Monday, September 13, 2010
HMS Victory, Made out of Tongue depressors!!!!
Hi All,
A number of years ago, I built the Old British Galleon, the "HMS Victory" totally out of Tongue depressors.
That's right, tongue depressors!! it took over six months, and 5 stitches to my thumb later.
I got yesterday a schematic drawing of the "Cutty Sark", another famous vessel, free off the net.
The "HMS Victory" was just over a meter long and just as high.
I sold her for what then seemed like an enormous amount.
Wonder what happened to her?
So My new project, "The Cutty Sark"
Going to make her 1.8 M long.
Should be fun!!!
A number of years ago, I built the Old British Galleon, the "HMS Victory" totally out of Tongue depressors.
That's right, tongue depressors!! it took over six months, and 5 stitches to my thumb later.
I got yesterday a schematic drawing of the "Cutty Sark", another famous vessel, free off the net.
The "HMS Victory" was just over a meter long and just as high.
I sold her for what then seemed like an enormous amount.
Wonder what happened to her?
So My new project, "The Cutty Sark"
Going to make her 1.8 M long.
Should be fun!!!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Rant of the day!!
Hi all.
Ok, so this morning, I'm browsing through news24, catching up with home.
The first thing that catches my eye:
"FLORIA PASTOR CALLS OFF BURNING OF THE QU'RAN"
What the hell!!!!!
Why would you want to burn a book in the first place?
I understand that there are people who are upset over the proposed Mosque near ground zero,
but for heavens sake, its pathetic, pointless, and childish to resort to an act as immature as this.
All its going to do is re-in force Muslims stereotypes of the "Big, Bad West".
I am pretty certain that God, in whatever form or way you believe in him, would never condone this
idiotic idea.
All this idiot is going to achieve, is to create more animosity, more resentment,
and therefore more violence.
It never ceases to amaze me that there are all these people running around the world, spewing their own form
of religious rhetoric and hate speech and passing comments that whatever other religion or group, who happen to be in their sights at that moment, are evil, when they themselves do and say things just as barbaric, like burning books.
I bet, this Pastor, if he remembers his history, or bothered to look at the persecution of others in the past, would remember the burning of books by the Nazi's during world war two. That little footnote in our past has gone done as one of the greatest crimes against humanity.
Violence begets violence.
How on earth are we ever going to stop this cycle of violence destroying our world, when idiots
suggest insane ideas like this?
Cheers for now.
Marc
Followup!!
Ok, so this morning I read on news24. Now a South African Person has said he wants to burn a pile of Bibles in Johannesburg in protest against the Idiotic American pastor. He wants to make September the 11th "Bible Burning day" in South Africa. Here is another example of a brainless,moronic twit, if ever I saw one.
Thank heavens there are some levelheaded people at home and they are seeking a court injunction to stop him.
What is it with these maniacs?
Do they like to see our world burn????
Ok, so this morning, I'm browsing through news24, catching up with home.
The first thing that catches my eye:
"FLORIA PASTOR CALLS OFF BURNING OF THE QU'RAN"
What the hell!!!!!
Why would you want to burn a book in the first place?
I understand that there are people who are upset over the proposed Mosque near ground zero,
but for heavens sake, its pathetic, pointless, and childish to resort to an act as immature as this.
All its going to do is re-in force Muslims stereotypes of the "Big, Bad West".
I am pretty certain that God, in whatever form or way you believe in him, would never condone this
idiotic idea.
All this idiot is going to achieve, is to create more animosity, more resentment,
and therefore more violence.
It never ceases to amaze me that there are all these people running around the world, spewing their own form
of religious rhetoric and hate speech and passing comments that whatever other religion or group, who happen to be in their sights at that moment, are evil, when they themselves do and say things just as barbaric, like burning books.
I bet, this Pastor, if he remembers his history, or bothered to look at the persecution of others in the past, would remember the burning of books by the Nazi's during world war two. That little footnote in our past has gone done as one of the greatest crimes against humanity.
Violence begets violence.
How on earth are we ever going to stop this cycle of violence destroying our world, when idiots
suggest insane ideas like this?
Cheers for now.
Marc
Followup!!
Ok, so this morning I read on news24. Now a South African Person has said he wants to burn a pile of Bibles in Johannesburg in protest against the Idiotic American pastor. He wants to make September the 11th "Bible Burning day" in South Africa. Here is another example of a brainless,moronic twit, if ever I saw one.
Thank heavens there are some levelheaded people at home and they are seeking a court injunction to stop him.
What is it with these maniacs?
Do they like to see our world burn????
POKER!!!!
For Those of you who don,t know, My passion, my soul, my dreams, are Texas Hold-em poker!!
I want to be the best. I plan to be the best!!!!
I have collected these short poker quotes that I really find interesting.
Thought you might like them too.
Credit must go to the original sites and posters,
thanks.
I want to be the best. I plan to be the best!!!!
I have collected these short poker quotes that I really find interesting.
Thought you might like them too.
“If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you.”
"How long does it take to learn poker, Dad?"
"All your life, son."
"All your life, son."
“Poker's a day to learn and a lifetime to master.” Robert Williamson III
“Whether he likes it or not, a man’s character is stripped at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he will be a loser in cards, as in life.” Anthony Holden
“Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents.” Lou Krieger
Poker is generally reckoned to be America's second most popular after-dark activity. Sex is good, they say, but poker lasts longer. Alfred Alvarez
“Serious poker is no more about gambling than rock climbing is about taking risks.”
“Besides lovemaking and singing in the shower, there aren’t many human activities where there is a greater difference between a person’s self-delusional ability and actual ability than in poker.”
“I never saw a poker player’s money that I did not like.”
“One day a chump, the next day a champion. What a difference a day makes in tournament poker.”
thanks.
Stunning power of Gas!!!
Thought you might like these.
All originals, showing the stunning power of a gas flare off the West menang in the Congo.
All originals, showing the stunning power of a gas flare off the West menang in the Congo.
Wildlife in the Congo
A couple of original pictures I have taken over the last couple of years.
Email me if you are interested in the original wallpaper Hi-rez pics.
Email me if you are interested in the original wallpaper Hi-rez pics.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Wallpapers
Have been looking around the net for wallpapers for my new laptop.
There is a lot of rubbish out there.
But came across a couple of real gems.
Thought I would share them.
THE BEST SITE OUT THERE!!!
These are a couple of good ones too.
http://www.wallpaperstop.com/
Cheers,
Enjoy.
There is a lot of rubbish out there.
But came across a couple of real gems.
Thought I would share them.
THE BEST SITE OUT THERE!!!
Stunning Hi-rez photos, uncomplicated site, free!!!!
These are a couple of good ones too.
http://www.wallpaperstop.com/
Cheers,
Enjoy.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
QUESTION??
These are the people who are supposed to be looking after our families.
Our sick parents, our loved ones, our children, rely on these people to look after them,
care for them.
Hold their hands during the worst moments.
But they are to busy striking!!!!!!!
They are too busy destroying the hospitals they are supposed to work in,
too busy assaulting nurses who do actually believe in the caring of others!!!!
I have never been more ashamed to say I am a nurse who trained in South Africa.
It is disgusting!!!!!!!
They have no right to be called nurses!!!!!!!
These are the people who are supposed to be looking after our families.
Our sick parents, our loved ones, our children, rely on these people to look after them,
care for them.
Hold their hands during the worst moments.
But they are to busy striking!!!!!!!
They are too busy destroying the hospitals they are supposed to work in,
too busy assaulting nurses who do actually believe in the caring of others!!!!
I have never been more ashamed to say I am a nurse who trained in South Africa.
It is disgusting!!!!!!!
They have no right to be called nurses!!!!!!!
Just A couple of thoughts to start.
Hi All,
Decided to give this blogging thing a try.
Just a couple of thoughts to start off.
The following are excepts from news24 that took me 2 minutes to find!!!!
There is something very seriously wrong in our country!!!!!
"A 14-year-old Pretoria girl died when she jumped out of the moving bakkie of a man who had kidnapped her and her 16-year-old friend.
The kidnapper later raped the older girl."
"Cash-in-transit robbers hijacked a police car near Stilfontein on Monday."
"Well-known 7de Laan actor, Hendrik Cronjé and a friend were hijacked and robbed in the early hours of Friday morning in Pretoria. The robbers left them in a field near the township Mamelodi."
"A man who allegedly drugged and raped a 15-year-old girl after befriending her on MXit and Facebook was arrested in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday."
"A 78-year-old man was cruelly murdered and his 72-year-old wife tied up and assaulted in their house on a farm in the Philipstown district over the weekend."
"A half-decomposed body of an unknown woman was found buried under a pile of sand at a construction site in Koffiefontein on Monday, Free State police said."
"The decomposed body of a 36-year-old woman was found on the premises of the Prince Mshiyeni hospital, in Umlazi, on Monday, KwaZulu-Natal police said."
"A 16-year-old boy died on Thursday after he was allegedly stabbed by his 17-year-old friend at an education centre in Elsburg, Germiston, police said"
"A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 17-year-old niece in Sharpeville while she was taking a bath, Gauteng police said on Monday."
"A woman allegedly assisted her husband while he was raping her 20-year-old sister at their house in Willowmore, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday."
"Before being raped and assaulted with a garden fork, a mother from Pretoria told her 7-year-old son to hold on tight to his Daschund and pull a blanket over his head."
This information took me all of two minutes to fine.
This is just this week!!!!!!!!!
"According to a survey for the period 1998–2000 compiled by the United Nations, South Africa was ranked first for rapes per capita.[7] One in three of the 4,000 women questioned by the Community of Information, Empowerment and Transparency said they had been raped in the past year.[8] More than 25 per cent of South African men questioned in a survey published by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in June 2009 admitted to raping someone; of those, nearly half said they had raped more than one person.[9][10] Three out of four who admitted rape attacked for the first time during their teens.[9]
South Africa has the highest incidences of child and baby rape in the world"
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa
Read the following articles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8107039.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1909220.stm
DOES ANYONE REALIZE WE ARE A COUNTRY AT WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Decided to give this blogging thing a try.
Just a couple of thoughts to start off.
The following are excepts from news24 that took me 2 minutes to find!!!!
There is something very seriously wrong in our country!!!!!
"A 14-year-old Pretoria girl died when she jumped out of the moving bakkie of a man who had kidnapped her and her 16-year-old friend.
The kidnapper later raped the older girl."
"Cash-in-transit robbers hijacked a police car near Stilfontein on Monday."
"Well-known 7de Laan actor, Hendrik Cronjé and a friend were hijacked and robbed in the early hours of Friday morning in Pretoria. The robbers left them in a field near the township Mamelodi."
"A man who allegedly drugged and raped a 15-year-old girl after befriending her on MXit and Facebook was arrested in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday."
"A 78-year-old man was cruelly murdered and his 72-year-old wife tied up and assaulted in their house on a farm in the Philipstown district over the weekend."
"A half-decomposed body of an unknown woman was found buried under a pile of sand at a construction site in Koffiefontein on Monday, Free State police said."
"The decomposed body of a 36-year-old woman was found on the premises of the Prince Mshiyeni hospital, in Umlazi, on Monday, KwaZulu-Natal police said."
"A 16-year-old boy died on Thursday after he was allegedly stabbed by his 17-year-old friend at an education centre in Elsburg, Germiston, police said"
"A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 17-year-old niece in Sharpeville while she was taking a bath, Gauteng police said on Monday."
"A woman allegedly assisted her husband while he was raping her 20-year-old sister at their house in Willowmore, Eastern Cape police said on Saturday."
"Before being raped and assaulted with a garden fork, a mother from Pretoria told her 7-year-old son to hold on tight to his Daschund and pull a blanket over his head."
This information took me all of two minutes to fine.
This is just this week!!!!!!!!!
"According to a survey for the period 1998–2000 compiled by the United Nations, South Africa was ranked first for rapes per capita.[7] One in three of the 4,000 women questioned by the Community of Information, Empowerment and Transparency said they had been raped in the past year.[8] More than 25 per cent of South African men questioned in a survey published by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in June 2009 admitted to raping someone; of those, nearly half said they had raped more than one person.[9][10] Three out of four who admitted rape attacked for the first time during their teens.[9]
South Africa has the highest incidences of child and baby rape in the world"
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa
Read the following articles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8107039.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1909220.stm
DOES ANYONE REALIZE WE ARE A COUNTRY AT WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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