Things you miss about South Africa
May 25th 2007, 12:02 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
[QUOTE=Kitten24;4829908]I envy you Ededed. Sounds like you and your wife are living the good life.
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Yup, I'm Richard Briers and she's Felicity Kendall.
(I bet there are some Saffa's who won't have a clue what that's a reference to!)
Thanks Kitten - I think so too.
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Yup, I'm Richard Briers and she's Felicity Kendall.
(I bet there are some Saffa's who won't have a clue what that's a reference to!)
Thanks Kitten - I think so too.
May 25th 2007, 12:03 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
After 4 years here and 5 years in the UK during the past 9 years I am in a fortunate position to make a balanced judgement call. I looked long and hard at the decision - agonised for months and then plumped for SA. I had a good job and a good life in London, but my long term plan has always been to retire here to a golf estate and spend my last days whacking my balls into a lake (so to speak). The reason we decided to come back was that I could we could afford for my wife not to work (which would never happen with our London life), she would be nearer her family, we stop suffering from SAD and I could effectively semi-retire! At 36! I now spend 1 working day a week on the golf course and the wife is with her friends and family during the days. It would take me another 20 years (at least) in the UK to get what we have now, and I wasn't prepared to wait.
We kept our house in the UK, so have a bolt hole when / if things go Pete Tong but I'm an optimist. I really think it will be ok. When I stop posting, you'll know I got capped at the robots and you can all laugh and point at my childish / blinkered / niaive thinking. Until then, I am loving life and happier than I have been in a long time.
Or maybe it's just Friday.
We kept our house in the UK, so have a bolt hole when / if things go Pete Tong but I'm an optimist. I really think it will be ok. When I stop posting, you'll know I got capped at the robots and you can all laugh and point at my childish / blinkered / niaive thinking. Until then, I am loving life and happier than I have been in a long time.
Or maybe it's just Friday.
So where were you before the UK ?
May 25th 2007, 12:06 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
1997 - 2001 - SA
2001 - 2007 UK
2007 - death (2008/9??) - SA
Playing tomorrow. Need to go and buy some balls - I hear there is a small pond on the course I'm playing at, and there will be one of those pesky "Ed's ball magnets" at the bottom of it. There's lots of 'em about.
May 25th 2007, 12:07 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
[QUOTE=ededed;4829927][QUOTE=Kitten24;4829908]I envy you Ededed. Sounds like you and your wife are living the good life.
Yup, I'm Richard Briers and she's Felicity Kendall.
(I bet there are some Saffa's who won't have a clue what that's a reference to!)
Thanks Kitten - I think so too.
What a brilliant show I bought the DVD of the first series.
Hey, now I understand the survival mode in the power cuts
You’ll be into the home-brew next.
Yup, I'm Richard Briers and she's Felicity Kendall.
(I bet there are some Saffa's who won't have a clue what that's a reference to!)
Thanks Kitten - I think so too.
Hey, now I understand the survival mode in the power cuts
You’ll be into the home-brew next.
May 25th 2007, 12:10 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
[QUOTE=Campbells;4829953][QUOTE=ededed;4829927]
Good idea - and it will certainly be better than Castle!
(cue a million messages about how wonderful that gnat's pee is!)
(cue a million messages about how wonderful that gnat's pee is!)
May 25th 2007, 12:16 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
May 25th 2007, 12:25 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
May 25th 2007, 12:29 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
Congrats on your 1000th post, Campbell!! 
May 25th 2007, 12:30 pm
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Re: Things you miss about South Africa
Thirsty now.