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KillerByte - Doing the VoorTrekker Thing...
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 13:35
by KillerByte
Hey
Left Durban at around 10am, just reached Harrismith. Sitting down to a nice lunch at JuicyLucy and hope to be in Pretoria by 5pm.
My car is so full, my PC obviously has the front seat to itself with my Laptop taking the passenger foot well.
Thank goodness I replaced the stock sound. The CD player was fried, so got that replaced with a MP3 player that has SD card and USB support. Got a 2Gb SD card in it full of music. Replaced the 6" Mids yesterday (they distorted terribly) so I am enjoying my Pioneers, I am very impressed with them. Here is a link
http://www.autostyle.co.za/prodview.php ... dstr=&str=
I can't wait for work on Monday!!!
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 13:37
by 1GOR
lol.
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 13:42
by DAE_JA_VOO
Don't forget to fill up
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 13:45
by D3PART3D
LOL!
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 13:54
by I34z1k
DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Don't forget to fill up
QFT LOL!
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 15:21
by maestro_za
Re: KillerByte - Doing the VoorTrekker Thing...
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 15:52
by Samaya
KillerByte wrote:...hope to be in Pretoria by 5pm.
I hope you had a nice large lunch cause you will reach the "boerewors divide" in peak traffic and you will be waiting for a while
. It will be a whole new experience mister...
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 16:01
by PaperCut
and... why you doing this? :dontgetit:
are you moving to PTA?
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 18:09
by Richard_
Where are you starting work?
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 18:13
by D3PART3D
I think he's got a job at PCF, he had something about it in his sig... am I right KB?
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 18:23
by Richard_
Thought as much. Remember seeing that too.
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 20:21
by Xiphan
He's been hired as the new hardware reviewer if I'm not mistaken? So to all AMD fans we can expect biased reviews towards AMD, ATI, etc in the near future...
Not to mention he probably qualifies for admin status on this forum by default, guess we gotta start being nice to him from now on?
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 21:41
by Stuart
Xiphan wrote:Not to mention he probably qualifies for admin status on this forum by default, guess we gotta start being nice to him from now on?
KB? Admin? That's scary! 8O
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 21:42
by hamin_aus
Xiphan wrote:Not to mention he probably qualifies for admin status on this forum by default
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 21:54
by Tribble
Hey! PTA is a really nice place to reside. Welcome KB - hope you enjoy it here.
Posted: 01 Apr 2008, 22:35
by halo
jamin_za wrote:Xiphan wrote:Not to mention he probably qualifies for admin status on this forum by default
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 11:09
by KillerByte
well I finally found some time to sit down and do some surfing.
There is a lot of traffic in Pretoria, us Durbanites never see this kind of traffic in Durban.
Got a bit lost yesterday when I was driving around but the road system makes sense (unlike some parts of Durban) so I managed to find my way back home.
I start on Monday at the PCF offices, going to get up early to see how long it takes me in rush hour tomorrow morning.
And lets see if we can organise a PTA PCF meet shall we...
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 11:28
by PaperCut
KillerByte wrote:And lets see if we can organise a PTA PCF meet shall we...
yes indeed!!!
invite me this time...
congrats dude!!
Welcome to the Capital!
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 12:35
by OnlyOneKenobi
KillerByte wrote:well I finally found some time to sit down and do some surfing.
There is a lot of traffic in Pretoria, us Durbanites never see this kind of traffic in Durban.
Got a bit lost yesterday when I was driving around but the road system makes sense (unlike some parts of Durban) so I managed to find my way back home.
I start on Monday at the PCF offices, going to get up early to see how long it takes me in rush hour tomorrow morning.
If you're going to travel from Pta to PCF's offices in Jhb between 7-8 in the morning, you'd better be prepared to sit for 2-4 hours per trip. I work in Sandton which is a bit closer and that takes me 1.5 to 2 hours on average, even if I leave at 5:30 in the morning!
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 12:58
by ryanrich
Yup! The one thing I really don't miss is living in Pretoria East and travelling every day to Sandton! As OnlyOne says, 2 hours average one way in peak traffic. After about 9:30am it takes 45 minutes to an hour...
Things only get worse when Eskom decides to load shed and all the traffic lights go out...
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 13:11
by jee
That traveling is why i earn peanuts but have peace... i will never be able to do that traffic - it will drive me to drink. Will the Gautrain help when it eventually runs?
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 13:24
by Samaya
jee wrote:That traveling is why i earn peanuts but have peace... i will never be able to do that traffic - it will drive me to drink. Will the Gautrain help when it eventually runs?
No not really
There won't be power to run the train itself... LOL
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 14:15
by Firestrm_ZA
killerbyte, welcome to loadshed central aka hell..... lol hope you enjoy the jams in the morning.... i love living 6kms from work.... weeeee
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 14:59
by ryanrich
jee wrote:That traveling is why i earn peanuts but have peace... i will never be able to do that traffic - it will drive me to drink. Will the Gautrain help when it eventually runs?
Gautrain won't help anything IMO, even if Eskom can actually power it.
I would never stay in PTA/JHB again if I head back to SA, not for all the tea in China!
Posted: 03 Apr 2008, 15:01
by Firestrm_ZA
ryanrich wrote:jee wrote:That traveling is why i earn peanuts but have peace... i will never be able to do that traffic - it will drive me to drink. Will the Gautrain help when it eventually runs?
Gautrain won't help anything IMO, even if Eskom can actually power it.
I would never stay in PTA/JHB again if I head back to SA, not for all the tea in China!
lol where you gonna stay? pofadder?