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toubab1020
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anna
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 Posted - 08 Jan 2009 : 23:49:22
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But T1020, don't you think this is a good thing (although i was always very happy not to have to put on the safety belts in that heat, i hate these things - so confining)? On the other hand, in our country we are fined if we do not use them and if we are using our cellphones while driving (unless 'handsfree' - how about that in the Gambia, the article doesn't say), so why not there? If paying a fine here is 'a kind of tax to pay for the police', so it is in the Gambia - at least, like with us, it is extra income for the Government. At the same time it is a protective precaution, which is necessary in the Gambia (think of the cows or goats crossing the roads unexpectedly in the dark) and here as well (because of busy roads and unexpected situations in the chaotic traffic) - i think the Gambian government did well while introducing these measures. By the way, as early as January 2005 we were fined in Senegal for driving without having our safety belts on. Now all we have to do is wait for the West African governments to install parking meters 
Just as long as they won't come up with a ban on smoking in public places like restaurants..........then it is no use going there anymore because it will be too much like 'home'  |
When an old African dies, it is as if a whole library has burnt down.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 09 Jan 2009 : 01:33:00
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Anna,I was really trying to be a little like MOE  he/she cannot really believe in what he/she writes ! Senegal is a country that was colonised by the French so somethings they do are strange!  Vive le parking meter!!  Ah mais oui,le cigarettes, vive le smoke!  |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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anna
Netherlands
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Posted - 09 Jan 2009 : 07:46:59
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Oh, I see...(do I?  )
Be like Moe? What for - he (forget about this one being a she) is bananas  !
What can i say but Au Revoir.. |
When an old African dies, it is as if a whole library has burnt down.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 09 Jan 2009 : 11:05:32
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| You have a nice day now u hear!! |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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