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In the world we live in, it has become customary to complain about your life. Well, that is what it would seem to be, to any intelligent race that lands on the planet. Just open your ears and listen to the people around you. It’s hard to find anyone upbeat about anything anymore and should you be upbeat, then they lay the beat down on you. For as sure as tomorrow will come, they will have a stupendous amount of reasons why you shouldn’t be happy. Now, I ask you: “Why the hell not?” Why shouldn’t you be happy? Ignore the stress and worries for the day, because you can always worry tomorrow. If tomorrow doesn’t come, then at least you didn’t waste your today on worrying about something that would not come. I know I am a worry wart. It seems to be expected. At work, everyone passes their worries on to you, then seem surprised when you just listen, nod wisely, and carry on. Why take on someone else’ burdens when you have so many of your own to carry. Grab your coat. Grab your hat. Leave ...

I'm having a bad feather day!

The Review below was submitted by a reader of a local car magazine...   Reader's test: Daihatsu Charade 2013-03-06 09:15 Pin It PERFECT CITY RUNABOUT: Wheels24 extends a hat-tip to RICHARD FITZPATRICK for his hilarious review of his wife’s Daihatsu Charade. Author: RICHARD FITZPATRICK OK, I'm the first to admit that this car has all the sex appeal of Matron from 7de Laan but ,as they say, don't judge a Khoi-San by the size of his loin cloth, it's what's underneath that matters. Underneath the Daihatsu Charade 1.0 CXL we have strong Toyota DNA which of course means that nothing has gone wrong in seven years. It also means that you have more hard and cheap plastics than Toys R Us. That's fine, this is budget motoring so you get what you pay for. So what do you get for your money? Aircon, radio, auto transmission, power windows and steering, not bad for a car that would cost you R50 000 or so second-hand. NO RESPECT ON THE ROAD ...