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Re: Cyclone update. [message #257798] Mo, 17 April 2006 12:09
Mindi  
snip


Here comes another one!

Mindi
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258188 ] Di, 18 April 2006 10:42
redtiger  
"Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1145268557.817469.30930 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> snip
>
>
> Here comes another one!
>
> Mindi
>
Find something solid, think safe thoughts and let us know everything's ok
once it has passed.
Speaking of which, anyone heard from Naomi lately?

Anthony
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258234 ] Di, 18 April 2006 15:39
Mindi  
redtiger wrote:
> "Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:1145268557.817469.30930 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > snip
> >
> >
> > Here comes another one!
> >
> > Mindi
> >
> Find something solid, think safe thoughts and let us know everything's ok
> once it has passed.
> Speaking of which, anyone heard from Naomi lately?
>
> Anthony

Have a look at this
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
There arn't to many people up there, but if it keeps going west it
could cause trouble for Darwin. When they follow that path they like to
re-intensify in the gulf and have a wack at the NT.

Actually I would like to hear what happened with Naomi's work with
regards to not paying people the monday no one could go to work.
Especially after the goverment has been playing up the fact of how
generous they are being with their disaster relief money, for
businesses and farmers that is.

Mindi
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258250 ] Di, 18 April 2006 17:44
Daibhid Ceannaideach  
Also Sprach Mindi:

> Have a look at this
> http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
> There arn't to many people up there, but if it keeps going
> west it could cause trouble for Darwin.

A bit like the American education system...

--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
"[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258254 ] Di, 18 April 2006 18:57
redtiger  
"Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
news:1145367557.148271.93560 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
>
> redtiger wrote:
>> "Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:1145268557.817469.30930 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >
>> > snip
>> >
>> >
>> > Here comes another one!
>> >
>> > Mindi
>> >
>> Find something solid, think safe thoughts and let us know everything's ok
>> once it has passed.
>> Speaking of which, anyone heard from Naomi lately?
>>
>> Anthony
>
> Have a look at this
> http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
> There arn't to many people up there, but if it keeps going west it
> could cause trouble for Darwin. When they follow that path they like to
> re-intensify in the gulf and have a wack at the NT.
>

Not good for NT communities, but the ones that make it into the gulf tend to
drag the rain behind them into our area. This is a good thing for us at the
moment.

> Actually I would like to hear what happened with Naomi's work with
> regards to not paying people the monday no one could go to work.
> Especially after the goverment has been playing up the fact of how
> generous they are being with their disaster relief money, for
> businesses and farmers that is.
>

Yes, that's what I thinking of too. We know she got through the last one OK.
Though I don't think the relief money would go to people living in Cairns
itself. Farmers to the south perhaps?

Anthony

--
Light is faster than sound.
That's why people seem bright until you hear them speak.
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258345 ] Mi, 19 April 2006 06:05
Mindi  
Daibhid Ceanaideach wrote:
> Also Sprach Mindi:
>
> > Have a look at this
> > http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
> > There arn't to many people up there, but if it keeps going
> > west it could cause trouble for Darwin.
>
> A bit like the American education system...

very droll :-)

Mindi
>
> --
> Dave
> Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
> http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
> "[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
> the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
> Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258347 ] Mi, 19 April 2006 06:34
Mindi  
redtiger wrote:
> "Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:1145367557.148271.93560 [at] e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > redtiger wrote:
> >> "Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> >> news:1145268557.817469.30930 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >> >
> >> > snip
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Here comes another one!
> >> >
> >> > Mindi
> >> >
> >> Find something solid, think safe thoughts and let us know everything's ok
> >> once it has passed.
> >> Speaking of which, anyone heard from Naomi lately?
> >>
> >> Anthony
> >
> > Have a look at this
> > http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
> > There arn't to many people up there, but if it keeps going west it
> > could cause trouble for Darwin. When they follow that path they like to
> > re-intensify in the gulf and have a wack at the NT.
> >
>
> Not good for NT communities, but the ones that make it into the gulf tend to
> drag the rain behind them into our area. This is a good thing for us at the
> moment.
>
> > Actually I would like to hear what happened with Naomi's work with
> > regards to not paying people the monday no one could go to work.
> > Especially after the goverment has been playing up the fact of how
> > generous they are being with their disaster relief money, for
> > businesses and farmers that is.
> >
>
> Yes, that's what I thinking of too. We know she got through the last one OK.
> Though I don't think the relief money would go to people living in Cairns
> itself. Farmers to the south perhaps?
>
> Anthony
>
> --
> Light is faster than sound.
> That's why people seem bright until you hear them speak.


I need to drive to Port Douglas by Saturday for a wedding but i think
the roads will be cut soon so I'm not sure if we should risk the drive.
Could do with more rain, but only in the dam. My grass is begining to
reminding me of the disastrous swamp broom landing in WA. Looks like
grass but it aint!

I'm cranky at the supermarkets because the day after the news started
saying "oh the poor banana farmers" and talking about how bananas WILL
be in short supply they hiked their prices by at least 100%. Now the
bananas in the shops had already been paid for so the extra money coles
and woolies charged did not go to the farmers. If it had, the shops
would have been saying "look how good we are donating this money etc"
I can understand that they are pricey now but the day after the cyclone
hit was a bit rude if you ask me. It will be interesting to drive
through all the cane feilds and see how much clean up has been done, if
any. And I want to see the rain forest outside of Cardwell. They say
it will take up to tweny years to recover, considering how old the
forest is thats pretty impressive.

Mindi
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258370 ] Mi, 19 April 2006 13:21
Arthur Hagen  
Mindi <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote:
>
> I'm cranky at the supermarkets because the day after the news started
> saying "oh the poor banana farmers" and talking about how bananas WILL
> be in short supply they hiked their prices by at least 100%. Now the
> bananas in the shops had already been paid for so the extra money
> coles and woolies charged did not go to the farmers. If it had, the
> shops would have been saying "look how good we are donating this
> money etc" I can understand that they are pricey now but the day
> after the cyclone hit was a bit rude if you ask me.

Over here, that's called price gouging, and illegal. A few gas stations
around here just got slapped with pretty heavy fines for having done that
after New Orleans got soaked.

Regards,
--
*Art
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258385 ] Mi, 19 April 2006 17:31
Mindi  
Arthur Hagen wrote:
> Mindi <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > I'm cranky at the supermarkets because the day after the news started
> > saying "oh the poor banana farmers" and talking about how bananas WILL
> > be in short supply they hiked their prices by at least 100%. Now the
> > bananas in the shops had already been paid for so the extra money
> > coles and woolies charged did not go to the farmers. If it had, the
> > shops would have been saying "look how good we are donating this
> > money etc" I can understand that they are pricey now but the day
> > after the cyclone hit was a bit rude if you ask me.
>
> Over here, that's called price gouging, and illegal. A few gas stations
> around here just got slapped with pretty heavy fines for having done that
> after New Orleans got soaked.

Really makes me angry when people take advantage of disasters in any
form. It's pretty low. That's probably the first thing I have heard
about people doing the right thing in New Orleans (fining the people
price gouging). All we got on the news was how terrible the government
handled everything , oh and some "human interest" story about a guy who
looked after a hole bunch of pets for the people who were forced to
evacuate without them.

Mindi
>
> Regards,
> --
> *Art
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258501 ] Do, 20 April 2006 01:22
Aggie  
"Arthur Hagen" <art [at] broomstick.com> wrote in message
news:e256g6$p96$1 [at] tree.broomstick.com...
> Mindi <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> I'm cranky at the supermarkets because the day after the news started
>> saying "oh the poor banana farmers" and talking about how bananas WILL
>> be in short supply they hiked their prices by at least 100%. Now the
>> bananas in the shops had already been paid for so the extra money
>> coles and woolies charged did not go to the farmers. If it had, the
>> shops would have been saying "look how good we are donating this
>> money etc" I can understand that they are pricey now but the day
>> after the cyclone hit was a bit rude if you ask me.
>
> Over here, that's called price gouging, and illegal. A few gas stations
> around here just got slapped with pretty heavy fines for having done that
> after New Orleans got soaked.
>
> Regards,
> --
> *Art

I wish they'd fine Exxon and Mobil since they've had record high profits. I
guess it helps to be friends with the President.

:p
Aggie
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258672 ] Fr, 21 April 2006 01:23
naomi  
Mindi wrote:
> redtiger wrote:
>> "Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:1145268557.817469.30930 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> snip
>>>
>>>
>>> Here comes another one!
>>>
>>> Mindi
>>>
>> Find something solid, think safe thoughts and let us know everything's ok
>> once it has passed.
>> Speaking of which, anyone heard from Naomi lately?
>>
>> Anthony
>
> Have a look at this
> http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
> There arn't to many people up there, but if it keeps going west it
> could cause trouble for Darwin. When they follow that path they like to
> re-intensify in the gulf and have a wack at the NT.
>
> Actually I would like to hear what happened with Naomi's work with
> regards to not paying people the monday no one could go to work.
> Especially after the goverment has been playing up the fact of how
> generous they are being with their disaster relief money, for
> businesses and farmers that is.
>
> Mindi
>

I've kind of been making brief visits and lurking a bit lately, RL has
been busy and when I log on and there are 1000 or so unread messages
even afp can turn into a chore. Work did a backflip and paid us, I think
they knew it wouldn't be good publicity if they didn't.

I'm glad someone noticed I wasn't around much. I've been a bit down
lately, and my Dr has asked me to try altering my diet and to be a bit
more active rather than the medication route this time, I can see how
that would help, it's motivation I'm having trouble with, however he
also suggested that I try not to be so self critical, so I'm not being
to mean to me about not excersising. If I could find something fun that
didn't involve hard work I'd consider it.

love,

naomi
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258715 ] Fr, 21 April 2006 08:36
Eric Jarvis  
naomi kittenkat [at] dodo.com.au wrote in <444817f9 [at] news.comindico.com.au>:
>
> I'm glad someone noticed I wasn't around much. I've been a bit down
> lately, and my Dr has asked me to try altering my diet and to be a bit
> more active rather than the medication route this time, I can see how
> that would help, it's motivation I'm having trouble with, however he
> also suggested that I try not to be so self critical, so I'm not being
> to mean to me about not excersising. If I could find something fun that
> didn't involve hard work I'd consider it.
>

Put some music on when doing the housework and do the washing up dance and
the vacuuming dance etc.

--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258717 ] Fr, 21 April 2006 09:29
redtiger  
"naomi" <kittenkat [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
news:444817f9 [at] news.comindico.com.au...
>
> I've kind of been making brief visits and lurking a bit lately, RL has
> been busy and when I log on and there are 1000 or so unread messages even
> afp can turn into a chore.

If you mark the Letsebruergesch thread as read, you will clear up about 90%
of your unread posts. There is some interesting debate in there but you have
to weigh up how many hours you have in a day.

>Work did a backflip and paid us, I think they knew it wouldn't be good
>publicity if they didn't.
>

Good news.

> I'm glad someone noticed I wasn't around much. I've been a bit down
> lately,

Not so good.

>and my Dr has asked me to try altering my diet and to be a bit more active
>rather than the medication route this time, I can see how that would help,
>it's motivation I'm having trouble with, however he also suggested that I
>try not to be so self critical, so I'm not being to mean to me about not
>excersising. If I could find something fun that didn't involve hard work
>I'd consider it.
>

There's a double intender there, but I think I'll leave it alone. :-)

Anthony

--
Beware of the dog!
The cat is also untrustworthy.
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258720 ] Fr, 21 April 2006 09:38
Brenda  
Eric Jarvis said:

> naomi kittenkat [at] dodo.com.au wrote in <444817f9 [at] news.comindico.com.au>:
>>
>> I'm glad someone noticed I wasn't around much. I've been a bit down
>> lately, and my Dr has asked me to try altering my diet and to be a bit
>> more active rather than the medication route this time, I can see how
>> that would help, it's motivation I'm having trouble with, however he
>> also suggested that I try not to be so self critical, so I'm not being
>> to mean to me about not excersising. If I could find something fun that
>> didn't involve hard work I'd consider it.
>>
>
> Put some music on when doing the housework and do the washing up dance and
> the vacuuming dance etc.

Thanks a bunch. Ear worm (from TV advertisement back in the evil days when I
watched such things):

"Do the Shake-n-Vac n' put the freshness back,
Do the Shake-n-Vac n' put the freshness back,
Do the Shake-n-Vac n' put the freshness back,
Do the Shake-n-Vac n' put the freshness back"

The tune wasn't actually all that bad - insofar as you wouldn't have cringed
if you'd heard it *once* in the middle of a decent song - but the
lyrics...!

--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258765 ] Fr, 21 April 2006 13:11
Daibhid Ceannaideach  
Also Sprach Richard Heathfield:

> Eric Jarvis said:

>> Put some music on when doing the housework and do the
>> washing up dance and the vacuuming dance etc.
>
> Thanks a bunch. Ear worm (from TV advertisement back in the
> evil days when I watched such things):
>
> "Do the Shake-n-Vac n' put the freshness back,
> Do the Shake-n-Vac n' put the freshness back,
> Do the Shake-n-Vac n' put the freshness back,
> Do the Shake-n-Vac n' put the freshness back"
>
> The tune wasn't actually all that bad - insofar as you
> wouldn't have cringed if you'd heard it *once* in the
> middle of a decent song - but the lyrics...!

After two repetitions, didn't it go:

"If your carpet smells fresh your room does too,
Ev'ry time you vacuum, remember what to do,"

Not a huge improvement, I admit...

--
Dave
Official Absentee of EU Skiffeysoc
http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/sesoc
"[Wolverine]'s in every book. I think he just joined
the JLA, and for some reason he's in the revised
Penguin edition of Little Dorrit." -Joss Whedon
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258798 ] Fr, 21 April 2006 16:12
Brenda  
Daibhid Ceanaideach said:

> After two repetitions, didn't it go:
>
> "If your carpet smells fresh your room does too,
> Ev'ry time you vacuum, remember what to do,"

Good grief - you're right. Thanks a bundle.

> Not a huge improvement, I admit...

Let's just say it's not going to hit the top of the underground charts any
time soon. I make no claims about the pop charts - *anything* is possible
there.

--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)
Re: Cyclone update. [message #258838 ] Fr, 21 April 2006 22:10
Lesley Weston  
in article 444817f9 [at] news.comindico.com.au, naomi at kittenkat [at] dodo.com.au
wrote on 20/04/2006 4:23 PM:

> Mindi wrote:
>> redtiger wrote:
>>> "Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
>>> news:1145268557.817469.30930 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>> snip
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here comes another one!
>>>>
>>>> Mindi
>>>>
>>> Find something solid, think safe thoughts and let us know everything's ok
>>> once it has passed.
>>> Speaking of which, anyone heard from Naomi lately?
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>
>> Have a look at this
>> http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
>> There arn't to many people up there, but if it keeps going west it
>> could cause trouble for Darwin. When they follow that path they like to
>> re-intensify in the gulf and have a wack at the NT.
>>
>> Actually I would like to hear what happened with Naomi's work with
>> regards to not paying people the monday no one could go to work.
>> Especially after the goverment has been playing up the fact of how
>> generous they are being with their disaster relief money, for
>> businesses and farmers that is.
>>
>> Mindi
>>
>
> I've kind of been making brief visits and lurking a bit lately, RL has
> been busy and when I log on and there are 1000 or so unread messages
> even afp can turn into a chore. Work did a backflip and paid us, I think
> they knew it wouldn't be good publicity if they didn't.

Good! And it's good to hear from you again.
>
> I'm glad someone noticed I wasn't around much. I've been a bit down
> lately, and my Dr has asked me to try altering my diet and to be a bit
> more active rather than the medication route this time, I can see how
> that would help, it's motivation I'm having trouble with, however he
> also suggested that I try not to be so self critical, so I'm not being
> to mean to me about not excersising. If I could find something fun that
> didn't involve hard work I'd consider it.

My doctor said I had to do an exercise class, so I do, and found to my
surprise that it's actually quite fun - it's almost a social occasion.

--
Lesley Weston.

Brightly_coloured_blob is real, but I don't often check even the few bits
that get through Yahoo's filters. To reach me, use leswes att shaw dott ca,
changing spelling and spacing as required.
Re: Cyclone update. [message #259057 ] So, 23 April 2006 11:36
Mindi  
naomi wrote:
> Mindi wrote:
> > redtiger wrote:
> >> "Mindi" <mindikingsun [at] dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> >> news:1145268557.817469.30930 [at] i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>> snip
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Here comes another one!
> >>>
> >>> Mindi
> >>>
> >> Find something solid, think safe thoughts and let us know everything's ok
> >> once it has passed.
> >> Speaking of which, anyone heard from Naomi lately?
> >>
> >> Anthony
> >
> > Have a look at this
> > http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDE00902.loop.shtml
> > There arn't to many people up there, but if it keeps going west it
> > could cause trouble for Darwin. When they follow that path they like to
> > re-intensify in the gulf and have a wack at the NT.
> >
> > Actually I would like to hear what happened with Naomi's work with
> > regards to not paying people the monday no one could go to work.
> > Especially after the goverment has been playing up the fact of how
> > generous they are being with their disaster relief money, for
> > businesses and farmers that is.
> >
> > Mindi
> >
>
> I've kind of been making brief visits and lurking a bit lately, RL has
> been busy and when I log on and there are 1000 or so unread messages
> even afp can turn into a chore. Work did a backflip and paid us, I think
> they knew it wouldn't be good publicity if they didn't.
>
> I'm glad someone noticed I wasn't around much. I've been a bit down
> lately, and my Dr has asked me to try altering my diet and to be a bit
> more active rather than the medication route this time, I can see how
> that would help, it's motivation I'm having trouble with, however he
> also suggested that I try not to be so self critical, so I'm not being
> to mean to me about not excersising. If I could find something fun that
> didn't involve hard work I'd consider it.
>
> love,
>
> naomi

I'm glad work paid you! If your not a big fan of exercise/find it hard
to allocate time for but you need to be active I find it easy to park
your car in the back corner of the car park if you go to the shops or
where ever this can add upto ten minutes walking time each time you do
it, ever little bit helps. Also if you want help breaking self
critical thoughts Paul Hanna is a good author (if you don't mind being
spotted in the self help section of a book shop) Good luck and I hope
you start to feel better very soon. No doubt that will be easier when
all that rain clears up!

Mindi
Re: Cyclone update. [message #259060 ] So, 23 April 2006 11:55
Mindi  
> >> > snip

>
> Yes, that's what I thinking of too. We know she got through the last one OK.
> Though I don't think the relief money would go to people living in Cairns
> itself. Farmers to the south perhaps?
>
> Anthony
>
> --
> Light is faster than sound.
> That's why people seem bright until you hear them speak.

Got through to Port Doglas Ok, only had to drive throught water 30cm
deep twice at Tully. And there were a few land slids up past Cairns.
The pot holes were big enough to lose a car in at some places. We had
to have 2 people "driving" in each car. The second person was on pot
hole watch.

Saw the damage from the last cyclone. The rainforest isn't there any
more! From a distance it looks like there has been a massive fire but
when you get up close it is all bare trunks. It was like someone took
a giant comb and combed out all the leaves. Some trees had sheets of
tin from roofs stuck in them, would have been bloody scarey to go
through.

We wanted to stop in Innisfail and have our lunch break there to put
money into the area, but alot of the shop signs were damaged so we
found it hard to find a place to stop. On our way home we pulled into
McDonalds so the kids could play on the equipment. The playground was
unmarked, yet the place across the road had no roof! That says a lot
for modern day plastic play equipment!

Mindi
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