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by arthwollipot
Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:36 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Weather
Replies: 345
Views: 43205

Re: Weather

Admin wrote: Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:34 pmCertainly the first time I can recall a national emergency being declared.
Apparently it's only the third time in New Zealand's history.
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:26 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 4918

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

He is. Well, indirectly, through the Catholic Church's aid charity, Caritas. Salvation on faith alone is a Protestant ideal. Catholics are and always have been about faith and charity. I stand corrected. I spent five years working in the international aid industry. There are a lot of misconceptions...
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:25 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: is rock and roll really dead this time?
Replies: 104
Views: 16231

Re: is rock and roll really dead this time?

$200 eh? At todays exchange rate that's about $2275 in dollarydoos.
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Feelgood story of the day
Replies: 33
Views: 5529

Re: Feelgood story of the day

I never got exposed to Vonnegut. I think I was too busy with Tolkein.
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:22 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 4918

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

Fuck yes. A lot of dead people, and I see Turkey appealing for help. I'd be keen to help, on the stipulation Erdogan stops being a cunt and they stop bombing Kurdish villages. And stay the fuck out of Greece's face. I do not agree with imposing conditions on the provision of humanitarian aid. Help ...
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:18 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: is rock and roll really dead this time?
Replies: 104
Views: 16231

Re: is rock and roll really dead this time?

I've been thinking of getting a decent cheap electric. I've got an old acoustic neglected in my spare room, but I've never played much with an actual electric guitar. Not that I'm all that good. I can bang out chords pretty well, but that's about it.
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:15 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: guns 2
Replies: 137
Views: 11229

Re: guns 2

Seriously. The ones with the y-shaped handle and the elastic? Yeah, totally banned. Kids made them anyway. The kind of kids who enjoyed bullying me.

Peashooters I don't know. But you can do a lot more damage with a slung shot than you can a shot pea.
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 1:04 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Feelgood story of the day
Replies: 33
Views: 5529

Re: Feelgood story of the day

And legalise pot.
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 12:44 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Hey stanky!
Replies: 12
Views: 1248

Re: Hey stanky!

I'm actually okay with most of the mod decisions made at ISF. Having done a stint there as a mod myself, I know first-hand what a difficult and thankless job it is. There are judgement calls to be made, and some people will always disagree with them. Some calls are good, and some calls aren't. It's ...
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 13, 2023 12:13 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Weather
Replies: 345
Views: 43205

Re: Weather