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JK
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From: S. Africa - JOZI
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On 2007-01-16 12:07:19, amawanqa wrote:
Absolutely, and I also agree with Siosal with the example that he posted. It's total bull when someone is accused of (automatically) being a racist because you've had obvious reason to confront someone of another race about something that they have done that is dangerous or wrong or whatever.
Fair enough, unfortunately SA's chequered past has instilled many pre-conceived notions in some people, but the word 'racist' is, on occasions like the one Siosal mentioned, too easily bandied about, the word being (ab)used as a reactionary tool to threaten (ie. legal action or prosecution) and/or generically label! How bloody wrong is that?!
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The media made it out to be a racist comment.
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amawanqa
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Yeah, the media have their portion of the blame I guess. Sensationalism and bad news sells well, doesn't it?
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amawanqa
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The UK's Carphone Warehouse has just dropped the price of the  Z710i, now selling for £99.95 (approx R1400) on PAYG when bought with £10 airtime:
http://shop.carphonewarehouse[....]as-you-go/sony-ericsson/z710i/
No network branding either.....keeeewwwl.
They only stock the 'twilight black' one, not the 'metallic sand' colour.
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francoislr
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Yeah, i get tired of the race card. I get ticked when anybody can not give a logical arguement to what they are argueing for. A chap at work seriously argues stupid cases and cannot give arguements that would hold ground anywhere in any situation. Reason is that there is a white rules attitude. We still have a long way to go, but i think we have made excellent progress since the end of apartheid. Not without bumps on the road, but all roads that are worth travelling seem to be of the bumpy type.
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francoislr
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Our power is out. Sounds like it could be really wide spread. The mint a block away is shining bright, but to the south, if rumours serve right is about 8-10km of blackout, and even further from east to west. This might be the biggest blackout this area has seen in ages. And if those stats are right, it is a good 1/6th of Pretoria that is in darkness. It sucks. My battery is not on the full side. Hope it lasts past 12 though.
Later then. Want enough power beyond 12 tonight.
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brix25
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@francois: Reminds of me of last year when we lived under constant blackouts because of some bolt in a nuclear reactor.  Hope power gets restored by the morning.
BTW, anyone ever purchased anything on the Vodafone Live portal? I'm just interested because I went on there this evening and to be honest there wasn't anything appealing that would make me part with my hard-earned shekels.
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Kryptik
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Francois, we had an outage here not too long ago, made me realize how critical the power supply is to so many facets of our lives. There are quite a few gadgets in the marketplace which promise to provide emergency power to a phone in such an event. The one, a windup flashlight cum cellphone battery charger is actually quite good. Bought it at Midas for about R60, comes with Nokia, SE and Moto adaptors. Simply plug in and start winding  coupla minutes worth of winding provides about 10min worth of charge.
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francoislr
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The power is back on. That was about 8 hours without power. That hand charger sounds like a brilliant idea. Very much needed in situations where this happens.
The wind is pretending that it is PE tonight. Lot of trees are going to get it tonight. Sorta raining, but i recon most of the rain is being blown away:)
Anyway, i am going to bed. Long day tomorrow. Sleep well!
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amawanqa
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Lekker slaap, swaer. 
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brix25
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@da wanqsta: I suppose that Z710i offered by CPW is network-locked?
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JK
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On 2007-01-16 23:52:03, francoislr wrote:
The power is back on. That was about 8 hours without power. That hand charger sounds like a brilliant idea. Very much needed in situations where this happens.
The wind is pretending that it is PE tonight. Lot of trees are going to get it tonight. Sorta raining, but i recon most of the rain is being blown away:)
Anyway, i am going to bed. Long day tomorrow. Sleep well!
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You stay in Rooihuiskraal?
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amawanqa
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I'm having a manic morning...
@ da brixsta,
I don't know the answer to that one. Usually all CPW PAYG stock (apart from the '3' network stock and a few odd examples) is unbranded and unlocked, but the fact that they are currently only offering the deal with an O2 sim card has me wondering...
I'll find out from the local CPW during lunch time today (it's a short walk from work) and let you know.
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francoislr
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@ 786kbr, no, i live in Pretoria north, way the other side of the city. Got family that side, but no clue if the power was out that side. I think it was out all over the place, sometimes big areas, sometimes all of it. I just know our 3block range was bad, since it was off all that time. Half of our block was on while half was off. Crazy i say.
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Siosal
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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I left my earphones in my pocket and my mom put my broek in the wash....
I haven't gotten hold of them yet to see how bad the damage is....
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Kryptik
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Once, years ago, i dumped my jeans into the laundry hamper, forgetting that i'd left a condom in the pocket. After my mom found the jeans neither the condom nor i were ever quite the same...
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