Posts by Islander
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Hebe,
put up a cheap stadium and hold a Cera fun day every month or two.
Yep. Working really well for Done-in-Eden - and I understand the lawsuits are underway for Invercargill?
What the 'windfall in economic growth" actually MEANS south (especially in CHCHCH) I have no idea- it hasnt happened.You're right Hebe- any muscled insurance company (I'm not sure there IS any) whether organised/owned by government
0r - gasp! - by concerned ANZ-dedicated BUSiNESSES
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Capture: Going Walkabout in Sydney, in reply to Julie Cross,
love that kid's determined forward stride!
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Hard News: Press Play > Budget, in reply to Jeremy Eade,
It’s a very sad approach to education, very stifling.
And - very stupid…a lot of school pupils simply dont get the chance for hands-on learning, whether using tools, being enabled to do elementary cookery/sewing/metalwork – whatever. Tech teachers need to be supplemented, not wiped out.
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Hard News: The Editorial Image, in reply to Grant Buist,
Many thanks indeed Grant!
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Well the gravy et al was as it should be – but I missed a dog **to share it with-
with very few exceptions*, they are straightforward direct & honest creatures, with love/loyalty as prime motivators-
*uncle Bill had -for a year and a bit- a kelpie-blue-heeler cross. We were warned as kids to never go into the dog yard if Tam was loose – if he was in his kennel, chained, OK. He was an excellent attacking pig-dog – but he just couldnt be trusted.
The day he bit a chunk out of the calf of my uncle’s longterm friend & pig-hunting mate was the day he died.**Or a sibling. Or a friend- however, all youse fellas? Enjoy the rich tastes & aromas
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Capture: Dogs Love Cameras Too, in reply to Islander,
Please ignore the foodie post - it is insensitive now-
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Capture: Dogs Love Cameras Too, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Aue aue aue!
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An occlusion of subject matters:
tonight, I have 3 home-grown-in-Oamaru purple-black urenika (a Maori spud) steaming;
and several slices of venison backsteak *ready to go in the scanpan,
and in another iron pan, a large sliced brown onion and 4 large cloves of garlic with a bit of butter, soon to be fried.
You use the water from the urenika added to the meatjuice & the onion&garlic buttery juices, and you add a tiny bit of flour. Stir carefully, and you have the best gravy in the world…
uncle Bill’s dogs used to fight over it (no garlic then but everything else.)
We kids used to , too-
busher lamb & wild pork? Haunches & backsteaks?
(Not to mention all that Moeraki kaimoana!)
Helped my mother bring up 6 very healthy kids…
and my uncle Bill to have bloody good pigdogs (all mongrels. Disobedient ones were summarily shot. Bill could never do that with his cats…)*Courtesy of my lovely neighbour, Andris Apse.
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Capture: Dogs Love Cameras Too, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Sad- but-
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Trace Hodgson is a genius cartoonist. I protested when his fascinating strip was cancelled by "The Listener" and have been very happy without the ragmag in my life ever since.