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73A Day In The Life Of A Typical South African In Gauteng Pretoria
It is 4:30am my radio alarm goes off and the early morning show on Jacaranda FM, a local music radio show starts playing its latest tune - "no repeats from 7am to 7pm" is their slogan.. Five minutes later my...
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57How to Play Golf – or Not , a personal perspective
Origins of the word Golf Well Golf! This word reputedly has it's origins as an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden". however according to about.com, "that's a common old wives' tale. Or, in this...
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56A Tale of two themed Parties
Two Parties Two parties that stand out in my life were both fiftieth birthday parties. The first one in !997 was mine. This was a difficult ime in my life. My son had recently been killed in a car wreck...
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60Easter traditions and family Easters
Easter Time Well here it is nearly Easter again! It comes around very year but, confusingly, it moves about. This is due to the fact that Easter is based on the lunar calendar and as it originated in Europe...
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54The Venetian Affair Part 2 Venice, Lucern, Frankurt, The Rhine, Amsterdam Bruge London Paris and Home.
Leaving Venice After completing 3 magnificent days in Venice, visiting the Murano Glass factory, St Marks Square, the Bridge of Sighs (where dearly beloved bought Cameos and some gold jewellery) and...
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65How to save money or make a bit – a historic perspective
During our school years in the Fifties, today's affluent society did not exist. It was the order of the day to save and cut corners. We did something's to save and others to make a penny or two. Bus...
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67Cars I have known, my first car and car troubles
The History of Cars in my family.(1954- 1963) By way of background, when I grew up my dad did not have a car. (In fact nor did my Mom). My grandparent’s did not have cars and very few of my immediate...
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72Weddings then and now or How I got married Twice
In 1969 I got married for the first time. In addition · Richard Nixon becomes President of the United States · 250,000 march on Washington in protest at the...
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67Holidays, More car trouble and is it Swine “flu?
On Holiday again I have been a way again, but because of my recent car troubles. My dearly beloved and I decided to fly on our latest venture. We have really good friends who have retired and live in...
18 comments86Christmas Traditions in our family – an addition to traditional history
The earliest Christmas I can recall as when I was about three years old. This was once again a conflict with my old nemesis the snake (psychologists take note). My late father was a whiz with his hands and...
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