LOL, you might get me with the see breeze, but don't think you can pull a fast one... We all know CT has its own no-go areas.
PROOF! - Vaping bigger in Cape Town than Jo'burg!
IMO, @Raindance got it wrong with this one.
There's a very good reason that there will always be more money and therefore more vapers in the north...
most northerners don't spend money on long pants and shoes, like us Capetonians do.
There's a very good reason that there will always be more money and therefore more vapers in the north...
most northerners don't spend money on long pants and shoes, like us Capetonians do.
Yeah that is the absolute truth, just on a much smaller scale...
Banter will have to continue later unfortunately, heading home soon. I guess I will hear from you in about 3.5 hours when you get out of traffic?
On a serious note though, the traffic really does sucks up there, how do you guys cope?
Podcasts. Audio books. Nicotine.
Guys, on a more serious/realistic note, I don't think we are that far behind. Some reports claim that we have the most congested roads in the country. That being said, maybe they were talking about tarred roads only...
Regards
Its so typical for these mountain folk to say stuff without proper research
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Guid...-compare-joburg-cape-town-and-durban-20170301
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Guid...-compare-joburg-cape-town-and-durban-20170301
Anyone else observe the complete absence of Port Elizabeth on that map?Its so typical for these mountain folk to say stuff without proper research
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http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Guid...-compare-joburg-cape-town-and-durban-20170301
That's because "traffic" in PE is when there are 5 or more cars within sight. If you can see more than 10 you just have a completely breakdown ad go to the beach.
Source : have family there. That is almost verbatim what they say.
Essentially what I have experienced when traveling there for work as well. From the hotel just the other side of the aquarium to the office in the "city center" takes 5 minutes with hardly a car in sight. Feels like a Sunday morning elsewhere. I wonder whats their secret?That's because "traffic" in PE is when there are 5 or more cars within sight. If you can see more than 10 you just have a completely breakdown ad go to the beach.
Source : have family there. That is almost verbatim what they say.
Back to the original topic at hand.
Despite the commentary and responses questioning the validity of the so called data the following:
Official RSVP stats for the Cape Town meet were 357 direct replies.
For the JHB meet these ended at 263 direct replies.
A 36% greater response in Cape Town. (despite all the congestion)
One may make the valid observation that this is not inclusive of "walk ins" but those would be the same for both venues.
Comparing the two directly would however be to compare small apples to big apples. I think the Gauteng crowd is less starved of events than we are down here (Vapecon also being held up there), therefore the greater response down here.
So maybe trying to claim a Vapecon is reaching a bit to far. However I do reckon that a mini Vapecon like the one we had last year is totally viable. @Silver, @Rob Fisher , what is your opinion regarding the possibility of a repeat performance?
Regards
Despite the commentary and responses questioning the validity of the so called data the following:
Official RSVP stats for the Cape Town meet were 357 direct replies.
For the JHB meet these ended at 263 direct replies.
A 36% greater response in Cape Town. (despite all the congestion)
One may make the valid observation that this is not inclusive of "walk ins" but those would be the same for both venues.
Comparing the two directly would however be to compare small apples to big apples. I think the Gauteng crowd is less starved of events than we are down here (Vapecon also being held up there), therefore the greater response down here.
So maybe trying to claim a Vapecon is reaching a bit to far. However I do reckon that a mini Vapecon like the one we had last year is totally viable. @Silver, @Rob Fisher , what is your opinion regarding the possibility of a repeat performance?
Regards
Not sure how Hi Ho @Silver feels but based on the effort involved (and cost of flights and hotel accommodation) and the really poor turn out from the Capetonians I for one am not in a hurry to try again soon. But I would love an excuse to get back to CT for a holiday so who knows... ask again after we all recover from VapeCon.
Thanks @Raindance!
I loved the meet we had in CT! Was wonderful to see all the CT vendors and vapers
Would be great to repeat it again sometime
But for now the team is 110% focused on VapeCon to try make sure that everything is great and that we have a super event. This years VapeCon is quite a bit more involved than last year and there are several "new things" we are doing. So its taking a lot of our time and we are determined to make it special.
Not sure how Hi Ho @Silver feels but based on the effort involved (and cost of flights and hotel accommodation) and the really poor turn out from the Capetonians I for one am not in a hurry to try again soon. But I would love an excuse to get back to CT for a holiday so who knows... ask again after we all recover from VapeCon.
Must admit that the jelly is really building up when hearing how the up country crowd is being spoiled!
Will remain hopeful and see how things develop over time. And maybe some of my local comrades will back me up in lobbying for a local meet. But as Rob said, we will see after the big meet.
Thanks and regards
Hire a kombi and drive up as a groupMust admit that the jelly is really building up when hearing how the up country crowd is being spoiled!
Will remain hopeful and see how things develop over time. And maybe some of my local comrades will back me up in lobbying for a local meet. But as Rob said, we will see after the big meet.
Thanks and regards
Great idea! I can pack my tent and we all camp in uncle @Feliks Karp 's lawn for two nights.Hire a kombi and drive up as a group
Who's in?
You just gotta know how to handle us Capetonians, Rob! Tell us 2 years in advance, and start 3 hours later than the advertised start date. Also mention cake. Threaten with GP numberplates for the full effect.Not sure how Hi Ho @Silver feels but based on the effort involved (and cost of flights and hotel accommodation) and the really poor turn out from the Capetonians I for one am not in a hurry to try again soon. But I would love an excuse to get back to CT for a holiday so who knows... ask again after we all recover from VapeCon.
VapeMeet, with Koeksisters and Coffee on a Sunday morning... Now we're talking
As long as it's not raining, of course. If it rains we're staying at home and setting our FB status to "I'm safe".
Its so typical for these mountain folk to say stuff without proper research
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I worked for a vehicle tracking company for a number of years and done similar studies frequently. The data always showed a significant skew in JHB. We were however always very pedantic on the variables used and flushed out as many anomalies as possible (such as excluding Commercial type vehicles [possibility of couriers delivering and fuel tankers refueling], and filtering out as many industrial areas as possible, etc etc). If memory serves me correctly, the last report specifically looked at main roads and national roads within a 45km radius of the CBD during peak hours and using Sunday afternoons (between 10:00 and 16:00) as a control to filter out public holidays.
Sidenote: telemetry data is probably the most interesting I've worked with. I miss the industry a lot.
This was about 2.5 years ago though, so things might have changed since then (although the TomTom report suggests that data was used since 2009). I personally spent quite a bit of time in Gauteng (PTA and JHB included), while living in CPT all my life, might be because I was traveling on the "wrong" roads in JHB and the "right" ones in CPT (or numbed by the repetitiveness of my surroundings in CPT and taking more note of time spent in JHB).
Sorry for my improper research, I based my statement on 1 study...
Back to banter... Parktown Prawns... nuff said
What was that about Parktown Prawns ?
Lol, sorry for the derail, but that pic is from an old article. The pic is real, but the prawn in it fortunately is not
http://www.melaniff.com/features/parktown_prawns/parktown_prawns.htm
http://www.melaniff.com/features/parktown_prawns/parktown_prawns.htm
Better call Wikus.
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