There are a few of us who meet up on a regular basis

Is there anymore of US you are most welcome to join what is becoming a biggish group of peeps

Het julle geweet dat in Suid-Afrika was daar teen die middel van 2000 altesame 2 350 369 000 eensentmunte en 1 3330 885 000 tweesentmunte in omloop. Hulle totale waarde was R5,012 miljoen.

Sedert 1980 het die waarde van een sent gedaal tot 0,091 sent. Dit kos meer as die sigwaarde van hierdie munte om hulle te vervaardig. Verskeie lande het al hul kleinste munte aan sirkulasie ontrek, soos Australie, Finland, Japan, Nederland en Nieu-Seeland.

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What singers/groups have you seen "Live"?

Some of the ones I have seen are Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Genesis, Pink Floyd, INXS & Simply Red. I enjoyed them all.
I believe REM are coming here to S.A in March, bet that concert will be good.

Morning

This arriving today is quite relevant to me and where I am at the moment...re-shaping and sharpening is not easy, but so very necessary for us to be used in this world to any great affect.

Sue

ANVIL TIME ------
by Max Lucado

On God's anvil. Perhaps you've been there.

Melted down. Formless. Undone. Placed on the anvil forÂ… reshaping?

I know. I've been on it. It's rough. It's a spiritual slump, a famine.
The fire goes out. Although the fire may flame for a moment, it soon
disappears. We drift downward. Downward into the foggy valley of
question, the misty lowland of discouragement. Motivation wanes. Desire
is distant. Responsibilities are depressing.

Passion? It slips out the door. Enthusiasm? Are you kidding?

Anvil time.

It can be caused by a death, a breakup, going broke, going prayerless.
The light switch is flipped off and the room darkens. “All the
thoughtful words of help and hope have all been nicely said. But I'm
still hurting, wondering…”

On the anvil.

Brought face-to-face with God out of the utter realization that we have
nowhere else to go. Jesus in the garden. Peter with a tear-streaked
face. David after Bathsheba. Elijah and the “still, small voice.” Paul,
blind in Damascus.

Pound, pound, pound.

I hope you're not on the anvil. (Unless you need to be, and if so, I
hope you are.) Anvil time is not to be avoided; it's to be experienced.
Although the tunnel is dark, it does go through the mountain. Anvil
time reminds us of who we are and who God is. We shouldn't try to
escape it. To escape it could be to escape God.

God sees our life from beginning to end. He may lead us through a storm
at age thirty so we can endure a hurricane at age sixty. An instrument
is useful only if it's in the right shape. A dull ax or a bent
screwdriver needs attention, and so do we. A good blacksmith keeps his
tools in shape. So does God.

Should God place you on his anvil, be thankful. It means he thinks
you're still worth reshaping.
_____________________
From On the Anvil
Copyright 1985 Max Lucado
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Dowtown as recorded in 1964 by Petula Clark

When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go - downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know - downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?

The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - no finer place, for sure
Downtown - everything's waiting for you

Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows - downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close - downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with him too before the night is over
Happy again

The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown - waiting for you tonight
Downtown - you're gonna be all right now

------ instrumental break ------

And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along

So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown, things'll be great when you're
Downtown - don't wait a minute more
Downtown - everything's waiting for you

Downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown ...

Haai Jangar Hier kan ons weer lekker saam met jou kuier

Hoe gaan dit met die verkoue?

:daisy:

here

When a child is having problems at a school, and these problems seem to rear their heads every school year. Do you think the option of changing schools is a good one?

I only changed schools once in the middle of a school year and that was when I was 16 and moved towns, so I have very little experience in what the pro's and con's would be if you were say nearly seven in age. :dazed:

The problem i'm talking about is bullying. the children are taught that if they are picked on to go find a teacher and report it. This my son does, however it seems this is making the situation much worse. The child who is doing all this is a traveller child (one of 17 children in the family! :eek: And this problem was a big problem a year ago, then the family went on their 'travels' and it all stopped. Now I have this child strangling my child, punching him etc and when he reports it, he gets told to stop whinging (by teachers), and gets called names by his class mates (crybaby, tattletale etc).

I phoned the school today and yes they are aware of the problems caused by this family BUT didn't see fit to tell me!

I'm sick to death of this problem and although really like most of the school - the children in it and their parents are really bringing me down.

Do you think at this point, a change in schools would benefit my child, or is bullying everywhere??

Anyone flown with them? Cheapest direct ticket I can find in January is with them but have never heard anyone talk about them.

Please please .....

If anybody has a copy of the above MS Applications which I could "borrow"