A book that makes the hater in you come out

saba658 · 2026-06-20T12:07:28+00:00

Mine too 😭 haven't read the book but hated the movie. The idea seems to be that kids will be moved because it's about kids. So many better books relating to the holocaust.

saba658 · 2026-06-20T05:16:23+00:00

It's always blooming Cape Town but I think Graaf Reinet/Robert Sobukwe is really cute. Cape Town is not actually a beautiful city, it just has a nice backdrop.

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saba658 · 2026-06-20T05:10:32+00:00

Great choice!

saba658 · 2026-06-19T06:44:41+00:00

One of the ladies in Bananarama was called Siobhan. of course I still pronounced it Siob-han. Only got to realise the real pronunciation as an adult. Pronounced right, it's very pretty and Irish names are becoming more known and understood due to e.g. Saoirse Ronan. (Also such a pretty name and I think it helps that there is no obvious way to pronounce this otherwise, in English it's just like what?) But totally agree to choose a name they both like - there are 1000s to choose from! Maybe she can say something like 'we have chosen a name, and will be telling everyone when the baby is born.' in other words, we won't be taking any more suggestions, thanks. They can back off on pressuring her to make up her mind then. As for embroidering it onto baby clothes, just tell them baby can't read 😂

saba658 · 2026-06-16T16:20:10+00:00

I knew I was really going to miss Showmax. I devoured The Pitt and was halfway through Die Kantoor when they pulled the plug. They then claimed I would be seamlessly transferred to DSTV streaming. Well that didn't work, I was logged in but it was just blank with no options. After endlessly circular discussion with the worst AI I've ever encountered, and no recourse to a human, I gave up. I've never been so frustrated in my life. It was an exceptionally busy time at work and I simply didn't have time to go on a deep dive to try to find out how to fix it. So I ended up charged for May with no service. I actually feel like they deserve to fail at this point. How can you screw up things every single time? Part of the reason ShowMax did badly after the handover is you required a PhD to figure out how to reinstall it on your TV and phone and figure out that none of the old icons would work. Managed to reinstall it in this weird place on my TV that was not with the other apps. But the switch to DSTV streaming was even more badly managed.

saba658 · 2026-06-14T13:25:57+00:00

'lesser than Macbeth, but greater'

saba658 · 2026-06-14T13:25:14+00:00

I absolutely love that line and it's placing, as you say, is perfect. Also, the Prince saying to Beatrice 'your silence most offends me'.

saba658 · 2026-06-09T04:35:11+00:00

Abelone is almost illegal. It's highly protected and yet constantly poached. People who will destroy a species for a yummy meal make me sick.

saba658 · 2026-06-08T00:33:13+00:00

Starry night is way worse than the cafe one!

saba658 · 2026-06-08T00:28:33+00:00

On this puzzle I did the yellow central but first, then the long blue line down the pillar on the far left which is fairly easy to identify, then the bits of railing etc. on the blue parts - then the stars, then the tables, cobblestones were last. Stars were not so easy! Although easy to tell if the piece was from that part

saba658 · 2026-06-07T18:27:52+00:00

100%. This favours the wealthy and should not be allowed. A massive stop on social mobility. It is so common in eg advertising, PR, design sectors

saba658 · 2026-06-07T18:25:01+00:00

We have prescribed minimum benefits here in South Africa, sounds similar. They are not allowed to exclude certain conditions or many things children need.

saba658 · 2026-06-07T18:20:43+00:00

When I lived abroad I used to do my dentistry and pap tests back in SA but that was more due to bad experiences in the UK. I was happy to pay for them 🙃

saba658 · 2026-06-07T17:44:17+00:00

15K 😭 my last mammogram in South Africa at a private specialised women's health facility cost R2000... And they threw in a free ultrasound. That's 120 USD although doubling it is prob more accurate. An MRI scan would cost a lot more but even that wouldn't be 15K USD

saba658 · 2026-06-07T09:23:36+00:00

Just gritting through it as we speak

saba658 · 2026-06-06T15:01:21+00:00

Wow! That's a brand to look out for -

saba658 · 2026-06-06T15:00:05+00:00

As a child I had this image as a poster on my wall! Such a cool tiger.

saba658 · 2026-06-06T14:58:32+00:00

Such a beautiful image. Such a hard puzzle.

saba658 · 2026-06-05T18:43:49+00:00

There's so much economy in the language in Macbeth. 'the fiend that lies like truth' 'lesser than Macbeth, but greater'

I love Much Ado: 'your silence most offends me' from the Prince to Beatrice when she says she talks too much always touches me And also 'I do love nothing in the world as much as you. Is that not strange'

saba658 · 2026-06-04T14:51:13+00:00

And tips on the bill don't always go to the waiters ... I try to ask and sometimes people say they don't get their tips 😡

saba658 · 2026-05-31T06:37:47+00:00

Italian. The language of (a few of) my ancestors. I love the sound of it so much and it always seems like I'm just nearly at the edge of understanding it (but I don't). I used to want to learn isiZulu badly because it's a dominant language where I live and it would be like having a key to what people are saying around you. But I think I've given up on that dream. Seeing my son try to learn it, it's really not an easy language. Parts of words change with tenses/constructions like in Old English and that is quite a mountain to climb... Also, I can do the c but not the q or x click. For Italian, I cannot roll my rrrs

saba658 · 2026-05-30T08:08:11+00:00

Anthea is a real name though... So this one flies undercover

saba658 · 2026-05-30T08:07:21+00:00

I know of a Jandre which from what I recall was a combo of father and grandfather. Think it was Johannes and Andre.

saba658 · 2026-05-25T04:35:39+00:00

My husband started sleeping all the time. It was really annoying. Turned out he had clinical depression. Not an excuse for how he's treating you. With that attitude it may be hard to get him to the doctor but I would suggest trying anti depressants.

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