Posts by Sofie Bribiesca
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Where was Keith Locke? Thought he'd be there.
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Hey Joe. ( now I have a Hendrix head)
At least some degree of change happened in Parliament this week with changes to the Animal Cruelty Act. Increases were desperately needed in funding. One for the SPCA, one for all animals, domestic and commercial. About time and for all who see Sue Kedgley as "out there", her perseverance on animal welfare got Simon Bridges, then the National Party on board.Also something good the media did with reporting animal abuse. -
That'd be these cows, right?
Right. but at the same time I despair that a rose doesn't smell anymore but don't they look so pretty. I also understand the desire for knowledge and experimentation is required for that. At the same time ignorance seems obvious on both sides of the equation but I still don't love the idea of frankensteinishable experiments being the answer to a "we must have bigger,better,faster" for the sake of our children in the overpopulated suffocating world.Still, oil spills don't consider the animal world, and animals are slaughtered everyday but I love my salmon which is dead as I eat it,(and the debate of farmed over wild salmon continues) so, maybe with humans ability to dispose of animal, mineral or vegetable at will, it is required that there should be study to look at alternatives to the status quo.I think our scientists could figure out a brilliant clean up solution for the oil, showing a caring side and win some popularity for their other agendas. Trade off,brownie points, I could get behind that. I think??...
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4) And last, but not least, I'd like everyone's Prime Minister to take a zero tolerance line on common assault -- no matter who the perpetrator and victim is, no matter where, no matter when or why.
Hear hear! If only we had a different PM. :)
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Although I am not sure where I am in this debate, why can't I get exploding cows out of my head? Is it because a scientist I spoke to about this (who knew the trial) commented that although it worked in the lab, it didn't in the field.I guess they found out though. At the same time, for all the reasons of solving starvation in the world, the poor and starving, wont reap the benefits.It is not commercially viable to serve the poor. I think (although there are drought resistant strains being looked at surely?? ) water must be the big contender, so I'd want the issue of the use of water being dealt with first. A lot of farmers in Sth America, are penniless because of drought. Large yields (GM)or small(natural) don't exist in drought.
Here's some pretty sad pictures.Jus' thinking of the poor, but I am happy at reading this discussion. It has helped me tremendously.
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Catching up.... but here's a little thing,
Is that why new jeans these days are really not very sturdy and much more ill-fitting
No ,jeans are washed by different proesses which, can shorten their lifespan ( think back to stonewash, yes they are washed in pumice and bleached jeans)
or is it just that my butt looks big in them now?
Yes ;)
There's also a reduction in the number of different cuts, which reduces your choice of sizes/fits.
Not at all, purely fashion dictates. There is probably more sizes/ fits.
Go back 10 years and you really didn't have that choice
There was plenty to choose from. Again it was whatever was the fashion in that year.I could have plucked 100 pairs of jeans for men alone and that was a smaller market than womens.
You can still get very sturdy jeans from Levis
Levis have their own cotton thread and denim, zips etc.
nearly-as-good jeans
Interestingly, a lot of those jeans are 14oz sturdy denim. Perception is, they must be inferior because they are cheap, Once again, it's a fashion thing.
Disclaimer:I worked with jeans for many many years, and I still wear only levis. -
WTF?
Metaphor. Being figurative. Or is that against your rulebook too Craig?
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Surely there's a minibar angle in it somewhere?
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(And FWIW gorse doesn't over-run forests. It's a relatively short-lived pioneer plant that needs lots of light. In fact native forests over-run gorse :)
I'll vouch. I have watched a couple of paddocks of gorse over a fifteen year period turn back into native forest, mostly started with Tee tree, which gorse can't compete with. It is now a young and vibrant native bush , and the gorse is gone.Now my friend who was once considered lazy for not removing his gorse, is noted for having such a lovely garden. :)