Use a bit of common sense in traffic
One of the things that annoy me the most is someone that does not use his/her nut while driving in traffic.
You are not special, and you don't have special privileges based on the price of your car, the size of your car or the colour of your skin (this is not a racist statement, just an observation).
If everyone used a little bit of common sense, we would actually get out of the traffic a lot sooner.
If you think you're special and you race down the wrong lane to try and push into a line at the front, you're holding up everyone that actually had the patience and common sense to be in the correct lane for where they want to go early enough.
What have we learnt in 2 millenia?
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
--- Cicero, 55 BC
Evidently, nothing....
Is it worth it trying to maintain multiple blogs?
Over the last few weeks I've written a few articles on MyDigitalLife, where, should you be deemed a good enough writer, you start getting paid per hit. While checking on my hit count etc, I've fallen into the bad habit of reading the latest blog posts every time I visit. I have to honestly say that I'm a worse person for reading some of the mind numbing posts out there.
There are a FEW of the bloggers there that write quality stuff, but mostly...Well let's not comment any further, go have a look at this beauty. And there are a few more of these.
I strive for constant improvement in my life, in everything I attempt, whether it be writing - in comprehensible language - or watching the grass grow - trying to see more detail every time 
. And in this constant quest for improvement, I do not want to be associated with the likes of snake.
I have also been neglecting this blog because of my writing on that side, and I do not want to neglect my primary site, so I've decided to commit site suicide (removing my profile, not killing myself), but I have to say it seems that it may be more difficult than trying to commit FaceBook suicide, which can be nearly impossible, according to the few who've tried.
So, I'll now move my articles from that side to this one, and see if the kick me off for breaking one of the rules of the site - linking back to your own blog.
So, back to my question, is it worth maintaining multiple blogs? Only if you want to hide your political/personal views...
The few who spoil it for the rest of us
Let me start with some background...
Last night at about half past 10 my doorbell rang. When I answered the
intercom, there was a guy outside asking me to come outside as he'd
just had an accident at the end of the cul-de-sac where I stay. He had
just come from the local pub, and did not have a clue where he was...
Now, normally I would jump to the opportunity to help a fellow human
being, but unfortunately in our country you never know when it is a
scam to get you outside as an easy target for more sinister things.
In my view I made the right decision to deny the request, giving the
person my phone number to pass on to his relatives for directions to
the location, in case the story was true.
This morning when leaving for work I drive down to the end of the
street to check out the story, and lo-and-behold, he was telling the
truth, the fence posts of the compex there were bent, and you could
clearly see where he went off the road.
Firstly, whoever you are, I have to apologise for not coming out to
help, but I think if the roles were reversed you would probably make
the same decision that I did.
Secondly, whoever you are, you should not be driving at high speed in
the rain and dark on roads you don't know, even when you're sober, but
especially not after you've visited the local pub, that is just
irresponsible, and you would not have been in the position you were in
if there was a inkling of responsiblity in you.
Back to the heading of this post.
Why is our country in this position, where people have to think twice
before answering a call for help. Where criminals have sunk so low as
to target people's natural will to help fellow human beings, to turn
them in to easy targets. It's despicable behaviour, and our government
is still doing very little to curb crime...
Food for Thought
A boat docked in a tinyMexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on thequality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. 'Notvery long,' answered the Mexican.
'But then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?' asked the American.
The Mexican explained thathis small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of hisfamily.
The American asked, 'But what do you do with the rest of your time?'
'I sleep late, fish a little, playwith my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings,I go into the village to see my
friends, play the guitar, and sing a few songs...I have a full life.'
The American interrupted, 'I have an MBA from Harvard, and I can help you!
You should start by fishinglonger every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extrarevenue, you can buy a bigger boat.'
'And after that?' asked the Mexican.
'With the extra money the larger boatwill bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you havean entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to amiddle man, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants andmaybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this littlevillage and move to Mexico City, Los Angeles, or even NewYork City! From there you can direct yourhuge new enterprise.'
'How long would that take?' asked the Mexican.
'Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years,' replied the American.
'And after that?'
'Afterwards? Well my Friend, That's when it gets really interesting,' answered the American, laughing. 'When your business gets really big, you can startselling stocks and make millions!'
'Millions? Really? And after that?' said the Mexican.
'After that you'llbe able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play withyour children, catch a few fish, take a
siesta with your wife and spend your evenings doing what you like and enjoyingyour friends.'
Garmin, educate your vendors
I've helped two people in the last year to update the firmware on their Garmin units. It is a fairly simple procedure, and it is FREE. But in both cases that is not what the stores where the bought the units told them. Both stores, different ones, tried to sell them new map software, which would not help to fix the issues they were experiencing, but on which the store would make a big profit.
Surely these sales people should have the training and INTEGRITY to help Garmin's clients, and if not, why are they still agents?
Sounds quite kinky
I received the following sentence in a document from a vendor, quite a well known company as well.
"The ... system poles the staging area to see ifany changes are received"
Moral of the story, get someone else to proofread your documents before sending them to your client, Word's spell-check does not pick this up.
Honest CV
If you read between the lines in about 70% of the CVs I receive, this is exactly what they look like, excluding the experience.
The moment I see a lack of passion on a CV, it goes one way. Shift-Delete, don't even bother with a recycle bin, I don't want to see it again.
How far can we trust software awards
According to this post by Andy Brice, not too much. He submitted a fake program to various sites, and got 16 5-star awards for software that can't run. Very nice. So be careful before believing the awards calimed by software packages.
Home Sweet Home
We landed back home this morning after a good last few days away.
We spent the last few days of last week visiting some more museums and other touristy attractions, and then went for lunch at Hard Rock Cafe in London on Thursday. DON'T DO IT!!! R1,500 for four of us, for some of the worst food I've had in my life!
Leigh-Ann also managed to find a shop with a Wii in stock, and bought it for Josh for his birthday, I may be playing with his birthday present as much as him.
On Saturday morning I was out of the house fairly early, and in town around 10. I walked around the Prologue route making sure that the spot I picked on the map was a good one, which it was, and at around 12 I took my position when I noticed that the railings were starting to get crowded.
At around 1:30 the race caravan started coming around the route, I knew the caravan was long, but I did not expect it to last for almost an hour with continuous vehicles coming past. Some of these must be very scary & uncomfy to drive for the full Tour route, but they do.
Once the first rider went off it was all action with a rider coming past at least every minute and few seconds, the million and a half crowd going wild every time a british rider came past.
At 6, a few minutes before the last rider went off, I decided to beat the rush, and left my spot to walk back up to Marble Arch to catch the tube back home after standing in the same spot for just over 6 hours, it hurt almost as much as riding for that amount of time, but definitely worth it in the end.
Next time I will make sure that I follow the Tour for a few days, and not only get to watch one.
Sunday was spent travelling back to Paris, and Monday we basically had to get to the airport with all our baggage so we couldn't do any more sightseeing in Paris.
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