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Goodness I love this site! Humour and esoterica and raves and erudition and passionate & compassionate insightful commentary and rants, and sly wee nudges to music & film sites and glory be - humanity of the best kind - all dealing with a slimeball human who hasnt yet had the guts or couth to acknowledge what damage he has done to another human being-
there is still something good about being a human e hoa ma- cheers n/n Islander (who was thinking we were hopeless shits rather than homo saps mere minutes ago-)
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O I dont think 'lame' Giovanni - I'm a big fan of not wasting money (hence 'wild food' options...)
You ever been frustrated by trying to put a screw in timber? Paticularly stuff like old rimu? Rub the thread of the screw across soap- you dont need the thing coated with it, but, believe, it makes an amazing difference.
Catering for the vegans in your life: you can still make them pies etc. using filo pastry & olive oil lightly brushed on each layer.
That goldfish excrement tip (way back up the thread) - beaudie, if it can apply to axolotyl water too? Please?
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"piece of pie"?
Ahh, the joys of spoken English...my favourite - well, not bugbears but bogglers I suppose - are the "ough" family, cough, rough,though, through & other eccentric siblings. -
No worries Russell- outa here-
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Totally, Danielle...I made my only comment over at the Fundy Post but have been following this - frequently erudite & often very insightful -thread here with fascination...and then, steven crawford
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You're a makar David - whether real, poetic licence, or gathering together of thread, the thing works.
I'm an atheist and a nonbeliever in supernatural stuff. So was my uncle Bill. My mother was at his deathbed
(in hospital aue) and says, just before he died, he opened his eyes wide, smiled, and whispered happily "Mum's here!"Whether that was an hallucination or not - who cares?
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Michael S - really appreciated the vegan/veg quotes & the link. I'm not a vegetarian (I eat fish, birds - titi & free-range chooks (home-killed) -and wild animals shot by people I know are good & responsible hunters i.e nothing abbattoir killed.)
Andrew - brillant bucket-potato tip! Especially the watering bit: our tyre-stack failed this year because we were away a lot & it was strangely warm, south...
Three tips: a looong time ago my father told me how to remember the difference between stalactites & stalagmites - c for ceiling, and g for ground.
And, if hand-strength is failing, using a rubber-gloved hand can increase pressure for twisting/unscrewing actions.
Also: food-for-free: not just the overhanging fruit-tree branches!
There are still a lot of wild-grown edibles to be gathered -kareko/karengo/parengo; puha & dandelion leaves (not in any area exposed to fuel fumes), and at least a dozen others I can think of (go Google.) Several supply essential elements, and all are freely available here (after journeying to the coast or where-ever.) -
I'm an absolutist here: hitting smaller younger people is wrong.
(Exemption: bullies. Not normally born so, but sometimes are made so.
But - you dont hit them - you work them hard.
What is the difference between 'work them hard' and 'hit' them?
Answer; control food/heat/comfort; make a bully work for what it desires.)Pyschopaths? Only one answer I'm afraid. Kill it.
Does this seem an extreme excursion from the discussion?
Nope.
Democracy assumes all voters are equally well informed and able to access alternative opinions and exercise freely the vote of a mature adult.
Yeah. Right.
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One of my family, a GP who has worked in remote areas, always felt quite safe as long as the family Alsatian was along - this bitch had stood off police Alsatians attempting to come into her territory! (In fact the police were interested in recruiting her but - alas- she was speyed early...) RIP Snoops- that part of the family will be getting another Alsatian (of the same very carefully monitored bloodlines) asap.
I dont own dogs but they truly are a good part of a family - let alone a Police Force - when nurtured and trained kindly & properly, their dignity & nature respected. Much like kids-
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Very strange response. Very strange personal opinion. Very strange person. A Kai Tahu writes and could take issue with you. This Kai Tahu ,however, doesnt bother with strange trolls. Back into the cave bubby-