Some how I think this Monty quote is more appropriate:
Bring out your dead! CUSTOMER:
Here's one. CART MASTER:
Ninepence. DEAD PERSON:
I'm not dead! CART MASTER:
What? CUSTOMER:
Nothing. Here's your ninepence. DEAD PERSON:
I'm not dead! CART MASTER:
'Ere. He says he's not dead! CUSTOMER:
Yes, he is. DEAD PERSON:
I'm not! CART MASTER:
He isn't? CUSTOMER:
Well, he will be soon. He's very ill. DEAD PERSON:
I'm getting better! CUSTOMER:
No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment. CART MASTER:
Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations. DEAD PERSON:
I don't want to go on the cart! CUSTOMER:
Oh, don't be such a baby. CART MASTER:
I can't take him. DEAD PERSON:
I feel fine! CUSTOMER:
Well, do us a favour. CART MASTER:
I can't. CUSTOMER:
Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long. CART MASTER:
No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today. CUSTOMER:
Well, when's your next round? CART MASTER:
Thursday. DEAD PERSON:
I think I'll go for a walk. CUSTOMER:
You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do? DEAD PERSON: [singing]
I feel happy. I feel happy.
[whop] CUSTOMER:
Ah, thanks very much. CART MASTER:
Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Replace each character with whoever you think appropriate
So without the unions, employers would happily keep up the standards that we have today, riiight.
Its not like certain industries take advantage of illegal labour(Clothes Making), nor ignore safety standards and legal codes(Building) in the rush for the almighty dollar.
Sure there have been many instances of some union members and even some unions over stepping the mark by a wide margin, however I would put up any case of union bastardy against employer bastardry.
If we have no representation for the worker within the industrial relations area, then the worker gets screwed. You say conditions now are fine and we don't need unions, great wonderful, so in twenty years time after the unoins have gone and the pendulum swings the other way, in favour of the employer then what do you do. When you are working in severely unsafe conditions for a shit wage, who is going to take up your case? The government???
Just remember, the two biggest bankruptcies this country(Australia), have both been brought about by the employers, not the employees. Hello HIH and OneTel, oh and lets not forget Quintex, BondCorp, Ansett and the many other corporate failures brought about by so called entrepenuers.
Australian Unions represent maybe 30% of the total work force, and do not carry as much power as they used to.
If by abusing power you mean standing up for their members when a business goes bust or demanding safer work practices on sites then I say go ahead and "abuse" away. Just remember without trade unions we wouldn't have a lot of the protections that we have today.
What destroys businesses is not "Evil Unions" its bad management. OneTel and HIH spring to mind as perfect examples.
Also the problem with macroeconomic theory is that is changes with every new fad. One year we want to be the clever country because then we can grab all the new technology jobs and that makes economic sense, the next we are farming out all the new techonology jobs because it makes economic sense.
How about the fact that reading an analogue clock requires the brain to be able to translate symbols into information. This is not a bad thing. Wherease digital gives it straight and doesn't require you to use your brain for anything other than thinking "oooohh pretty".
I think you'll find that much of the exploration was done by the first colonists. I know that was the case here in Australia. Squaters desperate to grab large chunks of land went further out than anybody else.
Mind you when I say exploration I mean where no white guy had gone before as opposed to the bewildered native population who just watched as their land was "explored".
Um with regards to Marco Polo and Columbus, money was THE driving force behind their explorations. Marco Polo wanted to tap into the exotic goods that he could bring back to Europe from Asia and Columbus was trying to find a quicker route to the East Indies so the spice trade could move faster.
With all due respect you really don't know anything about raising children do you. Children are not fully functioning adults only smaller. They rely on adults to teach them everything from how to go to the toilet to what is right and wrong.
Growing up is a learning process. Think of it this way, when you do first year high school maths, do you immediately leap into quantam mathematics, or do you start off with the basics and work your way up.
It's the same way with raising kids. You don't just throw them in the deep end. You have to constantly evaluate and adjust what you teach to what is appropriate for the age and level of maturity.
Good question, here is the answer - Hardcore pornography depicts acts which I consider unsuitable for children to view. If it was just plain nudity without sexual connotations then I really wouldn't have a problem, however it is the explicit displaying of sexual activities which I do not consider appropriate. Just as I do not consider explicit displays of violence or emotional violence to be appropriate.
The basic parenting instinct says "protect your offspring from harm". I believe Hardcore porn and ultra-violent films or literature can harm my son.
However keep in mind that my son is 5 years old. As he grows older, I will continually reassess what I believe is appropriate for him to view or read.
Tell me about it, my five year old loves the show but keeps asking me why they don't use the colour version.
The other things he's discovered is that he can sound like a Dalek if he talks into the fan.
Ahh the Doctor, its amazing what you can achieve with some string and cardboard, oh and the one Welsh quary that was used for so many different barren worlds.
Firstly while the dialogue may not gotten much better the actors were certainly better in the originals than the new series.
Secondly, hell yes the AT-AT attacks were a hell of a lot better. Apart from anything else, they didn't look like a cut scene from some cut price sci-fi game. ESB had a sense of authenticity that Lucas lost with this current crop of films.
I can only speak from experience but I have to tell you that yes Australia has a national infrastructure but it is mainly concentrated along the coast line. The interior is severely wanting when it comes to items such as reliable power and water, especially in these times of severe drought. I assume that South Africe would be the same, that is a large industrial base concentrated in small areas while the rest is mainly rural to wilderness.
With regards to the "Nukes" both India and Pakistan are in possession of nuclear weapons but you cannot say in all honesty that their populations are enjoying the benefits of a fully industrialised nation.
I think both you and I have been caught out by a bit of cultural mis-understanding, here in Australia, the term Bushman is not considered offensive. It denotes those that live far out in the bush. Where you believe that Bushman is a derogatory term used to belittle those who are targeted by the phrase.
I have a lot of respect for Bushmen, those who choose to live with the hardship of the bush are tough and stubborn people, you have to be to deal with decade long droughts followed by massive flooding.
A bit touchy are we, I was correcting your mistake in referring to the natives of Australia as Bushmen. At no time has the term Bushmen been used to describe just Aboriginals, instead it is a term to describe any person who lives deep in the bush.
Where the hell did the Nukes reference come into it?
And last but no least your reference to Aboriginals as "abo's" is one of the most offensive terms you can use. It's like calling an African American "boy".
The bushmen are in Australia, which last I looked has pretty good net access. Most bushmen with net access use wireless, of course, so that it doesn't compromise their nomadic lifestyle. There's not much point in talking about "giving" them access, as, as a group, they have their own funds, which the Australian government is pretty much constrained to use as the bushmen decide.
Ummm no, the Bushmen live in South Africa and neighbouring countries. The natives of australia are referred to collectively as Aboriginals while individual tribal groups retain their own names such as the Koori. As for Internet access, most of the Aboriginal groups who live in the deep bush are more worried about health and employment.
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And then they lost the case.
Some how I think this Monty quote is more appropriate:
Bring out your dead!
CUSTOMER:
Here's one.
CART MASTER:
Ninepence.
DEAD PERSON:
I'm not dead!
CART MASTER:
What?
CUSTOMER:
Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
DEAD PERSON:
I'm not dead!
CART MASTER:
'Ere. He says he's not dead!
CUSTOMER:
Yes, he is.
DEAD PERSON:
I'm not!
CART MASTER:
He isn't?
CUSTOMER:
Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.
DEAD PERSON:
I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER:
No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.
CART MASTER:
Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
DEAD PERSON:
I don't want to go on the cart!
CUSTOMER:
Oh, don't be such a baby.
CART MASTER:
I can't take him.
DEAD PERSON:
I feel fine!
CUSTOMER:
Well, do us a favour.
CART MASTER:
I can't.
CUSTOMER:
Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
CART MASTER:
No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
CUSTOMER:
Well, when's your next round?
CART MASTER:
Thursday.
DEAD PERSON:
I think I'll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER:
You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?
DEAD PERSON: [singing]
I feel happy. I feel happy.
[whop]
CUSTOMER:
Ah, thanks very much.
CART MASTER:
Not at all. See you on Thursday.
Replace each character with whoever you think appropriate
So without the unions, employers would happily keep up the standards that we have today, riiight.
Its not like certain industries take advantage of illegal labour(Clothes Making), nor ignore safety standards and legal codes(Building) in the rush for the almighty dollar.
Sure there have been many instances of some union members and even some unions over stepping the mark by a wide margin, however I would put up any case of union bastardy against employer bastardry.
If we have no representation for the worker within the industrial relations area, then the worker gets screwed. You say conditions now are fine and we don't need unions, great wonderful, so in twenty years time after the unoins have gone and the pendulum swings the other way, in favour of the employer then what do you do. When you are working in severely unsafe conditions for a shit wage, who is going to take up your case? The government???
Just remember, the two biggest bankruptcies this country(Australia), have both been brought about by the employers, not the employees. Hello HIH and OneTel, oh and lets not forget Quintex, BondCorp, Ansett and the many other corporate failures brought about by so called entrepenuers.
Australian Unions represent maybe 30% of the total work force, and do not carry as much power as they used to.
If by abusing power you mean standing up for their members when a business goes bust or demanding safer work practices on sites then I say go ahead and "abuse" away. Just remember without trade unions we wouldn't have a lot of the protections that we have today.
What destroys businesses is not "Evil Unions" its bad management. OneTel and HIH spring to mind as perfect examples.
Also the problem with macroeconomic theory is that is changes with every new fad. One year we want to be the clever country because then we can grab all the new technology jobs and that makes economic sense, the next we are farming out all the new techonology jobs because it makes economic sense.
Fosters, proving that Urine Recyc can be done.
Just to let you know that Phones do indeed need electricity to work. They just don't rely on the Power Grid that everything else does.
How about the fact that reading an analogue clock requires the brain to be able to translate symbols into information. This is not a bad thing. Wherease digital gives it straight and doesn't require you to use your brain for anything other than thinking "oooohh pretty".
I think you'll find that much of the exploration was done by the first colonists. I know that was the case here in Australia. Squaters desperate to grab large chunks of land went further out than anybody else.
Mind you when I say exploration I mean where no white guy had gone before as opposed to the bewildered native population who just watched as their land was "explored".
Um with regards to Marco Polo and Columbus, money was THE driving force behind their explorations. Marco Polo wanted to tap into the exotic goods that he could bring back to Europe from Asia and Columbus was trying to find a quicker route to the East Indies so the spice trade could move faster.
Let me guess, you think Fox News is "Fair and Balanced" right?
With all due respect you really don't know anything about raising children do you. Children are not fully functioning adults only smaller. They rely on adults to teach them everything from how to go to the toilet to what is right and wrong.
Growing up is a learning process. Think of it this way, when you do first year high school maths, do you immediately leap into quantam mathematics, or do you start off with the basics and work your way up.
It's the same way with raising kids. You don't just throw them in the deep end. You have to constantly evaluate and adjust what you teach to what is appropriate for the age and level of maturity.
Good question, here is the answer - Hardcore pornography depicts acts which I consider unsuitable for children to view. If it was just plain nudity without sexual connotations then I really wouldn't have a problem, however it is the explicit displaying of sexual activities which I do not consider appropriate. Just as I do not consider explicit displays of violence or emotional violence to be appropriate.
The basic parenting instinct says "protect your offspring from harm". I believe Hardcore porn and ultra-violent films or literature can harm my son.
However keep in mind that my son is 5 years old. As he grows older, I will continually reassess what I believe is appropriate for him to view or read.
Umm I can think of several things I don't want my five year old son to see. Hardcore porn being near the top of the list.
I have to ask, do you have children and if you do, do you let them watch whatever they want?
Tell me about it, my five year old loves the show but keeps asking me why they don't use the colour version.
The other things he's discovered is that he can sound like a Dalek if he talks into the fan.
Ahh the Doctor, its amazing what you can achieve with some string and cardboard, oh and the one Welsh quary that was used for so many different barren worlds.
Okay just a couple of things.
Firstly while the dialogue may not gotten much better the actors were certainly better in the originals than the new series.
Secondly, hell yes the AT-AT attacks were a hell of a lot better. Apart from anything else, they didn't look like a cut scene from some cut price sci-fi game. ESB had a sense of authenticity that Lucas lost with this current crop of films.
Another Three Amigos Reference:
Ned: Oh Look a Mail plane
Chevy: How do you know its a Mail Plane?
Ned: Its got these little balls
Sorry
See, you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
Sounds more like the Dalleks, trundling around waving their probe thingies screeching "Developers, Developers, Developers!"
Do you know the Truth?
Which truth would that be? The Christian Truth? The Islamic Truth? or maybe the Judaic Truth.
How about the animist Truth, or maybe even the Hindu(sp?) or Buhddist Truth.
Just remember everything is True for a given value of Truth.
"Spock, did you see the looks on their faces?" "Yes, Captain, a sort of vacant contentment."
I think this pretty much sums up the whole new kernel experience.
"We're all someone's daughter, we're all someone's son; How long must we look at each other down the barrel of a gun?"
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I never thought I would see the day that John Farnham would make it to
At least you didn't start quoting "Sadie the Cleaning Lady".
I can only speak from experience but I have to tell you that yes Australia has a national infrastructure but it is mainly concentrated along the coast line. The interior is severely wanting when it comes to items such as reliable power and water, especially in these times of severe drought. I assume that South Africe would be the same, that is a large industrial base concentrated in small areas while the rest is mainly rural to wilderness.
With regards to the "Nukes" both India and Pakistan are in possession of nuclear weapons but you cannot say in all honesty that their populations are enjoying the benefits of a fully industrialised nation.
I think both you and I have been caught out by a bit of cultural mis-understanding, here in Australia, the term Bushman is not considered offensive. It denotes those that live far out in the bush. Where you believe that Bushman is a derogatory term used to belittle those who are targeted by the phrase.
I have a lot of respect for Bushmen, those who choose to live with the hardship of the bush are tough and stubborn people, you have to be to deal with decade long droughts followed by massive flooding.
And it sure as hell is working for Israel
A bit touchy are we, I was correcting your mistake in referring to the natives of Australia as Bushmen. At no time has the term Bushmen been used to describe just Aboriginals, instead it is a term to describe any person who lives deep in the bush.
Where the hell did the Nukes reference come into it?
And last but no least your reference to Aboriginals as "abo's" is one of the most offensive terms you can use. It's like calling an African American "boy".
The bushmen are in Australia, which last I looked has pretty good net access. Most bushmen with net access use wireless, of course, so that it doesn't compromise their nomadic lifestyle. There's not much point in talking about "giving" them access, as, as a group, they have their own funds, which the Australian government is pretty much constrained to use as the bushmen decide.
Ummm no, the Bushmen live in South Africa and neighbouring countries. The natives of australia are referred to collectively as Aboriginals while individual tribal groups retain their own names such as the Koori. As for Internet access, most of the Aboriginal groups who live in the deep bush are more worried about health and employment.