[SEL] Totally Off Topic

[Barry & Tanya Stait]

Hi Jerry,
My wife's family left South Africa (Durban) about 12 years ago because of 
the increase in volante crime and her parents were worry about safety of 
their daughters.
They still call SA home and love the place and still have a lot of family 
over there that they worry about a lot.
"Oh my love for South Africa".
Barry & Tanya Stait.
Mudgee. N.S.W. Australia.
bst41474 at bigpond.net.au
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Evans" <jerrye at databak.co.za>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:21 AM
Subject: [SEL] Totally Off Topic


> Hi Guys,
>         I apologise for this totally off topic letter but it does have
> bearing on a letter I wrote to the list about a month ago - the discussion
> was "gun control" and crime after that school shooting in the USA.
>
>         I mentioned the crime in South Africa and how we have all been
> affected and how the rest of the world never gets to hear about it.
>
>         Well my mother was attacked, beaten up and robbed in her house 2
> nights ago. The steel security gate on one of the doors was broken out 
> with
> a crowbar and then the glass door simply smashed with a rock. This was
> after midnight and she was asleep. The first she knew was when she was
> roughly pulled from her bed and beaten with a heavy stick and money
> demanded from her. She gave them what she had and between her and her
> little dog managed to fight them off and they fled. Thank goodness she was
> not raped as this is what these people usually do to humiliate the old
> people. She has a few bruises, a stab wound in the leg and a broken 
> finger.
> She got off lightly. She's a tough "Old Cookie".
>
>         My mother lives alone in her own house near the coast (about 350
> miles from here). She is 86 years old. This is the second time that this
> has happened to her in the last 10 years and the third time in her life.
>
>         She refused to allow my brother (who lives near me) or I to go
> down and visit her saying that she is fine and it would just be a waste of
> time and money. Fortunately we have friends living near her and they have
> confirmed that she is O.K.
>
>         Our laws prohibit the mention of race in the reporting of crime
> but I feel I can safely say "The perpetrators were not White skinned".
>
>         Once more, I apologise for the "Off Topic" post and do not wish to
> start a new thread with this one - just thought you should know -
> especially all those of you who responded "off list" last time. I
> appreciate it.
>
> Keep the revs up (or down)
> Jerry Evans
> Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
> Tel. (016) 365-5787
> Intntl.: +2716 365-5787
> Cell: 083 293 7191
> Visit our website for old engines in South Africa.
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>
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