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The difference Between Tories and Socialists

The difference Between Tories and Socialists

A Tory and a Socialist were walking down the street when they came to a homeless person. The Tory gave the homeless person his business card and told him to come to his business for a job. He then took twenty dollars out of his pocket and gave it to the homeless person.

The Socialist was very impressed, and when they came to another homeless person, he decided to help. He walked over to the homeless person and gave him directions to the WINZ office. He then reached into the Torie's pocket and gave the homeless person fifty dollars.

Now you understand the difference between Tories and Socialists.

Over-whelmed by Chinese cabbages

Over-whelmed by Chinese cabbages

October 29 2012 , Written by John Currin's Blogs and News

 

 

Cabbage deliveries are happening everywhere but I suspect there are not as many as a few years ago but many still like the Cabbage Pickle, very traditional in this are

Chinese cabbage delivery time - again

 

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If you have not seen it already, here it is. Help identify this thief CCTV: Farro Fresh lamb and wine thieves A man was still on the lam this weekend after stuffing two large cuts of meat down his pants before running out of a foodmarket. Staff at Farro Fresh in Auckland's Grey Lynn chased after the man on T... View or comment on John Currin's post » Google+ makes sharing on the web more like sharing in real life. Learn more. Join Google+

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‘A phenomenal bit of kit’ – sailors join France’s flagship for Anglo-French exercise

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October 27 2012 , Written by John Currin's Blogs and News

 

 

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‘A phenomenal bit of kit’ – sailors join France’s flagship for Anglo-French exercise
26 October 2012

Around a dozen Royal Navy sailors have been sampling life aboard the most powerful surface ship in Europe: France’s flagship Charles de Gaulle.

The sailors – some on permanent exchange, others temporarily on loan – joined the aircraft carrier as she provided the aerial punch alongside the RN’s amphibious forces on Exercise Corsican Lion.

Aboard FS Charles de Gaulle, off Toulon

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LET’S go to work… Striding across the flight deck of the most powerful surface ship in Europe, seven Royal Navy exchange officers enjoy the Charles de Gaulle experience.

Around a dozen Royal Navy personnel have been attached to France’s flagship throughout a two-week-long exercise to test the ability of the British and French navies and marines to work together: Corsican Lion.

Some are permanently attached to the ship – the only traditional-style flat-top in Europe’s navies – others joined her for the exercise around the Mediterranean island.

With its mix of up to 30 Rafale and Super Étendard jets, plus Hawkeye eye-in-the-sky planes, the nuclear-powered carrier is the only traditional carrier – ‘cats and traps’, catapults to launch, arrestor wires to catch planes landing – outside the US Navy. She’s also twice the size of HMS Illustrious and Ocean.

AB Davies and a French rating side-by-side at a planning meeting aboard the Charles de Gaulle

“It is a phenomenal bit of kit,” enthuses Lt Damian Stafford-Shaw, normally HMS Illustrious’ education officer. “This is the French flagship and the French themselves are still in thrall of her.”

As for living on board, we could learn a lot from the French. Big beds. Spacious cabins. Wide passageways. As for the dining areas and messes, the wardroom and the adjacent dining room are more akin to a cruise than warship.

“It’s a fighter pilot’s bar,” says ex-Harrier pilot Lt Cdr Neil ‘Twiggy’ (or if you’re French, Twiggeee) Twigg. “Every time you think you are on a warship, you open the door to a cabin or a compartment and you see this and think: ‘Wow’.”

The impressive sight of a Rafale lifting off from the deck of the Charles de Gaulle

They echoed to the strains of Heart of Oak on Trafalgar Night as the Royal Navy contingent decided October 21 had to be commemorated.

“They loved it,” said Lt Stafford-Shaw. “The French responded with songs of their own. We finished off with Rule Britannia. It was a brilliant night and everyone took in the best of spirits.”

Some of the Brits aboard the French flagship speak passable, even fluent French, but most do not. Luckily, most of the French speak excellent English.

“My French is very, very rusty,” says Lt Stafford-Shaw. “But if you make the effort to speak just a little of their language, the French really appreciate it.”

Although there are many cultural differences between the two nations and navies, there are greater similarities than contrasts.

“We work pretty well together,” says Capitaine de frégate Emmanuel Slaars, a senior naval staff officer embarked on France’s flagship for the exercise.

“We are both sailors. We have made the same choice: to serve at sea. We understand the importance of the sea.”

Corsican Lion ends today with the defence ministers of France and UK watching demonstrations aboard the de Gaulle and Bulwark.

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Cabbage time again

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Cabbage time again

Each year in the streets appear, thousands of Chinese cabbage.
The first time I saw it just after I arrived here I thought the Government was giving them away but no, people buy them and make a cabbage pickle for winter use.
They are left in the sun to dry for a few days and then brought into to be pickled.
Mainly done by, and for the older family members as many younger ones do not bother and may not even eat it now.
Things that were traditional are being replaced with convenience foods so there are less cabbages in the streets now.

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Mike Shaw Journey Into The Golden Forest - Autumn

Journey Into The Golden Forest

As the light dapples through the leaves
And the crunch of ground disturbs beneath my feet
I journey on into the golden forest
As the wind play song through the branches of trees
And mist caresses my being
I journey on into the golden forest
A chorus of birds drift just above
Looking down with a serenade to help me on my way
I journey on into the golden forest


I make a journey each time I see the magic of life, will you make a journey? Where will your imagination take you?

Mike Shaw

Journey Into The Golden Forest