04-26-05  08:14, Miles Maxted told James Bradley about EatingDrinking+BeingMerr

 How do, Miles?

 MM> tropAsian Tiger mossies and Chilean fire ants as unwanted

Tiger *Moths*? If so, it stands to reason. Humans and insects are the only
two branches of Darwins' tree to be growing in population.
 
 JB> Just two problems there: A) I tend towards
 JB> *antidisestablishmentariarianis* thinking, and B) Sounds
 JB> like work! 

 MM> Not at all - the lines above above qualify you nicely - your new 
 MM> NZ p.a's will sort out the `work'...

Ah... I'm handicapped, and almost have tears of pain writing this. Thanks,
but no thanks.  Besides, I'm almost set for retirement. Freedom
Forty-Five baby! (Borrowing from two TV adverts.)

 MM> Family instilled enjoyment and moderation, so I have only become
 MM> seriously drunk twice that I can recall;  my birthday quoffing 
 MM> takes me to a physical fullness limit beyond which there's no 
 MM> possible enjoyment ... and I do like slurping bubbly wine ...
 
I'll drink to that. Cheers!

 MM> They're termed `Maori',  and they turned right from the human

Ah... Knew I'd get it wrong. Thanks!

 MM> migration that populated the early Americas, and took over eastern
 MM> China.  Linguistic and DNA studies have them peopling Taiwan 
 MM> before taking to the seas to follow earlier migrations to the 
 MM> Phillines and the Indonesian Islands,  their prowess at long- 
 MM> distance canoeing then populating the 
 MM> Melanesian/Polynesian/Hawaiian islands about 1500 years ago - as 
 MM> far as Easter and Pitcairn Islands;  their sweet potato (the 
 MM> kumara) was picked up off the South America coast.

 MM> The first Maori settlers reached NZ 750 years ago,  making it the 
 MM> last major land mass to be humanised.  The first European settlers 
 MM> joined them in 1792 - 208 years ago...  and between them, the 
 MM> newcomers have transformed the place into a pleasant memory of 
 MM> their imagined home-lands....

I'll be!!! Fascinating stuff!

 MM> Sadly,  we're on our second - and this one's an ex-lecturer in
 MM> political `science' who's out to prove all her theories on how it 
 MM> really should be - by winning a third term in office.  
 MM> Consequently,  we breathe, eat and live `PC'...

She can talk the talk, but now she has to walk the walk. I ask, could you
have worse in power?

Unlike our continental co-habitants, we tend to *expect* our politicians to
be lying, thieving, two-tongued insulants. [sp? term? You get the idea?] 
So far, we have not been disappointed. Occasionally, we'll hear of a
provincial government that puts their pants on one leg at a time, (READ:
They'll never go far.) but they mostly have the taxpayer pay for a fancy
tailor to sew them on while they stand still.

Our last PM kept only ONE of his campaign promises, and that is the one
that cost us over a $Billion in cancellation fines. We are still buying the
Italian helicopters he renigged on, *and* a huge kick-back scheme hascome
to light. Our then finance minister, (NOTICE: No caps!) and current PM has
indeed perjured himself to his public on the matter. I guess it's not
"sexual relations" if we don't swallow?

 JB> implements. The chore - I would imagine - would be keeping
 JB> them in the confines of the crypt for any length of time.

 MM> Difficult to imagine some light-fingered SM freak pocketing their 
 MM> Iron Maiden, hand-bagging a rack or half-inching an oubliette !  
 MM> Especially when Security have a frightening variety of immediately 
 MM> administratible punishing devices just begging for public 
 MM> demonstration...

LOL! Ya, but I'm sure there was Ten-minutes here, or Twenty-years there
where they weren't maned. Just my suspicion, but I don't think an Iron
Maiden fanatic fancies self imposed incarceration, unless their sweetie
holds the keys that is. I've heard of stranger things happening though.

 MM> I'm on the Board of a local Intermediate School here (a Junior
 MM> High) which hosted a visit from an American school last term;  I 

I can smell the disappointment from here!

 MM> was ready to meet some really solid teacher/parents - but not to
 MM> see some 30 12yr-olds already waddling ponderously as they 
 MM> circumnavigated the school grounds ... sadly, such obesity is 
 MM> slowly becoming a way of life here, too, and the medics are 
 MM> forecasting a drop in the population's ages of death if something 
 MM> is not done about it...

I think our life expectancy is already on the slide. At least it is sure to
with my generation. Not a big surprise to me however, as we now have a
marvelous ability to pummel oil out of palm trees, coconut oil is likely
coerced in a similar fashion, MSG can balloon our taste buds, preservatives
can keep food, and our intestinal linings last forever... Wasn't Rotten
Ronnie McDonies that admitted to using appetite stimulants in their
"secret sauce?" I'll put money on it, that they don't use garlic
as that stimulant. Too much bother when you can boil up a potion in a lab,
and administer one drop per patty.

 MM> Nil desparandum !  The bubbles in the wine keep me afloat...

Yanked as a tagline! I'll have you approve the spurious space edits...
 Oh, and my Latin sucks, so check your spelling. 



... "Nil desparandum! The bubbles in the wine keep me afloat..." -M.Maxted

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