Great. My new suburb gets bombed 4 Feb 2009 I move into a new place and less than three days later, it gets bombed. Well, strictly a place around the corner got bombed. I slept right through it. Seems someone doesn’t like the Hell’s Angels. I had no idea their clubhouse was nearby (not that it bothers me. I’ll leave them alone if they leave me alone). Administrative
Administrative Interregnum 21 Dec 2008 Because I have to hand back my laptop to my present employer, and my future employer won’t have a Mac for me before mid-January or later, I may not be able to post much for a while. I do have access to a desktop PC, but what can one really… Read More
Administrative Well, I’m in Sydney 2 Feb 2009 … but my furniture, clothes and importantly bedding aren’t. So I sleep on the floor tonight. Also I’m having horrible times trying to get the University of Sydney’s IT to give me access (it seems not to like Google Mail or Firefox). So blogging and replies will be slow for… Read More
Administrative Who… are you? 5 Jul 2010 Sorry. Dave Grohl moment there. All the Cool Kids at Scienceblogs are asking their readers to identify themselves. So, if the Cool Kids do it, I have to as well (why yes, I did have problems at high school. Why do you ask?). I hope they don’t leap over a… Read More
Nearly every biker I have ever known was courteous and intelligent, until you got three or more in one place, especially if there was alcohol. I shared a house with one biker once, and as soon as the third club member came around I excused myself for eight hours, and made sure to step over the bodies when I got back, and avoid the broken glass. But I do not look like a biker. I don’t ride a Harley or a rebuilt British bike, I ride what is technically known in the trade as “Jap Crap”.
Odds are, they will. Biker feuds are usually kept “in-house” as it were. You’re not part of the culture, you won’t get caught up in it. Even if you do ride a bike. However, you do run into people who’ll assume you’re a part of it because you look like you should be a part of it. Don’t waste your time with that sort; but be sure to be erudite and courteous, just to screw with their heads.
Odds are, they will. Biker feuds are usually kept “in-house” as it were. You’re not part of the culture, you won’t get caught up in it. Even if you do ride a bike. However, you do run into people who’ll assume you’re a part of it because you look like you should be a part of it. Don’t waste your time with that sort; but be sure to be erudite and courteous, just to screw with their heads.
Odds are, they will. Biker feuds are usually kept “in-house” as it were. You’re not part of the culture, you won’t get caught up in it. Even if you do ride a bike. However, you do run into people who’ll assume you’re a part of it because you look like you should be a part of it. Don’t waste your time with that sort; but be sure to be erudite and courteous, just to screw with their heads.
They leave you alone? You wish, John. They sell guns and drugs. How long until they get in a gun fight either at their clubhouse or during the escape from the clubhouse and the stray bullets come after you?
They leave you alone? You wish, John. They sell guns and drugs. How long until they get in a gun fight either at their clubhouse or during the escape from the clubhouse and the stray bullets come after you?
They leave you alone? You wish, John. They sell guns and drugs. How long until they get in a gun fight either at their clubhouse or during the escape from the clubhouse and the stray bullets come after you?
Well, Sydney was always far more “interesting” than Brisbane or Melbourne. At least now you don’t have to worry about being swept away in a cyclone!
Well, Sydney was always far more “interesting” than Brisbane or Melbourne. At least now you don’t have to worry about being swept away in a cyclone!
Polonius, why the link? Aerik: Hells Angels, if they break the law, should be brought to account. But I am not the guy to do it, OK? Apart from anything else, I have a son living with me… Greg, was what a hybrid? The bomb?
Sorry if the broken link made the reference more cryptic than I intended. I was referring to an amusing story that Wikipedia describes as “apocryphal”. It is alleged that the small town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the border between Scotland and England, was at war with Russia from 1853 until 1966. Your “I’ll leave them alone if they leave me alone” reminded me of the mayor of Berwick’s “Please tell the Russian people that they can sleep peacefully in their beds.”
Sorry if the broken link made the reference more cryptic than I intended. I was referring to an amusing story that Wikipedia describes as “apocryphal”. It is alleged that the small town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the border between Scotland and England, was at war with Russia from 1853 until 1966. Your “I’ll leave them alone if they leave me alone” reminded me of the mayor of Berwick’s “Please tell the Russian people that they can sleep peacefully in their beds.”
Sorry if the broken link made the reference more cryptic than I intended. I was referring to an amusing story that Wikipedia describes as “apocryphal”. It is alleged that the small town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the border between Scotland and England, was at war with Russia from 1853 until 1966. Your “I’ll leave them alone if they leave me alone” reminded me of the mayor of Berwick’s “Please tell the Russian people that they can sleep peacefully in their beds.”
In the article the claim is made that the Vatican has backed a declaration that proclaims that “It is not permitted to spread falsehood or disseminate that which involves encouraging abomination or *forsaking the Islamic community.*” Since the current Pope publicly baptized a former Muslim last Easter, I somehow doubt the claim of Vatican support for such a declaration.
In the article the claim is made that the Vatican has backed a declaration that proclaims that “It is not permitted to spread falsehood or disseminate that which involves encouraging abomination or *forsaking the Islamic community.*” Since the current Pope publicly baptized a former Muslim last Easter, I somehow doubt the claim of Vatican support for such a declaration.
Sorry, somehow posted on the wrong item. I will repost; please ignore the previous message (and this one) — or better yet delete them.
Sorry, somehow posted on the wrong item. I will repost; please ignore the previous message (and this one) — or better yet delete them.