It never ceases to amaze me at just how fast an e mail will traverse
through cyberspace.
I mean I can send my self an e mail, and hey presto, in a flash, as
quick as lightning it is back in my In Tray !!
Even I know it has to go via my server in Harare, then over to the
USA where my macmail account is stored, and then back to little old
Bambazonke, a distance of some several thousand kilometres.
Any yet it does all this travelling in just a nano second. ?
Now I know I was born in the Dark Ages, when it took a whole day to
travel from Fort Victoria to Bulawayo in our old Morris Minor, (four
days if the rivers were running !!) but this cyberspace nonsense is a
source of absolute fascination to me !!
I spend hours sending myself e mails and sitting with my stop watch
seeing just how quickly the e mails get back into my In Box.
It doesn't even matter how large the file is either !! It can be an
itty bitty 2 kilobyte file or a gigantic photo of two megabytes that
I send to Great Aunt Suzanne and Great Uncle Gerald in Australia, and
if I put a copy to myself, it will still come back in a flash.
Only very occasionally will it dilly dally somewhere in
intergalactical cyberspace for a few minutes and then all sorts of
dark foreboding thoughts cross my suspicious mind as to where exactly
it has stopped off for some sort of sinister perusal !!
I clearly remember Mom driving us to visit our Granny in Gwelo when
we were very little.
The rivers were in full flood as it was at the height of the "rainy
Season" and we still had the famous "strip roads" and our dear old
"low level" bridges.
We spent days camped on the side of the Insiza River, several hours
camped on the wrong side of the Shangani River and even more time
perched on the banks of the swollen Vungu River where brother Gavin
developed a severe case of measles just to test Mom's mettle !!
How Mom would have shuddered at the very thought of an e mail doing a
complete three sixty of the world in no time at all.
I mean even today it takes two weeks for a letter to get via snail
mail courtesy of the Posts and telecommunications Corporation from
Bulawayo to Harare (and we even have aeroplanes (sometimes)
And so back to my musings, I am so smart I even confuse myself
sometimes, perhaps I will solve the problem for once and for all and
just Google it !! (As they say in the Classics !!)
THOSE FAVOURITE OLD ADVERTS OF OURS !
"What a day - What a headache" said my wife. "Take Anadin" I said
hopefully. For after action satisfaction I had my pack of Lexington
on hand. I felt irresistible. After all, I had the Colgate ring of
confidence, and being on the right side of the money barrier, was now
a Rhobanker. I had just bought a sweep ticket (*) after a tip from
Schhh..... you know who.
I was feeling confident, having a sizeable collection of Macey's
green stamps. I had also heard that my debt to Greatermans had been
cancelled. It's true, I heard it on the radio - You Pay No More At
Greatermans. All those in favour, raise your yellow plastic
Dishwallah and say "HAU !"
I was on my way to Scottish Jewellers when I saw a hot chick named
Olivine. (Clearly the Best.) She was the only one who knew where I
could get my Bosal Exhaust fitted. As I lit her Kingsgate cigarette,
she whispered "The Rich Okes Get All the Cherries Hay." I soon
cheered up when I saw my friend Honey Beat, who said "I like it, I
like it, I love it"
"Pocket a Packet of Pascalls" murmured Hortense the Hippo, while
giving the kids their Royco Soup. "Soup makes you big like a giant"
said one. "I hate it" said the other. Cashel Valley Baked Beans
(pleeeeze) cleared the air, although with a skin like yours I'd
recommend Phillips Milk of Magnesia. (Yeah, get the big bottle.)
I was feeling out of focus, so decided to have a Quick Click at
Clintons before my meeting. "Nyore Nyore Zimbabwe Furnishers" sang
the Chairman as he Tabled his report at the meeting. The sun was
relentless, so I applied a coat of Turtle Wax to my swanky Peugeot 404.
The Chocolate Jungle Juice was running out, so I Sold My House
Through Fox & Carney, and gave Biddulphs a Buzz. I decided to phone
Rixi Taxis 60666, as I knew I'd Never Get Away Without an Exide.
PS I"m sorry to say, I completely forgot to Speke to Stanley Gordon
about the Bakers Union.
NADIA STIPINOVICH DAUGHTER OF ANGELO AND JANE STIPINOVICH, AND
STEPHEN CROSS WILL BE MARRIED IN CAPE TOWN ON FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY.
E MAIL - wedding@stevie-c.com
Congratulations on your 18th Birthday. You can now go clubbing.
Charlene Bachelor. Love Mum and Dad. (Jane and Scott Petrie.) In the
UK we have discovered turning 18 years old is like celebrating your
21st in Africa.
Congratulations to Mary Little on her 80th Birthday on 3rd March. We
all love you and many more happy years Mother and Grandmother. Love
from Jane, Scott Petrie, Margaret, Mark, Steel, Robert, Rani
Little,and Grandchildren, Charlene, Crystal, Philip, Lance, Adam,
Rene, Mary and Sandy.
Edith Langlois , loving and dedicated Mom to Paul, Frank, Joe, Bill
and Greg, and devoted wife to Charles. Grandmother to 15 and great
grandmother to 9. We know you are happy now that you are reunited
with Dad, and we miss your loving care. Rest peacefully little Mom.
The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and
destination of all. -- Wendell Berry
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