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My Drag Coefficent

caldrail

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What on earth is happening at the library? The day care centre children are quiet, well behaved, not singing tunelessly nor pretending to be aeroplanes. Everyone else is quiet too. AM hasn't whinged all morning. Everyone else is staring slack jawed at their emails.

 

Well I'm not going to be so stationery. I've recently begun to jog. You know, that keep fit nonsense, although I should point out I jog outside the library, not in. Well I had to really, I'm getting a little tubby and being this aerodynamic isn't something I'm proud of. Its time to reduce my drag coefficient. Also its my age. I've reached that point where instinctively I stare into the mirror and wonder what happened to the great looking guy I used to know.

 

Don't get me wrong. I'm not depressed about ageing, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. So, in order to do something positive, I'm going to jog. Mind you, given the hospital waiting lists in our time of revamped National Health Service, perhaps I ought to book an appointment now? And start saving up for it. This free national health service isn't cheap you know.

 

President of the Week

This of course goes to Robert Mugabe, who is so desperate that he arrested the opposition leader twice for having the temerity to campaign before the second vote for his office takes place. Clearly Mugabe has no intention of giving up power, and no ruse is too low in the quest to have his moustache immortalised as Zimbabwe's leader permanently. But I suppose with inflation at 100,000% he can't afford a shaver. Ooops, my mistake, he simply orders someone to do that for him.

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docoflove1974

Good on you for taking interest in your health! Well, that's not quite the right way to put it...but at least you figured out that your body's not quite what it used to be. Too many people are in De Nile, and don't realize it until after they've had a major health catastrophe. But you didn't! Nothing got past you! (oops, is that the wrong thing to say?)

 

As for Mugabe...I recently watched "The Last King of Scotland," and it seems eerie the parallels. Ok, different histories, but same concept: dictator comes into power, becomes crazy and paranoid, and refuses to give up power...and millions of people affected. It's beyond sad...more than depressing.

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caldrail

Well.. regarding my drag coefficient, it was a little obvious. Funny thing was I hadn't realised how much my fitness had declined. Believe me, I'm only too aware now!

 

As for Zimbabwe - its all going to end in tears. Mug has already declared that if he's replaced in power his followers will take violent action. Think I said something like that was going to happen...

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docoflove1974

Yeah, I know he's said that...which should be translated as "my personal army will wipe out the new government." The only glimmer of positivity I saw was on the BBC News yesterday; a couple of supporters of the opposition, who had been tortured for their beliefs, said that regardless they will still vote for the opposition in the run-offs. One can only hope that indeed they do, and that there are more like them.

 

It makes you wonder what would have happened if the West hadn't carved up that entire continent, and if the various peoples of Africa had continued living in the territories as they did prior.

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caldrail

It has been said that the artificial borders the europeans foisted on africa in colonial days have caused conflict and misery after they left, and you can't help but think there's some truth in that. Nonetheless, I notice that conflict in africa is still taking place irrspective of boundaries, in that tribal issues and argumentsresult in antagonistic behaviour that sometimes boils over. These old tribal issues run deep in the african psyche - we see the hatreds bubble to the surface when conflict breaks out. Would things have been any different had we not been there? no, not really, although we gave them some extra arguments to fight over. However, what exacerbates the african situation is modern commercial and political pressures. There are ideological issues as power blocs seek third world allies, and indeed, the cold war was largely fought on neutral territory, but al;so because the third world has natural resources. China for instance has made huge inroads in african politics bcause they want oil. Badly. Gold and diamonds have also been the cause of miltary action. The abortive coup in Equatorial Guinea was for no other reason.

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