Penis poles in Johannesburg

Saw these at Hollard Street on Marshall Street in Joburg. Penis poles!!!!!

MNET to increase fees and RED PEPPER Garbage

I actually don't care.
I am not a subscriber and I seldom watch any TV. The few times I do go and stay at people's houses to look after animals I find that I have to sit through repeats of repeats of repeats of repeats.  I am not a sports fan or a reality TV fan or even a news fan so whatever they show on other channels leaves little of interest.
I have a TV but I use it as a monitor for my desktop computer!!!!!
Once in a while I watch DVD's on it but I don't even watch SABC or E-TV.  That is just straightforward BOREDOM.  Even watching paint dry is of more interest.
Over the road from where I live there is a studio called  Red Pepper Studios.
The management are the most inconsiderate pigs I have ever had to deal with.  They know who they are!!!  They don't care about their neighbours.
A few years ago they installed a huge diesel generator over the road from my flat.  The exhaust pointed right into my bedroom and despite many, many complaints, nothing was done to improve the situation.  The noise was so bad that when it switched on in the middle of the night I would have to go and sleep in my car downstairs in the garage!!!  
Then, Red Pepper, in their infinite wisdom started with Big Brother and they installed a "portable" temporary monster of a generator which was planted on the road way and obstructing the view of traffic for people exiting the property next door.
I was nearly killed by some idiot in a 4X4 vehicle when he/she decided to overtake another vehicle on the left.
Then after much complaining by the neighbourhood of the noise emitted by the contestants of the "Big Brother" House at 63 4th Avenue Linden the Red Pepper Studios quietened them down and then the last show of 2015 was cancelled due to the sponsor pulling out due to bad publicity.
Now I have been told that "Big Brother" is to return to my neighbourhood.
The ten seconds I watched of Big Brother last year showed three black men sitting on a couch.  One scratching his scrotum, the second pick his nose like he was digging for diamonds (sonny, you will never find anything of value up there) and the other swilling some liquid around his moth and then spitting it back in his cup.
Sorry, this type of behaviour does not appeal to me.
ANOTHER excellent reason not to pay for DSTV.

AND now the RED PEPPER STUDIOS have replaced the light that has been flashing for six months with an LED light and have pointed into my flat so now I cannot sleep at all.

I curse Red Pepper Studios to hell.

And more about the scam

More about scam artists.

Be very careful about receiving random call especially when the person says they are from "Cash is King", Cash Converters or any pawn shop.

Today I was phoned by a Cynthia of "Cash is King" shop in Randburg, saying she had seen my ad on OLX and wanted to see the ring, but as she didn't have a  car could I bring the ring around.

I immediately suspected a scam and said I would bring the ring later.

When I went out I dropped by the shop and showed her the ring, she then proceeds to weigh it and then takes a 5X magnifying glass to look at the ring and then decides she will pay pawn for it of R1 800.  I said to her I am selling the ring and I want R6000 for said ring.

She then proceeds to take photos of the ring and sends them to her boss in Joburg who then says they will pay R2000.

I said I was very angry with her dragging me out under false pretences and wasting my time.  If I wanted to pawn the ring I would have done so.  I wanted to sell it which is why it is advertised on OLX.

Doctors and pharmaceutical companies

Doctors and pharmaceutical companies are not in the business of healing people. They are in the business of making money. 
I used to work in the pharmaceutical industry and was astounded then (30 odd years ago) what side effects those drugs had on people. 
Everyone is popping tabs to "prevent" illnesses without realising the side effects these drugs have. Many of these side effects are worse than the original ailment.
I am not suggesting that one should go off their meds BUT one should look to what is the actual illness.
Recently I took a little old man to the cardiologist and although the visit cost the medical aid a bomb and the little old man was healthy the cardiologist insisted that he come back in six months time for a "check up"
WTF???????
My comment is "I am healthy and YOU want to see me. I have to pay for the visit BUT you want to see me?"
This strikes me as a money making scam. Sorry. NO GO. I will go to a doctor if and when I am sick, not because he wants to see me.
I am sure that some doctor dreamed up the saying "prevention is better than cure."
In conclusion, why would anyone want to live beyond their useful years?
Is it because we fear death?
What is death?
I can think of far worse things than death?
Like living in severe pain.
Like living with no memory.
Why must we be kept alive so some doctor or caregiver can make money from us?????
Shouldn't we be allowed to die when we want?
I am convinced that pharmaceutical companies and doctors are in cahoots with the fast food companies, like McDonalds. The fastfood companies make foods which send up cholesterol levels and cause heart attacks and strokes so the pharmaceutical companies make drugs for the doctors to prescribe to cure.