willie wat maak jy??

Actuary at a big blue insurer, mostly a Twitter stalker but occasionally I tweet about cycling, rugby (long suffering Lions fan) & other random stuff.

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@Arfness @RediTlhabi @geordinhl Agree, generally a DA supporter but this is a cheap shot ignoring the context of the actual problem.

[Brad Lemley @BradCLemley]

Here is a huge positive to modern life that gets no press.

I have an old 2009 Toyota, and the AUX port crapped out about a year ago. Went to YouTube. Young, enthusiastic guy explains how to fix it.

It is not obvious - involves taking the dashboard apart in a counter-intuitive way, but once you see it, it's a 15 minute fix.

There are actually dozens of videos showing how to do this, and they collectively have well over 200k views.

Had this happened in 1995, I would have just lived with it. But the combo of the replacement AUX jack available from Amazon and the video of the simple (but not obvious) fix, I fixed it.

I HAVE DONE THIS DOZENS OF TIMES. Replaced the control panel of my dishwasher. Replaced the ice maker in the fridge. Fixed a wonky sanding head on my drill press. Mastered a bandsaw technique that I use for my sculpture. On and on and on...

I think it is likely no exaggeration to say billions of fixes and skill upgrades have been performed worldwide that would not have been performed if it were not for the instruction freely given peer-to-peer on YouTube.

Take a moment to be happy about this. The busted item keeps performing, rather than going to the landfill. The person learning and doing the fix gains a sense of mastery and saves money. It's an unmixed blessing.

Stop doomscrolling. Think of what is busted in your house, find the YouTube video on how to fix it, and fix it.

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@SardieqWP @rugby_ap Bad news for the Lions :-(

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@SardieqWP @Ringo26 How did the Stormers NOT win this shield?

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

Lions on their way to the #urc South African shield. Would not have predicted this!

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@jwcoetzee Het hy ooit iets bereik as coach na hy in 2017 weg is by Leeus? Sonder Swys is hy nowhere. Groot fout v Bulle om hom aan te stel.

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@jwcoetzee Redelik seker Lions gaan oor 6 weke aan die onderste helfte vd log wees 😪. Maar dink nie vandag en volgende week gaan enigsens verskil maak nie, kan maar netsowel gaan vd CC

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@jwcoetzee Kan nie dink vandag se game was veel moeiliker as 'n warm-up game vd Leeus nie

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@Richard_Spoor Social media amplifying the fanatic fringes to drown out the quiet majority makes me worry about the future of our society.

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@Konfytbekkie Looks like Stilbaai?

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@Brendennel Think that's harsh? Only Cats coach to make the semis of the S12 (twice), for the rest of Cats existence they almost couldn't even buy a win. Only Lions coach to win CC in more than a decade.

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@PedalPowerPPA Same weekend as Durbie Dash?? Why sabotage the only surviving independent WC road race in spring when you have a whole calendar to pick dates from?

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

JD Vance and Cyril's couch - inspiration for a good joke waiting to be created!

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@jwcoetzee You do that then the rest of the Capetonians are stuck with a whole lot of Cape Crusaders!!

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@GvanOnselen So to whom is Ipsos allocating the "missing" DA suppoters, because ANC and EFF are almost spot-on?

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@Arfness @watsenaam @zilevandamme @TheKiffness Haven't seen any attempt from Jacques to defend that statement. Nowadays, he is fully occupied by his noble campaign against transgenders, Palestina only held his attention briefly.

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@JacquesMaree73 @mia_asad Tx Jacques. Any articles you can share on UNRWA employees involvement? Would like to my make up my own mind on this and haven't found much via google.

[willie wat maak jy?? @willievh]

@JacquesMaree73 @mia_asad No mention of UNRWA employees in your article though?

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@SardiqWP @Derekepping Important not to peak too early. So it appears your training is on track for March... 😉