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I get very annoyed when people cancel their arrangement with me at the last moment. More so when they initiated the events. And even more when they do it twice in two weeks!

Two weeks ago, I was invited to participate in a porcupine hunt. It was cancelled 24 hours before the time. The same person invited me again for this weekend. He just cancelled it 7 hours before I would have departed. Both times simply because something cropped up.

This is disappointing. I was looking forward to seeing ‘my’ dogs again.

Sleeping over entails some preparation. This is unacceptable and if he were not a friend of such long standing, I would have given him a good piece of my mind.

They say ‘no news is good news’ but methinks it is the other way around. Maybe that is why good news does not sell newspapers. If our newspapers and TV bulletins were filled with good news, nobody would have bothered.

The only time when good news sells is when a celebrity gets married or has a child; and then it has to be a BIG celebrity. Nobody is interested if Jack Sprat’s wife gave birth to a baby boy but if she cuts off her hubby's ding-a-ling then everybody wants to know about it; and even more so if he’s willing to tell (or sell) his story.

We want to hear about scandals, conspiracies, air disasters, earthquakes, floods, war casualties, train smashes, and the likes of it. We’re not interested if Ol’ MacDonald treats his wife like a lady, but when he murders, her we want to read all about it. Lady Godiva can ride her horse until she has calluses on her butt and won’t make it into the news until she dies of exposure. Nobody would have known about Jack the Ripper if he handed out religious pamphlets to prostitutes.

It would seem that the bigger the disaster the better the news. We thrive on humiliation, death, maiming, mutilation, and other bad things, thus making it good news.

But if good news is no news, then papers won’t sell. Maybe it does not work the other way around.


Wishing you a grand Monday without any shades of blue.

FEAR AND ITS EFFECT IN OUR LIVES

What are we afraid of? And more importantly why? Does fear come in many faces? Are there any known benefits of being afraid? Or is it so crippling that it kills the living light out of our life?

I know for a fact that all emotions are given to us for a reason. Relative to all our social, cultural, political and even native place, fear does exacerbate, hinder if not completely harm our life. Progressive as our civilization is, to me, it looks like fear is just as potent and more powerful in dominating our lives.

If it is, in your case, is there anything we can do to thwart and or apply a preventive measure, or even avoid it? Completely?

I am very grateful and thankful to everyone who always participate and share all their ideas, opinions, experiences in my journey to learn and to understand life in the hope that we can all get enlightenment in this rather cruel and unkind world.

To disagree and or agree with my ideas and opinions yet express it in a very respectful and dignified way is highly appreciated. It then fosters a very healthy dynamics in our relationship who will learn with me. It is a privilege to have this opportunity of sharing without being personal as stated in the blog rules.



My intention is to learn so I can improve and better myself, for me and the whole humanity. After all life is way too short. IMHO.

Thank you again.

May we all have a nice day/evening.

Its all my own fault as I didnt pretend to water them,............................

After reading back through all the comments and deliberating I have decided to name one overall winner and a 2nd place as I dont want anyone to get hurt or offended by the not so nice catergories,.........

2016 blogger of the year winner goes to DC, congratulations Mimi followed in 2nd place is a tie between OB and IMB so well done guys,....

Many thanks to all those that took part as I found it fun and I want to take this opportunity to wish all my great friends on blog land a very merry Xmas to you all and yours and heres looking towards 2017 with more fun and shenannigans,.....

Scotty,........

There will always be "Division" amongst the so called smartest species on the face of the Earth..(But that is questionable)..Seems that "Everybody" thinks that what they believe is the right way..The only way...Theres preaching about all of this(But nothing gets accomplished except more "Division"..We have people blaming people for what happened a long long time ago(And i would think they would love to exterminate those who are the same Color as the ones that done these deeds a long long time ago...And who really cares what the Color of the 1st Humans were?(I could give a damn less)..What you belive..What I believe..And what they believe is exactly that.(Its a belief)..Not saying what you..I..or they believe is not true(But no one has any proof)..And no one ever will....I do belive in what I believe (But I have no Proof)..So therefore Im not trying to shove it down your throat..Am I?... And with Domestic situations here in the U S A..It doesnt matter to some whether the the six to eight witnesses testified in defense of the the accused were the same color as that of the perpatrator..It doesnt matter that Forensics backs up the accused..It doesnt matter that the Perpatrator was robbing a store before this happened...It doesnt matter that the guy with him was wanted(Never arrested)..It doesnt matter that the Perpatrator attacked the accused in his Patrol car.tried to get his gun and a shot was fired inside the car....It doesnt matter that the accused was assaulted in the face by the perpatrator....Nope...Nothing matters....These people want Justice(They want Justice for what happened a long long time ago...And if they dont get their way?..(You know the rest of the story..dont you?)............Oh yeah...And it doesnt matter that the perpatrator was twice the size of the accused and was charging at him and was high on drugs....Nope ..it doesnt matter.....Im not a racist either(I drank and got high with the black guys in Vietnam)...But Im sure you will say I am..(When one doesnt agree ..They are racists!!)...Ill catch hell on this..but someones got to say it....

The next time when you walk into some fat cat’s home to see the skin of a large antelope on the floor with the head mounted against the wall, complete with a few framed photographs of him posing with a hunting rifle, standing with one foot on the fallen animal, think again. He may have bought all of it.

While some of the people (from local and overseas) coming on a one-week hunting safari are experienced hunters, the majority of them have never hunted in their lives. All that they’re interested is having the trophies with tangible ‘proof’ that they shot the animal. Some of them even believe that hunting large antelopes is a cakewalk after having fired at humans with an automatic assault rifle in a combat situation.

But there is a vast difference between hunting kudu and hunting humans. Unlike humans, who drop to the ground when wounded, the kudu will run off. He’ll return with a wide arc and wait for you somewhere next to his own track. He knows that you will come after him and if you run into him unawares, he will kill you. At a close distance, a rifle is quite useless.

To protect them against their own stupidity, inexperienced hunters are not allowed to hunt alone. They are assigned to a guide who is an experienced hunter. When the rookie aims and fire, the guide shoots as well to make sure the target goes down. And often the carcass only has one bullet hole, guaranteed to have come from the guide and not the ‘hunter’.

All that remains is to take a few photos of the ‘hunter’ posing over his kill, and the next day he goes home while his trophies are being processed and readied for export. And a few months later, when you walk into his house, you can admire the results of his African safari on the floor and against the wall.

I’m not a trophy hunter, but it annoyed me to look on while two American tourists claimed my kills. Aw well, they paid for it and I got the meat, so I should not complain too much.

If this is not a racket, I don’t want my name.


Have a great day!

As we remember the tragedy in 2001.........
Let us also not forget on September 11, 2012 when US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, USFS officer Sean Smith, CIA contractors Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty, were killed in the attack on Benghazi.

Just see all the protesters against Trump for banning Muslims from entering the US on the news, wondering how many of them actually voted him in as president,....?

So far here, over 1.2 million people have signed a position to stop Trump making his State visit here to the UK,...