I wonder how these pizza guys survive. In Cairo we have Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Papa Johns and hundreds of other small outlets called Pizza Plus, Pizza palace etc. Our home delivery system is fine-tuned here (ref: my blog) but the competition must be tight.
Fantastic advice from all. I have great seeds (some from the Eden project), but they are all so damn sensitive and I'm holding thumbs that I'll get a crop. My plants are flowering now so I watch them with eager anticipation. Judging from replies it looks like we need a gardener's forum on JU! I'm in!
To Forever: Yes, we South Africans do but it is not as big a deal as before. The government has a thing about ethnic groups but it is usually for reference purposes. SA has changed a lot since '94 and we all fill in forms without "threat" anymore. To LW: Eventually, you cheeky, loveable creature, you admitted to some heritage. I'm impressed. Thanks for comments all. Your posts have been so interesting!
I want to ask Joeusers whether they have researched their family trees and where their families originally come from. I have seen from watching TV, that, in the US, there seem to be Norwegian influences, Italian influences, Irish backgrounds, Polish backgrounds and so on. Watched a programme the other day on a cooking channel(!) about Czechs and their food. Many Czec
As an outsider I have viewed the occupation with sceptism. However, after the carnage of this week I wonder whether anyone can put a lid on the insurgency. I have my doubts. Until the US can find a way of preventing suicide bombing, car bombing et al, It may get worse. The problem is basically that the US cannot withdraw until a semblance of calm prevails and it's not going that way. If all US troops withdrew now, Iraq would crumble into furt
Ah well, the media thrive on sensationalism. Unfortunately there's little we can do about it except switch off!
Speaking as an outsider this was a tragic event. However, and I'm sure there must be a reason, I wonder why Virginia Tech was not evacuated after the first shootings. The second shootings apparently occurred two hours later. I wonder whether the authorities at the university were being too cautious or too blase in their decision-making. The Superintendent of Virginia State Police said at the news conference today that there may be no link bet
I wonder how many people realise that the city of Cairo would not exist without the Nile River. The river provides water for the city, irrigation for the cultivation of food, opportunities for tourism and a cooling breeze that dulls the heat of a desert climate. As you pass over the Nile via Cairo's numerous bridges you can feel the cooling effect of this nourishing r
Poison: Your signs really make my day.
Ah, your blog is so damn funny, poison. Keep them coming! Here's one for your collection: from a Chinese mini-pot plant. "For insemination cover with 3 mm soil.Again water. Keep humidness.Carefully protect--wait for very pleasant and bear fruit accomplish."
I busted a gut--you owe me a hernia operation! Here's another from Cairo: "Imported Egyptian rice for sale."
Great signs. The French one is classic! Here's one from Egypt: "Elevator takes ten person including driver. If no driver 11 person."
Thanks for comments all. Doc, we work in km but this guy does 160! A nice Muslim beard is on the jaw--no mustache.Thanks shovel, I'll be posting on Cairo and Egypt regularly. I'll bet your taxi rides could be quite illuminating. Let me tell you about the seats in the back of a 1954 Chrysler--you can "lay " down there. Whoah there, I was twenty. I'm going no further .......
Expatriates like me who live in Cairo don't own a car. I own a car in England but my daughter uses it and I've more or less signed it over to her. I could not own a car in the craziest city in the World because it would not last one week! I've been driving for over forty years but there is no way that I am going to drive in Cairo--it is a mad, road-raged city with bum
I do enjoy living in Cairo. One reason is, that It is, probably, the mecca of home delivery in Africa, if not the World. Here are some insights that will probably boggle your mind: -My British newspapers and my auto magazines are delivered to my door twice a week. I receive the Sunday Times on the next day, Monday. - If I want a Pizza, a burger or a Chine
Great topic and great comments. I will get a little philosophical and add my own personal quote from my writings: " A good person puts a smile on the face of the beggar, the wounded, the ailing and every man he meets. He expects nothing in return except that smile, for he has made that person feel special and worthy--if only for a fleeting moment."
I'm re3ding and 3njoying Gene!
I hate the major oil companies because they post massive profits every year and, pro-rata, do not do enough for Africa's poor.
Doc, I got 65% and I can see my US geography sucks. I hang my head. On the other hand I know my Africa!
I liked Loca's philosophical view. Who gives a crank about the Joeusers who dominate some posts and push their pseudo-academic language onto anyone who wants to listen? I don't. It takes all types.
As a South African living in the Middle East I am often blase about the war in Iraq. It does not get my blood going like some of my fellow Joeusers. It is the Middle East I live in, I'll grant you , but I live peacefully here. However, to put my two cents in, I'll say that even if you put a million troops into Iraq you will not stabilise that country. There are too many hidden agendas, too many interniscene disagreements, too many elements fighting pe
Ice Cream Man: "...shall I die of a broken heart now or later." I shall have to shut up now. There is nothing a Scotsman likes more than breaking an Englishman's heart. Oh, yes, we love to see you in pain. After all, you stole our country. Wait until May, friend.
Ice Cream Man: " You make me sick, you wretched excuse for a Christian." I am normally torpid, normally allowing quiet waters to mix with currents of rapid torrent or rock-induced turbulence. I, like a calm trout, seek out a quiet pool with depth and, above all, tranquillity. I may not take a fly if the mayflies are about and I may, depending on my appetite. Ice Cream Man, I commonly stay out of controversy but I feel your comments to KFC were out of order.You, an academic and
Thanks for comments. Little Ahmed has, today, "gifted" us the release of the sailors and I am pleased about that. I'm not sure what the hidden agenda is here but there is sure to be one!
As the 15 British sailors captured as hostages by Iran are paraded by the Iranians ad nauseam on TV, one wonders whether either side has a "calming down" policy that will resolve the situation. Iran is a revolutionary state with enough hidden agendas to confuse the brightest of diplomats. Little Ahmed (Ahmadinejad), is the President of Iran but I'll venture he's a fig
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