We used to talk about these things on the Easy pages. The whole Stella discussion took place on May 29, 2006. It's interesting to take a moment to review. But it did get much more development here.

And jeb, my lawyers have changed the name of their firm to Dewey, Cheatham and Howe, Habeas Corpus Haberdashers.

Made me look, Ian. Those morons don't know to thank their unlucky stars that I wasn't on their jury. Talk about contempt of court. Looks to me like the oourt is in the process of making its self contemptuous.

On further contemplation, the thought is forming that there are still More...

well all i did was,just to use the shirt('coz i was in a hurry to make things ready!) and honest never noticed if anybody was inside the shirt!!will be careful in future(wonder what happened to the pistol that was floating as Jeb made no mention of it)

and Jeb what papers,i am afraid its not the one that i stuffed on the damp firewood to enhance the fire!!or will i be charged for that also??just couldnt figure what all charges in store for making a simple cowboy coffee.

Poor Bean. In the first place yu'd never use yer shootin' iron to test the coffee. There's always a old horseshoe layin around. Secondly, yer probly not from around these parts else you'd know what a poke of duram is. Bull Durham is pretty good, some like Bugle and the papers is what ya rolls More...

Mission Accomplished!!!!

You think so? You ever hear tell of the tar baby?

ah!whoever thought i will get to hug a no win tar-baby by brewing a cow boy coffee,the way i know!
now whose gonna lead me to the briars patch?
(spare me Jeb!)

Thats OK, you still couldn't leave it alone. There's still a little wiggle left in that mission of yours, seems to me.

so nothing to discuss tonite?

I think the boys are all tuckered out after their p***ing contest

Ok - here's one, Mary you'll have heard about it... mother is out walking her baby in a pram by the river. Her mobile phn goes off, she answers it - turning her back on the pram. When she goes back to the pram - it's gone. It has rolled into the river, baby has drowned. The same situation happened More...

What ever happened to paying attention to the children? Manufacturers can come up with all types of things to try and fix problems...but you can't fix or protect folks from their own dumb or inattentive actions. Those mothers are paying a very dear price for their momentary inattentiveness. We need More...

Yes Billy I saw that...can you mandate intelligence for parents? or regulatory authorities?

When was it that we stopped having children and started acquiring designer 'accessories'?

This very subject came up at coffee this morning regarding a tragic accident back East where a lady got out of her SUV and it rolled down a hill into a lake killing her and the children inside. She had gotten back into the car but couldn't stop it. The solutions bandied about were draconian in nature, but everybody agreed that the line between stupidity and oversight is extreemly thin at times.

Gail, I think it was when more people started reading more trashy magazines and watching more trashy tv than living their own productive fulfilling lives and minding their own businesses. The airheads rule!

Can't agree more, can't legislate for stupidity.
It's all about paying attention to the responsibility at hand.

Maybe worth discussing
the cost of a house to first home buyers is getting out of reach for many.
what do you think is the cause of this?

My thoughts revolve around the fact that the first home buyers are not looking to purchase a small first home that they can afford to start with but a mansion with all the mod cons that they 'just have to have'.

Rose I agree, I also feel that the First Home Owners Grant contributes to this, those that are unable to save their own deposit are now able to purchase a new home, yet it makes you wonder, if they are unable to save their deposit, how are they able to repay their home loans?

The aim of the first home owners grant was to pay for most of the stamp duty on the purchase of the house, the problem arose when the building companies started to lend 95 to 100% of the cost of the home to tie people up to homes they cant afford using just the grant as the deposit.
It is a formula for disaster.

Has anybody here watched the DVD 'An Inconvenient Truth'? Or, for those in the USA, gone to one of Al Gore's slideshows on the subject? Rick and I watched it last night and can't believe that he was beaten (although controversially) in the election between himself and Bush. Here, in Australia, we More...

Australian television recently aired the BBC production, ''The Great Global Warming Swindle,'' but it hasn't been shown in the US that I know of. Has anyone here seen it?

Ian Boston I posted the link to it on a previous debate here not sure which page it is on and yes I watched it. It was interesting but not totally convincing especially as some of the experts were misquoted on certain subjects and they wrote to the BBC to complain.

I doubt that anyone who frequents these pages is capable of an informed opinion on the subject, which is hugely technical and complex. Most of us are forming our opinions on the topic based on our opinions of the people espousing the various sides. For my own part, I think the people pushing global More...

well i dunno if it was aired in India..I watched it from the following links,the youtube link will lead to all the 8 parts one by one..its hard to believe this guy..Martin Durkin..he had very cleverly made the film i feel..most probably he would've omitted some data which ppl like us may not have More...

I am all for protecting the environment and doing our bit to make our footprint on the earth as small as it can be but I do think the hysteria of global warming is exaggerated. the weather patterns have gone through cycles before and will continue to do so. we have before and will again have severe More...

I have to say the weather patterns in England seem to be changing all the time and I note that some scientists are now trying to link the patterns to global warming which they state they had been unable to do so before. Its now mid July here and it feels as though it is September/October. We have More...

just seeing if I can post....

...which is pretty much what everybody else does...

Ian, sorry but to whom are you addressing your commment to.

well if it's to me Ian - this page had gone 'missing' but i had the link as one of my favourites, which was how I was able to post without the page being present under Forum...I was checking it before i posted a msg to gath - otherwise you're comment is a bit bleedin' obvious...

your

as is mine...

Deb - some of the examples used in Gore's production - like the calving of the Glaciers when they meet the sea, have been happening for as long as anyone can remember. Glaciers are rivers of ice - they flow due to gravitation.

Since there has been a questioning of 'Global Warming' when More...

Of course the mix of gases in the atmosphere of a planet also contributes to the heat on a given planet. When you breathe, you expel CO2 (Carbon Dioxide). Also the sheep in Australia and New Zealand are big contributors to CO2. Plants require CO2 to thrive. Without CO2, they would have nothing More...

This bit about having everyone replace their incandescent bulbs with florescent bulbs is almost laughable, when you consider that mercury is used in florescent bulbs. Mercury is a poison to fish and wildlife. They cannot just be thrown in the trash & a broken one is considered a bio-hazard. It More...

Eve: you sound as though your interest is more than casual or just a citizen's hobby. Terrific posts. Are you familiar with the Stewards of the Range?

IAN - Yes & People for the USA (now part of the Grange) - they are property rights organization. I have attended a lecture by Patrick Moore.