Moan, Moan, Moan - 2012

[Anthony Darby]

From 2^nd to 5^th November fireworks go on sale here in car parks, empty shops etc., and Kiwis endeavour to blow themselves up. People were still letting off mortars at quarter past midnight last night! Fortunately Heidi isn't bothered. She doesn't even open her eyes if she's 'asleep' on the couch and an air bomb goes off nearby. Here are a few pics, mostly of the remains left behind in the park by hoons who probably haven't a clue as to the significance of bonfire night! What a mess!>

[ronm]

So easy to avoid.... 

http://www.leathermag.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/15269/Chemical_spill_at_Tasman_Tanning.html

[Lesley Cox]

So sorry about your beautiful Daphne Mark. The painter man is an idiot and you should have sacked him after the orchid episode.

Anthony we only had bangs, from across the road, from 6 to 10pm on the 4th. Not a single one last night, for which I was grateful as our Marley was terrified of the bangs and for the first time ever, when we couldn't find him, he was discovered buried deep down inside Roger's bed. I'm all for the public displays put on by some councils but I hate the private explosions many still go with. A person I know backed his car out of his garage to go look for his dog - a few years ago now - only to run over him. The dog was crouching down behind the back wheels.

What a disgusting mess left by the people in your park.

[johnw]

Mark - I can sympathize.  Today the gasline installers arrived and were quite taken by a big Rhododendron rex hybrid of mine. During coffee break the one with the biggest feet and sporting huge steel-toed boots abruptly stepped toward it to ask if those were flower or growth buds.  One foot was firmly atop one of my prized dwarf R. camtschaticums when  I let out a yell that almost made him fall down.  Nice fellow but these tradesman rarely see plants, though they all commented on that big-leafed hybrid.

May get the first frost tonight or tomorrow night.

johnw   

[Paul T]

Oh Mark, that's awful re your Daphne.  Any chance of trying to strike cuttings from it at least?  Worth a try, regardless of the time of year, if you've had pieces break off.  I hope it recovers OK.

[Anthony Darby]

Just realised that I haven't been looking at the bulb log and haven't for ages etc. Seems like out of sight out of mind. I now find myself looking at this page thinking how do I find them?

[Maggi Young]

Follow this link Anthony: http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb

or..... click either of the links at the  top of each Forum page  titled "Click Here To Go To The New SRGC Site  and/or " Click Here To Go To The Archive SRGC Site"  to find links to all the SRGC goodies!

[Anthony Darby]

Thanks. I've now seen what I was missing! Here's what you are missing!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7979461/Panic-on-Mt-Tongariro-as-volcano-erupts

[Maggi Young]

No moans from me that we're missing that particular "excitement" !
Super video , though.....

[Lesley Cox]

Most fortunately, the volcano itself missed everybody,no-one even spattered with dust or ash apparently, which is all good. It was mostly steam and ash, no rocks thrown around. It seems that there could well be further similar eruptions in the near future, both on Tongariro and Ruapehu.

[Anthony Darby]

Rumour has it a small person was trying to get rid of an unwanted ring!

[Paul T]

Anthony,

I'm not sure that steam and ash really warrant a name like "Cracks of Doom".  That really would be a volcano with delusions of grandeur. 

[Anthony Darby]

 

[Michael J Campbell]

I have spent most of the morning trying to buy a Kindle Fire HD for a Christmas present  without success. I have a Amazon account and even when purchasing other other goods in the same basket they refuse to ship it to Ireland. I get at least one Email per day from Amazon trying to sell Kindle fire HD. Does anyone know what is going on.?Tesco would appear to be the nearest agents for Kindle here but the  number on their website is registering as a unknown number,even went through directory inquiries and got them to connect to the number but got the same reply.
Finally got a number from the telephone directory for another Tesco store and after a ten minute search the girl on the phone said they didn't do Kindle Fire HD.   Wouldn't you think the with the recession these companies would be anxious to take my money, obviously not so.
 P.S. I still have a full head of( White )hair. 

[Anthony Darby]

Which version Michael? There's the 7" and the 8.9" 3G and 4G versions. I wanted the last and some companies advertise it in NZ. They even suggest you order one, but then say there is no release date or even a price for the thing here! I just decided to order one from Amazon and have it delivered to a friend in New York. He'll post it on. At least that worked with no problems with addresses or payment, unlike trying to book a holiday in Mexico via an American company. Clicked "international" option (as opposed to USA) but it wouldn't accept Visa payment because I didn't have a US billing address! Eventually booked it with the same company's Mexican office, but had to book flights separately! The same holiday was twice the price in the UK because of school holidays etc!