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Controversial Corner (NEW)
Toll Gate Protest!
Hi all, it has been decided that there will be another toll gate protest on the 4th April, 2010. All those who feel that we have waited enough for these guys to respond to our complaints, please join us. As you all know, toll fees was again increased as from the 1st of March...so much for them giving a shit about us!!
Cape Town
We will meet at the Engen 1 Stop on the N1 at 11h00.
Garden Route
Mosselbay will meet at Langeberg Mall leaving 8:00 to Sasol Garage leaving 9:00 to Knysna Caltex leaving 10:00 to Plettenberg Bay Engen leaving 10:45 to Tsitsikama through the toll gates. They increased the toll fees from R13 to R33 one way!
Please
Once again, bring a R200-00 note and a bag of coins and insist that they count the coins and that they give you a receipt. Take your time in paying and removing your helmet etc. but do NOT cause any shit e.g. doughnuts, limits, swearing at people, etc. Please people, I know that emotions can run high, but if we keep it legal, then there is nothing that they can do to us and they cannot point any fingers either. It is our democratic right to protest legally. We also urge all to tell as many motorists as possible not to use the toll gate that day due to the protest...this way they also loose revenue and that is what will hurt them and eventually make them listen to our demands.
WE ASK THAT ALL BIKERS STAND TOGETHER ON THIS INITIATIVE. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER YOU USE THE ALTERNETIVE ROUTE OR NOT, IT IS THE PRINCIPLE INVOLVED!!!
Please note that this post is not in any way intended to be dis-respectful to any club or person who belongs to TB or the MAWC. In fact, it would be great if the MAWC decides to join this protest.
White Squatter Camp (WSC) – Krugersdorp:
Please take note that the E-mail requesting assistance for the “White Squatter Camp” in Krugersdorp is doing the rounds again. Please be informed that the WRBA, CPC and the FERPC distance themselves from this project. We have been tricked and conned by these people before and it will not happen again. Also take note that the donation account is a personal cheque account of someone helping at the WSC.
Online Petition against Toll Roads:
In case you have not done this yet. There is now an on-line petition for bikers against toll roads at www.tollroad.co.za or you can use
http://www.petitiononline.com/tollroad/petition.html
Hi Guys,
There are other Minor listings too, like BikeSA etc..
New Clubs do not know where to look. They often check one or two of the the sites then go about starting a Club that is already registered on two of the other Sites.
The Proposal is that there only be one Official place to Register your Club. This Register is a proper database where each club will have the rights to update their records regularly. I would like you Webmasters to have Admin rights for the Clubs affiliated to your Council. The website will mail Members, if their records have not been updated in the last 6 months asking if they still exist. Outdated records will not be displayed.
All other sites are welcome to have a "Clubs" tab that points to this URL. Once this site is fully functional Associations will be mailed of "New Club Applications" and given ample time to oppose the Registering of a New Club, due to a Name Clash or outstanding issues with a Club they broke away from (criteria to be discussed).
Please reply with your feelings on this initiative.
Kind Regards
Wayne van Doesburgh (aka NCC)
MAWC : PRO
021 5922777
0722505099
Never trust a cage driver, as there are only two types in existence:
1) Those who, for whatever reason, will fail to see me and therefore will
run into me.
2) Those who, for whatever reason, do see me and are aiming to run into me.
Stay well,
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
KIDS AT RALLIES!
My close friends will tell you that I am not a person enamoured of children. In general, even with my own, I prefer kids to be in their teens before I can relate to them. I hate being interrupted when I am busy working, or doing something that interests me. I really don't get it when kids can't do stuff for themselves and are constantly whining for help or attention.
But, having said the above, let me tell you that I love my own kids and I love some of the kids belonging to my friends. You can always tell the kids I do like - I will go out of my way to pay attention to them and will chat with them and even - on those odd occasions when I have a brainstorm - play with them.
And kids like me - don't have the foggiest idea why, but they do. Maybe it's like cats and dogs - who often go to the one person in a room full of people who truly don't like cats and dogs. But kids gravitate towards me . even strange ones - meaning unknown, not peculiar - although even those kind also want to spend time with me.
I have a friend who makes kids cry - I am not kidding - they see her and the tears start to form in their eyes and they start to yell out loud. So ok, I am not as bad as that.
So let's get down to brass tacks. There is a reason I've decided to put pen to paper now. I've been a prolific writer all my life, but the last couple of years I've been rather derelict. Or maybe it's just that inspiration dried up.
But not any longer. My brain has been fermenting and fomenting since Saturday. I am finding I cannot shut up and ignore things anymore.
What is it with people who bring their kids to rallies? Bike rallies are rough and tough, dirty and rather low places. The alcohol flows, the language is so bad as to be completely in the realm of four letter words, there is a constant noise at levels way beyond what we are supposed to hear, the smell of burning tyres nauseates those who breathe too deeply, and the smoke from revving bikes drifts through the area like wraiths of ghostly mist. I doubt most of the bikers actually bath, wash or even brush their teeth over the weekend -s o the smell of unwashed bodies tends to linger in the air as people stagger past you. And I forgot to mention the drugs .. Weed is so common half the bikers at these rallies are stoned just on the smoke.
The venues are often out of the way camping sites, or the local city council recreation centre. If there are ablutions, they leave a lot to be desired. This last weekend the ladies one was already running sewerage by 10am in the morning. Each time someone flushed, it spewed out of the manhole. You had to wade through it to get inside. I didn't notice a shower of any description and there appeared to be only cold water - not even running cold water - more like a trickling of dingy brown gunk.
Anyway, that is supposed to be another day's ranting. But it kind of sets the scene - well I hope so.
Add to this scene - lots of drunken bodies lying about, some even in their own vomit; women dancing about in the skimpiest of clothes; naked men and women (oh yeah - why do only the ugly ones strip?) riding around on their bikes; quads and pitbikes driving around all over the place (even though they are supposedly banned at most rallies) - and into this people bring their kids.
Kids of all ages - from the tiniest of babies still in prams to kids of 16. Worst is that the parents seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that their offspring are being exposed to behaviour that is licentious and out of control to say the least, never mind the germs and general disorder.
Surely any reasonable parent knows that kids respond to what they are shown and allowed by their parents. If you bring your kid to a rally and sit there smoking and drinking and in general behaving like a pig, then your kid is going to believe that is actually normal behaviour. If you let your kid run amok in amongst a bunch of bikers who are there to let down their hair and behave badly, then your kid is going to think that his bad behaviour is acceptable. He will also believe that drinking and smoking and drugging are cool and acceptable. And what about the tiny little baby I saw on Saturday. Mummy was sitting on the grass letting the baby crawl around all over the place. Very little attention was being given to the poor little girl. She was at the age where everything goes into her mouth - cigarette ends, dirty
papers, grass that had been trampled on by about 3000 bikers and whatever else she could reach. We happened to be sitting next to a bunch of men who are probably from a gang called the small penis MCC .. They were out to prove that the noisier they could rev the bike, the bigger their dick was!
The noise of bikes revving up and then these morons hitting the kill switch on and off was indescribable. This little baby was about 5m away and I could see her wincing at the noise. But mum was too busy partying to pay any attention.
Then there was a couple of early teens - riding about on pit bikes - no helmets, not gloves, in fact half the time no t-shirt - and certainly NO CONTROL over the bikes they were riding. They were also not paying attention to anyone who might be in their way as they came screaming along like a bat out of hell! And where were their parents? For %^&'s sake, this is a RALLY, not a baby sitting service!
If you have kids, the onus is on YOU to look after them. If you have kids, you are responsible for their upbringing and their wellbeing. If you cannot find a baby-sitter STAY AT HOME!!!!! They will be old enough one day - and sooner than you think, to be left alone while you attend this or that rally.
Remember that what you show them now they take as the way they should grow up. And if YOU think it's right for them to believe that what they saw at the weekend's rally is the way to be, then go to your doctor and get sterilized .. You DO NOT deserve to have kids and you should not be allowed to have those that you have already bred. Kids are our future - our hope of a good long life filled with peace and happiness and an old age that is graceful and full of joy. You are $%#$% with mine as well as yours!!!
From Blind Biker, Gauteng
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