The Island Of Infection

My very good friend Derek Lloyd lost his mother on Sunday after a short illness. My thoughts are with you my friend. What a year for you. What a couple of weeks for me, losing 3 people in my life whom I knew. Things happen in threes. The power of 3, lets hope it ends there. My condolences and best wishes in this time of sadness to Derek, Tammy and the immediate family.

Another South African leader in hot water over botched decision making, Leonard Cheune has become the latest fumbling fatality of ineptitude and short sightedness. Having been given the recommendation to not send Caster to the world athletics championships in Berlin, he firstly ignored the medical advice given to him by Dr. Adams, and secondly he is now trying to disassociate himself and ASA from any responsibility he had in making the decision. What a clown. Can they not send him, Malema, Winnie, Judge Motata and Shabir to the same island asylum, along with Pinky, The Brain and Brandon Huntley? They could then get Mark Bayly over there and film a reality TV sequel to Survivor South Africa part 2, with the winner getting permanent immunity from the infectious disease they all deserve, but remain on the island forever. Oh, a perfect world. To follow, a list of other island asylum candidates… there are so many.

In the most freakish event of the week, a drunken man in France fell asleep on a railway line and a high-speed train ran over him, missing him by 10cm above his body and 20cm on either side, he didn’t even wake up. When the train came to a stop some 200m down the tracks and he was awoken by the driver, he proceeded to give the driver the middle finger for waking him. He wasted his luck there for sure, missing out on a definite chance of winning the lotto.

If you steal a sim card from anyone at anytime, the lesson is clear, do not enter a “win a BMW competition”. Having sent in the region of 28000 sms’s to the competition, the man won the car, drove it across town to another dealership and instructed them to sell it on his behalf. The car was worth less than the sms’s cost, but was taken ownership by the municipality the thief worked for when they eventually cottoned on after the first bill was R72, 000. Maybe this guy should also go to Survivor Island with Mark and the gang.

The weather this week has played havoc with riding plans for those who haven’t done enough preparation for the Spring League, starting on Sunday in Worcester. Check out our facebook page for our racing team. Facebook pages, RBS Vets Racing Team. I will keep it updated with results, pics and reports over the next 6 months. Our team seems to be ready and keen to get going and looking forward to a hard race on Sunday. The wind may play a part and positioning when it does will be vital, as a break will probably get formed here. Daikin will be out to prove a point as to how strong they are, but the reports coming back are that most teams have put in a really fabulous effort to be strong. This improves the racing, makes it harder and sorts out the men from the boys, just how it should be.

With my chest infection easing its way outta my body slowly, and without mechanical problems, hope not to lose any time on competitors on Sunday before trying to take some back in the Hill Climb Time Trial on the 24th October.