tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post7183183263088205160..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Neanderthals, Denisovans and homo sapiens sapiens - and now the Monday Forum post as wellJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-26750829626703365172016-06-05T20:31:51.826+10:002016-06-05T20:31:51.826+10:00Oops on Finnish! Just responded! Enjoyed the MP so...Oops on Finnish! Just responded! Enjoyed the MP song, although it was remarkably not MP!<br /><br />Three is hardly a spate! While I haven't properly absorbed the new code, I would agree with you re lack of necessity. <br /><br /><br /> Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-89966945399706274002016-06-04T11:47:37.379+10:002016-06-04T11:47:37.379+10:00Geez Jim: 'Finnish' 'finish' - you...Geez Jim: 'Finnish' 'finish' - you had it right the first time; 'twas only a riff on your 'boarder policy' :)<br /><br />kvd<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwc3VGvlRY<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-38981150266851603642016-06-04T11:39:08.675+10:002016-06-04T11:39:08.675+10:00Jim, regarding "spate", there have been ...Jim, regarding "spate", there have been now 3 deaths in the last 3 months. Show jumpers in two cases, pony club the other, I think. The first of the three was quite high profile given the family's connection to all things horse.<br /><br />Individual tragedies, all - and I do agree the (quite old) instance forming the basis of that article was more about incompetent supervision of an inexperienced rider, placed on a racehorse retired for just 6 weeks - but none of the incidents require the nanny state to act imo.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-14194434004550537042016-06-04T10:49:02.434+10:002016-06-04T10:49:02.434+10:00Good morning, kvd. "Finnish" corrected! ...Good morning, kvd. "Finnish" corrected! I couldn't find that precise link you were referring too on the chooks. If I were a chook at the moment, I would retire to my pnen!<br /><br />I'm not sure that there has been a "spate" of recent deaths involving horses. Couldn't access that SMH story, I'm not quite sure when my month will be up (its been a long month!) and I can access my next thirty stories, but found the ABC story -http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-01/horse-riding-code-for-nsw-designed-to-cut-accident-numbers/7465404. Also found the proposed draft code - http://www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/assets/Uploads/Draft-horse-code-of-practice-for-consultation-2.pdf. Its a remarkably difficult document to read.<br /><br />I'm not sure what I think of all this. The death that triggered the whole thing was associated with a NSW TAFE course where they used an unsuitable horse. TAFE was responsible. <br /><br />Between 2000 and 2014 133 fatalities occurred Australia-wide. There have been almost 2,000 NSW workers' compensation claims relating to horses in the past five years, costing more than $14 million. These are actually not large numbers. <br /><br />Horses are dangerous. The number of horse related deaths in Australian colonial history when horses were so dominant was very high. Do we now need another set of regulations? A code need not be the same as regulations, but they tend to overlap. And once you have them, they extend. <br /><br />I have nothing but sympathy for Sarah Waugh's parents, but I'm not sure that the NSW code is the right solution. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-64151970322523497742016-06-04T07:39:19.118+10:002016-06-04T07:39:19.118+10:00I liked this: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-con...I liked this: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/domonkos-3.gif<br />from here : http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/06/bill-domonkos-surreal-animations/<br /><br />That's what my chooks are doing right now in the rain.<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-69376869756468946452016-06-01T06:45:38.647+10:002016-06-01T06:45:38.647+10:00On a more serious note, after the recent spate of ...On a more serious note, after the recent spate of deaths involving horse riding in all its forms, the inevitable has occurred:<br /><br />http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/first-safety-code-to-regulate-the-horseriding-industry-20160531-gp7z3j.html<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-49600551833802321992016-06-01T06:25:31.817+10:002016-06-01T06:25:31.817+10:00Jim, I don't usually point out spelling errors...Jim, I don't usually point out spelling errors, but there is only one 'n' in 'finish'.<br /><br />I do agree that it is a good idea to finish school, so look forward to your further post; is this in some way linked to your thoughts re 'open boarders'? <br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-43364909912900603622016-05-31T18:30:35.785+10:002016-05-31T18:30:35.785+10:00Good evening, both. I will add a postscript making...Good evening, both. I will add a postscript making this a Monday Forum post as well! <br /><br />I'm not sure about your typology, kvd. Perhaps I have different views. I do think the good Senator has gone a little off track in trying to appeal to such a disparate group in a way that kind of submerges issues and principles. But I can see the advantage of having that view in Parliament has a balance. <br /><br />I'm also not sure about the incestuous part! Not sure I want to respond to 2t's uncertainty. You may mean someone totally different.<br />Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-90879788966001654792016-05-31T09:59:08.858+10:002016-05-31T09:59:08.858+10:00tanners, Jim's post points out that we humans ...tanners, Jim's post points out that we humans are a bastard race, of doubtful lineage, and with incestuous animal instincts. This, and the fact that it was a sunny Monday, with little other news of note, basically forced my hand :)<br /><br />kvd<br /><br />ps "I'm not sure which is which and who is who" - accepted, but then, neither are they.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-30147356460680986422016-05-31T09:38:16.302+10:002016-05-31T09:38:16.302+10:00kvd, I'm not sure which is which and who is wh...kvd, I'm not sure which is which and who is who, but it's interesting that you've decided to post this under an article on neanderthals et al. :)2 tannersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-76501172732512852092016-05-30T15:49:09.052+10:002016-05-30T15:49:09.052+10:00Being it's Monday and all - I see the obnoxiou...Being it's Monday and all - I see the obnoxious has had done with the specious, and now, Jim, I'm left wondering if that will change your threatened vote :)<br /><br />kvdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com