Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Clifton, Garner, Armstrong, Trevett, all that crew: they’re paid to be entertaining and have opinions, not to be right.
And they listen to each other too much.
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Capture: Spring Breaks, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
This baby showed up last month.
Nice.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Re Steiner and expensive schools: The Steiner schools up north are expensive. The Christchurch (integrated) school is $37 a week for two over-fives.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Henry Barnard,
You mean something like this?
Heh. Not far off. In a talkback (yeah, I know) Q & A I was monitoring for our client, a reasonably straight-up sounding woman got on to ask something relevant about potholes. All of a sudden she veered into, ” And what are you going to do about those Meeowyri birds that poop on my path?” “Er, um…” Big mistake that pause; she was off: “Them Meeowyri birds that poop. All over my path, all over my driveway, every day. I clean it up every day and still they don’t stop…”.[you get the picture. Talkback host and client apparently laughing so hard with the mikes off they can’t hit the mute for 20 seconds or so].
Anyway fluoridation always brought out the "don't look in their eyes" brigade, as well as some reasonable people with sincere beliefs. Meeowyri birds to the power of ten.That's why I won't go there.
What a digression .. from Shearer to Meeowyri birds. Threadjack guilty.
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Blue borage horns macro'd. I have been trying to crop this for two weeks but cannot get the hang of Irfanview to make the crop stick. Having been struck envious of al the gorgeousnesses on the reflection and spring threads, I’m posting it anyway.
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Deborah,
It’s the anti-science / anti-evidence tendency of (some) Green poiicy that puts me off.
Bad choice of example. Fluoridation is no bell-wether for any political party's policies; it's one of the issues that makes I (and many others who have worked in politics) duck when we hear it coming. It brings out the unhinged.
When it comes to GMO's, I am not convinced either way. What I want is the choice to avoid GMO's in the food chain until their safety is proven. Is that so loony? Sounds if anything libertarian and freedom-like to me. Ditto my children's schooling: I totally resent the one-size-fits-all state education system when children have different needs and personalities from the get-go. My kids bloom in an integrated school (Steiner), whereas I know others who find their feet in an orthodox state high school or expensive private schools.
My overall point is: each to their own; may we all have the freedom of choice to make such calls (dependent on our own circumstances).
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Lilith __,
this piece of brilliance
Brilliant: thanks Lilith.
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Capture: Upside Down, Inside Out, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Very cool, thanks Sofie.
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Pupdate: 11 weeks old. This week we took Nina (white-tipped paws) and Daisy, to the forest by the estuary and to the park, where they did very fast running with another dog, so they are convinced they now know everything there is to know. They come when called, they sit, they are becoming well-mannered on the lead, and they know the car. They play with the cats and often wash them. They have lit up our lives in a stressful time – puppyvision is so much better than Sky!
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Hard News: So long, and thanks for all…, in reply to Sacha,
unfortunate mental image :)
Sorry. Hope it doesn't lead to nightmares, or envy :-)
