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   From: nospamschwann@webtrance.co.!za   
      
   Hey Moira,   
      
   Yeh, only a handful left who remember that. We have an old chap here in   
   CT, 97 yo, and he 'raced' in the comrades marathon for the last 50   
   years..it's the cross peninsula 'walk', that sets people back a month   
   with blisters...like 30 miles, 50 clicks....after the race, which he   
   finished, he felt 'fine', and is gonna 'do it again'...   
      
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   In article <9TadnVaJYo0BQQ-iXTWJig@is.co.za>, moira.deswardt@wol.co.za   
   postulates...   
   >   
   > "Schwann"  wrote in message   
   >   
   > > He was a boy when he came to South Africa from Russia, back in   
   > 1920,   
   > > following my Grandad, who was a pioneer and travelled extensively   
   > > through the country when there were few cars. I can only imagine   
   > that   
   > > Grandad must've done some of it by train, and the rest by horse   
   > and   
   > > cart. Though Grandad was a Rabbi and scribe, Dad was not a   
   > religious   
   > > man, yet he followed tradition. In this way, I was given good   
   > schooling,   
   > > not only in what society expects, but in that which can be   
   > achieved by   
   > > initiative, hard work and perseverence.   
   >   
   > My late father told some wonderful stories of Russian Jewish emigres   
   > to South Africa.  He grew up in Harrismith where the local merchant   
   > was a Russian emigre.  One of his abiding memories was of this man   
   > giving sweets to the poor children.  My father could never   
   > understand this as a child because he was seldom allowed to get   
   > sweets from the local store.  What he didn't understand was that his   
   > mother had the means (and the inclination) to make homemade   
   > confectionary which is what he and his siblings were given.  It was   
   > only when he was an adult that he realised that his family had been   
   > (comparatively) rich during the depression.   
   >   
   > Moira, the Faerie Godmother   
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