Checking on dinner after 20 odd minutes to realise I turned the wrong element on 
Just means dinner was 20 mins late.
Buying a packet of chippies and openning it only to find a few at the bottom of the bag and lots on emptyness. I know the bags are done on weight but really, if I want lots of sealed air I'll go tank diving in the sea.
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The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Buying a packet of chippies and openning it only to find a few at the bottom of the bag and lots on emptyness. I know the bags are done on weight but really, if I want lots of sealed air I'll go tank diving in the sea.
I know what you mean LG. Gives the impression of getting lots of chippies. Maybe you could get them for misrepresentation?
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Douchebags who walk really slowly in a group on the pavement, meaning you can't get past when you're in hurry. One of these days I'm going to snap and stab one of them in the back of the head with a poisoned umbrella 
Haha!
I coined an Urban Dictionary phrase to define this:
Salmon swim upstream
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When a picture of a new building or public space such as a motorway has the phrase "Artist's Impression". its not an artitsts impression its a computer designer's impression- Picasso was an artist, you sir are a knobtwiddler. Especially funny when it is of an actual art work (as in todays Dom Post) and in this news link about the Kina statue at Kumutoto wharf:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/2833124/Is-that-toilet-a-crayfish-or-an-aardvark Surely the Artists own designs are the "artists Impression?"
go back to twiddling your knobs
Salmon swim upstream
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Greenpeace protesters chaining themselves to the outside of a ship.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731
Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731
Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
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Greenpeace protesters chaining themselves to the outside of a ship.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731
Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731
Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
That said... having just returned from north-east Malaysian Borneo (ooh, aren't you the traveller), the level of destruction of rainforrest habitat in order to plant palm-oil plantations is absolutely disgraceful. In the few areas of rainforrest left on this island live several species of endangered animals, birds... the orang-utan being the most well known, but also amongst them the clouded leopard, the pigmy elephant, the proboscis monkey, the pangolin, the slow loris, the giant flying squirrel, the Malayan sunbear, the mousedeer to name a few. You can drive for five, six, seven hours on end, and all you will see are felled areas of rainforrest replaced by palm plantations. The wanton destruction of the habitat of several endangered animals for reckless proffit (and mostly by large multinational corporations, not for local industry before anyone raises that one) pisses me off, and I can understand why Greenpeace took the actions they did.
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I'll be making a donation to Greenpeace
Greenpeace protesters chaining themselves to the outside of a ship.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
That said... having just returned from north-east Malaysian Borneo (ooh, aren't you the traveller), the level of destruction of rainforrest habitat in order to plant palm-oil plantations is absolutely disgraceful. In the few areas of rainforrest left on this island live several species of endangered animals, birds... the orang-utan being the most well known, but also amongst them the clouded leopard, the pigmy elephant, the proboscis monkey, the pangolin, the slow loris, the giant flying squirrel, the Malayan sunbear, the mousedeer to name a few. You can drive for five, six, seven hours on end, and all you will see are felled areas of rainforrest replaced by palm plantations. The wanton destruction of the habitat of several� endangered animals for reckless proffit (and mostly by large multinational corporations, not for local industry before anyone raises that one) pisses me off, and I can� understand why Greenpeace took the actions they did.
Level of destruction? Stats please - (% of rainforest remaining, % of representative habitat/ecosystems lost)
Presumably the fast loris got away in time and the slightly smaller flying squirrel as well.
Probably the only reason you can drive hours and see felled areas is because they've put in a road to fell the area.
Greenpeace are not exactly forthcoming with the truth so don't think that because their foot soldiers are young idealists, they will save the world from ourselves.
I think I'll go and fix myself a slab of greenhouse gas-rich protein from some ruminant that I've transported from the supermarket in my SUV... and wrapped up in a plastic bag or two.Junior822009-09-17 22:00:02
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Genuine opinion: FTFFA
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I do hate hippies.
I also hate it when I am walking down the street, and decide to stop to look at a shop or something, and some middle manager wannabe walks into the back of me "because he is such an important person who has such important places to go". Llike the person finishing flipping the burgers at MacDonalds cannot stay an extra couple of minutes to cover him if he is a couple of minutes late. What makes it worse is that they then feel justified attacking me with an poisoned umbrella because they have a massively unrealistic opinion of just how important they are.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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Greenpeace protesters chaining themselves to the outside of a ship.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731
Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731
Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
That said... having just returned from north-east Malaysian Borneo (ooh, aren't you the traveller), the level of destruction of rainforrest habitat in order to plant palm-oil plantations is absolutely disgraceful. In the few areas of rainforrest left on this island live several species of endangered animals, birds... the orang-utan being the most well known, but also amongst them the clouded leopard, the pigmy elephant, the proboscis monkey, the pangolin, the slow loris, the giant flying squirrel, the Malayan sunbear, the mousedeer to name a few. You can drive for five, six, seven hours on end, and all you will see are felled areas of rainforrest replaced by palm plantations. The wanton destruction of the habitat of several endangered animals for reckless proffit (and mostly by large multinational corporations, not for local industry before anyone raises that one) pisses me off, and I can understand why Greenpeace took the actions they did.
f**k me - you just made those animals up, didn't you? The pigmy elephant?
I hear that the midget girrafe, the horse-cat and the giant swimming porkchop are also in danger.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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Greenpeace protesters chaining themselves to the outside of a ship.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
That said... having just returned from north-east Malaysian Borneo (ooh, aren't you the traveller), the level of destruction of rainforrest habitat in order to plant palm-oil plantations is absolutely disgraceful. In the few areas of rainforrest left on this island live several species of endangered animals, birds... the orang-utan being the most well known, but also amongst them the clouded leopard, the pigmy elephant, the proboscis monkey, the pangolin, the slow loris, the giant flying squirrel, the Malayan sunbear, the mousedeer to name a few. You can drive for five, six, seven hours on end, and all you will see are felled areas of rainforrest replaced by palm plantations. The wanton destruction of the habitat of several endangered animals for reckless proffit (and mostly by large multinational corporations, not for local industry before anyone raises that one) pisses me off, and I can understand why Greenpeace took the actions they did.
Level of destruction? Stats please - (% of rainforest remaining, % of representative habitat/ecosystems lost)
Presumably the fast loris got away in time and the slightly smaller flying squirrel as well.
Probably the only reason you can drive hours and see felled areas is because they've put in a road to fell the area.
Greenpeace are not exactly forthcoming with the truth so don't think that because their foot soldiers are young idealists, they will save the world from ourselves.
I think I'll go and fix myself a slab of greenhouse gas-rich protein from some ruminant that I've transported from the supermarket in my SUV... and wrapped up in a plastic bag or two.
And I think I'll go and milk my palm kernal fed cows
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at the end of the day, what gets burnt down stays burnt down.
Resources are finite, greed is infinite.
I'm not a hippy but even I realise if development is not sustainable then humans are just planetary parasites.
Only problem is when this host dies we wont have a plan "B"
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at the end of the day, what gets burnt down stays burnt down.
Resources are finite, greed is infinite.
I'm not a hippy but even I realise if development is not sustainable then humans are just planetary parasites.
Only problem is when this host dies we wont have a plan "B"
As long as we don't run out of alcohol, the World will be fine!!!
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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Casual employees 
Why is it I am held accountable when some usless little sh*t decides that they can't work a shift even though they have been begging for extra shifts as they need the money?
Don't blame me if you don't get shifts from now on!!! And grow the f**k up, I am not your parents. Learn to read a f**king roster and dont blame me when you get your days mixed up!
"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009
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Why is it I am held accountable when some usless little sh*t decides that they can't work a shift even though they have been begging for extra shifts as they need the money?
Don't blame me if you don't get shifts from now on!!! And grow the f**k up, I am not your parents. Learn to read a f**king roster and dont blame me when you get your days mixed up!
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Greenpeace protesters chaining themselves to the outside of a ship.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597731Forget about the protesters, haul up the anchor & sail with the protesters dangling for the whole voyage.
That said... having just returned from north-east Malaysian Borneo (ooh, aren't you the traveller), the level of destruction of rainforrest habitat in order to plant palm-oil plantations is absolutely disgraceful. In the few areas of rainforrest left on this island live several species of endangered animals, birds... the orang-utan being the most well known, but also amongst them the clouded leopard, the pigmy elephant, the proboscis monkey, the pangolin, the slow loris, the giant flying squirrel, the Malayan sunbear, the mousedeer to name a few. You can drive for five, six, seven hours on end, and all you will see are felled areas of rainforrest replaced by palm plantations. The wanton destruction of the habitat of several endangered animals for reckless proffit (and mostly by large multinational corporations, not for local industry before anyone raises that one) pisses me off, and I can understand why Greenpeace took the actions they did.
Level of destruction? Stats please - (% of rainforest remaining, % of representative habitat/ecosystems lost)
Presumably the fast loris got away in time and the slightly smaller flying squirrel as well.
Probably the only reason you can drive hours and see felled areas is because they've put in a road to fell the area.
Greenpeace are not exactly forthcoming with the truth so don't think that because their foot soldiers are young idealists, they will save the world from ourselves.
I think I'll go and fix myself a slab of greenhouse gas-rich protein from some ruminant that I've transported from the supermarket in my SUV... and wrapped up in a plastic bag or two.
To go back to the arguement... don't want it to look like I'm running away from it, just been busy the past day.
In 1990 palm oil plantations covered 1.7 million hecatres in Malaysia, increasing to 3.37 million hectares in 2002 (source WWF Malaysia). Figurees in Indonesia (predominantly Sumatra and Kalimantan) followed a similar pattern over the same time. In 1990, 1% of Sabah, the Northern-most state of Malaysian borneo, was used for palm oi, by 1998, this hadrisen to 11%, and deforrestation of the region still continues.
A map of the Sabah region of Borneo, the area of Borneo with the largest surviving population of wild orangutans, shows the extent of deforrestation and plantation: In the north of the country, large areas have been converted to plantation, with manily the mountainous South West, and some areas of new nature reserve in the South East being the last strongholds for the Orangutan (and other afore-mentioned species)
Fortunately, areas such as the lower Kinabatangan Reserve are a safe haven, even if they are fragmented 'islands' of forrest in the middle of vast plantations- not ideal for large mammals such as the orangutan, the Asian elephant (the pigmy elephant previously ridiculed by Frankie Mac), and the Malayan sunbear. Organisations such as the MESCOT programme are purchasing small areas to act as re-planted 'forrest bridges', and raising awareness of the plight of so many native and endangered animals and birds.
And finally, no, I am not a hippie. I have a regular job as a doctor, and as such believe in conventional medicine, including vaccinations. I wear shoes, and shower regularly. I eat meat, and cannot stand tofu. I feel the Green party hgave many valuable ideas, but lack a sound scientific understanding in many areas (however, this is not unique towards their party). however I am disturbed by the destruction of Earth and its species for the proffits of a few rich bastards.
Sorry, that almost turned into an AWB post.
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Thanks. My point is (i.e things that piss me off) that how much of the habitat is still remaining. Borneo is rather large so if there is feck all rainforest left than yes that is an irreversible loss. If not than stop the flat earth bleating and the ideal of bringing back Gondwanaland (not you personally L_C).
Facts and logic to back up emotion please.
By the way I do have conservationist leanings and have worked in this area for a while. Just not liberal enough to join the mueseli munching, home-spun jersey wearing, bearded brigade.
My redneck contrasts nicely with my blue tory-ness.
Facts and logic to back up emotion please.
By the way I do have conservationist leanings and have worked in this area for a while. Just not liberal enough to join the mueseli munching, home-spun jersey wearing, bearded brigade.
My redneck contrasts nicely with my blue tory-ness.
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damnit
Companies that are incapable of keeping their word.
I Ordered something, it arrived via courier, (who I might add never knocked so it was left out in the rain all day).
My order came with 2 things missing.
Email the guy, sorry he says I'll send it the one thing you will get it friday, (it's not here), but I've run out of the other thing and I won't be able to get it until next Tuesday.
I wouldn't have bought the thing if it came incomplete!
Nobody takes any pride in their work at all these days. Why is it that most companies just do not bother to look after their customers?
I Ordered something, it arrived via courier, (who I might add never knocked so it was left out in the rain all day).
My order came with 2 things missing.
Email the guy, sorry he says I'll send it the one thing you will get it friday, (it's not here), but I've run out of the other thing and I won't be able to get it until next Tuesday.
I wouldn't have bought the thing if it came incomplete!
Nobody takes any pride in their work at all these days. Why is it that most companies just do not bother to look after their customers?
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Companies that are incapable of keeping their word.
I Ordered something, it arrived via courier, (who I might add never knocked so it was left out in the rain all day).
My order came with 2 things missing.
Email the guy, sorry he says I'll send it the one thing you will get it friday, (it's not here), but I've run out of the other thing and I won't be able to get it until next Tuesday.
I wouldn't have bought the thing if it came incomplete!
Nobody takes any pride in their work at all these days. Why is it that most companies just do not bother to look after their customers?
I Ordered something, it arrived via courier, (who I might add never knocked so it was left out in the rain all day).
My order came with 2 things missing.
Email the guy, sorry he says I'll send it the one thing you will get it friday, (it's not here), but I've run out of the other thing and I won't be able to get it until next Tuesday.
I wouldn't have bought the thing if it came incomplete!
Nobody takes any pride in their work at all these days. Why is it that most companies just do not bother to look after their customers?
I have just this minute given up all things Microsoft for almost the same reason. My Xbox360 was meant to be fixed around a year ago under warranty but after farting around and sending the return packaging to the wrong address twice they are now trying to charge me $182 because the warranty has run out. f**kers!
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