poweralert stage 2.....

[TheChamp]

Never heard of Mountain View, where is it?

 

[Brian_G]

Never heard of Mountain View, where is it?

Next to Orange Grove, very near Houghton and close to Norwood.

 

[TheChamp]

Next to Orange Grove, very near Houghton and close to Norwood.

Does it have a lot of flats occupied by foreign nationals? Zimbabweans and Nigerians in particular, Shops operated by Pakistanis etc?

 

[Brian_G]

Does it have a lot of flats occupied by foreign nationals?

No, not at all. About 6 roads only I think, for about 4 blocks, almost all with houses.
Think just one block of flats
One social venue
One smallish business complex

Weird

 

[Brian_G]

@wingnut771 , will edit in that all is okay in 20 minutes. If I don't they have carried out their threat here :- (

 

[wingnut771]

Next to Orange Grove, very near Houghton and close to Norwood.

I used to live in 13th Street Orange Grove next to the park in the early 90's.

 

[TheChamp]

No, not at all. About 6 roads only I think, for about 4 blocks, almost all with houses.
Think just one block of flats
One social venue
One smallish business complex

Weird

It's possible that there could be another Mountain View, squatter camps like those fancy names.

 

[Brian_G]

I used to live in 13th Street Orange Grove next to the park in the early 90's.

Amazing coincidence, lol.

It's possible that there could be another Mountain View, squatter camps like those fancy names.

Possible.
I know there's a suburb with same name in Pretoria.


Power still on here.

 

[Brian_G]

Does it have a lot of flats occupied by foreign nationals? Zimbabweans and Nigerians in particular, Shops operated by Pakistanis etc?

Interesting thing is that there is this problem on Louis Botha a few km further on.

@wingnut771 will remember the Doll House, a popular roadhouse that went on for over 50 years. They caused it to close down, too dangerous.
That Highlands North suburb isn't on the list either though.

 

[wingnut771]

Interesting thing is that there is this problem on Louis Botha a few km further on.

@wingnut771 will remember the Doll House, a popular roadhouse that went on for over 50 years. They caused it to close down, too dangerous.
That Highlands North suburb isn't on the list either though.

We can't have nice things anymore, not even drive-ins.

 

[Lupus]

We can't have nice things anymore, not even drive-ins.

Replaced by drive-bys. Guys take your delivery and throw it at you... that's what I've been told

 

[Mike Angelo]

Interesting thing is that there is this problem on Louis Botha a few km further on.

@wingnut771 will remember the Doll House, a popular roadhouse that went on for over 50 years. They caused it to close down, too dangerous.
That Highlands North suburb isn't on the list either though.

Isn't there maybe a substation in Mountain View supplying that part of Orange Grove?
Does the Radium Beer Hall still exist? Was quite a hangout especially for pool when I was a youngster.

 

[Brian_G]

Isn't there maybe a substation in Mountain View supplying that part of Orange Grove?

Too far away. Also a different city power block.

Does the Radium Beer Hall still exist? Was quite a hangout especially for pool when I was a youngster.

Only went there a couple of times myself. These days it's like a dangerous shebeen, last I noticed, and the area more than a bit rough now.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

@Lupus - any way to tell when this was last achieved at Kriel? It's kind of shocking they are celebrating this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1793863882982805634

 

[BBSA]

A continuation of this thread, the original being closed at 10k posts :

poweralert....

its not looking good again, they will probably blame the wet coal https://poweralert.co.za/

mybroadband.co.za

But less moderator waffling, let's continue...

Time for a new one

 

[bwana]

Time for a new one

Continued here: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/poweralert-stage-3.1289221/