korero

Help! I have the flu. Or is it a head cold with a cough. No matter. My new hobby is blowing my nose. I wonder how many trees went under to facilitate my new hobby [tissues]. I spent yesterday at the gym training athletes when I was really just wanting to lie down and sleep. I have noticed that nearly every symptom relief "drug" seems to be full of sugar or sudo something or other. That can't be good for you. I wonder what turning them into junk food or something that will grow you and extra limb is all about?
I have just lent a friend my copy of Alison Krauss and Union Station live in concert. A dvd. Last night I received an e-mail from him positively gushing. It really is something to behold. Sheer virtuosity. Alison is back by a bunch of instrumental and vocal genius'. Dan Tyminski, the voice behind George Clooney in the Soggy Bottom Boys [guitar, mandolin and vocals], Ron Block [guitar, banjo, vocals], Barry Bales [double bass, vocals] and a star in his own right Jerry Douglas [dobro]. Alison sings like an angel and plays a very mean violin. If you haven't seen this dvd. You have deprived yourself.
I am currently investigating Alison's cd "Raising Sand" that she did with Robert Plant [he of Led Zepplin]. On an initial listen its only wonderful.

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Garth George nearly hit the nail on the head in this article. What ails our children? It is even too late to address the appalling parenting skills in this country when they [children] reach primary school. However.....I do agree, there is something we can do at primary school. Male teachers are indeed required to make this work. Boys need contact with well behaved, sensible male teachers. I do not mean PC to be sure. PC is a concept we are paying for now with our youth. Unfortunately, the money in teaching is a joke. The respect accorded teachers is so low that no right thinking male is going to subject himself to that. Males are also not good at taking abuse from pimple headed teens with attitudes, let alone cheeky disrespectful 10 year olds who are on the fast track to gang crime etc. I am mindful of the reservation in Africa where they were perplexed that young elephant bulls were killing other animals indiscriminately. The answer was to move 2 full grown bulls into the area. The behaviour problems disappeared. Its called leadership. Leadership cannot be provided for young males by PC driven females. It isn't and it won't work nor has it ever worked.

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Telecom [xtra] are again in trouble. This time for misleading the public regarding their claims that their "Go Large" broadband plan would:

1. have unlimited data
2. have maximum speed

It seems there was many complaints regarding the service falling short of the claims. The Commerce Commission are going to prosecute. They allege Telecom breached the "Fair Trading Act." If found guilty there is a maximum fine of $200,000. Peanuts to Telecom. The best way to make them sit up and take notice, is to use another ISP. You the consumer, have the power, if you use it.

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