Posts by Islander
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Hard News: SpinCity, in reply to Sacha,
Sacha – that is a crude response and belittles you -will not continue any engagement with you ever again.
In fact, given the sway of this site, wont ever come back.
Bad cess to those huddling wee – closed minds.
Thanks Russell, for being-
byebye to all the people I enjoyed interacting with- nighty ra-Am just eradicating the PA site from my computers.
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Except for Kai/Ngai Tahu
nobody in the north remembers the massacres
of Southern people by Northern people.Yes, we did what used to be the healing thing – intermarrying.
We did it as Kati Mamoe. We did it with the group of Mamoe called Waitaha (until
the name was taken over by a fuckwit pakeha nutter.)
Annnnd- we did it as Pakeha (Scottish & English in my bloodlines-)-And, still, divisions remain-
I am not sure the pain will ever go away-
I am VERY sure that anyone, tribal or otherwise, starts making jokes or cartoons about Kaiapohia will be -deaded - next time they are on a Kai Tahu marae-
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Hard News: SpinCity, in reply to Sacha,
I’d caution anyone with little experience of problem gambling against minimising its impact.
a) Dear Sacha know-all - you might notice I didnt mention my friends?
for the very good reason that 2 of my friends (NOT family) are problem gamblers, and have done harmful & hateful things to their friends (not to mention their own families.)
b) Sacha KNOW-LITTLE - dead is dead. People who kill people on roads (or however) ARE MUCH MORE FUCKING CULPABLE that people who -*merely WRECK LIVES*
A long time ago, learning to deal with my families' history of alchoholism (goes back at least 8 generations) I learned that
*while you are alive you can change. Forgiveness is eminently possible, and real healing.
*when you're dead, you're dead. -
Capture: Cinema Scoped, in reply to Islander,
O bugger!
Sorry to double-post - but if it reiterates the message - all is good- -
Ian Dalziel: you are a top-ace bloke!
Indeedy!
Will be ordering more old views of ChChCh & other stuff, quite soon -
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Capture: Cinema Scoped, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
an Dalziel: you are a top-ace bloke!
Indeedy!
Will be ordering more 'old views' of CHCH - they've gone down a treat with family!
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Hard News: SpinCity, in reply to BenWilson,
Yes, good analogy. If you get caught drinking and driving you lose your right to drive for a time. No such thing happens with disastrous life-wrecking gambling.
Except a drunk driver can kill other road users...
"disasterous life-wrecking gambling" is emphatically harmful but seldom results in death,
I buy Lotto tickets.
I am not involved in any other kind of gambling.
And - aside from my
mother's enjoyment of a very occaisional pokie session (majorly with one of my sisters in Ozzie-)
nor is any of my family. -
Capture: Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Plus e Jackie!
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As someone who has very poor sight, a lot of this stuff just makes me go
"O shit! Time to wash the lenses!" -
Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to ChrisW,
Heh heh- love it!