Boat names

[QAZA]

Can anybody please explain why people give their boats and farms indigeneous african names, but they jump up and down when their street names are changed?

 

[Mouldz]

DIRKM wrote:

Can anybody please explain why people give their boats and farms indigeneous african names, but they jump up and down when their street names are changed?

Because changing street names and town names cost the tax payer billions

 

[Greenhorn]

Very easy....one can choose a name that means something to you and it only costs you some money...where as on the other side someone else chooses the name of someone you have never heard of, and it costs you money.

 

[QAZA]

Comments noted, still, it will still cost us a heap of money to replace stolen / dilapidated street and town/city signs no matter what the street name.

 

[Mouldz]

DIRKM wrote:

Comments noted, still, it will still cost us a heap of money to replace stolen / dilapidated street and town/city signs no matter what the street name.

They spend billions on renaming airports /stadiums/towns that are not dilapidated but cant find money to fix potholes

 

[benniejordaan]

DIRKM wrote:

Comments noted, still, it will still cost us a heap of money to replace stolen / dilapidated street and town/city signs no matter what the street name.

Changing it costs a lot more than R12 in it's weight in metal. There is the sign, the guy putting it up, the ladder, the guy holding the ladder, the truck driver to get them there and then the countless meetings and bribes that go with it. Then there is everyone with a GPS now cant find the street name. Besides, the street names last a very long time! And if you want to change the name of your boat, go for it. I don't care because it doesn't effect me at all.

What about the businesses / industry? Everyone on that street looses business. They have a certain address in advertisements and yellow pages and when customers cant find them, they loose out. The companies must change stationary, website, signs, business cards etc. Maps need to be changed, your GPS doesn't work. Parcels don't get delivered...