A day in the life in Southern Africa

[DrWilly]

Even the old locals long for the old colonial days before independence and chaos.

I have literally not met single person who agrees with this sentiment.

[david44]

Zambia you idiot.

lighten up Cy it maybe the last Trump free era, you'll have bigger fish to rant against soon.

remember we are not grading homework for camel jockeys here.

It is place for banter , fun,just a couple of dozen old duffers in various states of decay plus prematurely decrepit Armstrong+Lulu who like hanging out with oldies and Lovely Katie23 and Mskit who are doing an awareness training course on how to recognize penile dementia.That's it 30 active posters.

If you seek serious intelectual debate the Guardian Times Indie Atlantic Economist beckon, Dr Willy could proofread your input , he's got an ology and ewe gotta da spellink.

As it the Lord's day and I missed Snday school have a poke at me, my Dictionary and Thesaurus is primed ABC Absinthe Bollox Cockwombling free until you get bibilical on my ass, which is some kinda donley reference from Plop Fiction.I am opening the sauce you have been forewarmed.

[BLD]

Prematurely decrepitfookin classic one of them is a good goalie though and probably a premature ejaculater

. To be fair

[david44]

Prematurely decrepitfookin classic one of them is a good goalie though and probably a premature ejaculater

. To be fair

every ginger's dream, I had long blonde tresses to run me hands through until I went bald.

[Joe 90]

I have literally not met single person who agrees with this sentiment.

Coz all the old locals that I met are dead now and the younger locals have no recollection of the colonial days.
Not rocket science is it.

[Molle]

I have literally not met single person who agrees with this sentiment.

Coz all the old locals that I met are dead now and the younger locals have no recollection of the colonial days.
Not rocket science is it.

So all the old locals who told you that, they are dead now and the young locals don't say it. Alas no one says so anymore.

Even the old locals long for the old colonial days before independence and chaos.

How can they do that, you just said they are dead.

[david44]

I think the grammarians may notice like camp activity its tense.

[DrWilly]

Currently we have this thing called load shedding (electricity rationing, currently we get about 5 hours a day, but it’s been as low as 2 hours a day and some days none at all). I had the odd blackout in other countries but blackouts everyday is something else. Fortunately, if you have a few pennies you can add generators and solar panels and inverters batteries to cope. But many folk do not. No refrigerators for food, fresh bread supplies can run low. Ice near impossible to get. I haven’t used the oven for 6 months. many businesses struggling or closing.

But my moan is that we have solar power switched to the bore hole pump so we always have water. But the pressure varies. Solar = low pressure, city electric supply equals full pressure. The (first world) problem here is using the hand bidet I installed. One day your happy washing your backside with mild pressure the next just about given myself an enema with the bun gun.

[malmomike77]

I see you got Mendips gardeners African cousin to do the tiling. A good deal from guptas discount tiles.

[Neverna]

But my moan is that we have solar power switched to the bore hole pump so we always have water. But the pressure varies. Solar = low pressure, city electric supply equals full pressure. The (first world) problem here is using the hand bidet I installed. One day your happy washing your backside with mild pressure the next just about given myself an enema with the bun gun.

Use grid electricity, a generator or your solar panels to pump the bore hole water into a storage tank then pump the water from the tank to your house. The pressure should be the same each time then.

[Joe 90]

the next just about given myself an enema with the bun gun.

I thought that was the whole point of a bum gun.

[DrWilly]

Despite what the media oft portrays, Africa is not just open plains, deserts and mud huts. This week one of the 5 star hotels brought out an Italian chef to celebrate Italian food week.

[david44]

Great presentation, did it taste as good, I am making Italian tonight, love it but not a diet for slimming as I enjoy the EEVO and parmesan , bread pasta, grilled fish etc, and no Italian meal should lack some vino.

[DrWilly]

It tasted good, and yes there was italian wine supplied as well.

[DrWilly]

The soil here is fertile. We’ve a load of fruit bearing trees and a stocked veggie garden, and it looks like mango season is starting as the gardener left us a container of fruit on our back step this afternoon.

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[david44]

load shedding

I shed my load and inhibitions once . fell through ceiling above a card school, really, Not sure if can123 still lurks but he knows the house where it happened

[DrWilly]

Daily commute home in the afternoons. If I leave after 5:00pm I hit traffic, it's not like Jakarta traffic but my commute of 10 minutes turns into 30 or 40.

[Stumpy]

Funny how just a few minutes impacts one's commute. Same around here in California ( and probably just about anywhere). There are windows where you are in front of the next wave and the commute is a breeze.

Nice scenic commute. I always like the tree covered roads.

[DrWilly]

Damn, is hot today. Ain’t nothing to do but have a frothies and jump in the pool.

[Bonecollector]

Nice thread Red Willy, I look forward to more!

[Joe 90]

Cyrille needs a pool like that to cool off

[DrWilly]

The ongoing drought and associated power cuts known as load shedding mean everyone needs alternative sources of power: solar, inverter batteries, and generators are common. Of course a genset makes a little noise, but one needs it to run the washing machine or oven.




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of course one will normally install a generator somewhere on the back nine so the quality of the wall is not really a concern.

[BLD]

Here in the west people whine about the power bill. But at least the power stays on
My God I've lived in countries where the power goes off might come back in a week might come back in a month..and when it does. Bang a big surge fucks up all yer appliances. Great to have a genset on standby for such occasions.

[DrWilly]

Bang a big surge fucks up all yer appliances.

Yup, that's an issue too.

Great to have a genset on standby for such occasions.

Yup, we didnt have it before and it was a nightmare, the solar panels and inverter are great but not enough to power the washing machine, so clothes would be stuck in there for days, it didnt much bother me but 'er indoors was well pissed off. And you know what they say, 'happy wife, happy life' - the opposite is also true, unhappy wife = lots of pain and suffering for the rest of the family.

it also can run the ACs when we need them too, which the solar cannot.

[david44]

it also can run the ACs when we need them too, which the solar cannot.

Regardless of cash cost how many liters would you need to run AC for a day.
many years ago there were cuts occasionally here , v rare now usually building work by council in Office hours but no public warning.

Was thinking of solar but payback longer than my life expectancy but a small diesel generator might be good back up.

Would you or other suggest the capacity for 3 people 2 fridges 2 Air con units 3 showers 3 tvs etc, Lighting over 230sq metres and few usaulkitchen appliances
Air Fryer Crock Pot Oven Stove, Microwave kettle espresso thingy and of course laptops.

Can it be safely located 30m from house in an outbuilding /shed to limit sound?
We can Bury the wire in the gardens?