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AT last we have some equipment arriving all but slowly and quite a few impoundments along the way by various persons for various reasons ranging from incorrect number plates, a large load, a big crane and some just for money, The truck drivers certainly earn their money, you can even send it by phone .You just credit the money in a phone shop to a number in one town it is sent to another shop in the next town and bingo they give the other person the cash for a fee of course and I don’t know how it really but all were happy and we got our trucks out of the pound.
The Chinese bulldozers arrived safe and sound minus the air cons so they will be a bit uncomfortable as it is 45 today so we will have to do it in minute shifts I guess or take all the windows out. But the Sudan grass will chaff up and make the operators eyes fairly painful so will have to work that out .The 50 ton crane has rolled up too it has a couple of problems the CPU unit that operates it is in Chinese and also all the error codes so have to do a crash course in mandarin. I guess I could get Kev 07 to help it may be the only thing he is good at.
Although he has not got any thing to work properly yet.
Those of you through the comments and emails {yes G &R they are getting to me}who are wondering if I am ok? I am and I will do my utmost to stay safe and will remain apolitical as advised by my contrary mate and will keep an apolitical opinion and stance to the broader community at large. Though I really think this little blog has a very limited audience and is a better way of writing a generic email.
The money situation for the Zims has been compounded by the reserve bank in Zimbabwe hanging onto some of the wages and not releasing them so that is causing some real problems for them at home and is going to be hard to fix from our end as well. Bloody hard to do anything from here as we get about 1 Hour a day of good comms due to the network and also the atmosphere. Very frustrating listening to the stories of real hardship by their families and not been able to do any thing about it we need to get our management structure in Khartoum and Cairo on the ball. But I am afraid it is like trying to pump up a tractor tyre with a bike pump.
Should have 23 containers on the road today all headed for us to be unloaded hopefully Wednesday and then we have a lot of unpacking to do .Machinery fit ups .scrub canopies, stick rakes, planters, plough etc. All we need is fuel.
Killing trees for the beteerment of humanity
Couplea mates
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