Anyone else recieve an sms like this? Used to COCT website to see if I have any fines. Put in my ID and nothing comes up. Tried searching finrss and finrss.com on Google and nothing really comes up. Smells like a scam to me.

Someone's roof blew into my garden. What a first Thursdays

Hi people! I have a bit of a weird query - I’m in your beautiful city for conferences for another week and yesterday my specs literally flew off my face with the heavy wind 😅
Today i went to Clicks, Dis-chem, and Specsavers - however none of them have specs that I need instantly. I am myopic - can see near by things clearly but not far. My power is -2.0.
Do you know if there is any place if I may be able to get such specs in a day or two? Would very much appreciate any ideas!
Thanks in advance

Vra maar net

Anyones electricity trip today?

First at around 6:30AM this morning

And now again at 10:34AM

Only for a few seconds...

Hi there, guys

Been feeling lonely and I've been spending the past year or so working on it but still lots of progress to make.

I would really dig if there was a bar to go to, one that's not really full, one where the bar tender stands and talks to you while drying a beer mug or something, like what happens in the movies.

It's probably a stupid request, but I really would dig a place where I can just spontaneously rock up, sit with a beer, and chat randomly to whoever's around.

There's a bar called Talking To Strangers in town but it looks packed and not easy to converse with a random person there, despite the name sake.

Not sure how stupid of a question/request this is, lol.

Also, extra points if it's in like Northern subs!

How is the train from Cape Town to stellenbosch?

Most information about reliability etc that I can find is from 2025 or earlier

I wish to know how reliable and safe it is in 2026 onwards

Reason for wondering is I plan on studying at stellenbosch university next year and just wondering about the practicality of taking the train to stellenbosch.

Taking the train seems alot easier than having to drive to stellenbosch etc etc, but I want to hear from people if it's practical and safe to use it

Hi all!

I am really struggling to find my bra size and find bras that are comfortable. I am desperately looking for somewhere that can measure me and guide me, but I don’t really want to be spending 1k on a bra. I’m in the Atlantic seaboard area but travel around a lot.

Any recommendations are welcome.

What is it like living in Rugby?

Not sure if anyone is interested in these topics but there is a free exhibition and global village currently on the go at the CTICC for free, incredible discussions between researchers, implementation people and they are looking for more community input to help inform upcoming suggestions to governments.

So if you are concerned about your own personal safety or your community go have a look

Has anyone self driven to Aquila? Is it safe?

I woke up this Friday morning as I do every morning, getting ready to go to work. I said goodbye to my loved ones, hopped into my car, and braced myself for the first challenge of the day; the morning commute.

I got myself in the line leading up to the robot just before turning off on Jakes Gerwel. In front of me were the traffic police. "Better be on my best behavior", I thought.

The light turns green and we drove onto Jakes Gerwel. In line at the next robot, I am still behind the traffic cops. A moment passes and I see a flash of blue in front of me as the cop car pulls off on the shoulder of the road and dissappears from my sight.

A moment later, the robot turns green and as I pass through the intersection, I see that those traffic cops have pulled over a taxi. Pretty normal stuff.

I continue my journey and find myself in the typical snails pace traffic as the N1 ramp is packed up by a long queue of motorists.

Crawl. Stop. Crawl. Stop. Crawl. Stop.

Mind-numbing.

But then, another flash of blue. As I looked up to Jakes Gerwel above, the traffic cops had sped to the scene, came to an abrupt stop, parked, and the officers jumped out of the vehicle.

"Odd." I thought.

Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed two other officers running across the road. In my side mirror, I saw the one jogging gingerly as he made it onto the ramp.

"What the fuck is going on?" I thought again.

The jogging officer passes me almost in slow motion. My eyeline follows him, and that's when I spotted a man dressed in grey civilian clothing with a beanie on scurrying up the bushy hill next to the ramp. He makes it to the road, looks left, then right, then left again, and makes a break for it. The officer on foot halts and gives directions to his colleagues above. There's some confusion, but eventually they hop back into the car, presumably to make chase.

I woke up this Friday morning as I do every morning, not expecting to be a witness to a police chase. Mind you, it was not as dramatic and exciting as the American action movies. Not quite "Bad Boys".

Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

Climb a hill and cross the road...

And the cherry on top? A final officer trailing behind, almost as if on a Sunday stroll as their colleagues scrambled to catch the perp.

I have always preferred alternative hairstyles, but I’m sick of no one doing it right. Can anyone recommend? Preferably somerset west / Strand/ Stellenbosch area.

Have no idea where to start that's the part

Next week we have a week long semester break here at UCT and I am planning on going out most of the time, but I don't know where to go and I would appreciate some suggestions.

Howdefuck are these guys still in business? None of their cheeses remotely resemble what the name implies. And I've tried, out of desperation, quite a few (Ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, halloumi, etc).

Every time I tell myself, "never again". So, some of the faults are mine. But, e.g., today the Spar's only option for boccocini was Meze. So I thought, they probably can't mess that up. Best Before is the end of September so it should be safe. But instead I got a bunch of goopy sour balls smelling like damp shoes. My dog won't even touch it. WTF. R80 down the drain and into the trash bin.

Meze, in my view, is basically a scam.

At least the weather was nice today.

Rant off.

Just to showcase the beauty of the mundane. Taken recently in Big/ Small Bay.

So excited to be in Franschoek in the middle of October. I've been doing some research and have narrowed dinner spots to Le Petite Colombe, Epice and Hari Kitchen? Thoughts?

p.s. we are staying at Le Quartier Francais.