Yes, I also thought "Why not have a bolt (inaccessible from outside)
on the inside?". Then I suppose one has to ask the next person wanting
to come in to show you their key before you unlock the bolt. H ...
On Nov 22, 5:45 pm, Frank Schuitemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> To have the gate l
Toby, you can't just call the cops because someone is walking around!
Richard isn't an escaped prisoner. As far as I know he was arrested a
while back and his case is coming up next year.
Biddy.
On Nov 22, 2:23 pm, Toby Hewlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes Richard is still around - I saw him
On Nov 23, 11:38 am, "Trevor Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Helen Swart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > This idiot has ticked us all off, I too feel he and others like him should
> > be removed from our site.
>
> You can;t just go about banning people caus
Hi all
I had an email this morning from a friend attaching a notice about a
new type of ATM fraud. I can't find a way of attaching it here, so
I'll just email it to the group separately - Trevor, you might like to
do something with it.
The essence of it is in this quotation:
*** The man called
Here's the article mentioned in my posting. Maybe it's not worth doing anything
much with, unless David wants it for his newsletter. The most relevant bit is
in my posting.
Biddy.
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I agree, too, about having the notice. Maybe we need to point out to
Standard Bank that what we want to put there is advice that they
themselves give to their customers: Don't let anyone see your pin
number; don't let anyone talk to you AT ALL while you're doing a
transaction, etc. Or if they're n
I'm very happy to believe that this was a "con" - or rather let's call
it a LIE - but I would also be interested, David, to know whether
there was any way you actually KNEW it was a lie - e.g. have you heard
this same story from other people?
Biddy.
On Dec 3, 12:11 pm, "David Raphael" <[EMAIL PRO
Hi all
Please keep an eye out for a rather battered khaki cloth handbag (made by
Camel) just stolen from our house in Perth Road. By a most unfortunate set of
highly unusual circumstances a bloke managed to get into the front of our house
and took my bag. My husband actually happened to come in
I think it's correct about the high walls being an invitation to
invisible breaking-in. Best perhaps for Obs might be HIGH but
completely see-through - e.g. railings.
Window panes with plastic laminate between two sheets are also a good
idea; they're expenisive to put in but they're hard to break
At about 9 o'clock this morning (Sun 25th Jan) there was a bloke
selling a Jack Russell puppy (for R40) outside the Kwikspar.
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We live in Perth Road - just up from Bristol. Yesterday morning (Tues)
we noticed that a neighbour's car window had been broken during the
night. Haven't seen them yet so I don't know what was taken.
About the car radios stolen in Bristol Road: it would be interesting
(perhaps even useful) to kno
This isn't something that really happened - at least not recently in
SA - even though it may be good advice. See
http://www.snopes.com/crime/intent/gps.asp
I really don't think it's okay to post info on this website unless
it's something you KNOW to be true
Biddy.
On Feb 13, 12:21 pm, "David
Is there a way we (you!) could get the non-participating businesses to
*know* about this initiative? Put a flyer in each shop - or something
like that?
Also I'd be interested to know - Jonny W do you know? - whether the
people who are doing a more formal car-guard interviewing do any
*training*.
This is a different Abdul from the one we know from of old (and have
seen him not that long ago too). Our one is light-skinned and has half-
blond hair. About 30+ years old I guess. Skinny.
On Mar 10, 2:41 am, Andrew Fife wrote:
> Hi Katherine
>
> See the attached. I think it ios the same guy. Y
Hi
This is by no means a new trick - some of these were taken from our
street (Perth Road) years ago.But I did notice a couple of weeks ago
that one had gone from Station Road some time recently - well at least
since I was last there at the end of last year. Just about outside the
park I think -
I don't suppose there's any chance of nailing Pedro on this, however
much we suspect him - the evidence is (presumably) only
circumstantial. But maybe it means that people should invent a way of
putting a personalised marking onto their hosepipes...? I can't think
right now of a good way, but may
I've been away for some weeks and came back today, to discover a
new-in-this-house "Basotho"-style straw hat - which my husband apparently
bought from Richard recently. Had anyone had such a thing stolen? On,
conversely, did anyone out there give Richard such a hat?
Biddy.
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Well I find it quite extraordinary that so many people want to make
trivial comments on this posting - I thought we were banning that. The
reason that I bothered to make a posting about the hat is that so many
of you seemed to be panting to link Richard to some definite crime.
Biddy.
On Apr 27,
Something to note here is how important it is to have the serial
numbers of your more steal-able items.
Biddy.
On Apr 30, 2:08 pm, Knarf Boatmaker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just an hour ago I was in the small computer repair shop (Urban Connection)
> near PnP in Rondebosch. An extremely sturdy (broad) b
There a guy going round Obs selling (imho hideous) "ants" made of wire
and avocado pips which he too says he's selling on behalf of
impoverished artists etc. I can't remember what he looked like but
he's also been to a friend in Clifton Terrace with the ants, and
probably also dolls (she didn't lo
He was at our house (with more ants...) this morning [Wed 8th] -
called himself Stephan - looked exactly as in photo. We said no to his
ants (surprise surprise) and then he said he wanted to ask us a
favour. I started to say no, and then he asked us to phone his sister
- but flounced off before we
They were here (Perth Road) yesterday - I think about 3 of them. I
said no thanks and away they went. But I would be interested - if
anyone out there knows the law - in knowing whether it is (as Kat
implies) illegal to walk up and knock on someone's front door if
there's no locked gate between the
I heard a short while ago from someone I don't know - she was walking
with her dogs past our house - that a woman was mugged last night - at
4 a.m. (!!) in Lower Trill. I think she said two blokes in a white
bakkie.
On top of that the dog-walking woman said the petrol pump and wheel
were stolen o
This must be the incident I wrote about the other day. But (I think) I
heard that it had happened at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. Someone
must have got hold of the wrong end of some stick about that; sorry if
it was me. A young woman walking in Lower Trill at 15.30 is of course
more likely than
I have a feeling that robbers know that people will be replacing the
stolen computers or whatever, so that if they wait a couple of weeks
there'll be fresh pickings... I don't know what one can do about it
though. [But keep the serial numbers; it just might help.]
Another indicator of being wort
The one at Ossian now extends up into Barrington. That whole (hole?!)
area is very bad.
Biddy.
On Jul 29, 10:35 am, Guy wrote:
> A few weeks ago I nearly fell into one on the pavement on Bowden
> Road. It was on the town side, just 5m above junction with Oxford
> Road.
> Appears like some inspe
David, this isn't "crime" but "grime", but it's in response to your
"Are there any other places in Obs that particularly need cleaning
up?"
I'm not sure who's responsible for the Station Road subway, but it
desperately needs a pipe [plastic, not metal!] put in on the south-
west wall to take the w
Thursday 13.30. Perth Road.
A bloke with a bakkie has just rung my bell selling plants - mainly
large palm-type ones - like those at the side of Hartleyvale (in
Station Road). I asked him where he got them and he said "Cape Town"
and then "Phillippi".
I suspect he may have removed them (dug them
I have a feeling that the banks have (or at any rate *had*) a very
crazy rule that one couldn't stop one's own debit orders oneself - the
bank had also to get authorisation from the payee. Since we discovered
that we stopped having any debit orders.
Biddy.
On Nov 6, 3:48 pm, Johann du Plooy wro
Thanks for all the Vetus Schola info and they do seem to be doing a
great job already. But I haven't seen *anyone* on a bicycle in these
parts recently and would like to know if there are any ONW people from
the "below the line" area who have seen the VS bike patrol. Or perhaps
it's not yet up and
I'm so glad someone else has also brought this up. I still have
*never* seen a bicycle (and I drive through lower Obs quite a bit, and
I work near a window). We've seen the car twice, but even that isn't
okay as the following story perhaps demonstrates:
A couple of nights ago VS woke us up at 01.30
I definitely think that if it gets shut (which I tend to favour) then
it should NOT be in an irreversible manner. I also think that
Catherine White has a good point about the school kids. Could we ask
the school (now closed, unfortunately) to find out how many of their
learners do use it on a regul
I like the idea of locking the subway at night - but if they/we/
whoever put metal gates they'll probably be stolen for scrap! [smile]
On Dec 15, 11:59 am, Ian Gilfillan wrote:
> I'm against closing or "filling it in". I used to live in that part of
> Obs, and regularly used the subway, as I'm su
My ENORMOUS apologies to Andrew. I didn't see the "Continue" button.
Biddy.
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From: Andrew Fife
To: obsnw@googlegroups.com ; ilove...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:17 PM
Subject: [iloveobs] Wrench Road Subway: A Quick Poll
Wrenc
10 p.m. seems quite late to lock the subway (if this does happen). How
about 9 p.m. in summer and 8 p.m. in winter? What do others think?
Biddy.
On Jan 12, 3:50 pm, Brian Amery wrote:
> The Obsid is proposing to lock the Wrensch Road subway at 22.00 and re-open
> it at 6.00, there is no intention
I seem to remember that at the meeting on 22nd Dec it was decided (but
maybe only mooted) that the VS patrollers would have regular mini-
tests to help them in learning street names. What happend to that
idea? (or am I misremembering?).
Biddy.
On Jan 12, 3:52 pm, Brian Amery wrote:
> Hi Frank - N
Guards walking slowly is not necessarily a bad thing. As long as their
eyes and minds are on full alert. Think of the proverbial British
bobby - he doesn't march swiftly down the street - he STROLLS.
Biddy.
On Jan 20, 8:04 pm, "Matthew Jellen"
wrote:
> Hi Annemarie,
>
> Thank you for bringing thi
while they were
trying for ours.
If you think it might be yours, let me know.
Biddy Greene in Perth Road.
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We're also on the lower side of the line (though almost next to the
Station Road bridge) and have also recently noticed a lot more dog-
barking in the small hours...
Just had a thought: maybe they're barking at the Vetus Schola patrols
- what a cheerful irony that would be!
Biddy.
On Feb 7, 12:5
I take Rosemary's point about the problems of financing Annemarie's
suggestions, but would like to say that I agree with Annemarie that
too often we see the VS guys chatting in a group. It's probably a bit
of a boring job, but that's too bad - they must do their patrolling!
I walk for 20-30 minutes
I've been meaning to write this for ages...
On Tuesday last week we drove off at about 15:45, saying hi & bye to a
neighbour as we left. 1.5 mins later, as we're on Liesbeek Pkwy, the
neighbour phones: "Your alarm's going off". So we pop a U-ie and go
home and turn it off and phone Peninsula Alarms
I was at the Autobank outside the Spar at about 2 p.m. today As I was
punching in my code (happily very much obscuring the view) a chap
who'd been at the other machine came up close behind me and said "I
think there's a problem with that one." I didn't turn round at all
and just said "GO AWAY" in
Anthea, first thank goodness this worked out okay and THANK YOU for
passing it on.
Please tell us your son's age - that just might be relevant. Certainly
mums and nannies with kids that age should be extra careful now.
Biddy.
On Mar 30, 5:17 pm, The Observatory Neighbourhood watch
wrote:
> Just a
If Rob thinks it's Sunday maybe he was muddled about this too! :-)
On Apr 24, 12:50 pm, Bev wrote:
> Not that I'm aware of Rob. Who told you this?
> Just walked along Wesley (between Bishop 'n Scott) and other than the
> car that was done last night there is no other glass. Altho' I
> haven't
Bev, do you know whether the rucksack was visible from outside the
car? Opportunistic breaking in to steal something left in view seems
less bad than breaking in just in case something worthwhile is there.
Biddy.
On Apr 23, 10:10 pm, Bev wrote:
> Black & orange rucksack stolen out of car in Wesle
I think Bev is right - in fact I wrote to Brian saying that (to Brian
only, not wanting to draw more attention ...). With any "found"
property one wants to hold back on descriptions to allow for
verification.
Biddy.
On Apr 29, 12:13 pm, Rosemary Robins wrote:
> SURELY Obsid would only hand over w
I think that link-clicking doesn't (always?) work. I've also tried a
couple of times to change my method of receiving this ONW stuff - to
no avail.
Biddy.
On May 4, 7:47 am, michellejoy...@gmail.com wrote:
> It fails when you send to the unsubscribe address. Please unsubscribe me!
> Sent from my B
I think there's some confusion here (well in my mind at any rate). The
people in the first pic are surely both women, and the other pics look
like 2 guys. What's the relationship between them?
Biddy.
On May 31, 11:18 am, Michael Muller wrote:
> I don't think that the one in the red tracksuit is
I don't agree - though we always draw money when we're in a car, not
on foot. Despite there being another ATM at the Total garage I'd hate
to see this one go. A lot of people whom I take to be hospital staff
en route between the hosp and the station use it - esp at the end of
the month. Please let'
I think I just did something very stupid. I was in the front of the
house at about 8 this morning when a cheerful black guy, well-built
plus, 'ordinary' height, wearing a newish clean blue overall-type
jacket, and a cap came by. He was looking my way so I greeted him. He
then came to the gate and
This guy is NOTHING REMOTELY LIKE RICHARD. I know Richard well. This
guy is darker and about twice Richard's size!
On Sep 1, 1:11 pm, Bev P wrote:
> I have seen Richard walking to and fro along Wesley of late.
> He looks a little thinner and still has his give-away ear stud.
> Was it him I wonder
ive in?It'd be wise to keep an eye out for this
> person!-Original Message-
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>
> Of Biddy Greene
> Sent: 01 September 2010 08:43 AM
> To: The Observatory Neighbourhood watch
> Subject: [obsnw]
Many stories like this are urban legends, but snopes.com verifies this
one as TRUE - although their date for it is 2003.
On Sep 2, 9:21 am, "David Raphael" wrote:
> Just in case you are not aware that you must never give the codes on the
> back of your credit cards to anyone calling you over the
I can't be the only one who keeps reading this URL as "festival o'
farts". Perhaps you should think of getting another name!
Mind you there are probably lots of people out there (Bev? ! ) who
think that's a very good name!
Biddy.
On Sep 27, 3:45 pm, Andrew Fife wrote:
> Please visitwww.observator
Well done, Bev and all.
Have the cops got a pic fo this guy for us to see?
On Oct 9, 6:34 pm, Bev wrote:
> I heard a car door slam outside my place (in Robins) at about 3.50 pm
> today.
> Knowing which cars were parked outside and being curious, I
> immediately looked out….…..to see a slim, mediu
I think all "service-type" companies do this kind of thing. We just
got about R100 knocked of our potential insurance increase (after we'd
made a change) by saying - quite truthfully - that it was far too much
and we'd rather move to another company. (We might still move anyway,
but that's another
More detail? e.g. did you see the guy or what?
On Oct 16, 11:30 pm, Bev wrote:
> The above car - CA 268234 - was stolen from Trill Rd earlier
> tonight.
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What about the kiddie park in Barrington? Aren't those keys available
from Tony at the Model Café in Lower Wrensch? Or has that changed?
On Oct 19, 3:08 pm, "Helen Swart" wrote:
> This is not correct, Kiddies park keys are available from me, my number is
> 0722412761. There is A R50.00 deposit,
But who would have an alarm on at 5 p.m. anyway? Was it really a
BREAK in?
On Oct 21, 11:07 am, Anton Byleveldt wrote:
> According to our survey, there is no armed response board up outside,
> so I believe they do not have one, but will investigate further, as I
> was shocked to hear that this b
they would activate it. I have confirmation that a case
> has been made by the saps. The complainant is E. Esterhuizen and the
> Investigating officer is constable Abrahams.
> Anton
>
> On Oct 21, 3:13 pm, Biddy Greene wrote:> But who
> would have an alarm on at 5 p.m. anywa
At about lunch time today (Tues) I went through the Station Road
subway and noticed the (grotty) green wooden door that one scarely
notices (NE side) had been prised half open. A light was on inside!
It's a very small space with some electrical-looking bits inside.
Perhaps someone was looking for m
and
> no news re the current situation wrt gates. Can someone from OBSID
> please let me know what the situation is. When I last walked through
> this subway (a few days ago), it was in a shocking state. Dirty, very
> smelly and a thoroughly unpleasant experience.
>
> Thanks
>
Today there was a small flood in the Station Road subway (perhaps
around 11+ a.m.). The woman in the MetroRail ticket office said she'd
report it. But what concerns me is that when I spoke to a group of 3
Vetus Schola men standing outside their office at the station, none of
them knew about it. D
We get the Tatler in our letter box (almost) every week (Perth Road,
below the line). There was a time a year or two back when we didn't
get it for months. I think we should tell the office if we don't get
it - they're presumably paying people to do the delivering.
On Nov 1, 10:23 am, Bev P wrote
"The festival got permission from the Business owners to close off the
area."
Is it legal for "the business owners" to stop me walking up the street
unless I pay? Closing off vehicular traffic (who can drive round
another way) is quite different from making people have to pay - or go
far further a
Really good idea.
On Dec 9, 11:28 am, Brian Amery wrote:
> Hi Marge,
>
> Thanks very much for your message! The festival would most definitely be
> interested in having local NGOs involved - and especially authentic locally
> made crafts and designs. Could you please forward me your full details
I'd like to add my tuppence worth of "not appreciating" Teun's letter.
Many Obs residents are extremely active in trying to keep the suburb
in good shape - not least by protesting against the liquor licences
that seem to get issued at the drop of a hat.
It's perhaps pushing things a bit to say tha
Good for you, Rosemary!
On Dec 16, 12:48 pm, Rosemary Robins wrote:
> I have been informed that VS etc will no longer receive a hamper at their
> braai but a PnP voucher instead - great idea, each person has their own
> tastes. However, I have also been told that no alcohol may be bought with
>
This sounds like a guy who conned me (I can't believe it!) some months
back. I put a description on this site at the time. Big, genial black
guy who said they were chopping trees for the people who live behind
us. He got to come a bit into our house and then I can't remember
exactly - I think we c
>From Gardens to Liesbeek Parkway sounds most odd. I mean there /is/
nothing on Liesbeek Parkway...
On Dec 29, 2:40 pm, Inge wrote:
> Article on IOL today of a conman working in Liesbeeck area:
> (http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/police-hunt-
> liesbeek-conman-1.1006049)
>
> Po
What's the legal position? Does anyone know whether /we/ can call the
cops? (as opposed to St Anne's who are being misrepresented)
On Jan 14, 4:32 pm, debra wrote:
> on arriving home at 4 p.m. a woman approached me saying 'they' were
> collecting money for a children's day tomorrow at st anne's
I've heard, over the years, about how houses are 'marked' to indicate
one thing or another - perhaps just "these people are a soft touch"
but maybe also something like "worth breaking in here".
Today we discovered a very thin pink ribbon (very bright, so very
obvious) tied to our gate (in Perth Ro
I see in this morning's People's Post that we should phone the
Woodstock police on 021-442-3100 if she should appear at the door.
(The report said she's tall with long, black curly hair; no mention of
other attributes!)
On Jan 14, 4:32 pm, debra wrote:
> on arriving home at 4 p.m. a woman approa
Someone told me recently about "Turn It Around"
http://www.turnitaround.co.za/landing
which is an e-network (operating via email, Twitter etc.) which allows
people to share local crime news, in the hopes of others becoming less
of a target. I saw a lot of Tamboerskloof stuff on their website.
Does
:02 PM, Trevor Hughes wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Biddy Greene wrote:
>
> >> Someone told me recently about "Turn It Around"
> >>http://www.turnitaround.co.za/landing
> >> which is an e-network (operating via email, Twitter etc.) which allows
Best part of this ungood message is Natalie's affirmation of still
feeling safer. As do we all - add my thanks to the list! (And
appreciative of the relatively very clean suburb.)
On Jan 21, 4:18 pm, Natalie Leon wrote:
> Hi
> I just posted a message to say how thankful I am about feeling more
Can you describe him a bit?
On Feb 5, 4:33 pm, NGODINOBS wrote:
> I could kick myself for helping this young man. His name is Grant
> Jooste, he lives on the street and he collects iron products to sell.
> I have helped him before and last Monday let him wash my car again for
> the second time in
Jeyes Fluid!
On Feb 8, 2:54 pm, Trevor Hughes wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Kiki wrote:
> > When he sleeps on our front steps (which happens quite often) and
> > there is any kind of wind blowing (which happens quite often), the
> > smell coming underneath the door permeates the whole
I've "brightened" the pic of Johnnie so that it's easier to see what
he looks like, but I can't find any "Attach" button. How do I upload
it to this group?
On Feb 9, 11:03 am, "Melanie Hoffman" wrote:
> This is a very complicted story:
>
> My daughter, went on the train from Obs to Clarmemont in
Yesterday (Tues) late afternoon a very pleasant-looking youngish woman
appeared at our gate with a piece of paper - presumably a list to
sign. She said she was Saskia and that she teaches at Dreyer Street
School. "The school is going through difficult financial times," she
said, "and I'm collecting
at my place - she was collecting for a "carnival" at a
> > school across the road from the Biscuit Mill.
>
> > On Feb 16, 10:10 am, Biddy Greene wrote:
> > > Yesterday (Tues) late afternoon a very pleasant-looking youngish woman
> > > appeared at our gat
How do the thieves know that it's been data-dotted? (It seems that
they do, but I can't figure it.)
On Feb 18, 6:16 pm, Bev P wrote:
> Oh heck Rob
> If you have the good fortune to get it back, suggest to Steven that he has
> it Data-dotted as this apparently serves as a huge deterrent to asp
Thanks, Frank, for these clear thoughts. (Bev, I did look at the
website because this was something I'd never heard of.)
On Feb 20, 1:32 pm, Frank Schuitemaker
wrote:
> Hi Bev,
>
> I remember having talked about this one and your enthusiasm and my cooler
> anylitical way of looking at it.
>
> The
Okay; this does make sense - I didn't see that on the website.
Thanks. [How did we get this separated into two different subject
places?]
On Feb 20, 12:55 pm, Bev P wrote:
> Hi Biddy,
>
> DATA-DOT places stickers on the windows of cars that have been "treated".
> There are so many thousands upon
We're not very far from Lower Wrensch and have seen neither hide nor
hair of Vetus Schola on this (lower) side of the line for quite some
time. Not even at their erstwhile favourite (and possibly official)
meeting spot at the top of Barrington. What about others living in
this area - have you seen
> met with no response.
>
> What is going on with Vetus Scholar? Can someone please follow up.
> Regards,
>
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Do people really LEAVE all that rubbish outside their houses? If I saw
a coke can or a sorghum bottle (or maybe even a brick) I'd bring it in
and chuck it in the bin.
On Feb 21, 8:29 am, "Colleen Bester (CI)"
wrote:
> Good day all
>
> Re: Marking your house with a view to break-in...
>
> I've hea
Our Opel Corsa was broken into some time last night (Thurs). Front
passenger-side window broken. Nothing taken - nothing to take!
Quite weird actually; I thought that there's usually something
valuable-looking visible when windows got broken.
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I'm sure Perren Sheperd (see other posting) is right about lack of
Vetus Schola patrolling away from the centre of Obs. Since I last
wrote about the same phenomenon below the line I have seen the car a
couple of times (once even in our street) but I really think it's far
too infrequent to be what t
Gladf he got the gates back. It would be good to know though what sort
they were and how easily-removable. These people are almost sure to
try again...
On Apr 18, 8:14 pm, James Cowley wrote:
> Just by the way, Rodney, a resident on Arnold street near Milton Road, was
> alerted by his dog that al
I'm sorry to hear about this but glad that someone else in the
vicinity is also complaining about the absence of Vetus Schola. There
doesn't seem to have been any reaction to my recentish mutterings, so
now I'm saying it again: WE HARDLY EVER SEE VETUS SCHOLA. Where are
they? (The cleaning people,
Thanks, Trev, I'll do that.
On May 2, 7:21 pm, Trevor Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Biddy Greene wrote:
> > I'm sorry to hear about this but glad that someone else in the
> > vicinity is also complaining about the absence of Vetus Schola. There
>
The pic of the conman looks like what I remember of a similar incident
a year or so ago (reported to ONW at the time). But "seems drunk"
doesn't fit him at all. (We'd all be far less likely to be taken in by
a drunk-seeming guy.) I remember "our" guy as very plausible and
quite well-spoken. And he
And Clicks?! (except we were wondering whether the MTN Science Centre
might be relocating there)
On May 16, 9:13 am, Jodi wrote:
> Thanks Brian - agreed the building is inappropriate for large parties
> due to proximity to residential buildings & also to Groote Schuur
> which would have been af
For those who - like me - have forgeooten, here's a whole lot of stuff
from some ONW people last time:
"I have felt so foolish about this that I haven’t wanted to write
at
> > all, but lest others be conned, feel I’d better……
> > Last week there was a ring at the door and a young man (white,
> >
I have the pic from 2 years ago but I can't see how to attach it.
On May 27, 1:32 pm, "Michael Kempen" wrote:
> The Bandana Man was in Sussex Road about an hour ago. Please be cautious!
> Give nothing.
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Thanks for this - a good reminder to all of us with domestic workers.
On May 30, 12:38 pm, "kdeto...@gmail.com" wrote:
> My domestic worker called to say that 2 men (one black, on coloured;
> not other description) came to the gate this morning and said "the
> madam wanted something fixed and we'
This is (at least) the second time this kind of thing has happened
recently. We love to walk there... Can we ask VS to patrol regularly
and often along that bicycle path? [Do they ever go there??]
On Jul 11, 1:40 pm, Frank Schuitemaker
wrote:
> 2011/07/10 at 11:00 Myself and My friend, plus 4yr
No, no; it didn't happen to me; I was just replying to a post from (I
think) knarfboatma... - the people who were walking with a young kid
and a baby.
Sorry for the confusion.
Biddy.
On Jul 13, 12:08 pm, Frank Schuitemaker
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just an correction, this did not actually happen to
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