Morning Mirror 47 - 22nd April 2003

Radiate Happiness

Have you ever noticed that happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision? You don't actually need anything to be happy. It's not something that comes from outside, it comes from inside, and when you radiate a happy energy
you'll be amazed what it attracts into your life. Don't worry, be happy...sound familiar? Decide now, be happy, and watch magic begin to enter your life.

LIFE BEFORE DSTV

Close your eyes... and go back in time...
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac...
Before semi-automatics, AK-47s and crack cocaine... Before SEGA or Cartoon Network...
Before Playstation and MTV, and CD's and DVD's... Way back.

I'm talking about the time of Hide and Seek in the park... or the dark.
The garage down the road, Hopscotch, skipping and handstands, Marco Polo in the pool, Dandy & Beano annuals, French skipping, Swimming till your feet went wrinkly, jumping the river, Building a swing from a piece of rope tied to a tree, Tennis on the street or picnics in the backyard. The smell of suntan lotion, hot tar and Mazoe Orange Juice. Dandy bubble gum for a cent, An ice cream from the Dairymaid chap on the corner with his little cart. (Eskimo Pies)

Wait, can you still remember...
When around the corner seemed far away. And going into town seemed like going somewhere, and your mother made you "dress up" for the trip, A million mozzie bites and peeling skin in Summer, Sticky fingers and sand in and on everything, catches, Stingers & climbing trees, Walking or riding your bike to school & friend's houses - no matter what the weather.

Running till you were out of breath. Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. Jumping on the bed..... Pillow fights. Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down. Being tired from playing...
Remember that?
A piece of card in the spokes held by a clothes peg transformed any bike into a motorcycle.

I'm not finished just yet... Can you still taste and smell...
Eating raw jelly or Tree-Top from the packet, Ice lollies made from cold drink in plastic holders in the freezer, Eating Willards Peanut Butter on the fattest slice of fresh Downing's bread. Fresh cream Doughnuts from Bake 'n Take after church on a Sunday.
Boiling tins of Condensed milk to make caramel - took hours!

Remember when...
There were two types of takkies - Tommies and North Stars, and the only time you wore them at school, was for "PT" It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. Nobody owned a pedigree dog. 25 cents was decent pocket money. When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 5 cents and feel lucky.

When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
Remember when it was magic when dad would "remove" his thumb, or make 10 cents appear from behind your ear?

When it was considered a great privilege and very unusual to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant or in a proper hotel or even better, Haddon & Sly's tearoom !!

Or

When on the rare occasion Dad stopped at Eskimo Hut or "Milky Inn"
Remember when any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or get him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the head mistress's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.

Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of muggings, drugs, gangs, aids etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat... and some of us are still afraid of them!!!
Didn't that feel good..... just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

Remember when.... Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."

Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "Ninger!" "A race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. Money was handled by whoever was the banker in "Monopoly". The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs.

Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a 'BIC' pen pea shooter or an eraser catapulted by a 30cm ruler. Taking drugs meant chewing on 'Cafenol' chewable vitamins or Cod Liver Oil... (yuk).

Eskies Ice Cream, Flings, Willards Chips, rock-hard marshmallow Easter eggs and Coke were considered basic nutritional requirements. (and don't forget Tomango Tomato Sauce) Skills and courage were discovered because of a "truth or dare".

Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!

SMALLS

BEAUTIFUL PEDIGREED, REGISTERED PERSIAN KITTENS

SEVERAL COLOURS, AVAILABLE NOW, CONTACT MRS LAMB TELEPHONE: BULAWAYO 241945

SENIORS HOME EXCHANGE

We belong to a group called Seniors Home Exchange and I have a request from a lady in France who is desperate to visit Zimbabwe. She is looking for someone to exchange with them for the month of August this year. They live in Provence, are both professional people and have a teenage daughter. Would anyone be interested? If so please get in touch with me and I'll pass on her e-mail address and the website where the details of the house can be seen. It is a very nice property with a stream at the bottom of the garden.

PS I can also help with any French translation if necessary!

"Pam & John Dooner" jopa@netconnect.co.zw

Rhodesian Stamps

Can you help me in supplying me a contact prefer email of a stamp dealer in Zimbabwe chasing Rhodesia stamps hope you can help from old rhodie living in Western Australia thank you

shanewheeler@msn.com

BLUEBONNETS

Loved this week's Morning Mirror which I send to family and friends all over the world - thank you! However, I hate doing this but here goes with shattering another image - those lovely yellow flowers you saw between West Nicholson and Beit Bridge are actually those horrid thorns called "duiweltjies - dubbeltjies or devil thorns!!! We stopped to take a closer look one year when we too had been struck by the beauty of the country side!

SECOND TIME AROUND

I have a shop called "Second Time Around" in which I buy and sell used goods and sell on commission.It is situated at 125A Main St between 13th/14th Ave (on the left hand side of Scotties) and a second branch soon to open further along in the same block. People leaving the country can sell most of their household goods there and others find a great range of goods there at great prices. Some of the items we sell include:

Furniture, crockery, cutlery, EPNS, Pictures, Ornaments, Plants, Curtains, table cloths, Lamps,Puzzles and the rest. Items change all the time obviously, and so it pays to visit regularly. A phone is in the process of being connected but in the mean time information can be got from Scotties on 63091/2 or 75381/77327.

Lorimer Scott
scott@mweb.co.zw

SOLAR COOKING DEMONSTRATION

at the Methodist Church, Main Street/11th Avenue on SATURDAY 26 April AT 9.00 AM

Demonstration lasts about 45 minutes - given in English and Ndebele (as required)

Cookers on Sale after demonstration. Price $1,200.

Are YOU and YOUR EMPLOYEES 'doing their bit' to Save Fuel/Time/Money and the Environment??

Enquiries to: Morag Stone 286154 or Jill Miller-Cranko 241274

(We do the demo on the last Saturday of each month).

Jill Miller-Cranko

FOR SALE

• As new Imperial fridge (3 years old)

• Monarch Chefmaster 4 plate stove

• Draylon 6 seater lounge suite (soft arms

• Beige 12 x 15 carpet

• 12 cubic foot deep freeze

• Sapele teak 8 seater dining room suite

Contact: gausies@mweb.co.zw or phone : 023 316 478

SITUATIONS VACANT:

ISLAND HOSPICE BULAWAYO OFFER A REWARDING POSITION TO A R.G. NURSE INTERESTED IN PALLIATIVE CARE. DRIVERS LICENCE AND HOME TELEPHONE ESSENTIAL. COMPETITIVE SALARY. CV TO BOX 3380. TELEPHONE: 77972

STRESSED OUT? DEPRESSED?

Backache, neck, shoulders, muscular pains, headaches, nervous stomachs, sinus, tension problems etc…?

The treatments that I offer can help. All the therapies are gentle and deeply relaxing, non invasive and are performed through clothing.

For BOWEN THERAPY, REIKI, REFLEXOLOGY (Soft Touch) or combinations of the above, make an appointment with:

SUE BRIDGEFORD
Tel Bulawayo 241199

LIFT WANTED

Can anyone help with a lift to Joburg, between the 23rd and the 27th (latest) of April for a female Rhodes student.Please contact Mrs Fiona Farmer at hme:286507, wk: 61973/ 65431 or email at ivan_farmer@gatorzw.com. Willing to contribute towards petrol costs.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Gail and Chris Keyer on the birth of their daughter. Congratulations too to Garndpa Clive and Grandma Tish Peatt !!

CONDOLENCES

George Grey, much loved and well respected in Bulawayo

HARRY MUTCH
HARRY PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY THE 12TH OF APRIL 2003

TIDBITS

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr