BEBeeno1
Captain40,032 posts
BEBeeno1Captain40,032 posts
08 Jun 2014, 20:57#2
Seb it is amazing the heat generated although some are having a quiet laugh.I see some kbbs were getting their feathers ruffled re ref incidents in the abs match with the Poms.Its all part of rugby message boards - arguments over players, ref problems and much else.It's best just to have a good laugh and send one back at the chirper.
CLclevermike
Coach57,555 posts
CLclevermikeCoach57,555 posts
09 Jun 2014, 06:29#4
Seb
Thanks for the idea - really appreciated. I actually have a street in Ballito named after me. Objected against it - but it did not help.
When I started working in Ballito it was a smallish town ending where the BP Petrol Station is now. Many open spaces in between. After 1996 - while I was in charge of development - the growth rate became massive. From a municipal budget of R80 million in 1996-97 - the Municipal budget in 2007-08 hit the R1 billion mark.
After I left the Municipality in 2012 the growth virtually stopped and the growth rate in the area declined drastically. I think the reason is that the new management regards developers and investors as money grabbing enemies and would not do anything to promote the area as investor friendly. So the investors went off to the Western Cape and they have as yet not realized their mistake.
If you let me know on the site you would be in Ballito - would have contacted you and we could have had a lunch somewhere. My home is in a small village 20 km north of Ballito called Tinley Manor Beach. About 150 homes in total.
Salt Rock is even nearer to where I live - about 10 kms away.
Hope your wife enjoyed it. When Louis Luyt operated a hotel from his home in Ballito - he had a lot of visitors from Russia and they had a ball. Must say it was not the cheapest accommodation in the area.
JWJust_win
Captain18,570 posts
JWJust_winCaptain18,570 posts
09 Jun 2014, 07:52#5
A nice thought Seb. Two ol' codgers walking on the beach & having a bench to sit on when they need a break. I guess we will all arrive at that point sometime in our life - if we are lucky
09 Jun 2014, 10:58#6
"Thanks for the idea - really appreciated. I actually have a street in
Ballito named after me. Objected against it - but it did not help. "
This one, Ou Maaikie?
09 Jun 2014, 13:49#7
Theres a street up the road called "Blackbutt" It may well be named after me !!!