You can still remember Sally Donaldson's voice.
You failed your driver's license first time.
You saw "Grease" more than three times.
You still wear vellies without socks.
You miss the smell of rain on a hot, tar road.
You miss Christmas by the pool...
You horrify people by eating raw, dried meat.
You horrify other Zimbos by cooking boerewors "to death".
You took driving lessons in an Anne Hunter Anglia in Bulawayo.
You still own some Springbok Hits LP's.
You still pee on the lawn at night.
You carved your name on a famous landmark in Zim.
You chatted up a farmer's daughter at a Country Club get-together --
with
one eye on her Dad.
You did wheelies on the Enterprise Road outside Gremlin's or on
Selborne
Avenue in Bulawayo.
You almost lost the family jewels on the rock slide at Mermaid's Pool
You can still sing "Ach pleeez Daddy".
You whinged to the waiter at Caribbea Bay at the outrageous price of
their
beers during the Tiger fishing Competition.
You injected Cane spirit into a pocket of oranges to beat the booze
ban at
the Rugby at the Police grounds.
You still refer to toilet paper as 'bog roll', and the toilet as a
'PK'.
You got a speeding ticket trying to make the border by 6 PM.
You sang rude or witty words instead of the originals to hymns in
school
assembly.
Your forearms and the areas between you lower thighs and mid calf are
irredeemably burned brown by the sun.
You once owned an 8 track car tape player!!!
You have given up looking for a good meat pie.
You miss the smell of red stoep polish.
You bore or frighten your children with harrowing tales of your
deprived
upbringing in the days when TV started at 17H00 and kids were
expected to
ride push bikes to school...
You still butter bread by holding the slice in your hand...
You wish you'd had the presence of mind to keep mum's Morris minor
You ate supper in Vila de Manhica, the Vila Perry, Maxies or Guido's on
occasions.
You can remember the beer adverts on the tin trays the hotel waiters
used...
You can remember thinking that Bengal Juice was OK.
You still believe it's wrong to use bad language in mixed company
You still think of traffic lights as robots
You know the words to more than two ABBA songs
You used to call your parents' friends "Uncle" and "Aunty"
You have driven on a strip road
You long for that soft morning glow that brightens the Zimbabwe sky
between
6am and 8am.
Really miss a great, fantastic, bed rattling, window shaking, earth
tremoring, all-kids-and-animals-in-the-parents'-bed tropical storm.
You parked your car in a car park and couldn't find it again, because
it was
a blue Renault 4.
You remember watching the brown grass turn green after a day's rain.
Arguing that Castle was for men Lion was for kids, and pommies.
You still wonder what this thing polystyrene is, ... you know it as
kaylite.
You still refer to Koki pens as Neo's.
Muuush is still common in your vocabulary, as is 'lekker'.
You still have Wrex Tarr's "Chilapalapa" LP's and know the words to
"Cockie
Lobbin".
You hear crickets in July and remember the December Christmas beetles.
You know or still write to someone from PE, Saints, Churchill, Ellis
Robins,
Falcon College, Eveline High, Townsend School, Chaplin, Plummers,
Guinea Fowl or Gwebi Agricultural College.
You drank Tanganda tea or Preema Coffee (or Day Break).
You shopped at Truworths, Edgar's, Meikles or Kingston's.
You had an avocado, mango, guava and pawpaw tree in your garden.
You played in a sand pit and on a jungle gym.
You thought bilharzia was an incurable disease but still swam in the
rivers,
dams anyway.
You remember jacaranda trees in full bloom.
You remember when a Coke or ice-lolly cost a tickie.
You miss the taste of bream fried on the side of the dam five minutes
after
you caught it.
You have at least one ivory, soapstone or wooden carving.
You still remember the taste of gemsquash and melted butter, mealies,
Mazoe
Orange Juice, mealie meal, Creamy Meal and Maltabella porridge.
You think there is no green surpassing that of the Sandawana emeralds.
You still expect to see a chongololo after an afternoon rain and a few
flying ants.
The following names mean something to you: "Sandro's", "Arkies", "Club
Tomorrow", The Carlton Club and The Stork Club.
You collected coke cans on your trips to South Africa 'cos they were so
cool.
You still can't get your head around the idea of throwing away a glass
bottle, instead of taking it back for the deposit.
You've ever sat at Castle Corner in the cricket grounds - and can't
remember
who won the cricket match.
You were there when the 'chicken farmer' beat England.
You think the "all Blacks" are the Zimbabwe Tennis Team.
You were a member of Hellenics / Callies / Raylton / Alex / Old Boys/
Postals / Old Miltonians / Mac Club/ B.A.C. / Queens / or Raylton.
You've ever been boating on Lake Mac - before the hyacinth.
You've ever driven up to Montclair for an evening's gambling and been
back
at work the next day.
You still think the most haunting sound in the world is the cry of
the fish
eagle.
You know at least one person who has 'streaked' at the Harare Cricket
Grounds.
You remember sitting for hours in petrol queues - and not getting any.
You ever got fifteen people into a VW Kombi - long enough to get past
the
gates at the 'drive-in'.
You made out in the back of a car at the 'Nitestar' , the Sky View or
the
Mabelreign Drive-in.
You think of the four major food groups as beef, chicken, sadza and
tea.
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You only own 3 spices: salt, pepper and Tomango.
You know all 4 seasons: Almost summer; Summer; Still summer and
Christmas.
Engagement
John and Wallis Sullivan are very pleased to announce the engagement
of their second son, Daniel, to Caroline, eldest daughter of Tim and
Shelly Randon of Plettenburg Bay. They make a great couple and plan
to get married in January 2007.
Charlotte Rose Forshaw (formerly Rusteburg), dearly loved mother of
Denise, Marilyn and Clive Hunt and the late Lawrence, passed away in
Durban on 11 April after a long illness bravely borne.
Much loved and long time friend of Kitty, my sincere condolences to
all the family.
DEATHS:
PINCHEN - KEITH TREVOR on 7th April 2006 at Cape Town following a
short illness bravely borne. The Memorial Service will be held at
10:30 a.m., Friday 21st April 2006 at the Anglican Church of
Ascension, Hillside. All his many friends and clients welcome.
CONDOLENCES:
PINCHEN - Keith Trevor. Died peacefully 7th April 2006 at Groote
Schuur Hospital Cape Town after a short distressing illness. Loyal,
long serving member of Old Mutual and to the Bulawayo community.
Known by so many and will be sadly missed. Farewell old friend.
Ian Terry.
VARRIE, Wayne
Died tragically in London on Tuesday 11th April 2006, beloved son of
Neil and the late Yvonne, brother of Jason and Step-son and brother
of Gina and Eleanor. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Lorna Riley
Denis Clark, husband of Ann, father of Ian, Heather, Barbara and
Gayle, brother of Stan, Joyce and late Trevor, passed away in his
home on the 12/4/06 Gone to play that piano in the sky, Dad, you'll
be fishing in a river full of record size bass, camping under
picturesque sunsets until we are together again.
The memorial service for Denis Edward Clark.
Venue: Hillside Church of Christ
Time: 12:00 noon
Date: Tuesday 18/4/06
Refreshments: 6 Quail Road, Burnside, Bulawayo.
No flowers by request, but please instead, make a donation to either:
Barbara Burrell Home for the Blind or
Edith Duly Nursing Home
TIDBITS
"Life is not meant to be easy
my child, but take courage:
It can be delightful."
- George Bernard Shaw -
To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. --
Henry David Thoreau
Good News of the Day:
No more insulin injections for diabetics? Bioengineers at the
University of Calgary have successfully grown insulin producing cells
in a lab, marking a major breakthrough in diabetes research. There
are still many steps to be taken, but they eventually hope to
transplant lab grown, insulin producing cells directly into the
bodies of patients with Type 1 diabetes. In theory, the transplant
would eliminate the need for daily insulin injections by patients who
suffer from the disease. Dr. Leo Behie, the professor in charge of
the project, said, "The people who receive the transplants, they have
no doubt about it, that they would call this a cure, but I think in
this consideration we have to be careful of the word cure. This is
more of a treatment that increases hugely your quality of life.
http://charityfocus.org/php-bin/qad.php?n=2342
Be The Change:
Practice the highest of arts today: take one minute right now to
consider how you can affect the quality of the day. Do it.
"Prejudices are what fools use for reason." - Voltaire.
'The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best
time is now.' an African saying
"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at all times" Aeschylus
"Greed is poverty."
it would be foolish for an acorn to try to make itself a bigger acorn
when, deep down, it is an oak. -- Tad Hargrave
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