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(Even though my mind IS prone to wandering and has to be regularly reined in).</strong></span></p> <div class="jcomments-links"><a class="readmore-link" href="/web/20160819193337/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/bloggers-sp-4264019/mettabels-corner/4915-dry-bones-can-live-but-may-come-alive-with-great-noise" title="Dry Bones Can Live, But May Come Alive With Great Noise!">Read more ...</a> </div> <div class="item-separator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="items-row cols-1 row-0 row-fluid clearfix"> <div class="span12"> <div class="item column-1" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <h2> <a href="/web/20160819193337/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/bloggers-sp-4264019/mettabels-corner/3162-road-rules"> Road Rules…</a> </h2> <ul class="actions"> <li class="email-icon"> <a href="/web/20160819193337/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&template=simplycity2&link=13925c8287ad2ebeabac1a7470958531c94a9f9e" title="Email" onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','width=400,height=350,menubar=yes,resizable=yes'); return false;" rel="nofollow">Email</a> </li> </ul> <h1> <span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 48px;"><strong><span style="background-color:#000000;"><img alt="" src="/web/20160819193337im_/http://africanoutlookonline.com/images/road_signs.jpg" style="width: 259px; height: 194px; float: left;"/>Road Rules…</span></strong></span></span></h1> <h3> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>By <span data-scayt_word="Mettabel" data-scaytid="1">Mettabel</span></strong></span></h3> <p> <strong>Our words and our actions are the vehicles we use to navigate our way through life and much like the regular road rules, the same rules apply for a safe and productive commute:</strong></p> <div class="jcomments-links"><a class="readmore-link" href="/web/20160819193337/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/bloggers-sp-4264019/mettabels-corner/3162-road-rules" title="Road Rules…">Read more ...</a> </div> <div class="item-separator"></div> </div>  </div> </div> <div class="pagination"> <p class="counter pull-right"> Page 3 of 3 </p> <ul><li class="pagination-start"><a title="Start" href="/web/20160819193337/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/bloggers-sp-4264019/mettabels-corner?limitstart=0" class="hasTooltip pagenav">Start</a></li><li class="pagination-prev"><a title="Prev" href="/web/20160819193337/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/bloggers-sp-4264019/mettabels-corner?start=3" class="hasTooltip pagenav">Prev</a></li><li><a href="/web/20160819193337/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/bloggers-sp-4264019/mettabels-corner?limitstart=0" class="pagenav">1</a></li><li><a href="/web/20160819193337/http://africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/bloggers-sp-4264019/mettabels-corner?start=3" class="pagenav">2</a></li><li><span class="pagenav">3</span></li><li class="pagination-next"><span class="pagenav">Next</span></li><li class="pagination-end"><span class="pagenav">End</span></li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="footer" class="container1"> <div id="footer-line" class="row"> <div id="foooo" class="span12"><div class="footer1">Copyright © 2016 African Outlook Online. 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