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It makes a nice lightweight hiking staff. For firewood, cut it green and burn it the same year.

I know people who carry a pee jug in their cars for the daily commute. For those times when they're primed with coffee and get stuck in a traffic jam.

I was disappointed that he hasn't changed course on the inquisition and punishment of US nuns for their organization's action on social issues, which maintains a theologically conservative stance.

This is an excellent source on the evolution of small boat racing in NZ (the cover photo is a P-class dinghy). It's not on Google Books, alas, but worth buying for those interested.
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Good to hear it. He sounds a proper canine gent, with considerable dignity. Except for the tummy rub.

Our dog Ruby rolls over when I get up and wags her tail madly for a belly rub. Then when...

Glad to hear you pulled through. Sounds like a rotten bit of luck.

Hope you're feeling yourself again pretty quickly.

In the interest of decorum, I'll ignore the pun and the manic improv. :D

There are are lot of big chunks in the compost- thick stems, roots, peanut shells, and other stuff that's not broken down....

I'm shocked. Shocked!

If he said that to Clinton's face, wouldn't it be a criminal assault? I think that threatening to murder someone in a vicious manner is itself a crime.

Seems like threatening to shoot a...

G'day, all.

Good clear day. I'd like to be sailing, but the Wolf Goddess took the rig with the trailer hitch to Colorado. Rats!

So I worked in the greenhouse, did correspondence, and...

Well-washed river rocks do the same job, and you need fewer of them.

I'm learning a lot from this thread— thanks, all.

Merci, mon frère.

Lewis Carroll, an Englishman, wrote it for an English audience. So I guess such quirks are to be expected.

How would I know?

Maybe you could write her a letter, and ask.

An avalanche of twang, then— dislocated eyeballs.

Think I'll take time off.

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Hard to match you for lightness, dude.

You need to find a brain, and Kaa could use a heart.

2000-2008?

If there's no internet connection, maybe Phillip would like it.

Two links, Kaa. In the original post. Can you locate that? At the top of the thread.





You did read the Twitter exchange. That's a start. Since you're obviously unfamiliar with the...

The idea that the collective greed and scheming of those who care more about money than anything else (aka The Market) ought to be the supreme influence on human affairs is the embodiment of evil.

I've been using Apple computers for 27 years and they suit me well.

The shady, sleazy, dishonest,and abusive conduct of the Apple empire is conclusive evidence of the fundamentally evil nature...

The Nats seem to have a tentative grasp. Appealing to the collective national greed and stroppiness (if that's a word).

Enough politics. What about NZ sci-fi?

"One the one hand, time refers to a person's own limited and limiting temporality, in which he takes the risk of choice, and which he offers up for the realization of whatever he recognizes as...

I don't think you're expected to understand Kiwi politics (let alone Ana Samways), but did you two bother to go back and get the point of the OP?

A friend from N'awlins (New Orleans) served us a stewy, spicy dish she called Co-boo-ee-yon. Which is written Court Bouillion.

At Mormon church get-togethers there tends to be a lot of Mac &...

This is the second batch of fruit: medium size, nice-looking, deep red. Good flavor.

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But...

No worries. Some people spell it polk, but say it poke.

Do tell, Mister Science.

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I thought it was poke salad, so I searched and and found this:


Don't Eat Poke Salad


Auburn, June 18, 2002---Pokeweed is...

Just surfed around the auto-net. Kuga translates to "Black Plague" in Croatian. I was thinking it must be Chinese for "Go Fast" or something, but the Chinese model is called—
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If she was a Blade Runner fan, she'd have asked "What desert?"

I like the film a lot. The Nats, not so much.

"Tortoise? What's that?"

(No tortoises in NZ as far as I know.)
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When it's not cloudy, I can usually guess the time from sun, moon, and stars. I used to carry a watch when I was taking samples that had to be labeled for date and time, but only wore it during the...

She's a killer: the real deal. I've been posting her videos in the Pub for over a year. Her backup band on the newest album are all Memphis hardcore blues players.

When she talks she has a...

Just for reference, this is an Egg Harbor design:

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It helps to specify as to what sort...

The beans look good. I might try growing some bush beans outdoors— they usually get frozen, but I'm always hoping.

I miscounted: we had 15 for dinner last night. Our house was bursting at the...

Odd that I used to do so much climbing when I'm afraid of heights. But since I hated looking down, I was usually going up as fast as possible, to get it over with.

What body of water is that? ...

Closer to this:

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As savage beasts go, she's pretty cute.

Most are law profs— a decent lot— along with partners and kids. Also the couple who own the log-cabin resort, cafe, and saloon just down the river, with their daughter who aspires to be a chef. ...

If you've not seen The Riddle of the Sands, you might find it interesting in terms of shallow-water navigation and tactics.

Some sort of echo-sounder with a depth alarm might be good, if you can...

I'd like to stay for a beer, but we're expecting 14 for dinner and the Wolf Goddess is in a state. I think we're pretty well set, except for the actual cooking, but she keeps finding things for me...

That's New Zealand: the oysters are juicier, the boats are faster, the women are prettier, and the moon is twice the size it is in Oz.

Nylon is a bit stretchy, which can make it grab surfaces. I'd probably go with a fairly static (non-stretch) poly fiber, round rather than flat. 1/4" is plenty big. I laced my lugsail to the boom...

What is a Preakness? Family name?

Never heard it except for the race.

When the plant started up again, I posted a thread on the end of Marmageddon, and only one Kiwi bothered to weigh in. No Aussies commented, bloody oblivious lot.
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Second the Japanese pull saw— very fast, precise cuts. The Wooden Boat Store sells a combination saw, with fine crosscut on one side and rip teeth on the other. The blade detaches for replacement...

I've done this, which works best with thinner pieces of wood. My understanding is that you spray or daub water on the side facing the stovepipe, so the wood won't scorch.

We went to NZ on a freighter, two weeks crossing the Pacific, which ought to be enough time to adjust one's internal compass. But the first few weeks in Auckland, I kept feeling terribly...

That's what I was afraid of. . .urk.

Wyoming is windy. Hard to take a photo of the wind itself, but this gets the idea across:

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