Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Godwit

They are back. They arrived a few days ago at the estuary after their 11000 kilometer non stop flight.

On the next sunny day, we are going down to see them.

On the T V news last night, a guy wants them removed from the protected species list and suggests that people be allowed to eat them.

Rather than that, why not sell six breeding pairs to an interested person and allow theme to breed in captivity.

The deal being, that 50 per cent of the chicks are returned to D O C to be released - and the remainder used by the breeder to build up stocks and sell to people who want to eat them.
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Friday, September 05, 2008

Naughty Cat

This was from Dawnae this week. The caption was I can't respond to any emails today; something has crashed on my computer and the mouse is missing. I thought it was quite good so I have put it here. If anyone has any good cat pictures, please send them. Ruth loves cats and always gets a thrill from them. L L L
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Fw: The Weekend Builder: USB Power Strip, IKEA Hack, Macbook Upgrade, and more cool projects!



--- On Fri, 8/29/08, Instructables - Eric Wilhelm <coolprojects@instructables.com> wrote:
From: Instructables - Eric Wilhelm <coolprojects@instructables.com>
Subject: The Weekend Builder: USB Power Strip, IKEA Hack, Macbook Upgrade, and more cool projects!
To: r30398@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, August 29, 2008, 5:17 AM

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