I was thinking that I should possibly do a “life in bullets” post, but then realised that is basically what my last few posts have been. Not much has been happening around this neck of the woods lately…. Here goes anyway. On Saturday I ran a 10km race. My slowest to date but at least [...]
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The private security firm we use, Atlas Security, sends out a weekly newsletter of crimes and incidents in Port Elizabeth that they have responded to. It is very detailed but depressing to read when you realise that these are only incidents that they have responded to. It does not include other security firms or the police. [...]
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I am amazed by what some people write on their blogs and Facebook status. Mr OL sent this link to me. Not sure why…… For some reason he seems to think I spend too much time on line at work???? Don’t know where he gets that from…… I was actually thinking about what people write [...]
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The lady that cleans our house came to work today in a total state. She had totally lost her voice and when I asked her what was wrong, she just burst out crying and said she had lost her voice from crying. Last year some time her 16 year old nephew was murdered. At the [...]
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Daisy has discovered a new trick. She had figured out how to “break” into our house. We came home from work yesterday and there she was INSIDE! When she figures out how to turn off the Burglar Alarm we will be in real trouble. I know they say Border Collies are clever but this [...]
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In the trial of the people accused of killing Lucky Dube it has come out that they said he was shot because they thought he was a Nigerian. They did not recognize him. SO WHAT! They are accused of murder, whether they murdered a Nigerian or whether they murdered Lucky Dube the result is [...]
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This morning on my program was a 45 min run with strides every 5 minutes. It was going ok when at about the 20 minute mark I saw this rather unsavorily looking character cross the road in front of me carrying what looked to be something electrical. Now, he really should not have been carrying [...]
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So no news on the bike. I am still holding thumbs. This morning though I went for a cycle – on my own. This was a first as I am always too nervous to go out on my own. But it was fine. No punctures, falls or nervous breakdowns of any kind. There was [...]
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Every day there are stories in our papers about crime. Most of the time you read it, think it is shocking and then go onto the next story, but sometimes there is a story that you read that really hits close to home. Yesterday on the front page of our local paper was one [...]
Filed under: Crime, Cycling, Ordinarylife, Politics, Port Elizabeth, Running, Training | Tagged: Crime, safety, security | 6 Comments »
