Posts by Islander
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Hard News: Rape and unreason, in reply to Lilith __,
Men can do a lot to prevent other men from raping in the same way they can stop each other driving drunk. Keep your eyes open, if you see anything which looks dodgy, do something. Check if everybody’s OK
A long time ago, when one of my sibs marriages was breaking down, the couple was asked to do some simple exercises: one was, check your own personal space...
(Needless to say, one person's was " about a foot" and the other's about ' a metre & a half...)
If anyone except my mother & closest sibs gets within the metre distant from me - I am full alert. I am notorious in hongi lines for 'hongi' then discreetly push you about 3 yards away-
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Hard News: Rape and unreason, in reply to BenWilson,
Vivid lashing evocative lasting penetrating belittling stringent vicious caustic stinging & blasting words - because isnt that what Homo sapiens verbis can do?
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Hard News: Rape and unreason, in reply to Islander,
The only time I have truly wanted to strangle someone was when a photographer got between me & my net & the 'bait were running - "No! No ! Look up here to me and move your net to the side."
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Hard News: Rape and unreason, in reply to BenWilson,
Definitely don’t disturb the man when he’s fishing.
Nah, nah, quite wrong: fishing is a non-sex game (except females seem to be better at it - trust my 60 years of experience) so that should read "DEFINITELY DONT DISTURB THE FISHER WHILST IT IS FISHING"
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Notes & Queries: Nightingales/Bombs/Beethoven, in reply to Carol Stewart,
And yet I felt the novel had a sly,elusive kind of quality that the film didn’t quite nail.
Mmmm -but:
it was hinted at and for those of my family who hadnt read the novel when we saw the film, confirmed by the last comments-anyway, far more than most adaptations of novels I have seen “Life of Pi” worked-
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Speaker: My brother, my hero, in reply to Amberleigh Jack,
As someone who is the eldest (in a family of 6 sibs) may I note that younger siblings feel differently according to a) upbringing (one of my sibs was ‘given’ to her grandparents to bring up) and position in the family order. And – you miss sibs a great deal once they are dead, reguardless of their accomplishments-
be well-
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Hard News: Another Saturday Night, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Add in -maybe
*NOT being with the family all day but playing sports (some of which promote aggression) & drinking afterwards-
*being a spectator at such & drinking without eating- -
Hard News: Another Saturday Night, in reply to Matthew Littlewood,
Of course, it would be remiss of me not to mention The Timaru Herald’s Police Notebook, which captures the more banal and bizarre mutinae of the local cops’ daily occurrences.
This is a goody!
a)it's mundane police work.
b) it's in family territory & so -fascinating- -
Hard News: A Public Address public appeal, in reply to Lilith __,
Dear Lilith- they are pretty easy! I've got a roof over my head; I grow & catch & otherwise harvest some of my food; I enjoy good health (aside from periodic chest & tooth infections which I've had since kiddihood)annnnd- most of all - I am part of a caring whanau - with friends!
OK, that's a mix of immaterial & material - but while $$$ are a factor in the easiness of living, it's generally a temporary annoyance - and there are ways round it-
love you for caring - ka mihi mahana ki a koe n/n Keri
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Capture: Spring Breaks, in reply to Nora Leggs,
Who's just pissed on the greendog bin?