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Anti Trump people are disappointed, I'm sure.

So often we hear people complaining about being used but is that not what people do? People use each other.

I don’t just mean sexually; well that too but in general life people use one another. I don’t see any problem with that. Providing that the word is use and not abuse and providing that the usage works both ways otherwise we are back at abuse. Be a saprophyte, not a parasite

But this is not limited to couples. It extends to every facet of life. Your employer uses you to get some work done and you use your employer to earn a living. Any deviation from that arrangement that would exploit the other the party is no longer fair usage. Friends use one another, family use one another, colleagues at work, and even strangers may use one another if and when the need arise. We need each other.

We find this saprophytic behavior in nature too. Fish living in a whale’s mouth to keep it clean; birds keeping crocodiles’ teeth clean and birds feeding on lice picked off an antelope’s back. Both parties benefit from the action or as they say, when one hand washes the other, both end up clean.

Or look at the relationship between man and dog. You provide a dog with a home and in turn it will keep you safe. Same can be said about cats and horses or even the fish in your bowl.. We use each other all the time.

I think we should think carefully before complaining that we have been used. We may have received more than enough compensation in reciprocated use.

And sometimes we should be grateful for being used. If we were of no use to others we would have been in much less demand.


Eish! It is raining out here. Have a wonderful day.

Did you miss me, naaaaa doubt it,.....................

Hope your all well,....................

Yesterday, my sister received unexpected visitors. Her ex-husband and his wife arrived just before lunch. My sister promptly invited them for lunch and they accepted.

He said he came to see my father, but I believe he came to see me and that his visit was prompted by the incident that I described in my previous blog, because he spoke about it the moment he has greeted everybody. It was the main topic at the table until I threatened to leave the table if it was to continue.

As the devil would have it, my nephew and his wife also arrived just after lunch. She had a nondescript golden chain around her neck and I could not help wondering if that was the chain that my money was wasted on. He had a folder under his arm saying that he came to set the record straight.

And there it was. On the table was the indisputable proof that he paid three installments on his pick-up truck, on the same day that I gave him the money. Complete with proof of a credit card purchase for a rather inexpensive golden chain which was on a special, as his wife said.

What happened is that she came bragging at my sister with her new golden chain. My sister assumed that it was bought with my money and started this runaway fire. There my father, my sister, her husband and the lad’s father sat with their red faces and I looked at each of them in turn. When the silence became too much I said: “I told you so.”

My nephew, who knows how much I dislike that phrase started laughing and my sister started crying. The lad’s father stood up, thanked me for what I did and undertook to reimburse the money the next day, which is today. Apparently it is not my duty to help his son out of trouble. While I sat here typing this blog, my bank informed me via SMS the full amount was paid into my account.

Now who said that people cannot change? I’m just pleased that I did not confront him about it when my sister told me about the chain 'that he bought with my money'.


Take care and enjoy this week.

Humans have honed the art of killing other humans into a fine art. Our modern military hardware is proof of that. Biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons are just some examples of the destructiveness of man. Whether we want to kill one person or wipe an entire city off the map, we will know exactly how to go about it.

This is not the case with most other mammals but there are a few exceptions. The most notable of these, is our closest living relative (according to scientists), the chimpanzee. A large proportion of chimpanzee males are on the run their whole lives long, being chased by other chimpanzee males… and killed.

Male chimpanzees patrol the perimeter of their territory in large groups on a daily basis. They will think nothing about raiding a neighboring community, killing all males and infants. And killing is not always enough. Sometimes the victims are tortured before being killed.

But why do they kill each other? Studies have shown that they kill to gain access to females, territory and food resources. Does it sound familiar?

This murderous behavior is not restricted to the males only. Females were often observed to kill infants, and in rare cases to eat them. Observers witnessed an infanticide, where a bleeding mother with a one-week-old child, was pursued by six females, five of which had clinging infants themselves. After a 10-minute struggle, the infant was taken and killed with a bite. These infant killings are more prevalent when food is in short supply.

At first, this behavior was attributed to the interference of man, but countless studies by reputable researchers indicate that it is in their nature to kill off competition. When I compare their behavior with ours, their violent nature makes it easy to believe that we have a common ancestor somewhere in the distant past. Our primal instincts are still very close to the surface.


May you have a pleasant day!

Yes, I am a typical South-African male and Afrikaans-speaking on top of it. The story that we like to keep our women barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen is utter nonsense and classifies under hate speech. It is an insult to both our men and our woman. No woman with any self respect will allow such abuse.

While I don’t deny that there are still men who think that way, they are a minority and in no ways restricted to South Africa. You will find them in the East, in Europe, the USA (where the saying was born), and everywhere else. Generally speaking, South Africans are rational, kind, hard working, hospitable, and deeply religious people who maintain high moral values. Yes, we made our mistakes but we mended our ways and we are trying hard to redress the injustices of the past. But as with all other countries, you do get the exceptions.

Don’t allow the hate speech of irrational and/or deranged individuals to cloud your vision of South African people. I’m proud of what I am and when somebody continuously try to belittle my nation, my ethnicity, my gender and/or my person, I’m bound to react rather unkindly. Those who constantly soil my blog with their caustic comments, without ever adding something positive, will testify to this.


Have a great weekend, will you?

After reading Cheav's US financial structure, I can't help but critically changing my life style for the future. Save like my mom used to.

It's imperative for me to learn from this grim lesson.

Below is from Google


Federal Debt Clock

Today’s Federal Debt is $19,687,424,480,959.14.
The amount is the gross outstanding federal debt issued by the United States Department of the Treasury since 1790.
But, it doesn’t include state and local debt.
And, it doesn’t include so-called “agency debt.”
And, it doesn’t include the so-called unfunded liabilities of entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Federal Debt per person is about $60,335.
Total US Government Debt in 2016


At the end of FY 2016 the total government debt in the United States, including federal, state, and local, is expected to rise.
Total Federal Government Debt in 2016

At the end of FY 2016 the gross US federal government debt is estimated to be $19.4 trillion, according to the FY17 Federal Budget. Of this gross amount, debt “Held by the Public: Other” is estimated by usgovernmentspending.com at $11.7 trillion, debt “Held by the Public: Federal Reserve System” (i.e. monetized debt) is estimated by usgovernmentspending.com at $2.46 trillion and debt “Held by Federal Government Accounts” is estimated at$5.30 trillion.

It's very difficult to please everyone here...you post a blog and there's always one or two who will attack it Disagreement, arguments and clashes of opinions are pretty normal unless it's accompanied by name callings and insults.

I'm here for some laugh, to escape the stress of real world from time to time...reason why I prefer to post fun blogs. Not everyone can get my humor, I'm OK with that...I'm not a professional blogger nor a writer and I never aspire to be. I post silly blog here for some fun I like to laugh, I don't get enough of that amidst seriousness of life...anyone who join in is more than welcome on my blog.

We are different from each other, we came from different culture, different tradition, different upbringing...I don't expect everyone to agree or understand me but I make it a point to say nothing than to insult others...I'm not better than them, they're not better than me, ....or are you ? Do you think you're better than others here?

Each blogger has his/her own way and style in blogging...we are not the same. Some post about their day to day pathetic existence, some about their jobs, some about their neighbors, some about how great they are, some about sex and the lack of it, anything under the sun really but if nothing else, some post about other blogs and bloggers...those are our blog critics

Not every blog topic will be to your liking...some blogs are too young for you...some are too old for you...some are too stupid for you...some are too intelligent for you...some are too classy for you and some are too lowly for you....then why the heck would you read and post there? Just move on or just post your own blog! Specially those who don't post blogs but quick to post their righteous opinions

If you want to keep this place going and a happy place for lonely people...leave others alone...let them enjoy this free site as you do...let them blog freely....not according to your standard and what you think is right....

Sometimes family ties can become very complicated. Now just look at what happened ol' Jack.

Five years ago, when he was 55, he married a 45 year old widow named Tina who had a daughter Sally aged 20 and a son Peter aged 18. Thus Jack became the husband of Tina and the father of Sally and Peter. At the same time Jack’s father, John, became the father of Tina and the grandfather of Sally and Peter.

Soon afterwards Tina fell pregnant and gave birth to a son and they named him Deon. Deon, of course is the grandson of John (Jack’s father). Deon also became the brother of Sally and Peter. This was all kosher until John, at the age of 76, announced that he and Sally (Jack’s daughter), then 21, were in love and planned to be married soon.

By this union Jack became the father of his father (thus his own grandfather), and also the son of his daughter (his own grandson) and the nephew of his wife. John became the son of his son (also his own grandson), the husband of his granddaughter and the brother-in-law of his grandson. Jack’s newborn son, Deon, became the brother-in law of his grandfather and the uncle of his mother and father. There were too many new relative lines drawn to mention here.

As if things were not complicated enough, Sally also fell pregnant and she too bore a son. They named him Fred. Fred became the brother of Jack by way of his father and also his grandson through Sally. He also became the cousin and great uncle of Deon. Also in the process, he became uncle of his mother.

And now he tells me that Lisa, his daughter from his first marriage, is upset with him because he told her to F-off when she informed him that she was in love with Tina’s son Peter and plans to marry him soon.

And I thought my family was muddled up.

Aw well,it is Monday. Enjoy it.

Wats the point in putting up a blog if you. Don't like what people say ? Or you can't take there view? I'm new to this blog thing I don't understand y everyone gets upset if you say something ?