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I’ve been longing to put up a proper post about this, but time has just not allowed me yet! As you may, or may not know, my husband is a pilot, currently still private whilst building his hours to complete his commercial license. For this reason, we are fortunate enough to fly very often, and to places where I have never been, and probably never would have been if it wasn’t for this!

This past weekend we went flying twice, and though I am getting used to all the strange movements which are associated with a “small” aircraft, it is still one of the most amazing experiences!!

I will be posting photo’s here more often now of places where we go, and what we see there.

Hope you enjoy

I need help with a Googlebomb please.

Not your usual googlebomb but one that distorts image listings.

Anyone familiar with Schnappi (Das kleine krokodil)?
Well I have a colleague who HATES Schnappi and it would be so cool to
have his photo show up for the result “Schnappi”

I would also like to track the progress of this effort.

If you’re curious, check the blog dedicated to this experiment @
Schnappi Experiment Blog

Please help by copying the following code and pasting it on your
blog’s sidebar or footer and retweeting this request please or even
posting about it.

<p>Schnappi </p>

<p><a href=”http://www.dizzy-dee.com/experiment/schnappi“><img
src=”http://www.dizzy-dee.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Schnappi.jpg“></a></p>

Regards,
Danette

And now, on a more serious note…

• Where a man can rule a “democratic” country from before his son’s birth until the son is old enough to take over from his dad.
• Where a watch is worn as a decorative status symbol while time is seen as an European invention that is still used as a form of slavery.
• Where crime actually pays better than any other respectable job
• Where it is safer to ask directions from a dodgy figure in a back street alley than from anyone in a police uniform
• Where the election results are known before the Election Day
• Where flexi-time means coming to work later in the morning and leaving earlier in the afternoon
• Where bribery and corruption is more transparent than the national elections
• Where it is safer to travel by car (or bicycle) than by plane
• Where the whole population agrees that the current government is corrupt, but still votes for that same government at the next elections
• Where the offense of racism can be viewed as a more serious crime than murder
• Where the local government can trace back any problem in its own country to any another country in the world
• Where children can learn to use an AK-47 before they learn how to use a fork and knife
• Where the poorest country has the richest president
• Where you are considered to be cool when wearing your sunglasses after sunset
• Where you have more chance of picking up a deadly disease in a hospital than by having unprotected sex
• Where candles replaced electric lights

As promised here is another set of photos – not sure where they were taken, but I am suspecting it may have been taken in the Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve, where you can go and view the Lions being fed.

I have decided to do a couple of posts under the title of “Only in Africa”. I have quite a collection of photographs & funny facts to share.
This being the first post, here are two photo’s which shows a hippo on someone’s patio, sleeping with his head on the wicker couch. Now this would not happen just anywhere in South Africa, contrary to the belief of some. We are a bit more civilized in the cities, and don’t have hippos walking around. Though I don’t know the origin of these photos they were most likely taken on a lodge, or a game farm.

I did this caffeine click test out of boredom, not thinking that I’d have a very high score, since I haven’t had any caffeine today yet.  Surprise-surprise – I guess it stays in your system for a while, because I had a couple of large mugs of coffee  yesterday.  Either that, or I’m just super responsive.

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Interesting Medications from the past

Bayer’s Heroin

A bottle of Bayer’s heroin. Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine. It was also used to treat children with a strong cough.

Coca Wine

Metcalf Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market. Everybody used to say that it would make you happy and it would also work as a medicinal treatment.

Mariani wine

Mariani wine (1875) was the most famous Coca wine of its time. Pope Leo XIII used to carry one bottle with him all the time. He awarded Angelo Mariani (the producer) with a Vatican gold medal.

Maltine

Produced by Maltine Manufacturing Company of New York . It was suggested that you should take a full glass with or after every meal. Children should take half a glass.

A paper weight

A paper weight promoting C.F. Boehringer & Soehne ( Mannheim , Germany ). They were proud of being the biggest producers in the world of products containing Quinine and Cocaine.

Opium for Asthma

Cocaine tablets (1900)

All stage actors, singers’ teachers and preachers had to have them for a maximum performance. Great to “smooth” the voice.

Cocaine drops for toothache

Very popular for children in 1885. Not only they relieved the pain, they made the children happy!

Opium for new-borns

I’m sure this would make them sleep well (not only the Opium, but 46% alcohol!!!!!)

And we worry about aspirin for children today??

ADULT
A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

BEAUTY PARLOR
A place where women curl up and dye.

CANNIBAL
Someone who is fed up with people.

CHICKENS
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead..

COMMITTEE
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

DUST
Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST
Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

HANDKERCHIEF
Cold Storage.

INFLATION
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

MOSQUITO
An insect that makes you like flies better.

RAISIN
Grape with a sunburn.

SECRET
Something you tell to one person at a time.

SKELETON
A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

TOOTHACHE
The pain that drives you to extraction .

TOMORROW
One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

YAWN
An honest opinion openly expressed.

and last but not least…..

WRINKLES
Something other people have, similar to my character lines

As little girls we’ve all dreamed of growing up to become a Barbie look alike, and to our disappointment this never happens. Here’s a graphic designers revenge on Barbie, for all the unrealistic ideals she forced on our vulnerable young minds

It is about time this happened to her….

Lately it seems that South Africa is getting a lot of international attention. Caster Semenya, Winston the homing pigeon, and District 9…

It started off with Caster Semenya’s gender conspiracy. As most of us know by now the majority of opinions now believe that “she” is a hermaphrodite… I don’t have much on an opinion about whether or not a person like this should be allowed to compete. Yes, I guess it is not fair toward female competitors, but keep in mind that this is still a person – who did not ASK to be born this way. I think we should just try to keep this in mind, and search for the little bit of humaneness which still remains in us today. Read more @ The Guardian

Winston the homing pigeon got a short 2nd place (in my books in any case), where he beat the speed of Telkom’s ADSL… (No surprise here ) By the time that Winston had delivered the data card & the data had been downloaded, the Telkom download had progressed a mere 4%!! Aargh, South Africans cannot WAIT for a better connection!! Read more @ Daily Mail

And then lastly, but not least; District 9 – the very popular movie which was shot in South Africa, with a South African director, but which was also shown in the States. I’ve heard very good reviews about this, alas, I haven’t watched it myself. I’ll be sure to write a short review as soon as I have seen it! Read more @ District 9 – ABC News