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So - am I the *only* one who thought ''blazing saddles'' when reading the title of this thread ? :) Damn...

I must have got it all wrong I guess - almost all the people I know here who are in the friend category are locals - I do know a couple of expats here - but to be honest I spend all of my time with the locals :) It makes sense to me - I live here now :)

My girlfriend is from Moreno originally but she throws hysterics with the best of them - I think its part of the culture for sure - but then again I'm a bit nuts myself so it all seems to work out in the end - we both get drunk and forget about it and tomorrow is a new day :)

I woke up a bit drunk - then realized it felt a bit too warm for me - so I sort of compromised - I had more scotch for breakfast but turned on the fan :) All good :) Its what I would call a Rhodesian winter or a hot day in Norway - or something in-between the two :) lol

Well for me the booze is cheap, the smokes are cheap, the food is good and there is definitely more personal freedom here than in several of the other places I have called home :) I think about the only time I run into too much ''political correctness'' is with other expats - so that is also a...

Hi all - as usual I am here asking a dumb question :) I've finally got my laptop problems sorted - windoze is gone and I have a real operating system now :) However, one worrying little problem that I didn't have before with windoze I am having now with Linux - the laptop doesn't like to be...

I don't know what everyone is complaining about - I went to the chino ''super''market down the road tonight and they have (made here) licensed Bols Genever (52% alcohol) for less than 20 pesos a bottle - the quality is the same as in Europe but its about 9 times cheaper. I can guarantee you this...

I'm thinking about doing something unusual - getting more drunk than usual ;) lol

Well - I've spent most of my years in places without snow - but the few times I've had it I've actually enjoyed it - so I say bring it on :) Snowball fights in BA? Bring it on :)

CLASSIC quote :) Love it :) lol

Update: Things are all pretty much working again guys - many thanks for all your input and advice and suggestions. I'm happy to say I now have Linux back on my laptop as well - although for the life of me I *cannot* figure out why my high end (supposedly) Toshiba laptop refuses to allow me to...

Its NOT an easy one - my mother is many miles away and is over 80 - my father died a few years back (in a bad way) - yes she misses me but the golden rule here (for me) is a simple one - I have to live *MY* life... At the same time I will do anything and everything I can to be there for her...

Damn - I'm about to renew for the next 6 months myself - I think I would have been better off NOT reading this thread just before going to sleep - but then again - there seems to be (as usual) some good advice here - I know I will be remembering a few bits from this post - especially about NOT...

I think this is what community is all about - love it :)

Yes - for everything from banking to consulting and whatever else I do or need - the Internet is how I do it - and without a good connection I am in serious trouble - the place I am renting has a 2mbit connection that comes with the apartment but I am now seriously thinking of setting up a...

Still working on it guys :) lol At the moment going to use a download manager to get that stupid service pack 1 for windoze bloatware 7 and then manually update to see if that will overcome the broken windoze update situation - some downloads at least seem to be working so who knows, maybe that...

Thanks for that input guys - its like having my own IT helpdesk here - I really appreciate it :) At this stage SOMETHING has changed - I am now getting some downloads okay - but not all - and I can't help thinking that maybe someone at fibertel has finally decided to flush the cache or something...

Thanks guys :) Lee: I haven't checked the speed - but downloads looked okay speedwise - anywhere from 80k to 200k per second (a 2mbit connection) - Dave: thats the bitch of it - I thought the same thing myself - get a download manager happening pronto - but guess what the one thing is that I...

Hi all, Hoping somebody out there will be able to tell me what the problem is. I am on a Fibertel cable connection here in BA and for about a week now all of my computers (they all connect via a wireless router I have plugged into the cable modem) have problems with downloading software...

Wow :) Many thanks to all for that :) Looks like I have a good chance of getting some biltong or something close soon :) And hi to you in joburg Theo... (My old stomping grounds are a bit further north than you are - even the name has changed ;)