Comments on: The difference time makes

By: old, female

old, female — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:04:47 +0000

Jeez – its time I checked out – past my expiry date.
Here I am shouting the odds on fiber optic.
I come from the era where a hand delivered telegram (whenever) was the fastest news. Castle Line MAILSHIPS carried overseas mail. Car travel took days on narrow winding roads – not hours.
Cape to Johannesburg meant sleeping on the side of the road.
And you X Y Z generations complain ?

By: Ad

Ad — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:52:53 +0000

Small thinking…

I think… South Africans are THE most connected people on the planet.

Don’t believe me – any one of you reading this… check your gmail, skype or other IM chat thingy – how many friends do you have online… on more than one continent.

Literally South Africans because of their diaspora are the MOST CONNECTED people on the planet…

Now imagine if we organised…. we could take over the world….

((Manic meglomanic Bwa har har har har))

By: Terryh

Terryh — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:32:37 +0000

My daughters are currently on the Lao/Cambodia part of their Roughguide SE Asia backpacking excursion. No emails, facebook or cybercafes for the folks and far flung friends . Its like being in the 60′s – at the back of the moon – hoping for a colourful postcard.

At least Aussie has cheap skype that works 24/7. Get a friend with insomnia and agarophobia like JM Coetzee – that way you can chat in your REM sleep and record direct to Skype Jungian journal – how cool is that?

How’s Aussie with sophisticated NSW day light saving and Queensland without. If one lives on the border, you might need to arrive at an appointment before you fire up the ute. Kinda Alice in Wonderland?

Gotta luv’em

By: Marianne

Marianne — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:54:59 +0000

If not for Skype, I could never chat to my daughter, who is in Perth for 6 months. Trying to catch her on Telkom’s Off Peak, is impossible,except for weekends.

By: Richard Catto

Richard Catto — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:16:51 +0000

Loneliness is something I don’t suffer from, even though I am most often on my own. I prefer it that way. I like my privacy. I prefer my own companionship.

I had a long distance friendship with an American woman a few years back, which lasted most of a year. I found the time difference and the cultural diversity between us very interesting. It wasn’t a challenge finding time to speak to her. If your Aussie friend is not available to you, find someone who is, if that is what you want.

I derive no comfort from feeling that I am following similar routines to others at the same time. I wonder where that feeling comes from in you?

My idea of Heaven is to be alive in a big urban environment after everyone else has died, such as was depicted in the film, I am Legend. And then after dark have monsters to kill. Perfect life to lead. No laws to obey. No-one there to tell you what to do or give you unwanted advice. You just do whatever you want to.

By: Khadeeja Bassier

Khadeeja Bassier — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:41:46 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. My best friend emigrated to New York at the beginning of the year. I wish we could skype more often- but instead we are restricted to the confines of weekends- where an hour at night is far too little to convey the depth of emotion we would like to share.

By: 'David

'David — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:38:58 +0000

zombieland is where the generaton built on the manipulative culture of the 1990′s will live eternally as you really belong to genration Z. A sad group of aspirants caught in a vortex of disassembling identities and a false sense of rewards that never quite seem to materialise.Fiind a road to build rather than a freeway to glide on and you shall be OK. Zombiehood is a bad hood to live in.

By: Ruth Garland

Ruth Garland — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:10:58 +0000

hey Sarah, you’ve hit a button here… it is a constant complaint from both sides of the Big Pond.
Let’s here it for the insomniacs amongst us – I get to talk to my SA friends plenty, and love it. Different time zones really widen the gap. My brother and sister both migrated in the 80′s, and we were still booking international calls through Cape Town. So Viva Cyber, which enables me to see and hear my wonderful friends and family – thats the important bit, regardless of who’s in her pantoffels.

By: nguni

nguni — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:05:27 +0000

Ah, the woes of a soutie! You’ll survive it, don’t stress..

By: MuAfrika

MuAfrika — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:38:45 +0000

Huh? Like R u finished?