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Post by jack on Dec 14, 2010 2:11:56 GMT -6
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Post by jack on Dec 10, 2010 3:07:03 GMT -6
Gidday
Hey Spuds, were there really ships from so many different countries at D Day? I think not, and their foe then was more than a bit more of an oppersition.
Why ships from so many countires and yet the scummy pirates still can capture ships.
I am not saying everything in that article is true but it sure as hell poses a few questions.
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Post by jack on Dec 9, 2010 2:52:01 GMT -6
Gidday I am getting mofre and more worried about what is happening with what was once the Land of the Free. Because I know that what happens there is bound to happen here to. "The U.S. government wants to know where your greenhouse is. Under Senate Bill 510 -- which is now back in the hands of the U.S. Senate after the House hid an amendment in an appropriations bill and passed it last night -- American food producers would be required to register their facilities with the U.S. government. The feds, it seems, want a database of food growers so they know who to target for surprise inspections (show me your papers!). As stated in the bill itself: (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi...) SEC. 102. REGISTRATION OF FOOD FACILITIES. 18 (a) UPDATING OF FOOD CATEGORY REGULATIONS; BIENNIAL REGISTRATION RENEWAL. Section 415(a) (2120 U.S.C. 350d(a)) "The registration shall contain an assurance that the Secretary will be permitted to inspect such facility at the times and in the manner permitted by this Act." www.naturalnews.com/030672_Food_Safety_bill_FDA.html |
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Post by jack on Dec 9, 2010 1:39:19 GMT -6
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Post by jack on Nov 30, 2010 3:20:11 GMT -6
Gidday
I just found this today and it is beautiful. But before you can understand it fully the referece to Cousters comes from the fact that the Pike River mine is in the region known as the West Coast here and the locals are normally refered to as Cousters even though there are many other coastal regions in New Zealand.
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THE MEN OF PIKE
They came from near and far away
The men of Pike to work that day
The afternoon shift way down deep
Beneath the mountains oh so steep
A long way in but further out
The afternoon shift sets about
A job not flash but hard and trying
A job that holds the risk of dying
From seventeen to sixty two
They start their shift to see it through
For one his first, for all their last
How could they know there’d be a blast?
For all at once no siren whining
Suddenly the worst in mining
Dust and rubble fill the air
A loader driver thrown clear
Just one other finds the light
The rest are hidden from our sight
And so we learn as news is spread
The news that mining families dread
It’s up at Pike there’s an explosion
Faces drop and hearts are frozen
Who, how many, where and why ----
Will they make it ---- will they die
Fathers, husbands, brothers, sons
Coasters, Kiwis, Aussies, Poms
Mates and friends who we are seeking
Methane gas from coal seams leaking
Vents exploded, phones unheeded
Level heads and strength are needed
The world above unites as one
To bring the missing to the sun
Rescue teams are standing by
As holes are drilled and experts try
To find a way that’s safe and sound
To rescue those beneath the ground
Could robots work where men are mortal
To pierce the dangers of that portal
But alas all effort fails
The darkness of the mine prevails
A second blast of rock and thunder
Hope and prayers are rent asunder
A nation weeps and Coasters mourn
Pike falls silent, dark, forlorn
A hole remains within the ground
Devoid of joy, of life, of sound
Another hole within the heart
Of those forever set apart
From those they loved who went to toil
Digging coal beneath the soil
Those who gave their lives that day
To work a shift for honest pay
They wait at rest within their mine
The men of Pike, the Twenty Nine
Sean Plunket
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Post by jack on Nov 28, 2010 2:27:21 GMT -6
Gidday As part of a new expansion of government power over information, the Department of Homeland Security has begun seizing and shutting down internet websites (web domains) without due process or a proper trial. DHS simply seizes web domains that it wants to and posts an ominous "Department of Justice" logo on the web site. See an example at torrent-finder.comwww.naturalnews.com/030542_censorship_internet.html |
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Post by jack on Nov 24, 2010 2:04:11 GMT -6
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Post by jack on Nov 23, 2010 2:22:30 GMT -6
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Post by jack on Nov 16, 2010 2:40:44 GMT -6
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Post by jack on Nov 8, 2010 1:15:32 GMT -6
Gidday
Well I thought ewe people were too smart to be sucked into that stupidity. Where do they store all the saved daylight anyway?
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Post by jack on Nov 4, 2010 19:31:01 GMT -6
Gidday
I'd go with the Raw Hide.
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Post by jack on Sept 15, 2010 5:25:50 GMT -6
Gidday Yes they must be, But I think there was a much higher power at work as well. Praise God!! You aint wrong there mate. But it is really amazing Eh! Estimated at 4 billion bucks damage done in and around our biggest city and there were only three people taken to hospital and only one serious but is now OK Yep, praise the Lord. |
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Post by jack on Sept 14, 2010 1:47:34 GMT -6
Gidday
Yeah, and the most amazing thing is that there was not one death in all that.
Our builders must be doing something right Eh!
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Post by jack on Sept 11, 2010 4:04:35 GMT -6
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Post by jack on Sept 10, 2010 3:12:49 GMT -6
Gidday Jack: I just visited that web site. That is absolutely incredible. Watching that reminds me of a bomb run,  all those quakes! We are certainly lucky here in my neck of the woods. NO QUAKES!! Just a lot of NYers. I reckon those NYers would be a hellava lot more preasure. |
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Post by jack on Sept 8, 2010 4:11:58 GMT -6
Gidday
Thayts the sorta people I like too.
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Post by jack on Sept 8, 2010 2:59:40 GMT -6
Gidday Thank you all very much for your concern. It is very much appreciated. The aftershock seem to be doing a bit more damage and sure are rattling a lotta nerves. Take a look at this site, if your browser allows, and you will see just how shaky things are, considering it is an area that used to be almost earthquake free and they didn't even know there was a fault line there. www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/# |
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Post by jack on Sept 7, 2010 5:42:10 GMT -6
Gidday
Wished like hell I was able to pop over and see me old mate Caveman.
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Post by jack on Sept 7, 2010 5:17:57 GMT -6
Gidday I have a bit of an insight as to what it is like up there in Christchurch cos my son lives in Brooklands where it has been hit fairly hard. His house is damaged but when the sewage is up and running again it should be livable almost. The only door in the house that can be opened or shut is a sliding external door. Our son is a volunteer in the local fire brigade and although his house is damaged a bit he has hardly been home cos he has been out with the brigade helping others. The streets are a mess though. Our grand daughter one the street outside their home.    www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/image.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1&gallery_id=113682#7074689We live about a 4 hour drive south of Christchurch and it was quite a shaking down here but no real damage. On this site you can see a bit of detail about the quake and it's after shocks, which are actually causing a hellava lot more stress than the one big one cos they don't seem to stop. www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html |
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Post by jack on Aug 13, 2010 1:48:32 GMT -6
Gidday
Well mate I am not sure what CNG means but sounds like not fully certified. Even so it must be a huge setback to your programme and one that you sure as hell would rather have not had.
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Post by jack on Aug 12, 2010 3:33:07 GMT -6
Gidday
My heart bleeds for you. It takes years to get to where you are and have some bugger fouling the system and then your system too must be so devistating. Does this mean you lose your certification and if so how many years will this set you back?
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Post by jack on Jun 29, 2010 3:08:26 GMT -6
Gidday Here are some photos of what I have gotten.     I gave the single one a try but it will definately need a handle so I have been thinking I could use a half inch pipe and using the same little bolts. |
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Post by jack on Jun 28, 2010 3:33:53 GMT -6
Gidday Jack: Keep in mind that I use it as a scalping hoe mainly and the only time I use it at the pointed end is to loosen the harder soil or weeds that are big and well rooted. The thing about this tool that I have just gotten, is that each individual tyne looks identical to the one in your photo and they are bolted on to the handle with little clamps, sos I can take some off or adjust or whatever without damagig anything. Actuall I tried to scratch at a few weeds in my garden today, I do have quite a few to try on, and I found it to be so abso-bloody-lutely brilliant that I reckon I am going to get another one to take to pieces to get the single one like you showed. Iffin I remember I will have a go at a photo Phil |
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Post by jack on Jun 27, 2010 3:20:54 GMT -6
Gidday
The shape of that tool has been gnawing on me old mind as if I have seen it before. Today I called into an old junk shop to have a look and yes, it is extremely similar to a very old tool used out here, but these ones were on a long handle and usually had two or three of them on the end. I did a bit of digging further into the pile of junk,(old tools) and I struck gold.
Well rust anyway cos I found one that actually has 5 tools on it, sos I can take two off it to use singularly and still have one set up with three on the long handle. As these things are probably as old or older than me and I am an old aged pensioner I don't know how long the wooden handle will last.
But hey, I aint complaining, I got the tool with the five fingers on it sos I can have two single ones like yours and still have one with three fingers on and only paid 15 bucks. And that is our Kiwi dollars what are a lot cheaper than yours.
Beauty Eh!
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Post by jack on Jun 26, 2010 2:53:22 GMT -6
Gidday Hey Spuds, you sure aint wrong mate. And GardenHappy, that sentence of yours, (Some times I wonder,was it planned,just part of weaking our economy more?  ) the thought of that is so horrible that it is propbably true. |
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Post by jack on Jun 25, 2010 2:45:51 GMT -6
Gidday Gidday Hey both of those things look pretty bloody good, even if one is made by those other sortta people. Can you picture making a stirfry with that thing,after a days worth of fighting with it,scaling fortresses,digging mines,rescuing swimmers,slugging in out with crazy guys? ? They even come in PINK,guess thats the Ladies version? ? Mate, where I come from, iffin you are hungry enough you will cook some tucker on anything. But I must admit that I would rather cook dinner first Eh! |
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Post by jack on Jun 24, 2010 1:41:40 GMT -6
Gidday
Wow. Things don't come that cheap down here.
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Post by jack on Jun 24, 2010 1:28:25 GMT -6
Gidday
Hey both of those things look pretty bloody good, even if one is made by those other sortta people.
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Post by jack on Jun 22, 2010 2:14:18 GMT -6
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Post by jack on Jun 21, 2010 3:06:25 GMT -6
Gidday
You aint wrong there mate.
I can tell you one thing for sure, it's not only those living up there that are worried about this disaster.
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