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Inside/Out with John Kinnaird, metalworker, fisherman and activist
Kubatana.net
September 03, 2008
Describe
yourself in five words?
Grumpy,
overweight, bad golfer, bad fisherman, driven
What's
the best piece of advice you've ever received?
To get
on board with the struggle
What's
the most ridiculous thing you've ever done?
Sat
at a water hole in Rifa with 25 eleven year old kids and a Bull
Elephant walked right up to us
What
is your most treasured possession?
My
late dad's penknife
What
do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Zimbabwean
prisons (by all accounts); seeing AIDS infected children die from
neglect and lack of medical care and unable to do anything for the
kid
Do you
have any strange hobbies?
MDC
activism, Spider Solitaire
What
do you dislike most about your appearance?
Big
nose, bad teeth but cannot afford a dentist in Zimbabwe
What
is your greatest extravagance?
Chocolate,
fishing trips
What
have you got in your fridge?
All
sorts of stuff at the moment (we have just been to Botswana shopping)
What
is your greatest fear?
Mad
elephants, abandoning my principles, Morgan making a deal with ZANU-PF
and losing the trust of the people aka Arthur Mutambara
What
have you got in your pockets right now?
Snotty
hanky, cell phone
What
is your favourite journey?
Driving
from Makuti down the escarpment
Who
are your heroes in real life?
Roy
Bennett, Jenni Williams, Jody Garner (Quadraplegic disabled during
the war, and still hanging in 35 years later and farming in Louis
Trichard)
When
and where were you happiest?
Drifting
down the Zambezi tiger fishing with Jackie anytime
What's
your biggest vice?
Golf
What
were you like at school?
Lazy.
Every report I ever had said " Can do better." Rebellious
as I have always had a problem with people telling me what to do
What
are you doing next?
To
a meeting with the MDC city councillors
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