It made me realize more than ever, the importance of hugging. The importance of touch. A hug costs nothing; yet it's enjoyable for both, so why don't … [Read More...]
THOMAS JEFFERSON
At 5, began studying under his cousins tutor. At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French. At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages. At 16, entered the College of William and … [Read More...]
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News Commentary
President Zuma’s State Of The Nation Address
President Zuma will be using the social media websites to find out what is troubling South Africans ahead of his State Of The Nation Address on February 9, … [Read More...]
This how the rental business works in SA
Interesting Article published by Noseweek. Apparently the Dept of Public Works, which hires government office space over 5 year terms, claims they have a … [Read More...]
South Africa: The Next Tunisia
By Hussein Solomon The recent Treasury report makes for sober reading noting that 66 of South Africa’s 278 municipalities are in financial distress with … [Read More...]
Black Tuesday
It seems to me that all is not well within the walls of parliament... The Protection of Information Bill was passed yesterday by the ANC, after obtaining the … [Read More...]
Entertainment
What a game to be had!
Yes, we've had our fair share of rugby controversies during the 2011 World Cup tournament. From a South African point of view, the bad refereeing of Bruce Lawrence certainly put the Bokke out of … [Read More...]
Rights of Job Seekers in South Africa
February 15, 2012 By Administrator
This is a very interesting article published by Resource Recruitment regarding the rights of an employee... Dear Job Seekers Most of the job seekers … [Read More...]