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He cooked the motor, this was after we put it back on its wheel so it could get towed of the beach.
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During the 80's I had an old Corolla wagon and I'd follow the multitude of sand tracks north of Perth to beaches like Whitfords, Mullaloo and Ocean Reef. The kids would spend hours fishing or snorkeling. Up and down those sand dunes there were Black Boys three and four metres high, massive big multi-branch trees that were bigger than I'd ever seen before. I've got a photo somewhere of my HJ75 LandCruiser parked under a Black Boy branch that reached right across to the other side. They must have been many hundreds of years old.
Around that time they started putting log and rock barriers on the tracks and big No Entry signs threatening fines. I thought they must have been doing it for conservation reasons so even though we still found access to the beaches we made sure to stick to well worn tracks. Another five or six years down the track and the whole area was bulldozed flat. The sand dunes were gone, the beautiful natural bushland was gone and in its place allotments for sale. Now it's a concrete jungle.
Around that time they started putting log and rock barriers on the tracks and big No Entry signs threatening fines. I thought they must have been doing it for conservation reasons so even though we still found access to the beaches we made sure to stick to well worn tracks. Another five or six years down the track and the whole area was bulldozed flat. The sand dunes were gone, the beautiful natural bushland was gone and in its place allotments for sale. Now it's a concrete jungle.
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The report calls it an abandoned car but has anybody checked? We see plenty of cars abandoned or burned out up and down the highways. Surely the insurance companies are responsible for the cleanup if the vehicles were insured.
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I remember those days Phil, the track behind the sailing club at Ocean Reef, they did have a contractor remove a lot of those black boys for resale.
Now more commonly known as Grass Trees to be politically correct.
Watching the news tonight, they say Australia will have 1.5 million OBESE kids by 2050. I beg to differ, they are here now in the present. 3.05pm after parent pick up, into Mc’s for crap. Lunch was a large snitty and salad $10 at the school canteen ( what kid needs so much food at lunch) and then the solution to the fat kids is the gov’t to supply meals at ALL schools throughout Oz. Why? Thefault is with parents not providing essential basics, food, advise and healthy eating guidelines. Rant over.
Mackka I think the obesity has more to do with mobile phones. Yes, the crap they eat contributes as well.
When I was a teenager in the 70's I would have between 12 and 14 Vita Brits for breakfast, then my lunch, followed by another 12 to 14 Vita Brits when I got home. Then I ate dinner.
The difference was I went out and we played football or cricket, or smoked. The health authorities are demonising sugar as well, but like everything, it isn't just the one thing that makes us fat. Mostly it is sitting around watching T.V. and our mobile phones. Get them off their bit fat bums and get some exercise, but then they'll call the police and accuse you of mental torture and child abuse.
Regards Axtyr.
When I was a teenager in the 70's I would have between 12 and 14 Vita Brits for breakfast, then my lunch, followed by another 12 to 14 Vita Brits when I got home. Then I ate dinner.
The difference was I went out and we played football or cricket, or smoked. The health authorities are demonising sugar as well, but like everything, it isn't just the one thing that makes us fat. Mostly it is sitting around watching T.V. and our mobile phones. Get them off their bit fat bums and get some exercise, but then they'll call the police and accuse you of mental torture and child abuse.
Regards Axtyr.
Yes mate but i believe the sugar is a very wide issue, not to mention diabetes. No sugar is not the olny cause but a major one inthe overall picture. Cheers
I know what you mean axtyr
went to a mates place for a bbq lunch
about 14 kids there(6 year olds to 16 years old) ,not one of them got off their arse or their phones for the entire day not even to eat lunch
mom took a plate with a burger on it and sat it in their lap and every one of them would of been carrying a few extra pounds ,then they wonder why
went to a mates place for a bbq lunch
about 14 kids there(6 year olds to 16 years old) ,not one of them got off their arse or their phones for the entire day not even to eat lunch
mom took a plate with a burger on it and sat it in their lap and every one of them would of been carrying a few extra pounds ,then they wonder why
Mum would tell us after lunch,” get out of here and don’t come back till the sun goes down!” Cowboys and itchy bums in the hills with twigs for guns.
So annoyed at daily hearing about ineffectiveness at all levels of government, the following excerpt, I read seems to make some sense. Maybe might even personally take on board a lesson from it as well.
"if you realize you’re riding a dead horse, the most sensible thing to do is dismount and move on.
However, in practice, the opposite often happens. Instead of abandoning the dead horse, people take actions such as:
• Buying a new saddle for the horse.
• Improving the horse’s diet, despite it being dead.
• Changing the rider instead of addressing the real problem.
• Firing the horse caretaker and hiring someone new, hoping for a different outcome.
• Holding meetings to discuss ways to increase the dead horse’s speed.
• Creating committees or task forces to analyze the dead horse problem from every angle. These groups work for months, compile reports, and ultimately conclude the horse is dead.
• Justifying efforts by comparing the horse to other similarly dead horses, concluding that the issue was a lack of training.
• Proposing training programs for the horse, which means increasing the budget.
• Redefining the concept of “dead” to convince themselves the horse still has potential.
The Lesson:
This theory highlights how many people and organizations prefer to deny reality, wasting time, resources, and effort on ineffective solutions instead of acknowledging the problem from the start and making smarter, more effective decisions."
"if you realize you’re riding a dead horse, the most sensible thing to do is dismount and move on.
However, in practice, the opposite often happens. Instead of abandoning the dead horse, people take actions such as:
• Buying a new saddle for the horse.
• Improving the horse’s diet, despite it being dead.
• Changing the rider instead of addressing the real problem.
• Firing the horse caretaker and hiring someone new, hoping for a different outcome.
• Holding meetings to discuss ways to increase the dead horse’s speed.
• Creating committees or task forces to analyze the dead horse problem from every angle. These groups work for months, compile reports, and ultimately conclude the horse is dead.
• Justifying efforts by comparing the horse to other similarly dead horses, concluding that the issue was a lack of training.
• Proposing training programs for the horse, which means increasing the budget.
• Redefining the concept of “dead” to convince themselves the horse still has potential.
The Lesson:
This theory highlights how many people and organizations prefer to deny reality, wasting time, resources, and effort on ineffective solutions instead of acknowledging the problem from the start and making smarter, more effective decisions."
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After watching the rump speech yesterday, Auditing spending at the end of their term and before elections I think is needed.
I`d be happier if their advertising came out of their own personal pocket.
The Price of Democracy.
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...arch/FlagPost/2022/May/The_price_of_democracy
