Is your name really clevermike

Chip...he's eyes were better when he registered 15 years ago...I hope you still try to post here when you're past 80...I promise I won't complain about the errors...probably because I'll be dead...but still...

It is obviously a nickname.   A Director of Tongaat-Hulett in the 1980's gave me that nickname when we served on a Provincial Advisory Commttee and somehow it stuck.   In 1987 a bridge on the M4 road near Umdloti washed away in a flood and they repaired the bridge.    Howeer, at a meeting I told the Provincial reps that there is a problem - I pointed out that the river changed its main flow line and the next flood would wash the road leading to the bridge away.again.   It must have hit home - they built a wier to safeguard the bridge accesss road that led onto the brdge whch was washed away during he flood,   Why did I knw the danger - I grew up on a farm adjacent to a river and notice that floods lead to main flow change  of rivers. 

I made mistakes in typing and I know the problem - I normally try and repair the damage  and found that somebody guessed my password and mess up my postings again - so I changed my password and  hope it would help to sort the problem  out.                         

Just so I'm clear Chippo, you're saying that the "mike" part of "clevermike" is the part of the name you have a problem with?

Chip, it's a more than fair joke...nobody's upset.

Mike has over time earned his reputation for fair, objective and very well researched political commentary where he excels. He is also pretty sound when it comes to rugby. 

Hopefully he will improve the spelling issue. All it takes is reading the post before submitting the comment. 

We all make typos although the predictive texting or whatever it is can make a right mess of things. 

Fuckin hell David...

you stoked a fire in me now son.

I'm black and proud.

You still fat, living the life at home with mom?

One thing for sure. It ain't clever chipped ou.