The other day was International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and as usual, I missed it.
Never fear, late as always, I have my pirate name!
My pirate name is:
Bloody James Rackham
Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it’s the open sea. For others (the masochists), it’s the food. For you, it’s definitely the fighting. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!
Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.
There’s nothing worse than having a stomach bug.
Sinus complaints I bear well, since I almost always have some form of related illness, but I just can’t handle having stomach problems.
Thankfully I’ve managed to avoid the upchuck reflex, but it was close for awhile there last night. — Vomiting has to be the worst feeling in the world.
I can’t speak from a woman’s perspective with child birth and all, so bear with me.
I was about to walk out the door this morning to go to work - I had a scheduled change to do - but as I opened the front door, a wave of nausea hit me, and I changed my mind. Good thing I did.
I instead spent most of the day sleeping or reading my book. The change I had to do can wait till I get back to work, which will probably be tomorrow anyway.
I just love Telkom.
In my latest phone bill is a flyer for new call charges.
To dial the USA, standard time charge is R1,70 per minute, and off-peak is R1,50 per minute.
To dial a “Mobile Service” (local), Standard time is R1,89 first minute, R0.94 every 30 secs there after. Off-peak is R1,17 and R0.59 respectively.
In reality, this market speak means:
Standard time is R1,89 for the first minute then R1,88 per minute thereafter (???) and off-peak is R1,17 for first minute, and then R1,18 per minute thereafter.
What a freaking rip off!
To prove this:
On my bill, I have a 12 minute 34 second call to my brother in the USA, charge: R18,74. Not bad. This call was at 17h49pm (peak time).
I also have a call to my mom’s cell phone (vodacom) for 13 minutes 19 seconds at 18h40pm (peak time), charge: R22,32
It is CHEAPER to phone the USA than it is to phone a local freaking cell phone!!!
