We just need to build a giant autobahn from Auckland to Welly, so people can go any speed they like.
Tai chi group booted by churchA tai chi class made up of elderly women and arthritis sufferers has been booted out of a church hall over fears they are a threat to the church's "spiritual wellbeing".The group's leader said the 20 women had been practising tai chi in the Central Southland Presbyterian Parish hall without issue for five years, but were approached by parish council clerk John Willis and told to leave last month.Willis' approach came "out of the blue" and had left the group shocked and upset, she said."[The parish council] decided because tai chi had religious links we'd have to go," the woman said."Maybe it did hundreds of years ago when it was started by a Taoist monk, but the classes I teach are for older ladies and arthritis sufferers and have absolutely no religious significance."The teacher said Willis' manner was "quite rude" and she could not understand why he had not discussed his concerns with her before deciding to exclude the group from the hall.She had booked the hall for the remainder of the year but had to cancel the booking and find a new hall, which was not as well suited to the group's needs."If I could have just talked to them about this before it all happened, we could have avoided this whole thing," she said."I've been going to church since I was 13 but I won't be going back - that's how much this has affected me."All the other ladies have had to go home and tell their families. It's upset so many people and it's enough to put anyone off the church."Ad FeedbackWillis said he had written to the leader of the group to apologise for the way he approached the issue.He had not meant to cause offence, he said.The council had spent "a considerable amount of time" debating the issue and acknowledged many of the women were achieving better health as a result of the classes, he said.Willis said while the council understood the programme did not include any religious content, it believed tai chi conflicted with the church's teachings and threatened the church's spiritual wellbeing."As church leaders we need to look after everyone in the parish, and their spiritual wellbeing," he said."The first commandment is that we must honour God and have no other God before us, and having come from Taoism tai chi is promoting another God."Willis said he believed most people weren't aware of the origins of tai chi and believed they were just doing exercises.There had been discussions about allowing the group to remain in the hall if they stopped referring to the activities as tai chi, but the teacher had declined this, he said.He was saddened that some parishioners had become disheartened with the church."We don't have a problem with any individual, it was just the tai chi," Willis said."We're saddened that we've upset some people and that they've taken it personally, because that's not what we wanted."Sometimes in upholding the truth people get hurt, but I hope they will come back to the church."
also i have heard that apparently most of the lazer / radar guns are not calibrated to that level of precision.
Am I the only person around here who thinks that the police should not be doing traffic enforcement at all? It was better when the MOT had a separate traffic section for that shit.Maybe if we split them off again the police would have time to actually you know, investigate real crimes. A huge amount of minor offending goes unpunished in NZ, because police do not have the time/resources/political motivation (no fines income!) to deal with it.I miss the days when a burglary would have 3 cops cars at your house in 5 minutes and a truant kid would be dragged home to the parents by the ears with a size 10 up the jacksie (back when the police actually had size standards and didn't hire 5ft midgets).
you just hope they will hire you
Quote from Xsannz: May 04, 2015, 05:49:38 amyou just hope they will hire you You know you can get a job as a cop even with a criminal record now, so I probably could if I was even slightly enthusiastic about that idea.. I'd get fired in a week after I took the first prick out the back and beat them to death when they so desperately deserved it.
Saturday... Drip .. Drip.... hmm is the hot water cylinder running??NOPE.. open cylinder cubpoard and woosh cylinder had burst.... Water inches deep everywhere
Quote from Xsannz: June 02, 2015, 09:39:13 amSaturday... Drip .. Drip.... hmm is the hot water cylinder running??NOPE.. open cylinder cubpoard and woosh cylinder had burst.... Water inches deep everywhere
Can't you run it up to the roof?
My flatmate pointed out to me on the weekend some dirty cunt has left a ruddy great dent in my car. Looks pretty much exactly the sort of dent you'd get if you were a prat driving a SUV/ute and can't turn into a park without knocking another car.
Quote from Lias: June 09, 2015, 07:46:50 amMy flatmate pointed out to me on the weekend some dirty cunt has left a ruddy great dent in my car. Looks pretty much exactly the sort of dent you'd get if you were a prat driving a SUV/ute and can't turn into a park without knocking another car.give me a yell if you need a guy who does paintless dent removal i got him to do some ones in the Kia doors after twats on windy days let their doors blow open.cost me 200bucks for about 5 decent dents.
