Posts by Steve Barnes
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Speaker: The government's Rules…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
You mean "was", I think, but anyway.
Ok, "I was been a Builder for over 40 years and know what the fuck I am doing."
Somehow doesn't do it for me...
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Speaker: The government's Rules…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
You’ll be wanting those FreeMasons, then…
Up here, far north of Auckwood, Past the Valley of Dome, beyond the Bendyraewyns we have "cheap chippies", housing for hippies, fencing and framing on the farm rather than Free Masons forming fortresses for feathered nests.
Up here it is not about building consent it is about building forgiveness.
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suppose we should be grateful we have a Prime Minister who avoids pork then?
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John Grey from the "Home Owners and Buyers Association" whoever they may be, says that Builders should only be allowed to sign off on "A dog house or a garden shed, maybe"
Well thanks for the insult you stupid man. I have been a Builder for over 40 years and know what the fuck I am doing. When the Government under Bolger fucked up the system, that was working quite well, they gave us the "Leaky Building Crisis". It was not the builders that were at fault, it was the designers and developers being allowed to use cheap and shoddy materials and practices. Builders were told to use unconventional materials in ways that they were never intended for, Hardiflex and untreated timber shouldn't even be used for a doghouse or a garden shed but the powers that be allowed the big supply companies to have their way and what did we get?.
I am no longer a Builder, I will not bow down to those self inflated little people who pretend to be our guardians to make a quick buck so I will not become a "Master Builder" by paying a fee to those sods. I will not become "Registered Builder" by paying some no-nothing bunch of pretenders to write my name in a book.
The fact of the matter is that anybody can become a "Registered Builder" or a "Master Builder" by joining a club for cash.
Blah blah blah rant rant....
Jeeze this shit pisses me off.
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Hard News: On youthful indiscretions, in reply to Alfie,
Wouldn't you know it... I've been posting in the wrong thread.
Charlie Brookers Twitter feed is a bit'o'fun. Black Mirror is too close for anyone's comfort but hilarious if you have a mind like mine.
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Polity: Refugees and aid - we’re laggards, in reply to Shona Francis,
However accepting 600+ at one time will strain our current economy until refugees find work or are efficient in English.
As many have said before most Syrians already speak English, among quite a few other languages too. If 600 people will strain our economy then our economy is already in dire straits, which it may well be but our current Government is adamant that it is OK, in fact it is a Rock Star economy, which would, I guess, make it Mark Knopfler, a Rock Star in Dire Straits.
Government can make a deal with the refugees to send them to work in the labor work, where there is lack or workers, such as, Christchurch to help in the re built and pay them slightly less than the normal worker but not to the stage that it will make them have a poor life.
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Polity: Refugees and aid - we’re laggards, in reply to linger,
Oh, not again! This argument wasn’t sound the first time it appeared in this thread.
From the same troll. I have reported the tosser, he will keep coming back though, he has nothing better to do with his time obviously.
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Polity: Refugees and aid - we’re laggards, in reply to Gould S,
Maybe with the 750 refugees arriving over the next two years, people could stop playing keyboard warrior and actually do some work.
You keep making these assumptions when you have absolutely nothing to back them up with, you haven't a clue as to what I do and I resent your attitude.
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Hard News: A better thing to believe in, in reply to Gould S,
I believe that Key’s alignment with the All Blacks is another result of transnational corporations (Adidas) and the concentrated media ownership of Rupert Murdoch.
Not only Adidas
On October 12, 2012, AIG announced a 5 ½ year agreement to sponsor six New Zealand-based rugby teams, including world champion All Blacks. The AIG logo and the Adidas logo, the league’s primary sponsor, will be displayed on the league’s team jerseys.
The connections between Key and AIG are far more sinister.
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Claire Robinson..
"It was beyond excessive, in my opinion," Robinson says. "The deference to the rugby god is just ridiculous. People have other forms of cultural or sporting outlet. Why privilege the All Blacks over every other thing we do? There's no reason for it."
I couldn't agree more. Rugby is a game, there I said it, a game that imitates war, a game that celebrates violence but it is still just a game.
games are distractions, distractions from reality. To have a Nation so enamored by a violent war like ritual is a sad state of affairs and to have its leader so wrapped up in that game is a disgrace to the country.,