Manaadiar's Blog – News and views about Shipping and other items of interest from around the world

New plan for Eskom to save electricity and reduce charges

I have a suggestion for Eskom for saving electricity and to reduce the electricity charges to the average user.. I was driving around Sandton on Friday night around 2200 hrs (way after office hours) and i noticed quite a few office blocks and high rise buildings had left all their lights on and the buildings [...]

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The tricks our vision plays on us.. Amazing

This is a very very intricate and amazing picture.. Look at the camels first and then read the message below :           This is a picture taken from directly above  these camels in the desert at sunset.  It is considered to be one of  the best pictures of the year.  When [...]

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Incredible feather painting

Some people’s artistic talent seems to have no boundary’s.. See below gallery.. Can you imagine how long it must have taken the artists to do this.. Awesome..

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Africa in pictures

Someone sent me these beautiful pictures of Africa from the air.. Please click on the images to view the larger version of the same.. I think they are amazing, but i don’t know where exactly these are from.. Any ideas..??  

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check before you kiss

Gooooood one.. Haa haa..   A tough looking biker was riding his Harley when he sees a beautiful girl about to jump off a bridge so he stops. “What are you doing?” he asks. “I’m going to commit a suicide,” she says. While he did not want to appear insensitive, he didn’t want to miss [...]

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Environment friendly bag sealer

Sometimes people are such creative geniuses.. Here’s a great green to recycle plastic already in use.. Seal Plastic Bags with Old Bottle Caps Cut up a disposable water bottle and keep the neck and top, as in photo.. Insert the plastic bag through the neck and screw the top to seal. The bag becomes air-tight, [...]

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Hunting and nature at its best – South Africa

These images were reportedly taken by a British tourist who was staying at Rippon’s Safari Lodge in Eastern Cape, South Africa.. This is nature at its most natural and hunting at its best.. Never underestimate the hunted or the hunters..   Although it escaped in the pictures, it has been reported that the Kudu was [...]

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Blue Ribbon … Please support! AGAINST CHILD ABUSE

It’s funny how everyone knows when it’s ‘show your cleavage day’ but few are aware its National child protection week. Make a difference..   BLUE RIBBON against Child Abuse; pass it on please!!   My name is Sarah I am but three, my eyes are swollen I cannot see.   I must be stupid, I [...]

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