It's 3.30 am and I can't sleep, just thinking about the World CUp..... As I sit here typing I can hear a Jackal Howling, I have'nt heard that sound for a while....... :D
Thats the one i shot on my last visit to Nam, i always liked the looks of these animals
I actually enjoy hearing them howl, kinda reminds one of how lucky we are to be living in this desert.... their desert I guess...
:D
and I hear my husband snoring. Bless him. ;)
Diane, I think we can also hear him from here.....
;)
I always liked the way all the mongrel dogs in town looked bat eared and jackal like, no such thing as a brak here in england.
And you will get slapped so frequently and continiously by the farmers around here for singing the praises of the jackall.. Though beautifull, they are a menace around a sheepfarm - can cause you a loss worth many rands for preying amongst lambs. Sometimes we have losses of approx 10 lambs per night - just turn that round to money!!!!!! But, although we have these problems we keep to the golden rule: NO POISON! That is one thing that gets me to the core of my guts:- the use of poisons. The whole environment gets affected by that. The waste......
We had a guy that worked for us for 2 years, he came from the Kalahari, Namibian side of the fence, and he was always upset if he saw a Jackals walking around the town, wanted to shoot them all, for the same reason Dalene states, on the family farm somewhere by Aroab the Jackals kill all the lambs, major pest on that side, but one has to remember that Oranjemund is in a conservation area.....
Last week the pont at Ochta/Sendelingsdrift was reopened with immigration offices... for tourists etc...
:)
Still, there is nothing that comes close to the sounds of nature at night on a farm. The call of jackall, the sounds of diffirent kind of owls, close to nightfall that familiar "wheelbarrow wheel" sqeaking sound the guineafowl make, the 'boskriek' rubbing it's hind legs together - it makes a sound similar to the one when you used to put a piece of carton into the spokes of your bicycle wheels.
And the best of all - no traffic or any other man made sounds. Total bliss.
Hey Dalene
You are one of the lucky ones that has no "man made sounds" around her at night, I have a lot of that around me at night with the snoring and f*$ting from the men in my home...sometimes I really feel left out and join in.....hahaha
Paula
;D ;)
You know, I never thought about the snoring, f@**ting, choking and moaning sounds as being man made human sounds at all. At night ----- that's when the real animal in men come crawling out --- from underneath the blankets, these undomesticated sounds and smells are instinctively produced. And heaven forbid you lift those covers.....!!!!!!! Why do you think the dogs start barking and growling for no reason in the wee hours of morning?
so it's not so quite around your neck of the woods then hey...hahaha
Paula
;D
Nah, you right, but the men folk are so lucky we don't actually classify them in the same category as jackall. Can you imagine the fun we will have hunting them down. Makes me think of this joke - a good one for Kenny's joke corner actually:
Q: What do you do when your husband is running around in the garden, all bloody and hysterical, screaming his head off?
A: Stay calm, breath deeply, take aim and shoot again!!! tee hee hee
Here's one,
How do you know when a man is lying?
As soon as his lips move!
Paula
:o
Hi George
M66 the old contractors camp the reservoir still stands today slightly damaged but the home for our jakkels there are +/- 8 little pups there
Amazing how they thrive and multiply. What do they actually feed on - just scraps from the dumps? Maybe the odd gemsbok dying in their range. I know near the sea they scavange on dead seals, birds, eggs etc. They sometimes got so brave and then actually came into town and even into the yards when the gates were left open.
Has someone ever done a study on the jackall in the Oranjemund vicinity - there was a documentary on 50/50 some time ago about 2 British scientists who studied them near Luderitz.
@ Alfred Boeme
The Jakal Pups
That would be intersting to take videos there
Georg
When I go past again I will take the camera with
I'm sure they will still be there
Alfred
you know ladies with regards to our "manly habits" we men admit to it , yes we do all them things , but you see this is why men are so easy to be around and mostly calm folk... to explain: i have never heard of a women admitting to doing any of those things in fact a women ( according to women) dont. and this is why us males figure females are cranky .......You have got to let go
Darryl, ai toggie, let me try to explain: you have manly habbits, because hopefully you are men! All of you also have that hidden away very small feminine side to you that you don't like to show (die ou traantjie wegpink as iets die hartsnare roer). ;) That's why we lady-folk don't openly admit to doing the manly habbits things, 'cause we are ladies - although we do do the manly habbits things and sometimes even better than you men! :D See, you figure we are cranky........ we only figure you are men. If we let it go, then you will have nothing to whine about and who're you gonna call cranky then? No, we will not let go, we will just accept and tollerate it (sometimes, not always) for we need something to make us feel cranky sometimes, seeing we are such happy folk mostly. ;D
(Still want to say - so glad to see you're ROUND and not SQUARE - he he he) ;D ;D
I think you would enjoy the book just recently published by Johan Symmington - Op die Vrou af. A lot of short text stories taken from his montly contributions in the Sarie or Rooi Rose. Excellent! Sort of explanations about women from the viewpoint of men who cannot explain anything women , and however they try to compromise - a man can never win i.e. - the woman asking if she should wear black or red - man says black - woman retaliates by something like if the man is implying that she looks fat or old in red. Loads of other funny stuff like that - why women stay in the fitting rooms for half an hour when trying on a new bikini - then walks out the shop without buying it.
The alternative to not being ladies is being a ladette, they have a reality show in the UK, Ladette to Lady
Girls who belch and fart, drink beer and get into fights being taught how to hold it in............
Girls everything in moderation, a lady everywhere but the bedroom, is the way to go
Yes, and if we are ladette's, what will they call us then instead of cranky........... maybe something like crank-shafty?
well if i was wrong about that i was very much correct in my thinking that, that post would get an interessting responce. thanking you for that
Georg,
Went past M66 resvoir today had the camera with but the pups are shy next time I drive past and don't have the camera with me they will be running about having fun thats usualy the way things work out lets see what happens
Alfred
@ Alfred
Bad luck, try again
Georg
Georg, Dalene I did it
Jakkal at M66 res
Alfred
Only just found this....so who's got a clever brother then. e154
iknow iknow Is it you by any chance .............Diana..........is his name Alfred
'Tis I yes and his my realy baby brother. :36_2_35:
Thanks, Alfred. You are a real gem.
Look at this one from my recent camping trip -- near the hammer is the little mouse -- look how well he blends in with the environment - nearly impossible to spot him ( behind the hammer you must search for the two little glowing eyes, then you will make out the mouse. Came around each day to collect some crumbs etc. Just had to snap him, but he was a shy thing.
I Must be blind .... I cannot see the moose!
Gonna try to make you see it....
Quote from: Michael Alexander on January 07, 2008, 09:49:57 AM
I Must be blind .... I cannot see the moose!
No no Mike you must look for a mouse, its much smaller then a moose iknow :sorriso2:
:emot19:
You tell him Gerogswa!
:emot19:
A moose sort of looks like this Mike
Georg in Halali Etosha 2006
(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z249/georgswa/georgHalali.jpg)
Hi oldman.
Is this the pic of the moose now.....
:buffo9:
Quote from: georg ruf jr. on January 07, 2008, 11:45:15 AM
Hi oldman.
Is this the pic of the moose now.....
:buffo9:
Yes its in the background far away, only to be seen when you beleive in father xmas...... bling1
You are so going to get a nice set of antlers pushed us your a....se, George jnr. Georgswa, make sure you have your camera at hand when you have done so to your sprout.... he hi hi
Quote from: Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee) on January 07, 2008, 11:49:52 AM
Georgswa, make sure you have your camera at hand when you have done so to your sprout.... he hi hi
I am waiting for that moment, if he does not behave i will start telling........i know that would be up your way bling1
:buffo9:
Michael what was it......,that makes you blind. e154
Some people realy make there houses pritty over x-mass
Is that Shawn's house? :sorriso2:
We wish just up the road
it's 3.30am and i hear.............the flippin' gutter banging against my window keeping me awake - half of it blew off it's hinges leaving it hanging yesterday in the horrendous gale force which has been battering cape town over these last few days.......seems to have decided to lay low today........let's hope it stays away, can't even open windows when it howls unless you want to crunch your way thru the layer of dust and sand in your house...............i was watching a flock of pelicans on their way home for the night, even they were sukkeling against the wind, just sort of hung in there going nowhere slowly........as they say "die kaap is soos 'n baba, altyd nat en vol winde"............
:emot78:
for those of you still up there, treasure the silence of the desert my friends...........i've been in ct going on 13 years now and still cannot get used to the sirens, cars speeding at all times of night and just the general noises that come with city living. i miss those awesome silences big time.
I remember how the wind blows in Cape Town, that South Easter had my dress up around my ears in the street.
arse
is how I felt!
:nono1:
...is'nt your dress normally up around your ears?
:emot19:
Quote from: Paula Gottsch (Willson) on January 09, 2008, 12:51:24 PM
I remember how the wind blows in Cape Town, that South Easter had my dress up around my ears in the street.
arse
is how I felt!
:nono1:
Wheeh! Another reason to be glad not to be around.
bling1 hoolahoop1
paula, why do you open yourself up to the bashing - you know that whatever you say those two (mike & george jnr) are gonna find some way to come right back at ya..........although knowing you like i do, you can hold your own in any situation.....you go girl
yesno
idontknow
Hi Delia.
Nice to see you around again. By the way, were you in Paulas class at ops.
hi georg, yeah good to be back - i don't have internet at home, so i surf at work when not busy. we were closed from 21 Dec-7 Jan so missed all the goings on in between. good to catch up. if memory serves me right, paula was a year below me but her sister and brother, jackie & gary, were in my class......we were all best of friends tho and spent much time at each others houses..........paula, jackie and i could write a book about all our adventures in junior school.........playing army in the trees, dancing away to Abba in the afternoons, listening to Jet Jungle at 2.30 on weekdays, etc. etc......we all stayed friends right thru high school as well, jolling together in the holidays......put it this way, i've known paula longer than Noel (her hubby) has known her............those were the days..............
hihi. Sounds like loads of fun for the youth, and the parents....? hihihi
When did you visit std 5? I'm still not sure where to put you. I always had a pic of a girl in mind, ops clothing with hat, cheeky smile, witt in your eyes and still somewhat shy. Reading all the stories on the board shows, that you changed a lot as a teenager.
i was in std 5 in 1977 - i don't quite know how to respond to your memories of me (if it is me u're thinking of) - probably need an objective view point there.........paula/sheena/jackie, where you guys? help me out? hats??? did we wear hats??? i did fall off the rails as a teenager when i went to boarding school, went on quite a rebellious trip (circumstances) doing everything to defy authority at home and at school, gave my poor mom many many gray hairs......i'll see if i can find a pic of me at junior school and post it for you to jog your memory........as long as you promise not to laugh, i'll get paula to slap you if you do..........
:36_2_35:
Taa hey!
giverose
Yip, we wore those shitty velt like bowl hat things, we all hated the damn things.
Quote from: Michael Alexander on January 09, 2008, 01:06:28 PM
...is'nt your dress normally up around your ears?
:emot19:
As for you Mike, well it depends if I'm doing a hsndstand or not! :36_2_35:
Ag, shame Delia, I've got to throw them abone. how else are they going to get me back :emot19:
Don't worry about Georg jr Delia, he is always confused with who he know and who he doesn't. hahaha
na nana na na Georg jr! :emot98:
georg, haven't forgotten about the junior school pic of me - i just have to find out who's got the box of family photos from years gone by - either at Lance or Linda. As soon as I get to them, will dig thru and post one for you - again, you'd better not laugh otherwise Paula will be least of your worries............
If the pic is any close to how I remember you.... I think you had the same taint as Lance.
... reddisch hair, freckels and a cheeky smile. I have to be flattered.
hihihi
Have you seen the pic of my brothers and me in "Our broods". Can't believe I looked that way once apon .... There are no more freckels in my face and I believe the lack of SA sun has made my hair darken.
Quote from: Delia on January 11, 2008, 10:35:42 AM
georg, haven't forgotten about the junior school pic of me - i just have to find out who's got the box of family photos from years gone by - either at Lance or Linda. As soon as I get to them, will dig thru and post one for you - again, you'd better not laugh otherwise Paula will be least of your worries............
Hey, Delia, how about the pic in you denim skirt and robin hood T-shirt!!
tehe
:emot77: ????
a private joke Georg jr, sorry!
idontknow
Quote from: georg ruf jr. on January 11, 2008, 02:02:31 PM
I believe the lack of SA sun has made my hair darken.
Which hair son ??? wishful thinking iknow
iknow :emot78:
:emot19:
Hey Michael.
Whast are you hiding under your hat?
:emot77:
Trust me, I have a full head of hair, which for some ironic reason, I like to keep shave short with a No2 clip..... and not a spot of grey anywhere.......
Believe it or not, but my oldman has a lot more hear on his head than me. He brought upless kids than me, maybe that's the reason why...
:emot77:
excuses , excuses... you don't drink enough beer my friend....
With my boep? No no! tose days are over. Had to get the kilos down and more to go... :emot98:
BierSuip
If beer drinking gives you a boep and makes your hair grow.....
then I would be the woman with the biggest boep and longest hair you can dream of, but none of that is true, so you two must think up some other excuses.
Mike, admit that it's Michell that treats you so nice so you don't go bald or gray and Georg jnr you admit that it's all that German cake, kassegriller, salami and the good cooking of your wife you cannot resist that causes your boep.
Sorry, but you've got it wrong. Im the chef in our house. To much aside eating whilest cooking probably....
bling1