Yesterday was quite warm, as has been the last few days! Unseasonably, it was quite warm - up to 28 degrees celsius. Today is much colder. It is the common belief amongst the Church District Council, that anything below a maximum of 20 degrees celsius (to convert to approximate farenheight, multiply by 8, divide by 5 and then add 32 - 32 degrees farenheight is the same as 0 degrees celsius - frezing point!)
There is snow right from Cape Town up to pretty well Durban. I know people who live in one of the high rise blocks of flats on the Berea (overlooking the city) and they swear that they have seen snow falling past their window, but it has melted before it reaches the ground! I am not convinced, but it is - I suippose - possible!
It feels cold enough that it may well have snowed up at Nkandla (just inland from Eshowe) or on the Melmoth Pass. I have found that one year, I was auditing Federated Blaikies in the Rail at Empangeni, and it was bitterly cold then - early September!
I freely admit that in summer it gets really warm and humid. The daytime temperatures are around 36 degrees celsius. I way prefer the heat to the cold. The year I was in Sandton, it was warm enough when I was run down, and I spent the winter in a really cosy centrally heated hospital ward. After I was discharged and we came back to Zululand, it snowed twice thay year! Thank Heavens I was not there - cold and grey - 2 really miserable things!
People moan about the heat in summer here, but I way prefer it to the cold!
My Landrover is in for repair to the brakes and a service. The disc pads were choked with a build up of dust and somehow the discs were damaged by being scored! No huge problem as the discs can be reasonably be purchased at a local Japan Auto Spares outlet! Strange since my Landy is of British extraction, not Japanese extraction. In any event, they will be more reasonable than they are from the Landrover agents! Typically Landrover parts are pricey, but the factory made a run for Landrover, and still had the dies to make more, so they packaged them in "No-name" boxes and sell them at a fraction of the cost! They are as good as "genuine parts" although they are not marketted in branded packageing! That is the way life goes!
I have not found an outlet for Porsche parts in the same way as Porsche is rather a specialised. Luckily I know where there is a Porsche agency in Durban where I can get things like Porsche anti freeze. I have splurged and bought myself a Porsche pair of sunglasses (fancy with Porsche etched into the one lens!) and a pair of Porsche cufflinks! A friend said to me that I should buy a Porsche T-shirt, but I dont know if I can afford R 500 for a T-shirt. I dont even think that Porsche sell T-shirts. They sell new cars with at least 7 numbers in the price tag, so why would they sell cheap T-shirts? I cannot even afford Porsche aftershave - not after I have paid R 2 000 for rally comfortable sunglasses, and R 850 for cufflinks! Maybe I'm crazy but I am happy behind the wheel of MY Porsche, with Porsche cufflinks and looking through Porsche sunglasses!
Last night the District Council had a Council meeting. We met around the desk of the District President, as we dont yet have a council table! Apparently the Physical Facilities guy feels that enough was spent on building us the chapel, so he is not prepared to furnish the rooms! What a waste! I have advised the District President that it will be possible for us to construct our own large enough table! A bit of glue, plenty of screws and covering of wood veneer and we can have a decent enough looking table! I would have made my own diningroom table - if I had a diningroom! In any event, I bought a small table in the local Game and it is great enough for what I need!
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