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Aug 4, 20238 min read
Curmudgeon. The Steyns.
Curmudgeon. I came across the word ‘curmudgeon’ in a book I read early this week. A word which I think is very apt as a single...
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Jul 28, 20238 min read
The Constant Companion and The Constant Gardener.
The Constant Companion. It is now nearly seven years since I got diagnosed with my first cancer. In a few months, it will be three years...
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Jul 21, 202311 min read
Hypocritical Bigots. Surgeon Chat. Blue Fin Tuna Fishing (BFT)
Hypocritical Bigots. Every now and again I find if you decide to write about a subject and that very subject immediately rears its ugly...
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Jul 14, 20238 min read
Understatement. My Favoured Watering Holes in Harare.
“As the economic environment here in Zimbabwe is quite volatile at current, the CFU has begun doing costings for basic commodities on a...
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Jul 7, 20239 min read
Good News. Diversification.
Good News. After a hectic two weeks of doctor visits, scans and numerous blood tests, the overall outcome is a lot more positive than I...
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Jun 30, 20237 min read
Bad News, Good News. Soya Disaster. Exit COPA, Welcome to Seed-Co.
Bad News, Good News. I am not going to talk about compensation this week other than to say that until we, those who have lost our farms,...
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Jun 23, 202310 min read
Derogate. Someone Must Do Something. Nothing is Simple Anymore.
Derogate. Someone Must Do Something. After listening to Harry from The Compensation Steering Committee (CSC) some two weeks ago and...
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Jun 17, 20238 min read
Lesson from the Media And Confusion. Magaruque Island Fishing Trip.
Lesson from the Media And Confusion. I rather sillily decided to watch last Friday's presentation on ZFN Zimbabwe’s ‘Friday’s Drinks’ as...
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Jun 9, 20239 min read
É Vida and Children.
É Vida This weekend it was once again the ‘Sardine Festa’ at our next-door village, Santo Amaro. The actual fiesta had been on all...
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Jun 2, 20238 min read
Opinion Guilt And Rain at Last. Commercial Oilseed Association Chairmanship.
Opinion Guilt And Rain at Last. It has happened despite my best efforts. Following some of the subject matter in last week's blog during...
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May 26, 20239 min read
Farewell Dinner, Partner as Opposed to Spouse and Dutch Friends. The Roadblock Incident.
Farewell Dinner, Partner as Opposed to Spouse and Dutch Friends. Currently, I am sitting in an old Dutch farmhouse in Friesland writing...
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May 20, 20238 min read
Further Thoughts on the Global Compensation Deed (GCD) Impasse. A Stray Pair of Knickers.
Impasse I have really struggled to try and write the first part of the blog. I had thought I had talked enough about the GCD but...
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May 12, 20238 min read
Oh Hell, is Family Fun! A New Inclusive Strategy? A Mugging in Amsterdam.
Oh Hell, is Family Fun! Last week, I mentioned how adverse I have become to air travel. In saying that, the day before our Dutch friends...
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May 5, 20238 min read
Survey Result. Date Confusion and Father’s Death.
Survey Result. I'm going to write a shortened blog this week as our house has been inundated with family and friends. It is so wonderful...
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Apr 28, 202310 min read
Ignorance Versus Stupidity. Deal or Proposal. Nashville and Concorde.
"Ignorance" means "not knowing or not understanding", while "stupidity" means "knowing or understanding, but doing the wrong thing...
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