lines of thought

I haven't really heard anyone say 'thank you' for the little handout.
I am saying 'thank you'- the $600 I received is going towards steel mesh for my driveway.

Mugabe visits Tsvangirai after serious accident. Wife mortally wounded. Tsvangirai in very bad condition leaves hospital after Mugabe visit for meighbouring country.
Grounds for the rest of the world to step in? Is there any oil in it? Then no action will take place.

They've never been popular in my time. In fact, they were often thought of as the 'golfer's' shoe.
Now, it seems that these French made shoes are the 'in' thing. At $150 a pair I fail to see the allure.
Interestingly Le Coq Sportif brAnd of shoes doesn't rate a look. How do the youth decide what is 'in'?

Test

I'm on the train going home. Headphones on, Take 5 by Brubeck playing melodically in my ears. A woman boards the train at Strathfield. Her features, chiselled face, tanned skin and attire suggest she is South American. Most probably Chilean.
Anyway, she sits next to me and closes her eyes. Then, beyond Brubeck's dulcet tones I hear a humming. Possibly a lullaby.
Yes, the Chilean is comforting herself with a sweet lullaby.

The Tanzanian Teachers Union in Kagera region is contemplating legal action against Bukoba District Commissioner Albert Mnali who last Wednesday ordered a police officer to cane primary school teachers in the area.

Mr Mnali allegedly ordered a police officer who was accompanying him during his official tour in the District on Wednesday 11, to dispense four strokes of the cane each to 16 teachers for failure to execute their duties.

According to impeccable sources, Mr Mnali accused the teachers for reporting late at their workplaces and absenteeism as indicated in the teachers� attendance registers in three primary schools.
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