RE: [obsnw] Maxi missing cat

2015-04-08 Thread Piet De Wet
May I kindly ask that the moderator of this email group remove me from it. I really thought I wanted to know more about what goes on in my neighbourhood since that night I witnessed the petrol bombings in Howe street. However, I find the emails mostly irrelevant. Is there perhaps a weekly newsl

Re: [obsnw] Maxi missing cat

2015-04-08 Thread Trevor Hughes
This is a google group and all the things you want to do you can do yourself - at the bottom of each email there are instructions on how to unsubscribe or change your subscription options, and you can elect to get a weekly digest of all emails. Alternatively if you set up filters in your mail clie

RE: [obsnw] Maxi missing cat

2015-04-08 Thread Piet De Wet
Thank you Trevor, I got it. About the bombings, it was about 3 months ago. In the night someone threw petrol bombs through the window of a catering/décor hire business in the business park in Howe street (the beige one with the blue window frames). I live in the top of 5 Howe, so my balcony ov

[obsnw] Fwd: Article in GroundUp on Obs homeless

2015-04-08 Thread Trevor Hughes
Subject: Article in GroundUp on Obs homeless *We’re being targeted, say homeless* 8 April 2015 - Ian Broughton - [image: From left: Nicole MacHattie, Johannes Ougat, Kevin Adams and Mike Slate, who has started a committee for the homeless.Slate recently organised a clean up of the lo

Re: [obsnw] Maxi missing cat

2015-04-08 Thread Trevor Hughes
I am virtually right next door to that complex!! I was completely unaware. Thanks for the story. Trev -- -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 --

Re: [obsnw] Maxi missing cat

2015-04-08 Thread Nodi Murphy
Don't give up hope... Phyllis and Lesley waited months for their cat to return, and he was found up at Groote Schuur Hospital.. My wife Sharyn and I wish to thank those who responded to our cries for help in trying to locate our beloved cat Maxi, who disappeared on the evening of Easter Sunda

Re: [obsnw] Maxi missing cat

2015-04-08 Thread solee
Dear Sharyn and Tyrone What a sad story but hopefully you've contacted various vets in the area and the Animal Welfare Organisations? Don't give up hope. Love from Liz and Judith Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: tyrone Sender: obsnw@googlegroups.com Da

[obsnw] Piet de Wet

2015-04-08 Thread tyrone
I am an ex- fire fighter with 36 years of firefighting experience, from cats up a tree to oil tankership alight and limpet mines in the "struggle " years, and can well imagine the terror you experienced in your ordeal re the petrol bomb incident. Hopefully there were no injuries or fatalitie

[obsnw] Maxi

2015-04-08 Thread tyrone
Dear Liz and Judith, We have spent hours passing on our details to a number of 24 hr Vets and Animal Welfare Organizations and all we can do now is wait and hope for the best. Regards Tyrone and Sharyn -- -- OPS [Obsid Public

[obsnw] Wipers Stolen

2015-04-08 Thread saboz0r
Hi all Sometime between yesterday afternoon and this evening my housemate's windscreen wipers were stolen off her car which was parked outside our house. We're right near the corner of Nuttall and Cranko. Any idea what they actually do with them? Anyone else had theirs stolen? -- --

Re: [obsnw] Wipers Stolen

2015-04-08 Thread Frank Schuitemaker
Hi there, +If you google "wiper blades" on this group you will find some reports. + Various incidents were reported on the WhatsApp Alert groups where I live, some even wiped twice. + Also the ONW patrollers hear about the problem as past victims tell them about it. + See also a post on facebook.c

[obsnw] Maxi's back home

2015-04-08 Thread tyrone
I admit that I over-reacted and jumped the gun in my assumption that Maxi had come to harm. He turned up last night bedraggled and dirty but thanks to the night Vet's needle and no broken bones he is well on his way to recovery. My apologies to those I might have offended in getting word out

Re: [obsnw] Wipers Stolen

2015-04-08 Thread Marc Turok
I used to have an old Mercedes that needed parts no longer available. My wife’s old car was also very expensive to get parts. I asked around and was told about a place on Voortrekker Road on the left going out about a kilometre after Saltriver bridge (near the scrap yards). They have hundreds an

Re: [obsnw] Wipers Stolen

2015-04-08 Thread Rosemary Robins
I have been to the place in Voortrekker Road and my advice would be to avoid it at all costs. "Dodgy" is a fairly kind description. On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 6:01 AM, Marc Turok wrote: > I used to have an old Mercedes that needed parts no longer available. > My wife’s old car was also very expen

Re: [obsnw] Maxi's back home

2015-04-08 Thread Nodi Murphy
So glad! I admit that I over-reacted and jumped the gun in my assumption that Maxi had come to harm. He turned up last night bedraggled and dirty but thanks to the night Vet's needle and no broken bones he is well on his way to recovery. My apologies to those I might have offended in getting