LOL @ HermanV  morscode nogal!  LMAO

Wayne, please leave that glass you want to grind into a mirror at home IF these guys are going to sing along at the weekend, especailly if either "Jury Eels" or the "Grafsteensusters" are there :ohmy: You should not have sold that beautiful scope Wayne!

Well I can't wait to hear what comes to the fore in the planning next week. Lovely weekend to you all - be good and behave, ok!

Ja, I'm out of here too!  All have a lovely weekend!  We'll take this up again on Monday!  Cheerio!!!!!!

so who all's paid their deposit - I'm going to do some landscape practice ASAP - went to the beach yest at sunset...

Morning all.  I paid mine already, so did Uncle Piet and Sue confirmed as well.  And the rest?  Did you all make your contribution to the payment yet?

Morning all!

Hope your weekend went well!

:crying:  Had a terrible, terrible weekend :sad:

Shame! What happened?

Hi all sleepy South Africans, the Blue Bulls lost their game!

I am a bit tied up, will catch up a bit later. I am looking forward to all the constructive ideas etc about the weekend.

HI all I  am in and paid the dep. Cant wait.

Hi All! We went a bit quiet there.. Hope everyone is doing well.
Zeldie - how's your guitar playing coming?

It's coming along real nicely thanx Sue!  I've been playing a lot this week - it keeps my mind blank and insanity away...

I can see all of us taking a pic of the same thing and getting totally diff results - like a competition format... LOL

Goeie dag almal!

Sue please, just as Zel had completely forgotten about playing for us, you remind her again! (Do you still remember Cacophonix in Asterix & Obelix? -  I was merely asking...)

Vera, now that's a challenge I like! Same places photographed and we choose a "winner"?

moers off chair laughing @ Oom Piet.  Siss on you!!!  With a mate like you who the hell needs enemies?!?  :woot: 

Vera, sounds like an excellent idea.

Hi all

Zeldie klink of hy jou aan 'n boom gaan vas maak met 'n kous in die mond.

I was scared of this! Now it is going to end up with look how small is his and how BIG is mine.  I am talking about cameras

Herman, daai ne...  Vat a man op 'n perd ne...  shurrups rather  :sneaky:

Hi guys!

Got a message from busi2ness about this here venture.

Any ideas on when/where/what/how etc yet?

Camping... hmmm... that involves like, tents and stuff, right? shudder  Hehehe, I kid.

I would have to chat to the Minister of Finances about this idea and find out whether he'd be interested.

Thank you very much for the invite though! :)

FuzzyYak, read the whole thread.  You'll see that we're staying in chalets as well.  Contact me if you're interested, we still have a room open I think.

Zeldie, thanks, will do.

Ten pages of reading... gulp

Okay... here I go. :)

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Ten pages of reading... gulp

Okay... here I go. :)

Johann, let me set the record straight: Read those boring pages, but please all you have to remember is shorts, a toothbrush and I bring the mampoer. :rolleyes: plus a camera would be optional or something like that...

Serious: Thanks that you responded and read this, we are really looking forward to the weekend. Any other questions? Any other South African Rosity members  you know who would be interested, please let them know.

Thanks Piet.

Camera, optional?! LOL! Wouldn't be a photography trip without it, now would it? :D

I'll be sure to let you guys know whether we'll (both The Boss and I) will be able to make it. Only problem is that The Berg is a bit of a drive for us - being Gautengers and Land Rover drivers! :)

But, we'll see...

Just a quick reminder to almal about the trip.

It's been so quiet and I've been driven insane with my new business. I'll really be needing that Mampoer! Hey Sir Piet, you might have to bring double quantity.....

LoL.

Have a great one, all!

LOL @ Sue  No no, we need more than that cause trust me if I tell you dear Sue, nothing can beat what I'm going through at this place that I'm working for right now.  It's total chaos!!!  And I mean total!  shakes head 

I need no reminder for the weekend.  I think that weekend will be one of the highlights of my year!

Now this is a surprise! OK English lass, I pack another crate. :sneaky:

I really looked forward to capturing the scenery, BUT as I went through some of the sites, I felt so intimidated by the awesome captures, I need a new camera now! As if that would help, LOL!

Is everybody well prepared?

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Piet dit you ask the minister of Homeaffairs if 'n camara is in this Years buget??

Ha ha ha,

he'll just get her to do a taste test of the Mampoer and then take her shopping and somehow get her to buy the camera for him as an early Christmas Present!

Sir Piet is verrrry clever...

Hey so Fuzzy you gotta come!!! Then we'll have gay guys and gay girls on the trip!!! Think of Oom - he's further than you - and the weekend'll be worth it!!! I'm sure one of us can get there and collect all the keys or something...

I'm breaking in my new hiking takkies as a type!!!

I agree with Vera.  Hey Sue, I of course received a phone call from a certain Oom around here - not giving any names or anything - confirming that he'll only take one more crate of Mampoer with and that you and I should start to behave around here.  giggle  Ja nogal!  Just one more crate!  Selfish don't you think? 

Sheesh, did he mean one crate each or just one crate in total?

And he thinks we're not behaving at this stage???   :biggrin:

Surely being married he knows not to tell a woman what to do as that is more of a challenge to do it anyway?  :m_laugh:

LOL  Oh my!  Hang on, lemme just catch my breath here...  He mean he's just bring one MORE crate.  Otherwise he won't have anymore space left to pack his toothbrush.  Or was it just the mampoer he needed to remember?  giggle  Ooooh boy the Omie is going to have my behind for this!  LOL

LoL. Ok.

Hey! I have space in my car, maybe I'll just buy him a new toothbrush and paste and he can fit in more crates.. (although I really do hope his crates are not the size of toothbrushes...)

ek hoor ons kry net 2 tots elk die oom het 'n foto gegee van 'n tot

Yippeeeee!!!!!!!!! I can manage to cope with only 2 at that size.. lol!

packs the headache medication so long  I think there's a few of us that's going to look very "vaal" on that Saturday / Sunday morning :ohmy:

One can not turn ones back for a second here attending to the mampoer kettle... :unsure: Thanks Harry for the tot measure, I thought it got lost!

What has happened to people like FuzzyYak? Did Vera convince him to attend? Does he have a choice?

Calling on Wayne and Loftie, are you guys still around? Who has contact with "cfulton" from Cape Town? He has not responded to several attempts to contact him... :sad:

BTW: On several occasions my email landed in the Bulk/Junk folder on the recipient's side, am I being blacklisted?

No details for him, sorry.

But guess what people...

I have emailed Lillian of Renderosity and she will be putting an article about our get-together on the Front page of the website!

We might get a few more joining us.....

Hugs all!

Oh, there's one more SA RR member joining us.  Spooky-Wan is from Cape Town.  There's still one room available in our chalet - I'll keep it for you Spooky ;0)

I just spoke to Loftie.  He's not sure whether he'll be joining us, but will keep me posted.  As for Urban...  He's not sure anymore either...  Come on guys!  Why's this falling apart now?!?  Well, I'm going!  Those who wants to come with, come with.  Those who don't - don't!  Oom Piet, you make sure you bring that Mampoer.  Sue, you were bringing what again?  I'll bring the marshmallows and the headache medication giggle  Oh, and my cam.  Can't go without my cam ;0)

Morning.

I thought I was supposed to be bringing the marshmallows. You were supposed to be bringing your guitar!

Oops, sorry Sir Piet. I forgot I wasn't supposed to bring that up again...

:m_eyelashes:

LOL  Not bringing the guitar this time Sue.  Maybe next time.  But yeah, you bring the marshmallows, I'll just bring myself.  How's that?  beams giggle

HEY PEOPLE!

Here's a heads up! Lillian from Renderosity is sponsoring a limited amount of shirts and coasters for people on the RR weekend!

I have suggested that we use them for prizes to those who enter our RR weekend competitions.

Suggestions for 3 categories are to be posted here and we will then submit our shots and allow RR members to vote for best in that category.

How's that for RR spirit in RSA!!!!

My suggestions

Best action photo
Best scenic photo
Most comical capture!

What think you all?

So, do I now have to take my camera along for that weekend?

This is great Sue, how did you manage to bribe the RR Admin? Well done and thanks to Lillian :thumbupboth:

Does this mean that certain people can now enter their drop shots in the action category? :huh:

Your proposals sound good to me...

Good morning!

You don't have to take your camera but I really cannot picture you without it on the trip Sir Piet! That would be like me without my pen and notepad for my writing!

LoL about the drop shots.

Picture this:
Vera pushing Sue into one of the ice cold streams that hurtle themselves down the mountain side - Action Shot   :m_laugh:
Sue organising a sleeping Vera to be toted outside in the middle of the night and placed on a floating raft so when she wakes up the rest of the group get some fantastic action and comical shots....    :m_hide:

Sue, carry on, this "action" category starts making sense to me, it's even nastier than the plans we made when discussing this during our last telephone conversation...

How about Vera adding an angle to this?

hey!!! how the hell did I get involved?!

I don't like the comical cat - never like those...

I dig the scenic one - maybe we can have an abstract one and a macro one?

rules self out of macro - doesn't own a macro lens

I love the idea Sue! And THANK YOU Lillian for the prizes!!!

Ok boys and girls, time for a quick catch up...

Wayne and Tienie won't be joining us for the weekend, so I opted to change our booking to one house (3 bedrooms).  Oom Piet and the Tannie, myself, hubby and my little one, Herman and Andrew will be sharing one house. 

Vera, you and Sue sorted yourselves out right?

As for food...

I suggest we do the braai think on Friday night and Saturday night.  And Herman, I WILL BRING THE PAP!!!  LOL  I suggest we do the brunch thing on Saturday- and Sunday morning with eggs and bacon and saugages and tomatoes and cheese, and, and, and...  As I think a lot of us - me included - would like to have an early morning shoot session.  Now now Uncle Piet, we all know that the "old" people would like to lie in so you and Sue - you're excused runs like hell  giggle

For the rest - whatever you feel like snacking on, bring it along!

If you have any other suggestions, please do share them so we can get this thing organised now.  We have 3 weeks left people!  You getting excited yet?

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Getting excited? :woot: I am even getting a camera for the event, however, it is going to be strictly for covering the mampoer drink event that morning!

I am ready as can be Zeldie!

Don't forget to check on the spare set of batteries and the chargers folks!

Oh yeah!  Don't you dare arrive there without a camera!  I send you back home when that happens! :biggrin:

I think the women should start thinking of the food that we will eat with the braai in the evenings.  I will bring my bread baker with, so we don't have to worry about that.  Who's going to do the greek salad and potatoes salad thing?  Or is there someone who wants to make us some cream potatoes?  The bread, pap and sauce will be my baby.

Sue?  Oom Piet, you going to ask the Tannie what she will make for us Friday and Saturday evening?  And Vera?  Where are you when we need you woman? 

Ok, Vera says she will make potatoes salad on Friday evening.  Then I think I'll do the bread thing on Friday evening and maybe a Greek salad would do just fine, what do you think?

Then Saturday evening we can do the pap & sauce thing and someone else can make another salad or another hot dish with that.

Sue?  I need some ideas here?