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Dreaming is nice, but back in the real world..............................

I don't remember the brand my NZ school used, but it was like interlocking leaves of greaseproof paper. Awful stuff.

Alcohol really is a toxic drug. If it was only recently discovered it'd likely be banned, IMO.

Oops. That was rather careless of him.

The longer I read this thread the more I'm convinced that some on it get their ideas of war from movies. War is always messy and rarely goes the way it is intended. A large part of winning is down to blind luck, rather than intent. I could use examples from previous wars but that would be off topic.

I'm so looking forward to November when we can dump this government. It's an election for National to lose, so I hope they don't become complacent and do something really stupid to lose it.

Does NZ have ANY coal mining now? I think they closed the last mine and coal for Huntly has to be imported- another reason Adhern is unpopular.

What on earth are you on about? Deforestation, what deforestation to make pasture? The deforestation took place long ago. Most farmland was probably created by early 1900s. Also a large area of the south island high country was removed from being grazed and allowed to revert to natural cover ages ago. BTW do you not understand that pasture captures carbon?

You could kill every cow and sheep in NZ and globally it would probably make no difference to methane levels. The NZ tax is seen by everyone I know as virtue signalling, and of no practical significance globally. It because of this and things like 3 Waters that she became so unpopular.

Yet you are saying "So basically farmers did not want to pay tax or clear up their act to stop polluting NZ's rivers or producing greenhouse gasses." without providing any facts to back up your IMO false claim . Do have any proof to back up your claim, or did you just dream it up?

It will make no significant difference. Floating sea ice doesn't raise sea level much when it melts. Put an ice cube in a glass of water. When it melts, does the water level rise? The ice cap on the land would have to melt to change sea level. https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/170/1/145/2019346 If all the extant sea ice and floating shelf ice melted, the global sea level would rise about 4 cm.

I find it somewhat strange that it's thought a few tanks will make the difference. Thousands certainly would, but is the west going to send thousands? For those that don't actually know much about tanks other than in movies here is an informative web site https://kyivindependent.com/national/how-many-tanks-does-russia-really-have However, we can not expect Russia to run critically low on tanks anytime soon. Despite heavy losses, Russia still has enough machines to continue waging its war for years. and another ( I had to delete one sentence to keep the quote with 3 sentences ) https://www.csis.org/analysis/will-united-states-run-out-javelins-russia-runs-out-tanks The United States has supplied Ukraine with thousands of Javelins, the anti-tank missiles that have become the iconic weapon of the war, but the U.S. inventory is dwindling. The United States has probably given about one-third of its stock to Ukraine. ............................................ Production of new missiles is slow, and it will take years to replenish stocks.

Alas, you are speaking in 10 year ago mode. MS and Amazon ( your heroes ) just sacked thousands, factories are going AI/ robotics, the future for anyone unqualified is bleak. Looks like the so called "living wage" will become the norm, and where is the money for that going to come from? IMO it will have to come from the top 10% as not many others will have much to tax.

According to Al Jazeera they are on their way! The news article said there will be an announcement on Wednesday ( today ), so not official till then. As with all new equipment training is required, ammunition, spares and maintenance in place before they can be used, so don't expect them in use next week. IMO the Russians will advance their expected assault to get in before the Abrams and Leopards are ready, and no doubt they will be increasing anti tank weapons to counter them.

While off topic, to answer your question, socialism ( with a small s ) does that, at least real socialism does, not the pathetic version in countries like the UK. I grew up in one such country and it was a lot happier before it went all in for greed.

Farangs can get Thai citizenship- it just isn't easy.

Trump is not any part of this thread. Deflecting?

IMO there is no meaning in life. If we believe in God we believe in an after life, and if we don't then this is all there is. What was our life after we are dust- after the last person that knew us dies we are as nothing! In cosmic terms the planet and everything on it are nothing but a minute speck in the universe. We exist for just a small fraction of a cosmic second, and came from nothing and to nothing we return ( unless we believe and return to God ). BTW, I saw the movie and remember nothing of it.

If it comes to that, I don't want to be around to suffer the aftermath.

Don't get too excited. IMO no country is going to send more than it needs for it's own protection. BTW, does Ukraine have hundreds of trained tank and maintenance crews waiting?

Lots and who is to say that they do not support the invasion?

What they said so far is not quite the same as giving permission. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-signals-shift-veto-leopard-tanks-ukraine-2023-01-23/ WARSAW/BRUSSELS Jan 23 (Reuters) - Germany is not blocking the re-export of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, the European Union's top diplomat said on Monday, after Poland vowed to send some as long as other countries did too. If they do send some, I expect they will have to supply all the spares and carry out training for the Ukrainians, not the Germans.

No, what I'm saying if the bad man threatens you, you better be bigger and stronger than them. MAD has kept the west safe since WW2 ( but not a lot of smaller countries ).

She made her reputation based on the covid response. But for that I suspect she would have been out 2 years ago. Took a while for the penny to drop, but it did drop. I'd have liked for her to stay on just to see her after getting owned by National in the next elections. I suspect she realised the game was up and got out early, so she didn't look as bad. For now, I worry about what they will do before the Labour ship sinks in November.

There isn't much money for the farmer in sheep any more- wool makes little return. The price paid to buy lamb is not reflected in what the farmer gets. That's why my sheep/ cattle farmer friend has reduced the flock size by many hundreds if not thousands and diversified into Kiwifruit.