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Should anyone ask, German should be Pukka.

Yesterday was a little odd.  I ran into two fellow Durban natives.  The first was perhaps the most surprising.  I was on a business call with someone who’s name I recognised.  But not sure if it was the same person that used to hang out in the school computer room hacking on his Amiga 500.  Then I noticed the South African accent and the date of graduation.  Indeed it was the right person.  Odd how after a good fifteen years, one still bumps into the same people. Hello Simon Davis.

[[post-media:DxEtIyDBfExdnqygiAyr]]Second Durban meetup was when I had drinks with Tyler and his girlfriend Lisa.  They run the Pukka German podcast.  Pukka German is a way to learn German with a twist.  It’s more about day to day idioms and phrases that are actually used.  Think “I am sick” verses “to feel rough as; to
feel hit by a ten tonne truck; to feel worse for
wear; to be under the weather”.

Should anyone ask, German should be Pukka.

Yesterday was a little odd.  I ran into two fellow Durban natives.  The first was perhaps the most surprising.  I was on a business call with someone who’s name I recognised.  But not sure if it was the same person that used to hang out in the school computer room hacking on his Amiga 500.  Then I noticed the South African accent and the date of graduation.  Indeed it was the right person.  Odd how after a good fifteen years, one still bumps into the same people. Hello Simon Davis.

Second Durban meetup was when I had drinks with Tyler and his girlfriend Lisa.  They run the Pukka German podcast.  Pukka German is a way to learn German with a twist.  It’s more about day to day idioms and phrases that are actually used.  Think “I am sick” verses “to feel rough as; to
feel hit by a ten tonne truck; to feel worse for
wear; to be under the weather”.

Should anyone ask, about banks being bailed out.

Saw this rather amusing anecdote on the BBC website about the bank bailout announced today.  I’m not sure where I stand on the issue but can appreciate this:

Dear RBS, LTSB and HBOS,It appears that your accounts with us
are in arrears, and you are now overdrawn by £37bn. Please be advised
that we will be charging you interest of £200m per day.

You will also be charged £50m for this letter, this covers any admin, and falls under the ‘serves you right’ legislation.Failure
to repay will give us no option but to remove all fat cats from your
company, and we will also reclaim any houses & cars from them.

Yours Sincerely,The British Public

Should anyone ask, about banks being bailed out.

Saw this rather amusing anecdote on the BBC website about the bank bailout announced today.  I’m not sure where I stand on the issue but can appreciate this:

Dear RBS, LTSB and HBOS,It appears that your accounts with us
are in arrears, and you are now overdrawn by £37bn. Please be advised
that we will be charging you interest of £200m per day.

You will also be charged £50m for this letter, this covers any admin, and falls under the ‘serves you right’ legislation.Failure
to repay will give us no option but to remove all fat cats from your
company, and we will also reclaim any houses & cars from them.

Yours Sincerely,The British Public

Should anyone ask, I “reformatted” some disks today.

data destruction time, originally uploaded by SimonTennant.

I found four 200GB disks left over from my last raid array. I am happy to report that they have been destroyed before being put in the rubbish bin. Chances of someone reconstructing all 4 disks into a working array were slim. With some hammer action, the chances are slimmer. “When you have a hammer in the hand everything seems like a nail”.