Recent content by Pax

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    Things that irritate you - Part 4

    Guest houses with cheap wood frame beds, creaking every time there is the slightest movement
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    BMW Drivers = Psychopaths

    We're not psychopaths, just inherently superior to other humans. 😇
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    The road so full of potholes it puts motorists’ lives at risk, damages vehicles, and disrupts economic activity

    Transformation in action. Everything is being transformed to 'broken'.
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    The official 'Learn Afrikaans' thread™

    See if you can use the library app Libby. All free then after joining an ordinary library. Paper books are hellishly expensive.
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    What is your preferred Chinese car brand?

    That is not what others said. Reread from the beginning. Next time I rent a car, I'll try to get a 'lectric just for the heck of it, especially important if offered a Ford it seems. :ROFL:
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    Nedbank closed 345 ATMs in South Africa over the past six years

    I suppose fewer people handle cash nowadays. Someone paid me cash recently. The only thing I can imagine using it for is fuel. I carry only a celphone already for some years; all payments go through either the payment app, banking app or eft.
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    Blow to SABC viewers

    5 of the six viewers of sabc content will not be upset
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    What is your preferred Chinese car brand?

    ....to use as a talking point.....any ......to point and laugh at for getting 11l/100km on a 1500cc......any .....to use as transport.....none
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    Only 17% of hopeful learner drivers passed the new test in the Western Cape

    I think this way....if someone only gets a licence on a fourth attempt for example, the fault ratio is 3 to 1. What if such person maintains that record through life, make 3 errors for every 1 done right? A very dangerous driver then imho. My fault ratio was 0 to 1....got all on first attempt...
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    You can get traffic fines for offences you didn’t commit in South Africa

    Not going to read a TA article, but: It has always been the case if you refuse to bribe. They tried their luck with me 3 times already, every time resulting in me lodging a criminal case and have the fine scrapped. All 3 cops lost their jobs. Also, the well known cloning of cars and/or false...
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    Bad news for Ford Ranger Raptor owners in South Africa

    According to some the bad news started the minute they bought a Ford.
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    Price increase looms for diesel in August 2026, while petrol recoveries dampen

    Potstir.....is this a covert ploy to make us diesel car owners consider going electric? Nah....that would be subversive....our honourable guvvmint won't...
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    Chaos at Vanderbijlpark cemetery leaves mourner shot and car ablaze

    The only comment that comes to mind is....Tsk!? Let me rephrase...WoW!.
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    The official 'Learn Afrikaans' thread™

    Hottentotsgod (praying mantis) also falls in the group of very inventive & descriptive names in Afrikaans. Then there are things like 'moersleutel' (spanner') and 'knormoer' (starter motor) which not even native Afrikaans speaking people (like yours truly) use. I thought Afrikaans was a little...
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