<t>zinkyusa wrote: don't rely to much on the extinction data wombat, it's normal for species to go extinct It is not at all normal, it is highly unusual and should be avoided at any cost. On average one species every five or six years goes extinct. And that average includes mass extinctions like the...

<t>Accountable wrote: We persevere. We adapt, We overcome. Occasionally only the very rich or very brutal overcome, but we do it.<br/> <br/> Of course, in the case where it is pointed out that it would be much better on every level to do something about emissions soon, we overcome that too.<br/> <br...

Bryn Mawr wrote: Changes of this magnitude would have a devastating effect on the regions flora and fauna.
Some say (.pdf) that we've got 10% of the world's species comitted to extinction now, with the 0.8°C we've already created.

And 30% by 2050 under "business as usual".

<t>Accountable wrote: I was trained in how to shoot people...we were taught to respect the life of the enemy by killing quickly rather than maiming and causing suffering.<br/> Right, so you were pointing a gun at a man shaped target, and were told, these are the parts of the anatomy that you want to...

papaboo951 wrote: any advise?


Be good to your mother, and don't eat yellow snow.

<r>Accountable wrote: wrong<br/> Well, I guess it depends on what you want the children to learn, but one would hope that the sort of person who goes into the demanding and unrewarding profession of teaching has in them a certain deep seated respect for human intellectual development, and so by infe...

<t>Diuretic wrote: Out of touch police management still believing that policing in Britain can be done by PC Dixon with a kindly smile and a wink, politicians who won't face up to the fact that sending police officers out to work without a handgun to defend themselves is blatantly stupid policy.<br/...

<t>Accountable wrote: Let the market take care of itself.<br/> A generally sound philosophy, and it would work in an environment where the taxis are unregulated.<br/> <br/> In NSW there are a finite number of taxis, and the taxi plates themselves are a significant investment ... comparable in cost t...

<r>Katy1 wrote: <URL url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5411954.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5411954.stm</URL><br/> <br/> I watched an interview with a Muslim women this morning who said that it was disgusting and showed disrespect and a breach of Muslims women's human rights...

If you can manage an independent, that's be funniest.

And best.

<r>Accountable wrote: Although ............ I wonder what would happen if a cabbie refused to pick up unescorted women because it's against his religion? Can they leave Jews standing? How about refusing to pick up GI's because they might have killed the driver's countrymen?<br/> <br/> <br/> Yes.<br/...

It don't matter how vengeful she gets, she's not gettin her look back:

Accountable wrote: The restrictions aren't geared to make you safer. It's made to make you feel safer.


Right.

So using those restrictions to further your censorship ideals is questionable ethically.

<r>abbey wrote: Welcome to FG Wombat. :-6 <br/> <br/> Are'nt wombats so sweet? found this pic of one on ski's....<br/> <br/> <br/> Well Abbey, that sure is the cutest little baby wombat I've ever seen!:-4 <br/> <br/> How that photos not on cuteoverload.com yet, I have no idea!<EMOJI seq="1f615" tseq...

<r>Welcome BW!<br/> <br/> So, tell me, what keeps a wombat from becoming bored?<EMOJI seq="1f615" tseq="1f615">:confused:</EMOJI> <br/> <br/> Do they just sit in trees and cry when they are bored? Or do they . . . OK, what the hell is a wombat?<br/> <br/> Are you cute and furry?:wah: <br/> <br/> <br...

<r>Rapunzel wrote: Hiya Wombat, welcome to FG. :-6<br/> <br/> <br/> Well, Hiya Rapunzel, and thanks for taking the time to welcome me.<E>:)</E> <br/> <br/> ... and I sure do appreciate you digging out that Tazzy Devil, so as a lonesome antipodean don't feel so homesick out here in the world wide web...

Pinky wrote: Ah, sorry! Hi Wombat!!!

Hope you're enjoying yourself so far:-6


Nice of you to say so Pinky, and I sure am.

Decent people here it seems. Downright civilised and friendly.

... I sure do feel out of place.

<r>Well, I've just been playing in the mountains for a few days.<br/> <br/> It sure is easy to feel welcome here, with all you peeps that just dropped by ta say G'day!<br/> <br/> tmbsgrl wrote: "It takes a minute to find someone special, an hour to appreciate them, and day to love them, but an entir...

<r>cherandbuster wrote: Hey BWMan (my nickname for you <E>:)</E> )<br/> <br/> Why don't you fill out your profile page<br/> <br/> So we can learn more about you<br/> <br/> Buster likes you already :p<br/> <br/> <br/> Well, Cher 'n' lil' Buster, that's a good idea. I should fill in me background a li...

<t>DesignerGal wrote: Bring it on!:D<br/> Well, DesignerGal, now it comes down to it, I don't feel right proper plunging into a melee without first gettin' me bearings.<br/> <br/> But thank you for the encouragement, I'll be sure to let fly with me full ... vocabulary ... when the time comes to do m...

<t>Hamster wrote: Hello and welcome!!!! :-6 <br/> <br/> <br/> Thank you kindly fellow furry animal!:yh_hugs <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Hamster wrote: Just how far can you hurl your phlegm?? I think as I remember Batty has the record here at 2.5 metres....:-3<br/> <br/> <br/> Well, if I get me dander al...

cherandbuster wrote: It's pronouced "Wise Guy"


Why! So it is! :yh_idea

That's so cute, I should've seen it right away!

<r>cherandbuster wrote: Hello and welcome Wombat <E>:)</E> <br/> <br/> We have a member here named Brownley who lives in Australia and is an ex-Kiwi as well!<br/> <br/> Hope you enjoy the Garden :-6<br/> <br/> <br/> Thank you kindly Cher and Buster.<br/> <br/> Yes, I think that we all came over here...

YZGI wrote: Welcome wombat. Dont fly too close to zinky he bites.:-2


Cheers for the advice YZGI! How is that name of yours pronounced little buddy?:yh_think

<r>Hi Zinky!<br/> <br/> That's a cool lil' avatar, you got there mate!<br/> <br/> I'm going to have to find an animated wombat somewhere.<E>:D</E><br/> <br/> ...edit: <br/> <br/> I found one: [Image won't post on the grounds of to few posts by me! :yh_wait <br/> <br/> But I can't see where to plug h...

<t>Giday!<br/> <br/> It's bored wombat 'ere from down unda - to this guy::driving: has the wheel on the wrong side of the gear stick.<br/> <br/> (Actual factual, I'm an expat kiwi, but what's nationality in this globalised world? (Don't you wish?)).<br/> <br/> So "Kia Ora", and all that!<br/> <br/> ...

<t>:-6 <br/> <br/> jimbo wrote: <br/> <br/> soooo i know a little of the ice caps are on land but not much ,so if she is right melting ice cap don't = much rise in water<br/> <br/> <br/> The rise in sea level so far is mostly due to thermal expansion of the oceans. (When the water gets hotter it tak...