Granberry's Parlor
tomierna
(Admin)
– December 07, 2007 09:46PM
Politics. Don Granberry on the old Spork Boards was quite fond of talking about them, and here we continue on in that fine tradition.
johnny k
– January 06, 2012 01:40PM
(touch it)
Ron Burns
– January 06, 2012 01:45PM
"We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation." Voltaire
Or protect the feathering of your nest with another ancient and well tried
technology:
http://bit.ly/zNCama
Used to be a highlight of my West of Scotland Lightning Tour (c)
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The Dumbarton distillery is known to have used a rather unorthodox security system, "The Scotch Watch", to protect the premises. It was formed in 1959 by Tom Scott and commanded by a gander called Mr Ballantine. Originally it consisted of five geese plus a gander. By 2001 the flock had grown to about 100 birds.
Cloudscout
– January 06, 2012 01:52PM
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
I think the deterrent worked well... for the second guy.
John Willoughby
– January 06, 2012 02:16PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Sorry, Ron, after an unfortunate incident involving domesticated waterfowl, I support a total ban of geese. The benefits to society don't outweigh the terrible, terrible risk.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2012 02:18PM by John Willoughby.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– January 06, 2012 03:05PM
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John Willoughby
Sorry, Ron, after an unfortunate incident involving domesticated waterfowl, I support a total ban of geese. The benefits to society don't outweigh the terrible, terrible risk.
Do elaborate, please...
El Jeffe
– January 06, 2012 04:16PM
What a journey.
we've had over 100 geese in our back yard at once. Once fences and dogs dotted the pond-scape, the geese don't like it. But our mallards, man. They just sit on our patio, poop, and actually knock with their beaks on the door to be fed. Our dog can be right in the middle of a dozen of them and neither the dog nor the ducks care a whit for the other. Our patio is covered with poop right now, though. Since the pond froze over this week, they left. But, it's thawed today. So, I'm sure they'll be back on the patio begging for food. :)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2012 04:26PM by El Jeffe.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– January 10, 2012 07:33PM
OK, I'm all for save the planet, save the whales etc etc - but I'm not wild about
funding greenpeace idiocy with my tax dollars.
Aside from it not saving a single whale and costing several hundred thousand for a customs vessel to collect them in antarctic waters, some greenpeace idiots are talking about doing it repeatedly.
WTF? Go have a bath, hippies...
Starting to see why the french sank the rainbow warrior...
TL
[edit] Oh good, the govt is reviewing the organisation's
charity status...
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/10/2012 07:35PM by Tony Leggett.
tliet
– January 10, 2012 09:02PM
Last I heard the Japanese have been quite hampered in their efforts to catch whales for, uh, 'scientific research'. Come on, 'hundreds of thousands of dollars' is nickel and dime stuff in today's world.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– January 10, 2012 09:09PM
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tliet
Last I heard the Japanese have been quite hampered in their efforts to catch whales for, uh, 'scientific research'. Come on, 'hundreds of thousands of dollars' is nickel and dime stuff in today's world.
Well, if you believe in their cause so much, you'll pay the costs of collecting them? After all, it's "nickel & dime" stuff...
tliet
– January 11, 2012 01:19PM
We are, oddly enough. As you've been able to read, the dutch national lottery is sponsoring this organisation. And it does have an effect, because the Japanese are very, very annoyed by it. Last year (I read) they didn't even catch half the whales they had planned to, so it looks like there's an effect.
What you have been reading is propaganda, nobody in this world cares about something that only costs a few hundred thousand dollars. At least, not in the way it's been spread out in that article. Unless they have an axe to grind, and the Japanese have a very big axe to grind.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2012 01:20PM by tliet.
El Jeffe
– January 11, 2012 01:53PM
What a journey.
sure those were antibiotics? LOL
tliet
– January 11, 2012 02:48PM
It's not Greenpeace we're talking about (Rainbow Warrior is a Greenpeace vessel), it's Sea Shepherd. And Sea Shepherd is somewhat more drastic in their measures, which is more or less required because Japan needs to be hit where it hurt most
they argue.
ddt
– January 12, 2012 09:17AM
John Willoughby
– January 12, 2012 09:52AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
I think funding and legislative programs should be unbreakably linked, so that no bill could be passed without funding and no funding could be cut without publicly cancelling the program it is for.
James DeBenedetti
– January 12, 2012 09:57AM
That's a nice website, ddt.
ddt
– January 12, 2012 10:59AM
Porruka really made it work -- there were some bugs that were beyond me.
ddt
James DeBenedetti
– January 12, 2012 11:29AM
I was thinking more about the overall design, layout, choice of content, etc. than how it worked.
ddt
– January 12, 2012 11:46AM
(And not to be churlish -- thanks!)
It's the published Vigilance theme, with a child Vigilance theme, but Porruka helped me make the menus work (menus on top, not "WordPress menus" which, apparently, can mean top or side, depending on where in the docs you are), and a lot of the CSS.
ddt
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– January 16, 2012 09:35PM
Not quite sure where to put this (the "funny, interesting" thread seemed in poor taste):
Well said, Peter Dinklage...
