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18 Apr 2007, 12:56 am

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I love SA! I've been to Capetown and Jo'burg. I"m considering taking a travel work assignment so I can live and work there for a few months!

Good to know there are people here from SA.

Welcome to WP!


Thank you for the warm welcome! I love South Africa, and cannot see myself living anywhere else. We have some teething problems at present, but I believe those will be sorted out in time.



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18 Apr 2007, 12:58 am

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Welcome to WP!

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Thank you Tim! It fels great to have a place to chat with like-mined people!

Cheers,

Hannes



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18 Apr 2007, 1:09 am

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Welcome beer,

Tequila will not stop now till you tell us about Mild, Bitter, Stout, and other important stuff.

By the way, you have Aspurger's. The cure only works on people under 55. So hang out on Wrong Planet.....


Hi Inventor,

Thank you very much for the encouraging words, I really appreciate it!

I can report that since we have been able to identify my problem, our relationship has improved dramatically. I now put special effort into making my wife feel special and wanted, and she appreciates the fact that I have trouble expressing my true feelings most times.

I see a bright future for as together. It may not be plain sailing all the way, but at least we both know what we are up against!

Having discussions like these makes we wonder why I haven't joined long ago!

Thank you once again!

Cheers,

Hannes



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18 Apr 2007, 1:13 am

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hello Beer and welcome to WP
sorry if we don't dive right into your biography above, but -as you will find out- we all have the same bio, give or take a few experiences. after a while you, too, amazing as it may seem, will see it as almost 'normal' for where you are, an Asperger's Syndrome hangout.

you are probably more normal and understood here than anywhere you have ever been, Beer and welcome as we all are.

Merle


Thank you, it is so nice to talk to people who really understand what you are all about!

Hannes



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18 Apr 2007, 1:20 am

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G'day beer (Hannes) and welcome to WP.

So you would not be a Roinek? I didn't think there were any whitemen left in Suid Afrika (them all moving to Perth, Sydney & Melbourne) :lol: My uncle lived in Durban and married a Rhodesian (her brother is still on a farm there).

My story sounds much like yours (but I would guess my motor skills are better and I didn't get speech therapy that I needed).

Do you have any kids?

My 2 boys play Rugby Union (both No.8 - big kids). We are not a rugby State (Aussie Rules is the main game) but their school is a rugby school. Quite a few Sth African kids and teachers/coaches at the school.


No, I am not a rooinek, my home lanuage is Afrikaans. Although there has been (and still is) quite an exodus to Australia, there are still quite a few of us left here.

I do not have any kids f my own, but have four stepchildren, and quite a few stepgrandchildren.

I played some rugby during my highschool years, but had to stop after a back injury.

Once again, I am so glad to have joined this site. It makes one feel so much better talking to people who understand you!

Regards,

Hannes



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18 Apr 2007, 1:26 am

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Welcome to WP Hannes!
I can relate to what you're saying...I had terrible handwriting which was described as hieroglyphic...in fifth grade I got special summer vacation assignments to transcribe texts in large, comprehensible printed letters...I used to have bad balance but I think dancing helped me build up my coordination skills....Anyway, it's a blessing that you have a wife...I hope everything works out between you too, and that you enjoy posting in WP...:)


In order to make my handwriting legible, I also had to resort to printing, which to frustate me no end, taking way too long!. I am so grateful for computers, no I can communicate without the frustation!

My wife and I understand each other much better now, and the future looks bright.

Thank you!



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18 Apr 2007, 2:35 am

I always regretted not visiting my uncle while he was in Durban (he moved back to Australia c1990 before his kids/my cousins started senior school).

I have another relative, a great great uncle who visited South Africa c1900. I have a 7mm '96 Mauser that he brought back, possibly it used to be your great great uncle's :lol:

If I can indulge myself, I think his is an interesting story. He was a vet. He took his labrador over with him and coming back to Australia he was supposed to destroy the dog for quarantine reasons. When the ship was in Port Phillip offshore from where he lived, he threw the dog overboard and it swam ashore (as it used to do when he went fishing) and was waiting for him at home.

I don't know how my uncle got the mauser, being a vet I doubt he saw any service at the "sharp end".
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18 Apr 2007, 2:41 am

Welcome to WP!



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18 Apr 2007, 4:48 am

Hello Beer,

My husband was born and grew up in Rhodesia / Zimbabwe so I know a few of the African expressions:

just now
now now
braii

Our neighbours moved from South Africa about 18 months ago and have introduced me to Rooibus Tea and Rusks - yummy!

Sounds like you're enjoying this website.

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18 Apr 2007, 1:12 pm

BazzaMcKenzie wrote:
........If I can indulge myself, I think his is an interesting story. He was a vet. He took his labrador over with him and coming back to Australia he was supposed to destroy the dog for quarantine reasons. When the ship was in Port Phillip offshore from where he lived, he threw the dog overboard and it swam ashore (as it used to do when he went fishing) and was waiting for him at home....... :D


I can understand what your great great uncle did. I once had to put on of my dogs down because she had developed cancer in her hindquarters, and I had to put her out of her mysery. It was one of the hardest things I had to do.



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18 Apr 2007, 1:14 pm

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Hello Beer,

My husband was born and grew up in Rhodesia / Zimbabwe so I know a few of the African expressions:

just now
now now
braii

Our neighbours moved from South Africa about 18 months ago and have introduced me to Rooibus Tea and Rusks - yummy!

Sounds like you're enjoying this website.

Regards
Smelena


I certainly am! I just regret that I haven't found it much earlier!

Hannes



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21 Apr 2007, 1:35 pm

Aangename kennis. I'm one of the few who have been to Hartbeespoort Dam. Baie prachtig. :D



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23 Apr 2007, 2:04 pm

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Aangename kennis. I'm one of the few who have been to Hartbeespoort Dam. Baie prachtig. :D


Hi,

I am glad you liked my neck of the woods! Things are changing though, new developments are springing up everywhere, spoiling the character of the place in my opinion.

I apologise for only answering now, but things have been a bit hectic the last few days, preventing me from getting to the computer.

Regards,

Hannes



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23 Apr 2007, 7:35 pm

Hi and wellcome!
As you just know you will met a lot of people that seems like us here, anyway many of us don't suffer from AS but enjoy it.
Well I wish only to show the good side of IT :D


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21 Jul 2008, 11:19 am

Haai?

Hoe is lewe in Suid-Afrika?

My bietije kennis Hartbeesport, my nie kennis nie dat dit is naaste Pretoria

Dit is interessant dat klein Suid-Afrikaners nie bly in ander lande aan want to bly in Suid Afrika.



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22 Jul 2008, 7:39 am

hi beer

got drunk after having that story :drunken:

welcome to WP 8)