clunker, bounced checks, no one home

[Elian Degen]

Brian

Do not worry, It looks a little like Caracas, were I live, Construction here
is expensive Houses are made of stone (brickwalls) not wood. A wooden house
is not secure here.  You get Steel doors  and all you mentioned in your
letter, here most if not all new buildings are built with security zone,
security guard and you need ID to get in. What we call "Urbanizaciones" ( a
bunch of houses in a sector of the city ) have been surrounded and in each
access they have security guards for which you need to ID.

Also not an April fool.

Elian

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Lawsonic Pianoforte Services <lawsonic@global.co.za>
Para: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Fecha: Miércoles, 31 de Marzo de 1999 01:53 p.m.
Asunto: Re: clunker, bounced checks, no one home


>Bill wrote:
>>  Around here, some people never lock their doors.
>> Mine is open during the day and when I'm out for a walk.  Sometimes I
>leave it
>> unlocked at night.
>
>So here is a reality adjustment for you - Johannesburg, South Africa
>
>It is common for houses to be surrounded by high walls, opposite me is just
>that with - electric fencing running along the top. All houses in this
>suburb (and pretty much common around other parts of the city) is for the
>front & back doors to have security gates as well as some similar fencing
>for the windows, either inside or outside. And, certain suburbs are zoned
>as security villiages - in that only one access road (all others close off
>to cars with little huts for security guards) which has a checkpoint and
>you have to prove ID if visiting - such as piano tuner. Again, not every
>single house but this is common. Welcome to e' new South Africa !
>
>Gasped enough? and not an April fool
>
>Brian Lawson
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