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You know, Port Phillip Bay could really do with some dredging.
- Darn it! I miss the Pasha Bulka.Posted by gin&tonic on 2008 05 09 at 03:23 AM • permalink
- Today’s National Coverage to the right of the story, shows dredging is shallow in news they cover too.
‘Gang leader’ on 20 blackmail charges
‘Emo’ admits teen sex
Experts warn of never-ending drought
Cargo ship runs aground
Transvestite attacker wins appeal
Husband found guilty of wife’s murder in retrial
Fewer train seats? Welcome to ‘Kosky’s cattle class’
‘Bubbly’ ex-model stable after shooting
Child found dead in mine shaft
I’d do it again: nude teacher
Teen’s killer shown no remorse, court toldPosted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 09 at 06:37 AM • permalink
- If the channel needs dredging, why not dredge it. F. me. We’re an island nation. If we can’t ship it in, we fly it in. Oh no, too much CO2. And it’s expensive that way. Not to mention the carbon credits, a crock. I’m a scuba diver and have a very high regard for the marine environment. Most divers do. But if ships and boats need to get somewhere, sometimes you need to dredge. Am I missing something?
- OT You’ve probably heard of Obama’s town in Japan, well, yesterday, in a city a little to the north-east, I found his bike and his car.Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2008 05 09 at 08:45 AM • permalink
- Port Phillip is a shit of a place to get into and out of, even in a shallow draught boat. The west channel is narrow and subject to strong ebb & flow, the south channel has better capacity for larger vessels, the Rip is an extreme moment unless you have adequate engine power or a howling following wind to go against the tide.
That bay needs major dredging, bugger the sea grass.
- Ozzers wouldn’t need that ship if they didn’t waste their money on junk like food and clothing.Posted by Gary from Jersey on 2008 05 09 at 09:53 AM • permalink
- #9- P’shaw- we got on the drink at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, and despite the best efforts of Mr Bastard to pick a fight with the wait staff we left on our own volition and under our own control.
What’s a chap got to do to be ejected from a public bawdy house- expose a tattoo of Kevin Rudd on his bottom and proclaim “If you think he’s keen on Mandarin, check out my bot- it’s citrus city!!!”
- #9 Pogria,
Sorry, we were away the past couple of months.
Yes, we’d love to meet up. Except we are heading off to Qld next week, starting with the Sanctuary Cove boat show and then Cooktown.
We should be back last week of June because the husband has things to do here.
As for places to stay and things to do, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie, Hunter vineyards all have good choices.
I’m hoping to see kae and some brisbane people next weekend while we’re passing through.
When we get back I’ll make a plan, just like Kevin did.
Cheers, MareeS
- #13 mareeS,
I hope your plan won’t cost me more than a dollar a year! 😉
End of June sounds good.
We’ll try to make it a daytime meet. That worked well when I met up with some Blairites in Canberra. It’s a couple of hours drive each way for me. I’ll get in touch in the meantime.
You’ll have fun with Kae. She’s a hoot!
- A funny bit from George Carlin:
“The planet is fine.”
Posted by Mystery Meat on 2008 05 09 at 11:46 AM • permalink
- In what, a chamber pot? Senator majority leader Harry Reid continues to amuse…
- Tim hasn’t been posting much lately, but he hasn’t stopped posting completely. This means there’s something real big coming up, but he’s trying to distract us from the fact by making it appear that he’s not working on something real big.
But, he is giving us hints. As with this notice about a stranded ship. Why are authorities so reluctant to dredge where dredging is vital? And don’t give me the “environmentalists are getting upset about it” story. We all know shipping concerns have precedence.
No, it’s all about an upcoming revelation, and a certain atomic fire breathing hyper-lizard has hired Tim Blair to make the big announcement when when the humongous guy is ready. That’s right, according to the voices in my head our own Tim Blair will announce that Gojira is not only gay, but that he and King Kong are getting married under a new law allowing for same sex giant monster marriage.
So what does Port Phillip Bay have to do with this? Silly interlocutor, that’s where Gojira is hiding out so he doesn’t get pestered by idiots and journalists. But I repeat myself.
Be patient and all shall be revealed.
Posted by mythusmage on 2008 05 09 at 04:57 PM • permalink
- Report: Shallow Analysis
Shows the System Is WorkingYou fill out our forms
Until you are dizzy
But they’re never read,
They just keep us busy.We randomly stamp
Big wads for our files
And then dump the rest
In great heaping piles.If we stopped to read
Our files and our trash,
This well-oiled system
Would stall out and crash.
- OT:
Paco is a smokable, cheap, and highly addictive street drug … The combination of the toxins in the drug lead to physiological addiction … intense paco consumption can cause “cerebral death” in as little as six months.
Just thought you ought to know.
Posted by Evil Pundit on 2008 05 09 at 06:28 PM • permalink
- This paco drug connection is, as I have pointed out several times before, a libel concocted by the Argentine government, in an attempt to get revenge for the WWI submarines that they bought during the Falklands Islands war from Paco Maritime Industries (and incidentally, they were warned that the screen doors should probably be replaced).
Paco Enterprises sells nothing more addictive than this.
- Sad O/T – Jack Gibson has died.
Born and raised in the heartland of the AFL – back when it was the VFL – I know Gibson only for his brilliant collection of quotes Played Strong Done Fine. This one from champion boxer James J Corbett stands out above all.Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the centre of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round – remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2008 05 09 at 08:14 PM • permalink
- #24 Another era ends, but the memories linger on. Indeed “Played strong, done good.”Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 05 09 at 09:22 PM • permalink
- #23, I dunno, Paco. I think this is pretty addictive. But that’s just me.
- #27: You’re right about that, Rebecca! And our restaurant is PETA-certified because, as our motto says, “We only serve chickens that were going to die anyway.”
Next time you’re in the store, don’t forget to try our personal-size pizza topped with deep-fried rooster combs. And remember our other motto: “The competition is fierce, but you can’t keep Paco Foods down!”
- RebeccaH, #19
Then you have the fact the big green guy is rather reluctant to reveal the inadequacy of his endowment.
Posted by mythusmage on 2008 05 10 at 02:24 AM permalink
