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Obviously he's not being paid by the hour.

You are doing a grand job. I hope none of is is daft enough to follow the links, otherwise they are a brief source of entertainment.

One man's terrorist, is another man's freedom fighter.

BBC News - Nelson Mandela death: Somerset's part in South African history 'It was not South Africa that hosted these private peace talks but Mells Park House, some 9,000 miles (14,484 km) away.' Best I can get from Mells to the southern coast is 'some' 6,000 miles.

I like Chris Taylor's not bad for a 32 1/2 year old.

Geographically S A is very different to India. It would not be possible to lead a revolution in a similar way to Gandhi. Blacks were moved into areas, some large some small. One, QwaQwa was the Black Capital and is very much still predominately black. A large force of people could have easily been stopped from marching or protesting there and the world would have known nothing of how that was done. EDIT: In the 70s I worked on the Moehne Dam Yacht Club. We thought is fun to sing the Dam Busters March on the way to work. Many years later I found out how many thousands died in that raid. Not so funny now, but it could be argued it was for a good reason.

Thank you. The reason I keep doing what I do, apart from believing every child deserves an education, is that they are so grateful and humble. On the day I left a class I worked closely with lined up and each one thanked me, formally. I then got a message to be outside at the close of school, they all rushed up and hugged me and thanked me 'properly'. If I didn't have grandchildren I would be out there permanently. I went from people who had reason to complain and don't to people who have all they need and more and do nothing but complain.

"One issue that deeply worried me in prison was the false image I unwittingly projected to the outside world; of being regarded as a saint. "I never was one, even on the basis of an earthly definition of a saint as a sinner who keeps trying." Nelson Mandela

I am by no means an expert on SA. Sometimes you have to fight to gain freedom, sometimes you have to do some awful things to gain freedom. The black South Africans had very little choice, as far as I am concerned. I think we have to look at recent history, Mandela and many South African's of all colours have been very patient and calm in what is still a poor country for many. I don't live in S Africa, I would love to. I just help where I can, sponsoring a child, helping with IT and more in a school, helping with an AIDS Orphans project and doing what I can in a small town(ship) and in Lesotho.

You need to look at many other people who became saints. They weren't all in the Francis vein.

“When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.” (Interview for Mandela, 1994)

So sad to hear this. A lot of friends will wake up to this news in the morning.

I'd hit the light switch, much quicker and more effective.

The room?

Obviously the one that Santa lives at. No one else can build there.

He needs some private tutoring from Michael Gove.

Helped get you to over 500

Like Amazon, UPS Is Also Considering Drone Delivery Options - ABC News Dog Fights at dawn...

Can't see it in work now. Can we only vote once?

Done.....

Sorry, can't help with the software I use Photoshop or Word. But the site will be useful to me. :-)

That doesn't count. For a mention in dispatches it has to be live data. ;-)

It's Phil's Christmas gift to us. A worry free month.

One single release, that will fix everything.

Good point, and looking at the amount of Amazon parcels here around Xmas we would need a stacking system for Amazon Drones.