We think of the Earth as a perfect sphere. I have three problems, fortunately we won't need sketches! The following are our problems 1. The complete...
We learn to do all kinds of difficult and complicated problems in school and to do them fast, but do we understand what we are doing? We hardly know...
Hollywood, “Elizabeth how many husbands have you had?” , “You mean of my own?” A hard man is good to find! Sundry Quotes, In Chess, lose with dignity...
Sadly Richard, on the plains of America there were also thousands and thousaands of Bison, here in South Africa we had herds many many thousands of Springbuck on the highveld, basically wiped out long ago. At least the migrating Wildebeest are...
Practical jokes can often lead to terrible accidents and then it's not so funny anymore. At best they humiliate someone. In my experience pranksters are usually not too bright.
When I see old people like that I want to take a little dictating machine and ask to tell me of "those days". I did record my late Uncle Nolan like that. My dad taped my afrikaans great grandfather Eustace Steyn like that he was a child in the...
Very good Jenny, but isn't it sad that we reminisce and live in the past so much, here and now is really all we have. I learnt this from my mother “yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift – That is why we call it the present...
The Tower of Pisa is amazing yes and you say it is in balance and can topple at any time. The story has it Galileo did his famous experiment there to demonstrate a heavy ball and a light one falls with the same (gravital) acceleration. Do you...
I like solid ground
Posted on Thu, 21 Sep 2023
I like solid ground under my feet, all the best! Tom
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Sadly
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
Sadly Richard, on the plains of America there were also thousands and thousaands of Bison, here in South Africa we had herds many many thousands of Springbuck on the highveld, basically wiped out long ago. At least the migrating Wildebeest are...
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Practical jokes
Posted on Fri, 25 Aug 2023
Practical jokes can often lead to terrible accidents and then it's not so funny anymore. At best they humiliate someone. In my experience pranksters are usually not too bright.
Keep well! Tom
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When I see old people like
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
When I see old people like that I want to take a little dictating machine and ask to tell me of "those days". I did record my late Uncle Nolan like that. My dad taped my afrikaans great grandfather Eustace Steyn like that he was a child in the...
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Nostalgia
Posted on Wed, 16 Aug 2023
Very good Jenny, but isn't it sad that we reminisce and live in the past so much, here and now is really all we have. I learnt this from my mother “yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift – That is why we call it the present...
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The Tower
Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2023
The Tower of Pisa is amazing yes and you say it is in balance and can topple at any time. The story has it Galileo did his famous experiment there to demonstrate a heavy ball and a light one falls with the same (gravital) acceleration. Do you...
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You make me think
Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2023
You make me think of playing alone in the garden as a child. A world of ceaseless wonder and fascination.
Keep well Jenny, allmost weekend hey? Tom
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nothing new
Posted on Sat, 05 Aug 2023
Unfortunately I have no news on Jacques but unfortunately it looks like he will not be home perhaps for long.
We appreciate your prayers and well wishes I hoped last it won't be again I am am a bit at loss of words. I don't want to sound...
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Very original
Posted on Thu, 27 Jul 2023
Very original Rhiannon! Clever! Tom
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Well done Jenny!
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2023
Well done Jenny! I get so few I hardly notice ... Tom
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