Same here @FraserTheDude even now here on Jutten island I have my @aquasalveo
Dirty water?
Have no fear!
Aqua Salveo is here...
aquasalveo.com
When traveling in the African bush I always had my magic blue drops, not once did I fall ill, drinking wild water.
Nowadays even the city water is dodgy.
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Replying to @MichaelTelling2
@mariabotha see, the struggle is real, @aquasalvio is a real game changer.
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Help!
I have a manuscript which I want to publish. It has taken years to get it to where it is now, 359 pages, 53 chapters, and 132233 words. The publisher, British Book Publishers now require a rather large chunk of money, £3500 to be exact.
What creative way could I acquire finance for this endeavour? No banks, loan sharks or loans.
I can have it published before Christmas.
The beginning.
“The Quiet Frequency
A Novel of 2047
In 2047, peace is mandatory.
After the collapse, the Network and its Stream ended the chaos by smoothing human emotion and memory. In the Sanctioned Zones, people smile on schedule, sleep without dreams that argue, and never ask questions that lead nowhere. Original thought is not banned. It simply doesn’t survive.”
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I’m Fraser, writing a dystopian novel about the times we’re living through. I live with CPTSD and ADHD, and motorcycle riding is part of my healing. I’m raising funds for professional publishing and marketing, so I can share the book and my story at events. Thanks for reading, please find it on my GoFundMe. #WritingCommunity
gofund.me/131b29d18
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White South African tortured and had his ears hacked off during a horrific robbery at his farm as the attackers remain at large.
Cattle farmer Donovan Marx, 50, was alone inside his home after his wife Louise had left for work on Wednesday when two men attacked one of his workers in a barn.
The worker was tied up and the robbers then burst into the main farmhouse and shot Mr Marx before stabbing him in the leg.
As he collapsed in a pool of blood, the two men taunted him, held him down and then cut off his ears before slicing them into small bits!
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Replying to @Paulw45CdoRM
The above is created by… fraserthedude.substack.com/p…
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🇿🇦🤣 NET ’N AFRIKANER SAL HIERDIE VERSTAAN!
As jy dink Engels is moeilik, probeer net Afrikaans! 🤣
Ons haal ape uit moue, grawe ou koeie uit slote, sit varkies op hok en speel sommer op AVBOB se stoep!
En die mooiste van alles? Ons verstaan presies wat ons bedoel!
Hier is nou ’n taal wat jy nie sommer met Google Translate gaan baasraak nie!
🇿🇦 Afrikaans, jy bly maar lekker!
"Voor jy dalk hond se gedagtes kry dat ek muisneste het en kattekwaad aanvang deur 'n kat in die donker te knyp, kan ek die aap uit die mou laat dat jy nie hond haaraf gaan maak nie. Die kool is eenvoudig nie die sous werd nie, jy wil verniet die bobbejaan agter die bult gaan haal, ek is nie 'n vroetelvarkie nie.
Omdat ek twee linkervoete en rooi haakskene het, dans ek soos 'n kat op 'n warm plaat. Terwyl ek oor die onderdeur loer, stem my aand- en môrepraatjies nie ooreen nie en sing ek 'n ander deuntjie. Ek sing dan soos 'n kanarie. Ek weet dat die voëltjie wat saans die laaste fluit, soggens eerste deur die kat gevang word, daarom gaan ek saam met die hoenders slaap en lank voor hanekraai klim ek met die verkeerde voet uit die bed om my eiertjie te lê.
Dit het die naweek katte en honde gereën, maar ons hou darem nog kop bo water. Dit staan egter soos 'n paal bo water dat dit nie nodig is om water met 'n mandjie aan te dra nie. Voor die son water getrek het en die perde horings gekry het, moet ek nie 'n gegewe perd in die bek kyk nie, ek moet die ou koeie uit die sloot grawe, die bul by die horings pak sodat die agteros in die kraal kan kom. Ek moet ook al my varkies op hok sit en daar by oom Daantjie se kalwerhok die kalf uit die put gaan haal.
As jy wors in die hondehok soek, onthou dat blaffende honde nie byt nie. Ek wou nog katte skiet, maar toe is die koeël deur die kerk en ek kry wingerdgriep. Dit was 'n bitter pil om te sluk. Ek was hoog in die takke, want ek het gehoor dat die hoogste bome die meeste wind vang. As die appel nie ver van die boom val nie, kan 'n mens die boom aan sy vrugte ken.
Ek kon nie die kar voor die perde span nie, en het toe maar twee rye spore geloop.
In die dorp het hulle gesê ek speel op Avbob se stoep en dat ek een van die dae 'n houtpak gaan aantrek.
Ek het gesê dat ek met 'n goue lepel in die mond gebore is en dat ek nog nie die lepel in die dak gaan steek en boedel oorgee nie. Ek moet rondborstig erken dat die spyker in my doodskis, is dat bloed kruip waar dit nie kan loop nie.
As jy brood in die sweet van jou aangesig eet, moet jy nie met 'n mond vol tande staan nie, jy moet hare op jou tande hê, jy moet jou hand aan die ploeg slaan en die strydbyl begrawe. Weet jy hoe die vurk in die hef steek? As jy wolf skaapwagter maak, moet jy almal oor dieselfde kam skeer."
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We have established a new national park in the Eastern Cape, with 18 properties together being declared today as the Grasslands National Park!
Read more here:
dffe.gov.za/mediareleases/ma…
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Having some fun with my book. youtu.be/IhR8ugfD-hE
Would you read it?
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Ok Bazaars in Cape Town, 1972.
The most famous department was the Pick n Mix chocolate counter.
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This song sends surge of emotions running through your veins everytime it is played. Such a beautiful masterpiece of art.
🎶Passacaglia - Handel/ Halvorsen (Relaxing Piano Music)
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As I was lying around, pondering the problems of the world, I realized that at my age I don't really give a rat's arse anymore.
.. If walking is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.
.. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water, but is still fat.
.. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years, while
.. A tortoise doesn't run and does mostly nothing, yet it lives for 150 years.
And you tell me to exercise?? I don't think so.
Just grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, the good fortune to remember the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
Now that I'm older here's what I've discovered:
1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
2. My wild oats are mostly enjoyed with prunes and all-bran.
3. I finally got my head together, and now my body is falling apart.
4. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.
5. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.
6. If all is not lost, then where the heck is it?
7. It was a whole lot easier to get older, than to get wiser.
8. Some days, you're the top dog; some days you're the hydrant.
9. I wish the buck really did stop here; I sure could use a few of them.
10. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.
11. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.
12. It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.
13. The world only beats a path to your door when you're in the bathroom.
14. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he'd have put them on my knees.
15. When I'm finally holding all the right cards, everyone wants to play chess.
16. It's not hard to meet expenses . . . they're everywhere.
17. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
18. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter . . .I go somewhere to get something, and then wonder what I'm "here after".
19. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.
20. HAVE I SENT THIS MESSAGE TO YOU BEFORE....???





















