[blindza] Re: Transport stuff - possible arrangement
- From: "Magda Felgate" <magdafelgate@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:07:10 +0200
yes mister kruger, ..., and what did you get from riding on your, bike?...[ a
big black dog, hahaha!]
sorry Jacob but, i, just had to say that.
i love bikes. years ago i lost a very special friend. he was on a bike when
thee accident happened.
now, my brother also goes on these rallies and ride on a big bike, but, i do
not even want to hear about it, because, you almost have no, chance if there is
an accident!
it is a time saver but dangerous because cars some times have no respect for
bikes on the road.
i love riding on one if and when i can catch a lift with some one. that great
feeling when you pull away, is not replaceable but is stays dodgy, these days.
ALL THE BEST TO YOU MY FRIEND.
GOOD LUCK WITH ALL YOUR TRAVELING TO WORK AND BACK.
OH YES, I WORKED WITH A BLIND GUY THAT
ALSO,HAD A CAR AND A LISENCE.HE ALWAYS LOVED TO SHOW PEOPLE HIS LISENCE AND
PRETENDED TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL WITH THE WHITE CANE IN HIS HAND. DO YOU KNOW
THAT, SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT HE COULD REALLY GET IN AND JUST DRIVE OFF, ALL
THOUGH HE IS BLIND. HAHAHA!SOME PEOPLES, CHILDREN... LOL! CHEERS.
MAGDA AND LIARA.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jacob Kruger
To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:00 AM
Subject: [blindza] Re: Transport stuff - possible arrangement
Thanks for responses.
Yes, have pretty much made up mind to go for the employer-arranged offer for
now, since it will be the most reliable, and, yes, think it will also partly be
a good sign in terms of employer-employee relationship.
Now not related, but will just mention something that have told lots of
friends in the past <smile> - I never actually had a car driver's licence since
really just stuck to motorcycles, and aside from better petrol costs, I figured
out that by having driven myself to work in a car like 3 times in my employed
lifetime ever, I had saved myself something like 7000 hours of my life, since,
for example, from where I stay to my last work location when was still sighted,
in a car it would take around 45 minutes to roundabout an hour and 20 minutes
in peak morning traffic, whereas on my bikes it took around 25 minutes traffic
or not - and this is not due to riding illegally as such, but it's just that
you could cut between traffic at robots, etc. etc.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: Magda Felgate
To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:25 PM
Subject: [blindza] Re: Transport stuff - possible arrangement
JACOB, I THINK YOU SHOULD GO FOR IT! RATHER GET A BIT OF MONEY OUT PER
MONTH AND GET TO WORK, THAN, HAVING PROBLEMS AND, IN THEE END, PERHAPS BE WITH
OUT A JOB!
WHEN WE WERE POSTED TO STANDARD BANK SIMMONS STREET, THEY PROVIDED
TRANSPORT FOR 6 MONTHS..., BUT AFTER THAT I HAD TO TAKE A RETRENCHMENT BECAUSE
THE COMPANY DID NOT WANT ME TO WORK FLEXI TIME BECAUSE I HAD TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS FROM PRETORIA NORTH, RIGHT INTO JOHANNESBURG. THEE ONLY PERSON
THAT I COULD FIND THAT WAS PREPARED TO HELP, WORKED DIFFERENT OURS TO MINE.
GOING WITH TAXI, BUS, TRAIN AND THEN AGAIN ONTO A NETHER TAXI, THERE IN THE
MORNINGS AND THEN THE SAME OLD STORY IN THEE AFTERNOONS, TO GET BACK HOME, JUST
DID NOT WORK.
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR WORK SINCE THEN AN IT IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE. NOW, I
HAVE GIVEN UP. I HAVE TO EXCEPT THAT I AM A HOME EXECUTIVE NOW AND JUST PUT
MYSELF ONTO PENSION. HAHAHAHA! PITY, BECAUSE I HAVE STILL , GOT A LOT, OF,
WOEMA, IN ME. YOU KNOW ME!
I PRAY THAT THINGS WILL WORK OUT RIGHT FOR YOU MY GUIDE DOGGY, FRIEND.
LOVE YOU LOTS.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MORE COURAGE IN YOUR BODY THAN MOST OTHER PEOPLE THAT
I KNOW. EVEN ONCE THAT HAVE NO EYE, PROBLEMS. THIS IS TALKING
ABOUT TRANSPORT.
WHAT YOU MAY SUGGEST, ONCE YOU KNOW THIS GUY AND YOU GET ALONG WITH HIM AND
YOU FIND HIM TRUST WORTHY, THAT HE SLEEPS OVER SOME NIGHTS, TO CUT DOWN ON HIS
TAXI MONEY. ... BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO FEED HIM AGAIN. SO, ONE OF THIS, OR, TWO
OF THEE OTHER? IN THEE END YOU WILL FIND A WAY.
ONCE YOUR BOSS SEES THAT YOU ARE TOTALLY COMMITTED, HE MIGHT TELL YOU TO
ONLY COME IN EVERY SECOND DAY OR SO.
PLAY IT BY EAR MY FRIEND!
THINKING OF YOU.
MAGDA AND LIARA.
WOEFIE, WAFFIE, SMILY FACE, LICKY, KISSY, WOOPY, POOPY, LOVE TO THAT BIG
BOY THERE WITH YO!... INZY THE SHINY, BLACK, BIG LABBY!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Jacob Kruger
To: NAPSA Blind ; BlindZA
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:44 PM
Subject: [blindza] Transport stuff - possible arrangement
Ok, aside from a couple of possible, somewhat informal arrangements with
friends where 2 people are offering to make adaptations to their routines a bit
to try help with my transport requirements - not sure that either of these
would be perfect since it would partly require them to work around parts of
their own routines, which would maybe make it harder to make this last
permanently/consistently as such - my employer actually phoned me this
afternoon and told me their one driver has offered to use the informal taxi
system to come to my place in the morning, and we'd then use my car to get to
the office, and my car would stay parked there during day, and in
evening/afternoon, we'd use it to come back here again, and the driver would
then again use the taxi system to get home himself - so my car would still be
here at night, in my own garage, etc. etc.
Only real issues is the direct cost of this would be basically R2000 for
the driver per month, as well as then, obviously, petrol costs, maintenance
costs for the car, etc., and I'd first have to make sure it was mechanically
sound enough to be used on a normal, daily, commuting basis, whereas it
currently only really gets used occasionally for either going out, to the
shops, or for longer trips down to coast etc.
Thoughts/opinions on this option?
I haven't heard back from soccerMom.co.za via email as of yet, and might
still phone them, just in case, but I sort of need to make up my mind whether
or not to at least try this arrangement for now, by tomorrow morning.
Suppose, at least this would be a sort of confidence builder for my
employer etc., if that makes sense, and would also definitely make the driver
sign something like a responsibility agreement, in that I wouldn't hold him
responsible if something went wrong, unless he'd specifically caused it, in
which case, then definitely.
Like said, thoughts?
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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