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Issue No. 341 -- 19 September 2005 |
Editor's Message
Quote/s of the Week
Ad Hoc Article/s of the Week
Bits and Bobs
The Legal Beagle
Help Desk
Where are they now?
Club and Other News
Humour
Recipes
Sports News
Credits and Contact Info
Subscribing and Unsubscribing
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I am sure that global warming is here... at the weekend (remember we are still in September...) at the dam the air temperature was nearly 35 degrees C!
We started skiing today in the mornings. We got up at 4am to be on the water at 5.45 am – before the sun was up.
It was spectacular seeing that great red globe rising out of the mountains. Nothing like it anywhere else! Yes it is still a bit on the chilly side at that time of day... the water is warmer than the air.
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These from me...
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. - Malcolm S. Forbes
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. - Anais Nin
There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. - Wayne Dyer
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise. - Lord Chesterfield
Truth is always exciting. Speak it then; life is dull without it. - Pearl S. Buck
These from Des Cowie...
Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath. - Jacob Braude
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Send in any quotes you love... that have some special meaning for you... and I will use at least one every week. Usual address! editor@saw.co.za
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Coming Home
Each week we will feature a question and answer sent in to the Company for Immigration. We hope these will help answer any questions you might have regarding any part of the coming home process. If you would like to send in your own question, please feel very free to do so.
We will also be featuring a great amount of information on the SAW Website (www.saw.co.za) under the Coming Home section. You can also find out info by visiting our newly relaunched site, South Africa Online (www.southafrica.co.za) and checking out the Coming to SA section.
Here is a bit more info...
Whenever and wherever South Africans meet, the surest way to start a lively discussion, is to ask someone for an opinion about emigration from or remigration back to South Africa. In 2002 we (i.e. the non-profit immigration service, Company for Immigration, and the trade-union, Solidarity) realized that the return of South African expats had become a fact and that their inputs are essential for the growth and development of the country. We are neither interested in a debate about the reasons why people leave or come back, nor about the merit of their decisions. We prefer to provide a practical service instead:
offering advice and assistance to prospective remigrants;
addressing the problems which cause people to emigrate; and informing people about the pros and cons of emigration, to help them make an informed decision before leaving.
Interested? Want to receive our monthly newsletter by email? Have questions or suggestions? If so, please visit our mirror sites www.comehome.co.za or www.komhuistoe.co.za and leave your details on the visitor's page, or contact us at admin@cfi.org.za. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
This week’s Q&A:
John, Amsterdam: We are returning to South Africa after having lived in The Netherlands for some years. We are still SA citizens and have not accepted Dutch citizenship. We are now getting quotes for the shipping of our household goods to SA. Anything in particular that we should watch out for?
Dear John
It is of crucial importance that you should use a reputable company for the shipping of the goods - a cheaper quote from an unknown company can be very expensive in the long run! One of our clients had the unpleasant experience that a company visited them, measured the goods, but when the container turned up, the goods didn't all fit in. Make double sure on this account and that the quote includes wharfage. Check whether it covers delivery to your doorstep in SA or to the port only. Also check whether provision is included for the costs of the Customs and Excise inspection in SA. It helps to have a very detailled inventory of your goods (for Customs and Excise). Finally, remember that you have to be in the country when the goods are delivered to accept delivery and get the customs clearance.
Kind regards
Alana
Kind regards
Alana & Annatjie
COME HOME CAMPAIGN
Migrasie / Migration
Solidariteit Alliansie / Solidarity Alliance
P O Box 8766, Centurion, 0046, RSA
Tel: 0027-(0)12-6438532
Fax: 0027-(0)12-6438587
admin@cfi.org.za
What do you think?
This from Charles Laubscher
Dear Maureen
Many of us are obliged to earn a monthly income. As expatriates we are especially vulnerable in the event of health-related disability, and thus in need of income protection insurance.
An insurance company offering such protection recently contacted me. However, their product did not satisfy the demands of a situation which I suspect I share with many other fellow expatriates. The company in question assured me that their rules and regulations are standard for the industry, and that I am unlikely to find a better policy elsewhere.
Can this really be true?
Perhaps I should just quickly explain my own circumstances. I am a professional person who works as an independent contractor for an oil company in the Middle East. I am 46 years old, in good health, and not subject to familial or acquired health risk factors. I work on a 28-day rotation, which means that I am back home in France for six months of the year. I am not a French citizen.
The said insurance company quoted an annual premium equivalent to four percent of my yearly income. The policy reads that in the event of disability on health grounds, I would be eligible to a monthly benefit until such a time that I am able to work again. Benefits cease at age 65. That is the gist of the policy. In reality the following apply:
Benefits only start at six months after the onset of disability. The benefits will be equal to 75% of income as existed at the time of onset of the disability.
To add insult to injury, should I hold a separate insurance policy from another company (or perhaps be paid additional compensation by an employer), then the insurance company will deduct that from their own financial responsibility to ensure that I will still only receive 75% of my original income. In other words, they benefit and I don’t, and I am definitely not permitted to make up the 25% shortfall. That does not help me, the customer in need of income protection. An incapacitated person does not suddenly have decreased financial obligations. In fact, perhaps just the opposite.
Should I be medically reassessed and found fit for ANY work, irrespective of the income that this can generate, or whether it is related (or not) to my profession, all benefits will cease. There is not even a provision that the insurance company will continue making reduced payments to make up for the difference in income.
If I am found fit to work, but am unsuccessful in finding an employer, then I loose my benefits regardless.
Lastly, my premium is loaded by 30% because I work in a country which is designated by the British government to be unsafe for British citizens (I am not British, but the insurance company is, and in addition, I am only there for half of the year). Yet, despite this loading, should I become incapacitated due to any warlike activity, I will not receive any benefits. The question then arises as to why am I being loaded with the 30% in the first place?
Maureen, I am sure that you will agree that it could be interesting to read the comments from fellow expatriates, and perhaps even hear from insurance companies as well.
Thank you.
Kind regards
Charles
Email: reachmed@yahoo.co.uk
Here is some feedback from Alana at CFI:
Hi Maureen
One of my experts replied - all in Afrikaans!?! Quick translation follows:
"SA citizens may take up insurance even though they will/may not be working in SA. In most cases, an additional risk levy will be applied due to the travel implications of working abroad, plus any other risk factors specific to their destination countries. Main thing is, it is possible but applicants have to study quotes carefully in order to ensure maximal protection for the client.
Re the enquiry of income protection, the client unfortunately is 100% correct about the decreasing benefits etc. Unfortunately this is not due to the policy of a specific company or insurer. It is the result of legislation which has to be applied by all. His points of concern therefore cannot be addressed and once again the best he can do is to look for the available option that comes closest to his specific requirements, though a 100% solution will not be possible."
Hope this helps?
Kind regards
Alana
Mind Massage
Mindfulness and Relief: A Prescription For Awareness
Back in the days before prescription drug advertisements took over those commercial breaks on television--"Ask your doctor if ____ is right for you."--there was a popular and memorable ad for an over-the-counter heartburn remedy. The tag line was "How do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S." Oh, and then there was the Alka Seltzer one: "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh, what a relief it is..."
I've been reminded of these numerous times in the last couple of weeks. "Relief" has become a word that implies an enormous amount of work, money, energy, emotion and need. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the focus has shifted from rescues to the months or years of relief efforts that must be undertaken to restore the spirits as well as the structures that were destroyed by the catastrophic storm.
The dictionary defines "relief" as a reduction of suffering that occurs in response to any information, action or aid. Information--we feel relieved upon learning that our loved ones have arrived home safe and sound after an extended trip. Action--we are relieved when someone shows up to help us repair a broken pipe. Aid--we are relieved when we receive a check from Dad to pay for those expensive college textbooks.
In the news these days, you can read or hear the word "relief" used to refer to information (where to find loved ones, how to get help), action (rescuing people and pets from their homes, draining streets, repairing levees) and aid (providing food, water, shelter, money and counseling) to those who have been affected by the hurricane.
In between those news reports are plenty of advertisements. You can read or hear the word "relief" used in reference to all kinds of symptoms--headaches, heartburn, nervousness, sleeplessness, and many more.
It would appear that we are continuously focused on providing relief from all kinds of suffering. And yet, if we are so attuned to relieving ourselves and others from distress, shouldn't we at some point become so good at reducing suffering that we no longer need to focus on it? And if we no longer had a need to mention relief of some kind every 30 seconds, wouldn't that alone reduce our suffering?
The continuous references to relief indicate instead a great deal of suffering and a seemingly unending need for assistance. Perhaps we should view this as a sort of critical mass, a tipping point in terms of our recognition of suffering in general.
A more traditional mindfulness trainer would now segue into how Buddhist principles remind us that life is full of suffering, and the cause of this suffering is attachment. But I'd rather focus on this: we need to learn how to pay attention in order to SEE how suffering--and attachment-- affects us and others. So, let's start there, shall we?
Let's use the word "relief" as a trigger for mindfulness around the concept of suffering in all its forms. What if we started paying attention to the word "relief" every time we heard, read or said it? What if we USED it as a way to note suffering and provide a focal point for our awareness of it?
We can start small in our own lives on a daily basis. Pay attention to the word "relief" whenever you hear, see, or say it. A friend who got some good news after a biopsy. Your son after getting a good grade on a report card. Your partner who thanks you for taking on that task he really dislikes. Focus on what someone is really telling you when they say they are relieved--their suffering has been reduced.
By using the word "relief" as a trigger for mindfulness, we can tap into our understanding of the different kinds of suffering and the many ways we can, through small gestures, make life more comfortable, safe, and satisfying for those around us.
That's a prescription for awareness.
Your Secret Assignment: Focusing On "Relief"
Most people wouldn't consider focusing on "relief" as a fun way to develop mindfulness, but you will be surprised at how aware and attuned you become once you start paying attention to that one word. And that's the great thing about mindfulness--it spills over into everything else once you start seeing the world with your eyes wide open.
This week, pay attention to the word "relief" and notice the type of suffering that it implies. Notice if the use of the word "relief" is tied to body, mind or spirit. That's all.
I'm not asking you to save the world--you're simply practicing paying attention in a very specific way. Step back from the discussion of solutions--instead, notice the problems and see if you can determine whether the body, mind or spirit is most engaged in each case.
Think it's easy? Think again. You're going to find a whole lot of fuzzy lines.
And that's the point. You see, relief tends to be very clearly defined even though suffering is quite messy. Pay attention to that.
What will you discover? I'd love to hear from you! Send me a message at: Maya@MassageYourMind.com
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Maya Talisman Frost has taught thousands of people how to pay attention. Through her company, Real-World Mindfulness Training, she offers playful and powerful eyes-wide-open ways to get calm, clear and creative. To receive her free special report, 'The Dirty Little Secret About Meditation,' visit her website at MassageYourMind.com
(C) Copyright 2005, Maya Talisman Frost
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52 Best Stories – My Heart is a Violin
I'm a concert violinist, yet I find it strange that the instrument I play for people's enjoyment also figured in the most horrific time of my life.
As a small child I was consumed with a passion to play the violin. Papa found a child-size instrument and I practiced for hours every day. At age ten I played on Radio Bucharest.
At thirteen I was accepted to study at the Budapest Academy of Music. Then, just when life seemed most glorious, Nazi troops marched into Hungary. The Csendorok, local police who worked with the Nazis, rounded us Jews up in carts.
Cattle cars transported us to Auschwitz, and our nightmare began. I last saw my mother holding my nine-year-old sister's hand as they walked to the gas chambers, which were disguised as showers.
And there in Auschwitz I learned to shrink from the dreaded Kapos. These were vicious, hard-core convicts appointed by the SS to head work gangs. Though still prisoners, they were free to brutalize us. We were moved from one concentration camp to another, losing loved ones along the way.
By the time we were enslaved in the Kochendorf salt mines in southern Germany, only Papa, my brother Zoltan and I were left. My sister Violet and brothers Emil and Adolf had been shipped elsewhere. But my father, a shining example of love and goodness, would not speak ill of the Nazis.
"Never be hateful toward anyone," he admonished us.
Hunger had reduced us to near animals. A Kapo eating an apple was watched fiercely. The instant he tossed away the core, a horde of inmates flew at it. Finally, I could not take the beatings and cruelties any longer. I was fourteen years old and I wanted to die. I looked at my father laboring next to me and staggered toward the electrified fence. Knowing my thoughts, Papa gently took my arm.
"Son, did you practice the Brahms violin concerto and the Kreisler composition today?" I shook my head.
"God has given you a wonderful talent and you want to throw it away?"
Reluctantly I turned back. While swinging my hammer at the iron-hard salt, I played the music in my mind, as Papa had me do every day. When I finished, I didn't want to die.
One cold morning, my dear papa did not show up for roll call. "Find him!" roared an officer. Worn from hunger and hard work, he had overslept. As he was dragged before us, the officer bellowed:
"It took ten minutes to find this dirty Jewish dog. That was ten extra minutes Germany was kept from victory!"
Zoltan and I were forced to watch while guards ferociously kicked and bludgeoned our father. I pleaded for God to save him. But Papa crumpled into the snow, blood streaming from his mouth. His lips were moving and I leaned closer to hear his dying gasp:
"Shema Yisroel Adonai elohainu Adonai echod." ("Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.")
All Zoltan and I could do was wail in anguish. Then my agony turned to anger at God. How could he allow this to happen to such a saintly man? We trudged to the mines, and I decided there was no God.
That night as I slept on vermin-infested straw, Papa came to me in a dream.
"Yitzhak," he said, using my Hebrew name, "God is real. Have faith, trust in him and you will survive!"
I awakened comforted. I knew Papa was right. But I wondered about his promise of my survival after we were moved to Dachau. Evil hung over it like a turbid cloud.
One evening an SS officer strode into our barracks holding a violin. I hadn't seen a violin in so long.
"Anyone who can play will be given food," he promised.
Three hands shot up, including mine. The others were older men, one in his 40s, the other about 25. We were hustled to a large room and pushed before the SS commandant. A tall, steel-eyed man in jackboots slouched in a chair. A menacing attack dog sat at his side. Three hulking Kapos, each one gripping an iron pipe, stood nearby. The commandant pointed his stick at the oldest prisoner, who was handed the violin.
"Play something," the commandant ordered in a bored tone.
The man tuned the instrument and began to play. His first notes were shaky, but soon he was playing Bach's Chaconne, Sonata No. 6 beautifully. When the final note died, the SS man barked, "Scheusslich!" ("Awful!") He waved at one of the Kapos, who lunged forward and viciously brought the pipe down on the violinist's head. I realized we were there for sadistic entertainment.
The body was dragged away and the second prisoner shoved forward. His face was ashen and the violin shook so in his hands that he could not play a straight note. The SS officer sneered,
"You want me to give you food for that?"
He motioned and two Kapos began kicking and beating him to death. In the commotion I bolted for the door, but another guard caught me and thrust the violin into my arms. I had never played a full-size instrument before. Trembling, I tried to focus. I had planned to play a sonatina by Dvorák or a composition by Kreisler. But my mind went blank.
"Spiel!" said the SS man, ordering me to play.
I lifted the violin to my chin, praying: Oh God, how does the sonatina start? How does the Kreisler piece begin?
"Play, Schweinhund!"
My fingers were so weakened by starvation I could barely curve them around the fingerboard, much less press the strings. My body turned to water as one of the Kapos eagerly advanced, raising his iron pipe.
As I stood there waiting for the pipe to strike my skull, a powerful force took hold of me. My right and left hands began to move in perfect unison without conscious effort on my part. Beautiful music poured out of my violin, like the birds that had flown out of the Gypsy's that day long ago. I was playing Johann Strauss's "Blue Danube Waltz." The idea of playing that piece had not entered my mind. I had never played it before, nor had I ever seen the music.
I knew immediately God was protecting me; His angel was guiding my hands.
I continued playing. All eyes were on the SS officer. But instead of signaling to the Kapo, he began humming the melody and tapping its rhythm with his fingers. When my bow swept out the last note, the commandant growled:
"Sehr gut! Give him the food."
But I had already gained my reward: Whether I survived Dachau or not, God would always be with me, His angels guiding me.
~ The Author is Shony Alex Braun and the story is from his autobiography "My Heart is a Violin" ~
http://www.52best.com/angels.asp
One Man’s Australia – Glen needs help!
Hi Maureen
With the intermittent power and internet resulting from the spring windstorms dropping big trees across power lines all across the Illawarra my last email was unintendedly brusque.
What I meant to do was to ask for your advice.
I enjoy writing. But when I read my earlier columns they appear to me to be far better than my recent ones. When I started I had 25 years experience in Australia to draw on for material and could write "meaty" columns.
What I fear now is that I am being pressured to write in detail about current events. That appears to me to be making my columns more and more a commentary on Australian domestic politics. The ex-SAs in Australia know it anyway. What earthly interest it could be to ex-SAs elsewhere worries me.
Put the boot on the other foot and the internal Party details about the recent "crossing the floor window" in detailed South African politics are of zero interest to me. There is no such thing in US, Australian, Canadian, UK, NZ politics where VOTERS vote for the PERSON to represent THEM. If that person wants to cross the floor or declare themselves Independent at any time they are free to do so - and the VOTERS will decide at the next election whether they still want the PERSON to represent THEM.
The difference appears to be that South African VOTERS do NOT vote for a PERSON to represent THEM but for a PARTY. The PARTY then appoints APPARATCHIKS to Parliament to represent the PARTY.
It appears to be a fundamental difference in Constitutions.
I am a typical long-term ex-SA. Apart from having been an Australian citizen for over 3 decades I am the only ex-SA in the family. Lynette died a bit over 2 years ago. Robert is an Australian - having migrated here as a babe-in-arms. Fiona is a 7th generation Australian. My in-laws (who cheerfully accept me as the fascist branch of the family) are 6th generation Australians whose ancestors arrived on the Second Fleet in 1789 as convicts.
My granddaughter Miranda is an 8th generation Australian - as will be her brother or sister, due on or about her 3rd birthday.
My friends are Australians. My South African friends (and cousins) are largely scattered across the world.
The family regards my ongoing interest in South Africa as a harmless eccentricity.
I seek advice. I would be happy if you wanted to post this email to get some feedback from current South Africans and ex-SAs to understand where their interests in the Australian scene might lie.
Regards
Glen
No queries received this week.
Nobody needing help this week.
If you are looking for a lost friend... if you would like old friends to contact you... If you want to find old school friends... if you just want people who used to know you to find you again for a chat...
Send in your info, the info of anyone you are looking for and let’s see if we can find them for you!
USA – New York
To All in YeboLand!!!
Finally...YeboLand is proud to announce the launch of the United States-South Africa Corporate Council. This council have a 100% SA Culture in NY Approval for Individuals and Businesses to join with emphasis on diversity and true South African and United States representation to promote South African interest and partnerships with other establishments in the US and creating an avenue for us to help those back home under the banner of our own.
Join Today...we are going to!!!!!!!
SA Culture Team
South African Culture in New York Social Group
Promoting the Cultural Diversity of SA
www.sacultureinny.org
Contact: 347-531-9557
Luxembourg
Dear all,
Please see below the information of the Workshop held by Elizabeth Brown. Please give her a call and show your support if you are interested.
Johnny Clegg will be in Arlon Belguim at the beginning of October we have already booked many places so if anyone is interested in joining us let us know before the middle of next week to make sure you get a ticket. Tickets are euro 40 but we are trying to negotiate a better price, we are also waiting for an answer from the band to meet with them after the show.
Cheers
Pat and Elaine
WORKSHOP with Elizabeth Brown
PATHWAY TO AUTHENTICITY (authentic: one who acts independently)
This workshop seeks to identify and heal the blocks that are holding you back.
Through a series of exercises, visualisations and sharing with others, we can start to identify and understand old habit patterns and belief systems that no longer serve us well in our lives today.
Emotional trauma, feelings of anxiety and inadequacy, family and relationship difficulties, health and weight problems, can be relieved, and often resolved, by an awareness of emotional blockages.
Come and explore YOUR potential for wholeness at:
Moselstrasse 48
D-54441 WELLEN
Germany
(20 minutes from Luxembourg city)
24 / 25 SEPTEMBER 2005
10:00 – 16:00
1 DAY & 2 DAY WORKSHOPS
1 day € 100 / 2 days € 150
Lunch and drinks provided
For further details or to reserve, please contact;
Neil Brown: +49 6584 992339 / +352 021496524 / neil.brown@gmx.net
Elizabeth Brown: liz.brown@gmx.net
Evelien d’Hertog: Evelien@dhertog.be
UK
Starfish UK invites you to its Annual Gala Function: 'A Celebration of Africa'
It's that time of year again when we encourage Starfish party-goers across the UK to join us to celebrate a fantastic year of achievement. This year's party aims to unite nations and make a real impact on the lives of the thousands of children supported by the Starfish Greathearts Foundation across Southern Africa.
When: Saturday 29th October 2005, 19h30 til 1am
Where: The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4SD
What: Drinks reception, three course South African themed dinner followed by music and dancing from Jazzbomb.
Auction prizes include:
authentic African experience for two at Mosetlha Bushcamp, Madikwe;
annual polo membership for two at the Guards Polo, Windsor.
Tickets: £80 per head / £800 per table
To reserve your tickets email celebrate@starfishcharity.org.
Payment: Bank transfer to Starfish Greathearts Foundation (Barclays)
Account No: 50446564, Sort code: 20-41-41
or
cheque made payable to 'Starfish' and marked Gala Function,
c/o Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2HS.
At Starfish, we believe that all individuals in their various spheres of influence can help to bring life, hope and opportunity to children orphaned or made vulnerable by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Working with established NGOs in over 50 communities in South Africa, Starfish currently supports over 9,000 children and with your help could reach out to so many more… Each and every one of us can make a difference!
Spread the Starfish story and invite your friends... www.starfishcharity.org
Pedro talks to God
This from Matthew Green
Pedro was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place.
Looking up toward heaven, he said "Lord, take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of my life and give up tequila."
Miraculously, a parking place appeared.
Pedro looked up again and said "Never mind. I found one."
Cat jokes2.jpg "Hello... my name is Webster")
These from our virtual office cat, Webster
- Did you hear about the cat who drank 5 bowls of water? He set a new lap record.
- Did you hear about the cat who swallowed a ball of wool? She had mittens.
- What is the difference between a cat and a comma? One has the paws before the claws and the other has the clause before the pause.
- What do you get when you cross a chick with an alley cat? A peeping tom.
- Why don't cats play poker in the jungle? Too many cheetahs.
- What is a cat's favourite song? Three Blind Mice.
Hello...
This from DanielJan LeRoux
Two women meet in heaven.
1st woman: Hi! My name is Wanda.
2nd woman: Hi! I'm Sylvia. How'd you die?
1st woman: I froze to death.
2nd woman: How horrible!
1st woman: It wasn't so bad. After I quit shaking from the cold, I began to get warm & sleepy, and finally died a peaceful death. What about you?
2nd woman: I died of a massive heart attack. I suspected that my husband was cheating, so I came home early to catch him in the act. But instead, I found him all by himself in the den watching TV.
1st woman: So, what happened?
2nd woman: I was so sure there was another woman there somewhere that I started running all over the house looking. I ran up into the attic and searched, and down into the basement. Then I went through every closet and checked under all the beds. I kept this up until I had looked everywhere, and finally I became so exhausted that I just keeled over with a heart attack and died.
1st woman: Too bad you didn't look in the freezer---we'd both still be alive!
Jack and Jill
More from DanielJan
Jack was going to be married to Jill, so his father sat him down for a little fireside chat..
He says, Jack, let me tell you something. On my wedding night in our honeymoon suite, I took off my pants and handed them to your mother, and said, 'Here -try these on.' So, she did and said, 'These are too big, I can't wear them.' So I replied, 'Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will. Ever since that night we have never had any problems."
"Hmmm," says Jack. He thinks that might be a good thing to try." So, on his honeymoon, Jack takes off his pants and says to Jill,
"Here try these on." So she does and says, "These are too large; they don't fit me."
So Jack says, "Exactly. I wear the pants in this family and I always will, and I don't want you to ever forget that."
Then Jill takes off her pants, hands them to Jack and says, "Here you try on mine." So he does and says, "I can't get into your pants." Then Jill says, "Exactly. And if you don't change your smart ass attitude, you never will."
I am going to make this for supper tonight... my son sent me the web site info
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=recipe&dbid=52
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This vegetarian dish is full of flavor, substantial, and makes a complete nutritious meal high in protein. The blended spices of garam masala make this dish rich tasting without being high in fat, and can be easily found in the spice section of your favorite market.
Prep and Cook Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
1 large onion cut in half and sliced thin
5 medium cloves garlic, pressed
1 medium red bell pepper cut in 1 inch squares
1 medium eggplant, cut into 1 inch pieces
pinch of red pepper flakes
2 tsp turmeric
½ tsp garam masala
1 15oz can garbanzo beans
1 15oz can lentils, drained
½ cup tomato sauce
1¼ cups + 1 TBS vegetable broth
½ cup raisins
1 TBS chopped fresh cilantro
salt & black pepper to taste
Directions:
Heat 1 TBS broth in a 10-12 inch skillet. Healthy Sauté onion in broth over medium heat for 5 minutes stirring frequently. Add garlic, red bell pepper, eggplant, garam masala, and turmeric. Stir to mix well for a minute, and add broth and tomato sauce. Stir again to mix, cover, and cook over medium low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until peppers and eggplant are tender. This is our Stove Top Braising cooking method.
Add garbanzo beans, lentils, red chili flakes, and raisins. Simmer for another 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve sprinkled with chopped cilantro.
Serves 4
Healthy Cooking Tips: Cutting the eggplant and peppers into 1 inch pieces gives the spices a chance to come through in cooking without the vegetables overcooking. This recipe is organized so it can be made quickly. However, when adding the garam masala and turmeric, stir well and give it time to heat up, at least 1 minute, before adding liquid. You will get much more flavor by doing so.
Comply or forfeit World Cup
Bok conditioning expert Dr Derik Coetzee has issued an ominous warning after conducting Bok testing in Bloemfontein yesterday. He revealed that many of the players were carrying niggles, and their continued participation in the Absa Currie Cup was to the detriment of the Springboks' World Cup chances.
Team Shosholoza ready for Italian job
Just 157 days of training on an America's Cup class yacht but plenty of sheer hard work is beginning to pay off for the crew of South Africa's Team Shosholoza as they enter the second half of the 2005 America's Cup racing season in Europe.
Chiefs to face FIFA's wrath?
Kaizer Chiefs are in danger of facing disciplinary action from Football's World governing body, FIFA, following their decision to take the PSL to court.
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