David Williams

Writer, broadcaster, teacher, conference speaker and facilitator. Key interests: railways, leadership, elections, rugby.

[David Williams @DavidWilliamsZA]

@RealJamesWoods I have 256 vinyl LPs, including Eric Burdon and War, and the Rolling Stones Hot Rocks. But then I was born in the 1950s. Young people are fascinated - and agree that the sound quality is far superior. There is also the aesthetic pleasure of seeing and handling the sleeve ...

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@recovery_your Not just you!

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@recovery_your Not just you! at all

[David Williams @DavidWilliamsZA]

@recovery_your Hi! As always

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@recovery_your Hi again!

[David Williams @DavidWilliamsZA]

@recovery_your Not just you!

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@JGNel1 @clivesimpkins I am not saying you are wrong to go!

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@JGNel1 @clivesimpkins My point is that there have been many events and periods in the last 60 years that have provoked people to say, "Right, that's it. The end is nigh. We're going."

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@JGNel1 @clivesimpkins Clive, because I think Sharpeville jolted many complacent white South Africans in a way that no previous event had

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@JGNel1 @clivesimpkins Yet many children have had and have lived a future since Sharpeville - and have had children, who are doing the same.

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@JGNel1 @clivesimpkins I respect everyone's right to go wherever they feel is best for their children. I am also minded that there has not been a future here for anyone's children since Sharpeville ...

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@finding_hope_2 People of a certain generation were led to believe that if only we made the right choices - work, relationships- we would be happy. No such deal was signed, or is available. Life is difficult and luck can go against us. Mostly not our fault.

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@finding_hope_2 I see someone called Matt referred to Bristol - I lived there for a time - these little geographic references also help people to connect.

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@finding_hope_2 Clare, first time I have seen your writing here. The fact that you write what you do, despairing as it seems, means you have not lost hope and are still connecting. That in turn makes one - me - who tonight is feeling cold and lost, feel better.

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@helenzille @HannesLandman1 @TonyLeonSA Was this building not sealed?

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@alvinfoo 8

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@BarneySimon 45

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@recovery_your but you're working it out all the time

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@StakeHEX5555 @alvinfoo wrong - 042

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@StakeHEX5555 @alvinfoo can't be 680 ... 6 is in the same place in first two blocks, therefore not one of the three numbers