I started the thread.jpanhalt
Maybe there should be a separate thread on the rep system,
John I was only explaining why we should not debate moderation actions. That was not happening here and I stepped down from the moderation team.if we are allowed to discuss such things?...
jpanhalt
I wasn't suggesting discussion of moderation.
3v0,
I couldn't agree with you more. Like Archie Bunker said in an earlier time, just give everyone who gets on an airplane a loaded gun. Hijacker problem solved. He might say today, the only body search that needs to be made is to be sure you are pack'n.
John
Sounds like a standing joke here in South Africa's clubs in Hillbrow (the shady part of Jo-burg). When you enter a night club they search you for guns. If you don't have any, they issue you with one
One the one hand, you don't have a lot of certifications and licenses that would need to be redone in the new country, such as a lawyer or physician would need to do.
On the other hand, the absence of specific skills that are in high demand can make relocation quite difficult. Some countries, including the USA, protect native workers from competing would-be immigrants. You can often get a work permit for a limited time, but such permits often require you to return to your native country periodically. Lots of games get played with those requirements, but they are still a pain in the neck.
I suspect an isolated island nation would be more restrictive than a nation of larger land mass, just because the options for employment are more limited in the island nation.
Good luck.
John
WOW, How sad and if you leave thay will have to steal each others TVs.
I am not sure what counts as "rural Eastern Cape", but a few years ago I made a couple of business trips to the Mossel Bay / George area.Rural Eastern Cape here....
I am not sure what counts as "rural Eastern Cape", but a few years ago I made a couple of business trips to the Mossel Bay / George area.
Seemed pleasant enough in its own way during the limited amount of time I was there (two, four day trips).
It was about this time of year, the weather was pleasant, not too hot and a nice breeze off the sea.
However, it was obvious that there was a lot of poverty and poor housing for the black guys.
One thing that surprised me when I had to go out shopping for a long VGA cable (left mine behind in the UK! DOH!) was the locked gates at the entrances to the computer and tv shops which had to be buzzed open by the guy in the shop before you could get in!
So I can believe that all is not rosy down there.
One of the ex-pat Brits who I was working with there, advised me that there were a few "underlying tensions" lets say!
JimB
Yes but thay all lie like that here to! When I was repairing car radios I saw a lot of it.Hi Jim
Mossel Bay/George area is paradise. A huge Tourist area..and the world famous Cango Caves is just up the road in Oudtshoorn. Everything is kept clean and all is neat and tidy....and well run.
The Eastern Cape is a very different beast. Especially the rural Eastern Cape.
Here the attitude is ...."different". All about stealing and taking chances...a common joke amongst us is BML. What is BML?
Blacks Must Lie.
Me: "Has anybody ever tried to fix this set"?
Customer: "No".
Me: "But the back cover has no screws in.....did you buy it like this ?"
Customer: "It's not my TV. They asked me to bring it here.".........................................
Only to find out (truth has that habit) that he is the owner of the TV. And had an Idiot screw it all up.......
What was the initial fault that caused the bush mechanic to stuff the whole PCB up and making a mess everywhere with desperation..and I mean everything from PSU to LINE ?
A simple little dry joint on the frame IC. Not blown either. Just dry jointed.
Like I said..sigh...if people only tell the truth, I can help. If they lie, I am not interested anymore
Just me
tvtech
I think most everyone here is missing the obvious part of the problem.
The guns and whatever propellant they use to fire the bullet are not the problem. Its the user plain and simple.
If I want you dead disabling my gun powder wont stop me.
I can still shoot you but I just have to change my propellant to something else like a high pressure gas as in shoot you in the head with a simple ball bearing shot from a common paint ball gun that has been turned way up.
Now what are you going to do? Take away all forms of compressible gas?
Even then if I cant shoot you I can get a sharp pointy anything and stab you in the eye or ear with it. It may not kill you but if I do it right I can scramble enough of your brain to basically render you a vegetable or at least too simple to ever cause me problems again.
No pointy sticks? no problem. I just punch you in the head until you are unconscious and then suffocate or choke you until dead or brain damaged.
The point is if you don't want people killing other people you have to fix the people and not just some of the people all of them. If I want to kill you its partially my doing and partially yours for giving me reasons I feel killing you are justified enough to go through with it.
(What can I say I am a sick sick person and I have had a lot of free time lately to ponder on the potential methods of how to knock someone off which of course is the easy part. The not getting caught part is the harder part I am still working on.)
QUOTE" No I am not saying you are stupid. I just believe you have bad luck when it comes to thinking..." UNQUOTE.
As I tell my wife far too often. "Can't and don't want to are not the same."
The first “honeymoon year” is over. It is only after the first year that woman really show their true self, and it is usually one big fat ugly monster. (Slap in face smiley)
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