Fossil
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Ive skied Austria, Switzerland, France, Scotland and Serbia and the bad season that Honshu had this year is better than the best season Ive had anywhere else
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Just been given the complete first 7 series of Dad's Army. I havnt watched any since I was a kid (centuries ago) Its still funny and a good insight into what must have been a very difficult time. I talked to a former armourer from the Woolwich Arsenal and he said that the uniforms weapons and equipment used in the series are very accurate.
I thought 300 was good too, bit gory but well put together.
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Im sorry but I think that this dependance on legislation is a fatal mistake.
We have strict laws in the west that prohibit murder and assult.
Has that stopped murder and assault?
In Western Australia we have very strict laws governing the purchase and use of handguns. Has that stopped criminals from buying illegally imported handguns and using them in robberies and murders?
Passing a law will in many cases ensure compliance by the law-abiding. That is no help when the criminally inclined or the deranged are intent on achieving their goals by any means.
The means does not inevitably lead to the act.
I have the means to commit the most heinious of crimes having legitimate access to poisons, firearms and explosives. Does this make me an inevitable danger the society? No and again NO! Because I am mentally stable,have an abbhorrence of violence and have been taught to resolve emotional and contentious issues in a civilised manner.
I hope that the pointless and expensive kneejerk reaction that followed the Tasmanian horror isnt repeated by any govt. The leaders must look to the harder and more effective options, through education and example teaching the young that violence is anacceptable and cannot be used to resolve social and personal conflict.
That might even involve the use of ..........I cant say it.........ok here goes..CENSORSHIP
It is a word harder to use these days than the F word
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A culture that emphasises a particular form of behaviour and holds it up as an example of the popular expectation of behaviour can expect that behaviour to be exhibited by it's populace.
It isnt rocket science that if you drill your kids into believing that they should only use firearms to defend thier country or for sporting purposes, back it up by setting an example, then they will not grow up to regarding firearms as a legitimate means to settle a personal grievance.
This the basis of a select few countries that have an official policy of SAFELY arming their populace.
I abhor the so called gun culture whereever it is found as it theatens our personal safety and my state conferred PRIVILEGE to own a firearm.
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I tried using my old Elan SCXs (1987) last season in Switzerland and damm was I glad to get back on some modern skis.
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My thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost their "treasures" and I can barely control the tears as I write this.
The west having sown the seed is now "reaping the whirlwind".
I am so sad to hear that another misguided individual decided to kill innocent schoolkids. So sad that I cannot bring myself to watch or listen to the details.
I am a gun owner, a former lic gunsmith and a hunter but if I thought that by legislation we could stop deranged people from commiting such horrific acts I would support any measure that the govt canme up with.
Unfortunately a look at the facts reveals that it isnt the availability of deadly weapons that leads to massacres, if that were the case Switzerland, Finland and Sweden would be depopulated by now. It is a culture that teaches our kids that resolution comes from the barrel of a gun. That a violent act is a righteous thing and justifiable if our emotions are charged enough. Just watch any Hollywood "vengence" movie or current action show on TV. The show 'Supernatural' even depicts ghosts and demons as being vunerable to a well aimed bullet.
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I have the sound track of the 1953 1.5 L V16 BRM on a CD along with a few other interesting sounding cars and play them at an ear threatening vol in the car from time to time. Bliss!
My daughter thinks Im sad.
Whatever
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"awabi no odorigui"
Ive eaten some bizarre things but never "live" food.
I stayed at the Kironoya Ryokan in Narita on my last day in Japan in March and it was great. The owner is very friendly and obliging. It is fairly traditional and has lots of interesting brica brac in cabinets all over the hotel. The Narita formal gardens are about 250m away on the other side of the hill too.
The owner picked me up at the station cooked me dinner and breakfast and dropped me off the next day all for about $70. Top value!
I like the futons but the pillow is an acquired taste.
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Ive always maintained that wearing the skin of some flayed animal next to mine reminds me that Im at the top of the food chain.
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I cant decide whether I am for or against this practise. Do baby seals taste nice?
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A Fossil is what my 18 year old son calls me
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Had a futon since we got married. Only just changed and bought a super firm (and expensive) triple foam mattress.
I like to be able move around without fear of disturbing my partner.
good for the back too.
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My grandfather would get a basket of Turkish turkish delight every christmas. It came in a round container made of thin srips of wood and dusted with iceing sugar. It was made with real rose water in the recipe. If we kids were really good we would get a piece, only one mind.
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Take a left as you walk out of the main doors of the trainstation down the steps and on the left under the station is the bus stop the Hakaba bus is at the very end as you walk past the bike racks.
Thats as I remember it anyhow
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Prophesies of Bush
He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
- - - George Bernard Shaw
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea and that was wrong.
- - - Benjamin Disraeli
He made enemies as naturally as soap makes suds.
- - - Percival Wilde
and finally
If ignorance ever goes to $40 a barrel, I want drilling rights on George Bush's head.
- - - Jim Hightower, 1988
Funny if it wernt true
His ignorance covers the world like a blanket, and there's scarcely a hole in it anywhere.
- - - Mark Twain
He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.
- - - Groucho Marx
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Bad Eggs
The Nugget
Both very Australian
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'The Worlds Fastest Indian', a feel good film for blokes. Watched it on the flight back from Japan.
My all time favorite is still 'Last Orders' with Bob Hoskins, Micheal Caine, Tom Courtney and Ray Winstone.
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Went skiing with a bloke from Sydney last week at Happo and at about 11:00 one boot developed a huge crack along the outside edge of the sole. This was after the moguls mind.
By the time we got to the bottom it was in 3 bits only held together by the bindings and the clips.
An hour later and with hire boots we were away again but it is the first time Ive seen boots fall apart.
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Just come back from my first trip to Hakuba. From Hakuba Powderlodge it was a 50m walk to the shuttle and then a 40m walk to the snow.
How far is too far?
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It is a test for an inguinal hernia. When you cough you increase your intra-abdominal pressure and if there is a hernia or a potencial problem with the muscles that keep your insides from falling out and tripping you up the Dr will feel a bulging into the scrotal sac. Very undignified but has to be less embbarrassing than a speculum exam.
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Yeah, I remember exchanging tapes with an American girl. Long forgotten feelings are stirred up whenever I listen to them.
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Cezch Absinthe 70%. Knocks anything else (bar 90% poteen) into a cocked hat. Tastes nice too.
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Sour salted plums.
I just love em.
One of the japanese students who boarded with us gave us some and I was the only person in the family to develop a taste for the little kidney killers.
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17 years ago in Serbia I came hooning down a slope with a vid cam in my hands and the poles in my backpack (sticking out each side) and cleaned up a guy watching his kids ski. I didnt stop as I got the distinct impression that he was going to maim or diembowel me. I carry that embarrassing image with me each time I ski and since then have not hit anyone.
Bushpig Watch Out!
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Hasnt everyone strapped cushions to their arse and run around in the bush with airifles shooting at each other???
Damm those things hurt if your mate misses the cushion.
I dont condon it but we all survived to become responsible taxpaying citizens, none of whom has gone mad and shot anyone.
So good on ya kid I wish my dad had taken me hunting pigs when I was that age.