Car Trouble Part One.
Today I had my Medical for my flying licence. This involved going to a doctors in Tzaneen where I would be poked, prodded, electronically probed and pricked. I was fine and passed but I did have to run all over Tzaneen to about 3 different medical clinics as not one person seemed to be able to do it all. On my way to the private hospital, ?Hens car started struggling – no power to the engine. It then gave a final splutter and died, I managed to pull into a petrol station and with the last bar of battery on my phone (which also had 6p credit) managed to call Ryan. I was about 100 miles from “home” with no idea what to do. So I bought a beer. With in 5 minutes a pick up truck turned up and towed me to a VW garage in the town. They managed to fix it with in an hour as it was a mounting for the carbareta and relatively simple, while they did this I went to the mall to get my eyes tested…..
“See this? This… is my BOOMSTICK! S-marts top of the line. You’ll find it in the sporting goods department”.
Out side Tzaneen mall I accidentally bumped into a guy carrying an Uzi. This is starting to become a habit. I apologised as you do then I noticed in his other hand he had a shopping basket full off Uzis. Real ones with loaded Magazines in. He had an accomplice with him who also had a shopping basket full of guns. I tentatively followed them into the mall as I had to go get my eyes checked out in there anyway and I figured that this was too surreal to be an issue. No one else seemed to be bothered either, I guess it is quite normal to carry in excess of 20 submachine guns with you when shopping. Fuck the nectar card give me an AK47.
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Car Trouble Part 2.
Do you ever get the inclination to just keep going when the car petrol gauge hits the reserve? I do. Especially when I do not own the car so I genuinely have no idea how much longer it can last. Adds a bit of excitement to long journeys I find. The constant suspense of will I be left stranded with no Phone along a 100 KM stretch of highway in the midday African Sun?! Well today my curiosity bit me in the ass. I ran out of petrol 2kms from town on my way to Hoedspruit. I was doing about 100Km/h and then the car just died. “Oh no! No No No!” I said out loud. The Car slowly but consistently started do decelerate. I knew I was 2 kms from a petrol station so I had a chance. Luck was smiling on me today though. The road had a very fine gradual down gradient. The Car slowed to a slow 20kmh pace but kept on rolling. “Come on you bastard! Come on!”
I rolled through a Stop Street(a junction where you are supposed to stop) Come on! Eventually stopped dead at the turning into the petrol station! I got out and pushed it the remaining 30 Ft. Now that is perfect fuel Rationing!
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