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Hobbs
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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Lovely day to chill by the pool me thinks  wangs whats the weather doing your side?
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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On 2007-12-15 07:54:36, HOBBS wrote:
Lovely day to chill by the pool me thinks wangs whats the weather doing your side?
I intend doing just that today...
On A lighter note, this moerning when i woke up, the mrs asks me to open her 2nd drawer on her night table next to the bed and hand her htc touch and nokia n81 to her (never knew she possessed either of those beauties) and when i opened the drawer, i almost fell off the bed.:
Yep, she has another nokia 9500, and she didnt want to give me a 9500, she also got a nokia n80 lying in the drawer....
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gola
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
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From: South Africa
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Heya guys,hope everyone's doing well,too bad the same can't be said about my phone.it's been exactly a week now since my beloved main source of esato moved on to a what i hope is a better place.it just switched off last weekend after saying the infamous last words: 'operation failed' that we've all somehow have come accustomed to-that's when i knew.it doesn't want to stay on.hardly believe the vodoctors will be able to bring it back this time round.but its still under warranty so i'll give it a go.it's good to be back
On 2007-12-14 07:52:41, JC08 wrote:
Wanqs is everything so expensive there except phones?
lmao 
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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
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From: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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@ gola yeah, its quite funny, but its true maybe phones are expensive there for them, but if you check the prices here their quite cheap
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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@ Rhino
lol WOAH! Thats quite a collection! Take that Black beauty N80!
@Kryptik
im definetly keeping that in mind i have to go back there.
@ Gola
Shame bro, i remember when my W900 died it said Operation Failed i turned it Off and when i tried to turn it On just got a white screen and Voda just decided to replace it. I hope they are able to revive your phone boet or that they give you a good replacement like a SE K850 or W910.
@ everyone
yay im back in JHB! Kinda down though real enjoid the Western Cape again. Hobbs, Kryptik and Brix hope you guys stay there and appreciate what you got there hey, realy cool and friendly vibe on your side.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Rhino,
 Yislaaik, that's quite a collection of phones there, boet! Wow.
@ JC,
Oops, sorry for not replying to your question earlier, I slipped up there. 
A lot of consumer goods are cheaper if only using the exchange rate as a basis. Another example would be used cars, which are bloody cheap here.
Here's a link to eBay's car section so that you can get some idea:
http://listings.ebay.co.uk/Ca[....]brsrtZdQQsocmdZListingItemList
Another thing that greatly amplifies expenditure is where we live, just outside the periphery of Greater London. The house we have, as a result of this location, is roughly double the price of what you would pay for the same house in a smaller town further away. However, we therefore have 'London weighting', which is an additional 3500 (approx R49000) onto our annual salaries to assist with the higher living costs.
What one really needs to do is look at what you get out with your salary in both countries, after bills, tax, pension, living expenses, etc etc.
Of course, quality of life is a separate but ultra-important factor too.
Despite all the costs that have been stated and using this as a guideline, we both still clear far, far more (net income salaries) than the gross income salaries that we had in SA, several times over. As I've mentioned before, money ain't everything, but it helps. 
It's not always easy though; the trade-off being that I miss a lot of friends and family, riding on the bikes in the Eastern Cape etc etc. Really does tug on the heart strings at times, particularly at this time of the year.
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amawanqa
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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@ Hobbster,
Ths suns' actually out, piercing through the usual Winter-grey sky, and it's pretty mild weather (for a Winter's day) compared to yesterday anyway. We had to scrape ice off the car several times this past week before we could think about driving off anywhere...
In 2 and a half hours time (4pm), it'll be dark again though... 
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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
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From: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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@ ama thanx for the reply, I say as long as your comfortable and happy where you are then its the right place to be.... Im really also thinking of 'maybe' after Ive completed school and studying to go abroad and live there, but we'll have to see where life takes me!
Yad. Hey. Vav. Hey.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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The iconic W810i is still been sold by Carphone Warehouse here, now only 59.95 (approx R840). So much phone for the money.
http://shop.carphonewarehouse[....]as-you-go/sony-ericsson/w810i/
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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@rhino - Looks like your  is working UNDER-cover  CIA or KGB perhaps? Better check her whereabouts from time to time . . .
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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
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From: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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See ama what i mean bout the phones, the w810 still cost around 2500 here
Yad. Hey. Vav. Hey.
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amawanqa
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@ JC,
Ya, you could almost get 3 of them here for that equivalent money.
@ Jojo,
Wow matey, unusual to see you posting at that time (your latest post here). I presume you're  now...?
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brix25
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Finally got my latest iPod and have to give props to Apple for another brilliant gadget. Love the addition of CoverFlow on the latest line of Nano's and the refreshed menus that displays album art throughout...truly awesome.
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amawanqa
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Congrats on the new Apple acquisition, Brixster.
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JC08
Joined: Jan 07, 2007
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From: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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Just watched The Longest Yard for like the 100th time, I love it its one of the best movies ever 4 me
Yad. Hey. Vav. Hey.
'' So the one who plants is not important, and the one who waters is not important. Only God who makes things grow, is important'' (1 Corinthians 3:7)
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