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From: Damien on 3 Dec 2008 06:04 Damien wrote: > Andrew Price wrote: > >> Recommended therapy - anyone tried the Tralaga road recently and can >> say if >> its good? > > I did it last weekend (through the blasted bloody wind and rain and snow > - last time I head off anywhere without checking the bloody forecast > first!) Correction, the weekend before! (22nd) I didn't even consider going back that way on the Sunday though, since the weather deteriorated even further (and I found out when I got home that the road was closed between Bathurst and Goulburn anyway). It took 1.5 hours to do Bathurst-Cowra, and a fair chunk of that extra half hour was spent just getting to Blayney in the first place (normally only a 20 minute ride!).
From: Damien on 3 Dec 2008 06:05 bikerbetty wrote: > Yep, last Saturday - and the views were indeed lovely. The clouds were low > and black and occasionally they leaked and spoiled the view a bit, but it > was a nice ride. The last of the unsealed bits are now sealed, and a few of > the old sealed bits need resealing. Around Black Springs there are some > impressive potholes. > > betty > > Be thankful you weren't on the road the weekend before! :-)
From: jl on 3 Dec 2008 06:14 Diogenes wrote: > One year after I become Dictator of Australia, I PROMISE you the > rortists woud either be digging for water or they'd have bolted > overseas. > > I have so many good ideas I can hardly wait to implement them. :-) > > Our very own JL would come under particular scrutiny, as would Theo. What makes you think I rort the tax system Gerry ? JL
From: jl on 3 Dec 2008 06:17 Boxer wrote: > "G-S" <geoff(a)castbus.com.au> wrote in message > news:01463bc8$0$20648$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> Nev.. wrote: >>> So your plan to save Australian jobs is to penalise the corporations who >>> are growing cotton and employing Australians. >> Personally I'd be tempted to offer them incentives to convert to crops >> that don't use quite so much water :) >> >> >> G-S > > And a hell of a lot of pesticide. > > > > "In fact, conventional and GM cotton accounts for 16 percent of global > chemical pesticide use, Indeed - seriously shite stuff cotton ban the stuff and allow them to grow hemp JL
From: jl on 3 Dec 2008 06:19
Diogenes wrote: > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:51:59 -0800 (PST), JL <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> > wrote: >>> We get to support our own textile mills. (Australian jobs) >>> We get to support our own clothing manufacturers. (Australian jobs) >>> We get to keep these industries going instead of killing them by >>> buying imports. >> Why not let some other sucker grow the cotton and wreck their >> backyard, turn it into cloth and pollute their backyard which we >> import at a couple of bucks a roll, then turn it into highly priced >> garments with huge profit margins that we export >> >> Oh wait, we already do that. > > And that's ethical? > > When I become Dictator of Australia, you'll get a short stint as my > economic adviser, and if you could convince me that cotton growing > waas bad for the environment we'd be banning all cotton products. > They tell me hemp is good though... Points to Boxer's note. Not that there seems to be any possibility of convincing you of anything. Cotton's Bad M'kay. Hemp's good. JL |