THE SKY IS SHORTING......


No seriously, thats what it looked like when I went out and up this morning before 4.00am. Pretty solid low cloud and sheet lightning hidden behind it? Sort of an apt look if you will, under the current circumstances.

The thunder only became audible about 15 minutes later as the storm headed nearer over the sea and the rain began.

My problem as always, is not WHAT to write about, but the continuing struggle to be coherent when putting it down here. Pretty much a lost cause I would guess.

Last nights CPF Meeting was brilliant. So many of the truly Good guys pitched up that you could literally feel it in that tiny room. The temptation to deliver a monologue disappeared smartly at one point when I had a sudden bout of coughing. So bad I had to get up and go outside.
Standing outside leaning on Bonnys car, I looked up at the roof of the Sherwood Hall and..... my, my, my.... have you lot been busy beavers or WHAT???? *cackling.......

Since the last meeting we now have a nice fat white box attached to the wall right up high with 4? cables running from it. The Identical type of box that houses my very own bedroom sensor and the same again as the one on dear Freddie's power pole down in the valley which winks at me as well with its little lights ... Neat that its been set up just prior to the SAPS Braai scheduled for this Friday. Excellent timing.

Even more fascinating is the new round light set in the apex of the Hall roof, which has Direct Line of Sight to.... I swear and declare.... could it be... the STATION???? Course the light wasnt activated but I'm betting its a fairly hectic colour when on.

That would explain comfortably the current absence of the law at our meetings? They do not now need to attend. Instead I picture them crowded round a vast monitor screen in their Ops room laughing hysterically. and howd I do guys? *curtseys to the uniforms.....
Course you will have to bear in mind that at any given meeting i could WRITE a note and 2 of us could shoot over to the station and surprise you all heheh...but why would I want to spoil the fun.

I tried to engage the Beasts representative to our Meetings in conversation after the meeting was over. The company response that fell from his lips was damning to say the least. "Oh its only a silly white box. Theres nothing in them". OMW! My reputation as a Fool has certainly preceeded me lol...

Fred had a new light on last night. Sort of a pool floodlight if you will. Speaking of Freddie - the blinding light that now shines directly across No. 10's property and mine has Direct Line of Sight to...? Well, take your pick - it almost gets the monitoring equipment in Captain Courageous patio but it also is in direct line with one of the new overhead Freeway lights. One that gets repeated and ongoing attention from all the customised trucks that trundle up and down in the wee hours.

How my struggles here must amuse and entertain the authors and initiators of this wonderful scheme. My inability to connect the, what I'm guessing, are screamingly obvious, dots! *laughing...

The word 'scuttling' is the adjective best used to describe the activities at mon Capitano's house yesterday.
2 vehicles that have been here before on several occasions. Ive never had the pleasure of meeting Dan the 'Pool' man but would have to guess the red golf is his? Older dude who gave me the gimlet glare *falls over.....

Lots and lots of work being done inside and out. Ladders tend to make my antennae perk up. Very loud and deliberately noisy for my benefit. See how well I know you guys? *again cacklin....

Lordie - when I think how many years I wasted beating myself to a bloody pulp for being worthless, I could spit!

How could I not be loyal to Captain Courageous and the gang. They literally saved me from myself and I shall never forget it.

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Tuesday 21st November 2006 at 9.41am.


PS: I near forgot to say: a chance trick of the light as I stood at the top step in the sun earlier today suddenly revealed that the entire length of the metal? cladding covering the spine of St. Theresa's church proper, has been treated with the same strange paint? as the Wendyhouse roof in Fred's back garden. It also clearly showed not one, but two places that in the dark could be activated as some sort of sensors.

I am wary of writing what is happening to me physically. However, it is midmorning and laying down on my bed for a nap, the pressure intensifies behind my eyes and in my ears to an astonishing degree.
The crickets are screaming in my ears. My leg tries to cramp and my fingers burn.....
I go and stand in the kitchen where my ears and teeth still ache... I know its very real and not my imagination but who the hell would believe me?
My whingings out loud regarding my little digital camera refusing to load when I am sitting in certain parts of the house (in particular on my bed) have been heard by my listeners and adjusted on their controls?

What nasty arrangements have been made recently? You can utilise the bedroom sensor for this or the light over at the Snr. Boys hostel? Interesting.......

I can actually see the light that is being sent into our lounge (and so can the old man) but the bedroom attacks escape me. Through brick and plaster? What is it? Could it have anything to do with the fancy new cable that Sean Mudaly of Telkom, Overport so kindly installed months ago? That certainly runs along the wall above my bed. eh! crazy days!


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edited Tuesday 20th Nov. at 11.44am

CHOOSING MY CONFESSIONS......


Last night more hurried work on the Mothership (aka Sherwood Freeway Bridge). Very beautiful lights but sadly mostly hidden behind the ficus trees again.
Twas not such a stupid suggestion on my part that you consider me as your Safety Officer/Quality Controller.

I have no idea how far South the Muni's Big Brother scheme has planned to go. For the moment I guess to where the Southern Freeway ends?

When it is all finally in place and the time comes to make the final adjustments here on the Bridge - the BIG switch-on that will actually stay on. Can you guarantee that no mistakes will be made? No more casualties will occur?

You are right when you repeatedly say that I dont know what Im talking about. I only know what I see and feel. But it seems to me that my observations are at least as accurate as your trial tests were last November, if not more so.

Basil at No. 4 is now flawed. Is it to be third time lucky for you cowboys in the name of progress? Of course its not provable. I am not begging here. My only recourse is to keep hammering away until one of the megalomaniacs involved realises that it would be money well spent.

They have no medical aid. If a final surge were to take him out for good, what would Alice and Bradley do? These are truly good people and like the rest of the neighbourhood, consider me as crazy as a loon. Met ander woorde, YOUR kind of people. For the added stress and trauma you have caused them, 200ks is little enough. Surely your Schemers (oops! I mean Planners) can come up with a way to compensate these 3 unfortunate receipients of your so callous attentions without setting a precedent? Ah - not a chance as that would be tantamount to an Admission of Guilt right?
FFS you guys ARE guilty so pay up!

My old gran lived to be 90 years old - you would do well to bear that in mind. I have already made in-roads in the gossip department as you know.

So - I shall continue as I have been - a gnat on an elephants backside, toadfully trying to waken the Sherwood residents to the fact that their every movement is now being monitored.
Sure the crime stats are way down which is brilliant (*beams at der Kommissar) but we go back again to the history of organised crime in this area and Sydenham and I ask you to consider just how much easier it will now be for criminals. And here I do not refer to the odd chancer off the streets.

I am a classic case in point. My crime has been to be a good citizen i.e. a NUISANCE.
The resulting payback has been going on for years using petty and devious scare tactics. They haven't worked guys. You have made asses out of yourselves and revealed just how corrupt you truly are.

*looks at Allen Spence, Superintendent of Electricity for Durban.
Your Highly-technical computerised Anti-theft devices to prevent cable theft? The Mthinyane Muni Contractors removed that length of cable from outside the Jungle Nursery themselves in 2004. You know that and I know it.

Tread softly Allen, or the length of your nose may be the cause of your ultimate demise.

My constant and repetitive yammering here will change NOTHING.
If however, it causes just one reader to begin to doubt that your Big Brother mission is wholly above-board, legal and honest, my work here is done.

and on a lighter note..... the would-be heir to the Captain's Power Controls, Fred the Accountant, has 2 new rather interesting little lights in his upstairs window. If they are reflections - of what?
I could hear someone working with stone/concrete over in that direction earlier and wonder if it is the unsuspecting and pleasant Godfrey with the contract workers mixed in amongst the genuine workers. I wait with great anticipation to see if there are any changes.

What a master-stroke to covertly convert and utilize residents existing DSTV satellite dishes as aerials for your wireless network. I'm sure if you were to offer all these residents, iBurst for say, R100 per month uncapped it might go some way to distracting them from your real purpose?

The more dodgy and corrupt behaviour I encounter, the better I feel about this toad. Its a miracle!!!
Captain Courageous also had workers in earlier this morning. What wondrous additions and alterations can be expected? Pest Control? *falls about laughing.....

The high pitched whine in my ears is once again constant and my fillings too are making themselves felt. Easy Fred, easy boy.

The chopper dashed overhead towards the Pavillion at 10.15am.

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Monday 20th November 2006 at 12.24pm.