The weekend... cottage-camping in Brits

Went over the new road <Pampoen-nek> again... Simply brilliant! Anyone going to Drie berge / ETC from the South, use this way, you avoid the really lousy road to Chameleon village, and of course the backed up traffic both-ways over Harties dam wall on the way back.

Stopped off at the salvage barn opposite Impala meat and found a big square Corning ware dish <cornflower pattern> with its lid for R100 ... You can expect to pay +R600 for a new one of the same size.

Then I went to Arend pawnshop and found a record No 4 vice <painted kak>, but in basically very good condition, the ACME  thread underneath is not worn out the release spring functions, not beat up and the jaws are still good for a paltry R300... Then I spotted “Torque-tool” machine vice for my drill press for R120 ! , what a smashing bargain for both!

Been looking for a vice and a machine vice at a reasonable price for a hell of a long time... I hate having to drill, especially flat bar and the such and have to hold the work piece with my hand.

Chicken & egg situation... need the vice to make the clamps to clamp the vice to the dill press table.... NOW I can do that!  Yaaaaaay ..

Between Brits & my retreat I hit an unavoidable pot-hole DAMMIT! ... Put a blister on the side wall Driver’s side front....

DANKIE! Regering, for only maintaining the road in-front of the muncipal buildings and nowhere else, you bunch of currupt ba#@*rds

It was already too late to go back & have it changed, so I was very naughty & took a chance.......

Got back and dived in the pool....... sipped tomato cocktails in the little pool & had toasted chicken-chillie-cheeze sarmies for a just-after-lunch-snack....

Shame, Gooly-gone learnt Alllll about electric fences, while I was having a shower........

Yelped & screeched like blue murder, I shot out the shower to see if she had been bitten by one of our favourite & frequent Rhinkaals visitor’s.. Fortunately not...............

Got back to JHB with the blister in the side-wall that had become a bit bigger  – just took things easy, got home swopped cars and then wen’t to the one-a-month auction at the Walkerville showgrounds...

Hit  “it”  nicely.

A German couple had sold everything to immigrate back to Germany and the buyer had put much of it up for unreserved sale.

I got: -

2 “Made in Germany” matching ceramic coated frying pans one slighty bigger than the other, --- My 10Yo Bauer pan’s lookin very tired & scratched and yuckey ... R150 & R100 R250 for both.

A big & deep "pasta" pot with lid & temp gauge-deksel-knoppie , Like AMC R100

A modern type pressure cooker R350 Yaaaaaay ..   Now I can make boontjie sop!!!!

And a complete set of bits / drivers / hex head sockets / hole saw / drills / posi-drive cross & flat drives for my Dewalt cordless screwdriver for R100

So all told R750.00, not including the Corningware & vices, I'm out of pocket R750  BUT +R1500 saved to buy them things new...

Replaced the tyre yesterday R850 ....... Still came out on top.....

OK so that's my long post that that you lot complain about, so I'll leave you with this: -

THIS IS WHERE I SPENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.....  with tomato cocktails and toasted samies served at the pool...... Be envious....

BTW I took the picture at a time when there was noone there, as I respect other's right to privacy... Some people don't like their photo's being taken...