I'm a bit stunned right now

[Flangepart]

Looks like our tongues will get a work out! 

BTW, Trevor...caught Trevor Noah on Youtube. Cool dude!

[scotpens]

. . . Afrikaans is a wonderfully expressive language - so much so that I can swear at someone in Afrikaans and they'll think they're being complimented. 

Charlize Theron can swear at me in Afrikaans all she wants. That woman is a GODDESS!   

[Trevor]

COOL!

I wish I had that car. 

[Trevor]

Good job,buddy! I aint had a drivers liscence. since 1985.
I have drove cars-and owned them. But after my 2nd offence of drunk driving in 1984-I have never had a legal liscence.
I swore as long as I drink- wont drive-and I dont. I almost killed 3 people. I dont drive.

Thanks BrotherR 

[Trevor]

Bakkie

Bacchus

Bacchanal

Oh, Trevor . . .

[Trevor]

A nice pick up or "bakkie" [bah-kee] as we call it here: virtually new.

Congratulations on your (almost) new vehicle. And I just learned a bit of South African slang.

Great and welcome to the site. 

Afrikaans is a wonderfully expressive language - so much so that I can swear at someone in Afrikaans and they'll think they're being complimented. 

We wouldn't have Star "Trek" without it.   

True that 

[Trevor]

Enjoy it Trevor. Having a new ride is always fun!

Afrikaans is a wonderfully expressive language - so much so that I can swear at someone in Afrikaans and they'll think they're being complimented. 

Now I'm waiting for the Afrikaans language lesson thread!

Posted this morning. 

[Trevor]

Looks like our tongues will get a work out! 

You can ask me things like how do you say this in Afrikaans?

BTW, Trevor...caught Trevor Noah on Youtube. Cool dude!

He is funny.

[Trevor]

But in a good way.

I actually now own a car for the first time in two years since my last one died on me. The finance was approved today and the car will be dropped off - hopefully not on my head   - here at work tomorrow.

This is it: www.mccarthypreowned.co.za/preowned-2011-fiat-strada-gauteng-pretoria/140491/for-sale.html

A nice pick up or "bakkie" [bah-kee] as we call it here: virtually new.

I am smiling now.  

I absentmindedly clicked on this link earlier in the week, saw the car was no longer available and went "WTF? WTF happened to the car I bought?"

Then I remembered that I had bought it.......  

[Leah]

Congrats Trev, driving is a pleasure that many people take for granted. enjoy the moments when you drive.

[alandhopewell]

Good job,buddy! I aint had a drivers liscence. since 1985.
I have drove cars-and owned them. But after my 2nd offence of drunk driving in 1984-I have never had a legal liscence.
I swore as long as I drink- wont drive-and I dont. I almost killed 3 people. I dont drive.

     I learned how to drive in '74, but I get so nervous behind the wheel, I'm a menace.
Oddly, I can ride a bicycle through almost any traffic (and have.)

[Olivia Bauer]

I can't even drive.
Sigh...

[Flangepart]

As someone with...really...hundreds of thousand of miles under my seat cushion, (165.0000 on the van I just had replaced) I find paranoia a good driving habit.

Expect the other guy to be a blithering idiot, and you can avoid a lot of trouble.

[Andrew]

Driving can be exciting.  Like suddenly having a full sized La-Z-Boy loom out of the darkness ahead of you at 1:00AM.  WHAT is that doing in the middle of the road?  Also fun in the road:  brake calipers hitting your windshield at 60mph, a large roll of insulation, and ladders.  I never can get enough ladders in the road.

Oh my, why are you feeling worried about driving?

[Trevor]

Driving can be exciting.  Like suddenly having a full sized La-Z-Boy loom out of the darkness ahead of you at 1:00AM.  WHAT is that doing in the middle of the road?  Also fun in the road:  brake calipers hitting your windshield at 60mph, a large roll of insulation, and ladders.  I never can get enough ladders in the road.

Oh my, why are you feeling worried about driving?

*Hurriedly packs car keys away*