Mugabe to go?
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(If you are not interested in Zimbabwe then don't read on and don't reply with a "So sick of hearing about Zimbabwe" please, thanks) Mugabe to be forced to resign[^] if the new deal goes through. Basically the most important bit is that now even ZanuPF members are realising, and admitting, that Bob is the problem with Zimbabwe, not Blair or the US or whites, but Bob himself. Wonderful! At first I though the proposal seemed pie in the sky but then I saw that two important men (Parliament speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa and armed forces commander Gen. Vitalis Zvinavashe) are the leaders of this new deal. Having the armed forces on the deals side is a Good ThingTM. I still do not think Mugabe will go easily though. Also the deal calls for no charges whatsoever being placed on Mugabe which is a bit hard too swallow but IMO better than rejecting the deal on those grounds and having Bob make matters worse. Also apparently the UK is talking with Malaysia (why Malaysia?) to give Bob and his family safe haven there, bit odd but anyway. Hope he goes far away and bothers people who chop your head off if they don't like you. The current Zim government will be replaced by a transitional joint-ruling government until new elections can be held. I hope this goes through and I hope the people of Zim do not just then go and vote the other terrifying ZanuPF leaders back into power. That Hitler guy is far scarier than Bob ever was.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa:bob: run's Zimbabwe?! Sorry, I haven't been following Zimbabwe affairs recently - there's just too much shit going on in the world to pay attention to all of it. :(( Certainly sounds like a good idea though.
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
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(If you are not interested in Zimbabwe then don't read on and don't reply with a "So sick of hearing about Zimbabwe" please, thanks) Mugabe to be forced to resign[^] if the new deal goes through. Basically the most important bit is that now even ZanuPF members are realising, and admitting, that Bob is the problem with Zimbabwe, not Blair or the US or whites, but Bob himself. Wonderful! At first I though the proposal seemed pie in the sky but then I saw that two important men (Parliament speaker Emmerson Mnangagwa and armed forces commander Gen. Vitalis Zvinavashe) are the leaders of this new deal. Having the armed forces on the deals side is a Good ThingTM. I still do not think Mugabe will go easily though. Also the deal calls for no charges whatsoever being placed on Mugabe which is a bit hard too swallow but IMO better than rejecting the deal on those grounds and having Bob make matters worse. Also apparently the UK is talking with Malaysia (why Malaysia?) to give Bob and his family safe haven there, bit odd but anyway. Hope he goes far away and bothers people who chop your head off if they don't like you. The current Zim government will be replaced by a transitional joint-ruling government until new elections can be held. I hope this goes through and I hope the people of Zim do not just then go and vote the other terrifying ZanuPF leaders back into power. That Hitler guy is far scarier than Bob ever was.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaWe can only hope Paul :suss: From breadbasket to starvation :( The tigress is here :-D
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:bob: run's Zimbabwe?! Sorry, I haven't been following Zimbabwe affairs recently - there's just too much shit going on in the world to pay attention to all of it. :(( Certainly sounds like a good idea though.
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
David Wulff wrote: run's Zimbabwe?! LOL, no, if that were so Zim would be a utopia. Bob is short for Robert. And the primate in charge of Zim is named Robert Mugabe. Plus he even looks apeish. David Wulff wrote: Sorry, I haven't been following Zimbabwe affairs recently - there's just too much sh*t going on in the world to pay attention to all of it. No problem David, I don't expect anyone but Zimbabweans and other southern Africans to really care much.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa -
Wow! You started on B&W too? I got started with a Brownie box camera, and developed the films sitting on the floor in my bedroom closet. I'd bet that drove my Mom nuts, but she never complained. I started a photo club in High School, and got them to build us a darkroom with real equipment, then went on to form a club at UC Irvine. There we got a whole building (a very tiny one at the edge of the athletic fields) from the school, and I learned that businesses could be counted on to donate very nice equipment to students for a good cause! We've sure come a long way... I can't wait to get a decent digital camera one day!:-D I've gone to find myself. If I should get back before I return, please keep me here.
Roger Wright wrote: You started on B&W too? Yes. I started with B&W when I was in high school. I had some cheap but decent quality Russian made camera. I was doing my own development and printing. I had to use blankets and whatever else I could find to block all the sources of the light, so I basically had to seal myself in the room for a few hours in order to do anything with photography. I am not sure what happened afterwards but somehow I had completely abandoned this hobby. I went back to St. Petersburg, Russia last year after 10 years of living here in US. I took a very simple point-and-shoot 35mm camera with me. I've started taking pictures and I couldn't stop. I've purchased a good digital camera as soon as I came back to US. I am still re-learning, but it has been a lot of fun.