{RANT ALERT}
I spent a number of years in Johannesburg, South Africa, where we had the 'R50 divorce'. (R50 is about £3.50 these days.) R50 hired you a gunman with an AK47 who made sure your spouse soon became an ex-spouse ... If you think I'm exaggerating - well, you'd be right. The going rate for an execution was actually R5,000 (about £350). Africa is awash with Russian, Chinese and US weapons sent in shiploads to arm one or another bunch of 'Freedom Fighters' but now used to 'earn a living' since 70% plus of the population live in poverty so severe it is beyond the understanding of people who only know the First World. Wonderful things, AK47s, they last pretty much forever (some of those still in use in Africa can trace their provenance to the Korean War), still fire after decades of misuse and abuse, and 7.62 ammo is cheap as chips. And don't get me started on the land-mines provided by generous benfactors the world over ...
Needless to say I don't nor will I ever make bullet pens ... I lost too many friends to senseless violence.
{RANT OVER}
I spent a number of years in Johannesburg, South Africa, where we had the 'R50 divorce'. (R50 is about £3.50 these days.) R50 hired you a gunman with an AK47 who made sure your spouse soon became an ex-spouse ... If you think I'm exaggerating - well, you'd be right. The going rate for an execution was actually R5,000 (about £350). Africa is awash with Russian, Chinese and US weapons sent in shiploads to arm one or another bunch of 'Freedom Fighters' but now used to 'earn a living' since 70% plus of the population live in poverty so severe it is beyond the understanding of people who only know the First World. Wonderful things, AK47s, they last pretty much forever (some of those still in use in Africa can trace their provenance to the Korean War), still fire after decades of misuse and abuse, and 7.62 ammo is cheap as chips. And don't get me started on the land-mines provided by generous benfactors the world over ...
Needless to say I don't nor will I ever make bullet pens ... I lost too many friends to senseless violence.
{RANT OVER}