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These are real stories from us as parents of lesbian and gay children describing our experiences and feelings about discovering our child's sexuality. There are also two stories from a gay person's perspective.
We also have a video of parents taking about when they were told they have a lesbian or gay child.
|Adrian's Story (Gay person)
As a child I remember feeling instinctively that I was different from other boys. In my teens, when my friends started dating girls, I wanted to do the same, but it just didn't feel right. I felt awkward and inferior. I had often heard insults like "queer" and "pansy", but it was not until I knew what the words meant, that I realised that they described me - I was Gay...
|Christine's Story (Parent of a gay child)
When our only son announced, at the age of thirty, that he was Gay, I did not know very much about homosexuality. I had been aware that Adrian was holding something back from me. But the very last thing that I was expecting was for him to tell his father and me that he was homosexual. Although confused and struggling to accept what he was telling us, I was relieved that he was not ill or involved in some kind of trouble. But my world had been shaken hard and turned upside down...
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|Howard's Story (Gay person)
I wish to introduce myself. My name is Howard Lawrenson and I am 27 years old. I am originally from Warrington but now live in Manchester with my partner Paul. In the following account of my life I have tried to express some of the joys, some of the difficult times and what were often very emotional times in my life....
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|Inga's Story (Parent of a gay child)
It is more than 20 years since I learned that my son John is gay. He told both his father and me when he was a 16-year-old schoolboy, and that was the day that changed my life. Neither my husband nor myself had the slightest idea. He'd been through all the normal stages of a boy's life, just like his brother who is 14 months older. I suppose we took it for granted that they would both find girl friends, get married and have children. Homosexuality was something we knew nothing about, and something we never expected would touch our lives...
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|Lois' Story (Parent of a gay child)
Our son, Joe, was 16 when he came out to us. The previous weekend we had been shopping in Manchester and had watched the Manchester Pride Parade. His dad and I had suspected that he was gay for about 2 years prior to that and had tried to broach the subject on several occasions. However, watching his reaction to the parade confirmed in my mind we were right and, several days later, he confirmed the fact himself...
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|Janet's Story (Parent of a gay child)
My son was born in 1992. He is my first child and has always been a happy, sociable person. In 1996 we had a daughter and both children have always got along well. Although we would find our son playing with his sister's Barbie dolls on his own, it never occurred to us to worry about this. He showed an aptitude for acting and drama from a very early age and much of the play seemed to involve role play especially when the Action Men were drafted in too...
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|Margaret's Story (Parent of a gay child)
My partner and I became involved with Manchester Parents Group when her 26 year old daughter came out to us. Many of our friends couldn't understand why this should upset us so much as we are in a gay relationship and have been for the last 30 years. We blamed ourselves because of our lifestyle and the fact that our friends were mainly gay couples...
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|Pam's Story (Parent of a gay child)
Our son said to us one evening, when he was 16 yrs old 'I think I might be gay.' We were taken by surprise, but realised that it had taken a lot of courage for him to tell us. Lots of emotions were being felt, most predominately, fear that he would come up against a lot of prejudice. We talked to him to assure him that if he was gay we would support him in any way we could...
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For help and information we have...
- Frequently Asked Questions
The answers to questions Parents of Lesbians and Gays frequently ask.
- A Guide For Families And Friends of Lesbian and Gays
This information has been written primarily for parents but is also useful for families and friends.
- How do I Tell My Parents I'm Lesbian or Gay?
Useful for people contemplating coming out to their parents.
- Our Kids Are Alright Booklet (PDF format - Get a free PDF reader - Site looks cheap but excellent PDF reader)
LGF's excellent booklet for Parents of Gay and Lesbian Children produced with help from us.
You can also watch...
- Parents Talking About Their Lesbian and Gay Children Video
A video of Parents describing their feelings when discovering they had a lesbian or gay child
Or have a look at...
- Our Photos and Videos
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Appeared: Episode 41, 15/11/2009
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Kirrilee is a lawyer and mother of three from Tamworth in NSW, whose nickname at her first place of employment was Killer.
- Katherine of Aragon was married to Henry's older brother Arthur first.
- Katherine Parr was a widow twice before marrying Henry.
- Katherine of Aragon was six years older than Henry.
- Henry's longest marriage was to Katherine of Aragon - it lasted 24 years.
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Rambling Boy – Making the trek to El Paso, then and now
February 2nd, 2012 under West Texas Talk
By LONN TAYLOR
In the summer of 1879, a 46-year-old ex-Confederate colonel named George Wythe Baylor started out from San Antonio on horseback to take a new job in El Paso. The job, which paid $75 a month, was a lieutenancy in the Texas Rangers. Baylor later wrote that as he had a family and "had been about two years on scant rations and no pay," he was glad to get it.
Baylor made the 638-mile trip in style. While he rode horseback, his wife, his two daughters (one 14 and one 4), and his sister-in-law traveled in a hack drawn by two mules, followed by a wagon packed with a piano, a cook stove, household furnishings, trunks, and a coop of fighting chickens. Behind that wagon was a second wagon loaded with groceries for the trip and forage for the animals. A two-wheeled cart carrying two men who were bound for New Mexico and did not want to travel alone brought up the rear. Five mounted rangers escorted the group. Tom Lea's luminous painting "Ranger Escort West of the Pecos" depicts Baylor's caravan traversing the desert west of the Quitman Mountains. It was used by the University of Texas Press on the jacket of the 1965 edition of Walter Prescott Webb's The Texas Rangers.
Baylor's party spent six weeks on the journey, following the old military road from San Antonio to El Paso. At Howard's Wells, near present-day Ozona, they saw the remains of a government wagon train that had been looted and burned by Apaches. That night, Baylor recalled, they were especially vigilant in camp. He told his wife, "If a row comes off tonight, don't scream. Put Mary (the youngest girl) in the oven of the cooking stove. Lie down with Kate and Helen, and remain quiet." Fortunately the Apaches, seeing that they were outnumbered by Baylor's party, bypassed it. The Baylors went on through Wild Rose Pass, up Limpia Canyon and through Fort Davis, past El Muerto Springs and Van Horn Wells, where they again saw signs of Apaches, and finally reached the tree-shaded plaza of Ysleta, their destination, in safety. Twenty years later Baylor wrote an account of this trip to the "far, wild country," as he called it, for the El Paso Herald. By then El Paso, which had a population of several hundred when Baylor arrived, had grown into a city of 16,000 people.
Today El Paso has a population of 800,000. I have been replicating the western end of Baylor's trip for nearly 10 years now, driving from Fort Davis to El Paso and back once every couple of months, and recently it has seemed like half of those 800,000 people are out on Interstate 10 every day. It took Baylor about two weeks to get from Fort Davis to El Paso. It takes me about three hours, but it seems like most of the other folks on the Interstate are trying to cut my time in half. I put the cruise control at the legal speed limit of 80mph, but other drivers constantly breeze around me at 90 or even 100. The worst offenders are Californians, who not only hit three-digit speeds but have enormous bundles flapping in the wind on the tops of their SUVs. Like Baylor, they travel with a lot of baggage.
My earliest memory of El Paso is of changing trains there on a trip to California when I was seven, in 1947. My mother and I had an hour between trains and we spent it walking along a street near the station looking in shop windows. One window had an entire miniature frontier town in it, populated by live white mice, who scurried in and out of the buildings on a bed of wood shavings. Something had agitated the mice just as we approached the window, and they were madly racing around the little village, ricocheting off buildings and off of each other. It made a lasting impression on my seven-year old mind and is a perfect metaphor for El Paso today.
I find El Paso almost impossible to drive in. The city is squeezed between Mount Franklin, Fort Bliss, a huge railroad yard, and the Rio Grande, and no matter where I want to go one of these features is in the way and I get lost trying to drive around it. The streets are always full of fast-moving traffic, unlike those in Fort Davis, which are primarily used as napping spots by dogs. There are other hazards. El Paso is the violent weather capital of America. My wife and I once ran into the worst rainstorm either of us have ever encountered in our lives on Interstate 10 just east of town. It was coming down so hard and fast I could barely see the hood of our car. I managed to pull onto the shoulder and stop, but the wind was buffeting the car so hard I was sure we were going to be tipped into the ditch, which was full to overflowing. We sat there and prayed for a good half hour before the storm moved on. On another occasion we drove into a blinding rain coming into El Paso from the north. I thought it would be safer to get off of the Interstate so I pulled onto Mesa Street, which was not only a foot deep in water but full of the boulders which had been placed down the center strip as ornamental rocks and were now tumbling down the pavement in the current. It was like driving down a Colorado trout stream in a spring flood.
I recently had to drive to El Paso and back twice in one week, first to purchase and then to pick up a new computer in Cielo Vista Mall. My compensation for the trips was two delicious lunches, one at the Café Central downtown, which I regard as the best restaurant between Dallas and Los Angeles, and the other at Tara Thai on Mesa Street. But the trips were still made nerve-wracking by the amount of traffic encountered. In between them I stopped off at the hospital in Alpine to visit Cecilia Thompson and I ran into my friend Mojella Moore, a lady in her 80s, sitting in the waiting room. I joined her for a few minutes and told her I had just been to El Paso and had to go back, and she said, "The last time I was in El Paso was on December 23, 1991. We drove through a snowstorm on the way there and another one on the way back. I haven't been there since." Mojella is a smart woman.
Lonn Taylor is a historian and writer who lives in Fort Davis. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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'I Am Elemental' Kickstarter Aims To Empower Girls (And Everyone Else) With Positive Action Figures
Variety in action figures isn't what it could be. Just as mainstream superhero comics struggle with the representation of women, so too do most corresponding toy lines. Not a lot of female superheroes make it to mainstream toy retailers and many that do are sexualized or at very least created with a straight, adult, male collector in mind. The new IAmElemental Kickstarter seeks to address this disparity, however, by providing young girls, their parents, and anyone else who enjoys articulated adventurer toys with a fresh line of superpowered figures
The toy line consists of seven characters based on "Elements of Courage," which is a kind of reimagined periodic table of elements. Bravery, Energy, Honesty, Industry, Enthusiasm, and Persistence lead the way in a loose storyline about courage vs. the embodiment of fear known as, well, Fear, that's meant to serve as a springboard for imaginative play. Multimedia featuring the characters (like comic books) are in the pipeline to expand the IAmElemental world, though. There's some palpable similarities to Geoff Johns' Green Lantern mythos here, but I suspect IAmElemental's realm won't include much dismemberment. It's not listed as a play feature on these toys, anyway.
On a basic level these seem like legit action figures. Given that they're prototyped by Eleventyplex, a company that's worked with Mattel and other major toy companies on characters like Batman, Polly Pocket and Voltron, it's not a surprise. The basic sculpt that each of these initial figures is built on is designed to have "healthier breast, waist and hip ratios" than those of many of their contemporaries on the pegs. They're 4″ tall, sport 9 points of articulation (including ball-jointed hips and shoulders) and come packed with removable armor-y attachment (energy projection, wings, capes), a shield, and an offensive weapon. They get extra points for being sculpted with a right hand that doubles as a weapon holder/fist.
It's worth noting that even though this line addresses many issues people have with gendered toys, for better or worse, there's still plenty of pink and purple to go around. There's almost just as much orange, though, so it's not quite a full-on Lisa Frank thing happening here.
Interested collectors can get a single figure at the $10 backing level, with higher levels offering more figures and even the chance to talk to the project's creators about the line's second wave.
IAmElemental's Kickstarter has already been funded. And then some. As of press time it's on its way to tripling its $35,000 goal with nearly three weeks left to raise further funds.


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The new branch, which also sees the creation of 18 new jobs, opens for business from today and will occupy 16,500 square feet at Nottingham's Centurion Business Centre.
Rob Briggs, (pictured), the newly appointed General Manager of Shred it in Nottingham, said: "Positioned at the heart of the East Midlands, with excellent transport links and populated by an increasingly diverse range of public and private sector organisations, Nottingham provides the perfect location for our flagship branch in the region."
"In these times of economic downturn, we are also pleased to be creating new jobs in the area, a move we see as testament to the vibrancy of Nottingham's business environment."
Shred-it already provides document destruction solutions to almost 2,000 customers throughout the East Midlands, ranging from government agencies to financial and legal institutions. In the past year, Shred-it's customer base within the region has grown by 20 per cent, as businesses have become increasingly conscious of the potential financial and reputational risks posed by the prospect of a breach of confidential data.
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But I know I had a growing feeling in the later years of my work at the subject that a good mathematical theorem dealing with economic hypothesis was very unlikely to be good economics: and I went more and more on the rules – (1) Use mathematics as a shorthand language, rather than as an engine of inquiry. (2) Keep to them till you have done. (3) Translate into English (4) Then illustrate by examples that are important in real life (5) Burn mathematics (6) If you can't succeed in 4, burn in 3.
–Marshall wrote to Bowley, 1906
The aim of language is to say something — and not merely about the language itself. Mathematical social science is, foremost, social science. If it is bad social science (i.e., empirically false), the fact that it is good mathematics (i.e., logically consistent) should provide little comfort
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Indiana didn't muster much offense, but with ace Sean Thompson on the hill, the Indians didn't need much.
Thompson tossed a four-hitter, and the Indians scored a run in each of the fourth and fifth innings to nip Derry, 2-1, in a WPIAL Section 2-AAA baseball game Monday at Keystone Rehab Field.
Thompson, who struck out 12 and walked none to win his third straight game, has racked up 38 strikeouts and just five walks in 23 innings.
"I have to give Sean Thompson a lot of credit. He pitched another tremendous game," Indiana coach Rob Stossel said. "That's three complete games in a row for him. He's really pitched with a lot of poise and composure. He's just taking control of games when he's on the bump."
The Indians' Zach Schultz tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth when he reached base on an error, stole second and scored on an error.
An inning later, leadoff hitter Danny Clark advanced to third base after ripping a fly ball that Derry right fielder Kyle Holmes misplayed near the fence. Clark scored the game-winning run on the next at-bat on Bo Putt's grounder to second base.
Losing pitcher Connor Wege struck out six, walked two and allowed five hits in six innings.
Indiana (7-2, 4-1 section) plays host to Kittanning today, and Derry (5-2, 4-1) welcomes Greensburg Salem on Thursday.
BLAIRSVILLE 20, PENNS MANOR 3: Host Blairsville amassed a season-high 15 hits and plated 15 runs in the third inning to thump Penns Manor in a Heritage Conference game that was shortened to three innings due to the mercy rule.
Blairsville, which jumped out to a 5-0 lead, plated 15 runs on nine hits, five walks and a hit batsman in the top of the third. The Bobcats scored 10 runs with two outs in the inning.
"We had some guys on in the first inning, we just couldn't produce," Blairsville coach Mark Zerfoss said. "But we strung some hits and walks together in the second and took a lead, and then everything just seemed to go our way in the last inning."
Anthony Faulk and Colton McMillan each singled twice, scored twice and drove in three runs for Blairsville. Reed Ratkus doubled, tripled and drove in four runs. Nick Scribe singled, scored twice and drove in two runs, and Josh Daugherty singled twice, scored three times and drove in a run. Lucas Palmer doubled, scored three times and drove in two runs, and John Distefano singled, doubled, scored three times and drove in a run.
Bobby Thompson and Ratkus teamed up to fire a one-hitter. Thompson struck out three and allowed one hit in two innings to pick up the win.
Kasey Jewart singled to register Penns Manor's lone hit.
Both teams play Wednesday. Blairsville (4-1) travels to Leechburg, and Penns Manor visits Homer-Center.
HOMER-CENTER 15, UNITED 0: Visiting Homer-Center piled up 20 hits and gave pitcher Isiah Carr more than enough run support to notch a win over United in a Heritage Conference game that was shortened to five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.
Carr tossed a four-hitter, striking out 11 and walking three, and he also finished 4-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs.
Matt Jones went 4-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs for the Wildcats. Austin Fairman doubled twice, singled twice and drove in three runs, and Darren Carr singled twice and had two RBIs. Logan Dellafiora singled, doubled and drove in two runs, Nate Wilden went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs, and Bryan Buzi scored three runs.
Both teams play Wednesday. United (1-4) travels to Marion Center, and Homer-Center plays host to Penns Manor.
MARION CENTER 10, PURCHASE LINE 0: Host Marion Center took an early 3-0 lead and never let off the throttle, piling up nine hits to blank Purchase Line in a Heritage Conference game that was shortened to five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.
The Stingers led 6-0 before plating four runs on three hits, a walk and an error in the bottom of the fifth inning.
C.J. Stiles struck out 11, walked two and allowed one hit in six innings to earn the win. Stiles, who also doubled, scored a run and drove in two runs, has struck out 21, walked five and allowed four hits in 12 1-3 innings this season.
"C.J. just pitched an outstanding game," Marion Center coach Paul DeHaven said. "That's two nice games in a row for him. He also pitched a great game against Blairsville. He's been impressive so far."
Matt Shank led Marion Center by going 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and three RBIs. Hunter Stiteler added two singles and two RBIs, and Jake Bothell singled in two runs.
Zach Bartlebaugh singled to notch Purchase Line's lone hit.
Both teams play Wednesday. Marion Center (2-3) plays host to United, and Purchase Line welcomes Saltsburg.
LIGONIER VALLEY 15, SALTSBURG 3: Visiting Ligonier Valley raced to a 9-0 lead and outhit Saltsburg 14-2 en route to a win in a Heritage Conference game that was shortened to six innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.
The Rams led 4-0 before plating five runs on seven hits and a walk in the third inning to take a 9-0 lead.
Luke Ferlin paced Ligonier Valley by going 4-for-5 with three RBIs. Ryan Torrance singled twice, scored three times and drove in a run, and Matt Ryan singled, doubled, scored three times and drove in a run. Zach Yeskey smacked a three-run homer, and Ty Ferlin drove in two runs.
Andrew Schultz tossed a two-hitter, striking out six and walking two. Schultz also stroked four singles, scored twice and drove in three runs.
Mitchel Yard doubled, hit a solo homer, scored three runs and drove in three runs for Saltsburg.
Both teams play Wednesday. Saltsburg (1-3) travels to Purchase Line, and Ligonier Valley plays host to Northern Cambria.


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Exxon Mobil Corp. has reclaimed its place as the largest U.S. publicly traded company by market value one year after losing it to Apple Inc., as shares of the technology giant extended their recent fall on Friday.
Apple's market capitalization has fallen by about $250-billion (U.S.) – roughly the total market value of Google Inc. – since hitting a high last September, when the stock traded above $700.
Apple shares traded as low as $435 before closing down 2.4 per cent on Friday at $439.88, for a market value of roughly $413-billion. Exxon shares, up 0.4 per cent on the day to $91.73, added to a market value of about $418.2-billion.
Apple "was clearly a momentum stock. Whenever the numbers behind momentum stocks stop, the momentum players are out and the stock tumbles," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst, Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh.
There was heavy volume in Apple shares as they hit the session low shortly before the closing bell. The stock dropped by as much as $7, to $435 from $442, within the span of 1 second during the last minute of trading.
More than 50 orders were executed on NYSE Arca at $435 a share, according to Thomson Reuters time-and-sales data, in blocks as small as 100 shares and as large as 10,494 shares.
No other exchange executed orders at a price lower than $438 a share prior to the day's close. After those trades went through, the stock resumed its earlier levels around $442 a share before closing at $439.88.
Apple shares slid 12.4 per cent on Thursday – their biggest percentage drop since late September, 2008 – as disappointing holiday-period iPhone sales reinforced fears the company is losing its dominance in smartphones.
Apple shipped a record 47.8 million iPhones in the December quarter, up 29 per cent from a year earlier. But that lagged the 50 million that analysts on average had projected.
"They make great products, expensive products, but as a value investor I'm interested in the unloved stocks, just not the recently unloved ones," Ms. Forrest said.
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- Exxon Mobil Corp$81.61+0.53(+0.65%)
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The Chaplain's Office here at Hampden-Sydney College has put together information about religious communities in our area.
Here you can find out more information about some of the many faith communities that are all within easy driving distance from campus.
When thinking about becoming active in a new community you may have a lot questions. You may want to know when service times are so that you can work worship into your schedule. You may be interested in the various activities for students that are offered. Maybe you aren't sure what is expected of you at a service or what you should wear. You can find all of these answers and more in each profile.
If you have a question that is not answered by the profiles feel free to contact someone at those organizations by phone or e-mail. All the contact information can be found on each profile.
Finding and joining a new religious community can be a somewhat daunting process. We hope that we have made that undertaking somewhat easier through this website.
Thank you and God bless!
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Agudath Sholom Synagogue
Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal
Church of Christ
College Presbyterian
St. James Orthodox Church
Faith Bible Fellowship
Farmville United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Islamic Society of Greater Richmond
John's Memorial Episcopal Church
New Life Assembly of God
St. John's Lutheran Church
St. Theresa's Roman Catholic


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Nice weapon!! It looks to good for a light. Muzzle flash should do just fine.
just got this yesterday and am really excited about shooting it tomorrow. picked this one out based on several ppls opinions and a really long and detailed post about 1911's on this site. thanks for the help!
this is the the light weight model ... 31 oz. it does have aluminum composite components (slide & trigger)
this might be a long shot, but can anyone recommend a good light that fits this model ... i have read that some lights dont fit snug on this one.
Nice weapon!! It looks to good for a light. Muzzle flash should do just fine.
[QUOTE=jdeere9750;201311]I wonder who's really long and detailed post that could be?
Surely not VAMarine.....
We appreciate the posts VAM!!
So I put 150 rounds through this guy today and I was very impressed. Groupings were nice and tight, the trigger pull was nice and crisp and was just smooth all day today. Thanks again for the advice vamarine! And everyone else!
Thanks all.
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This is a discussion on Mature Lady Driver within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; A mature (over 40) lady was pulled over for speeding... Older Woman: Is there a problem, officer? Officer: Ma'am, you were speeding. OW: Oh, I ...
A mature (over 40) lady was pulled over for speeding...
Older Woman: Is there a problem, officer?
Officer: Ma'am, you were speeding.
OW: Oh, I see.
O: Can I see your license please?
OW: I'd give it to you but I don't have one.
O: Don't have one?
OW: Lost it, four years ago for drunk driving.
O: I see... Can I see your vehicle registration papers please.
OW: I can't do that.
O: Why not?
OW: I stole this car.
O: Stole it?
OW: Yes, and I killed and hacked-up the owner.
O: You what?
OW: His body parts are in plastic bags in the trunk if you want to see.
The officer looks nervously at the nonchalant woman and slowly backs away to his car and calls for back-up. Within minutes five police cars circle the suspects car. A senior officer carefully approaches the the car, clasping the grip of his sidearm.
O2: Ma'am, could you step out of your vehicle please!
The woman complies.
W: Is there a problem sir?
O2: One of my officers told me that you have stolen this car and murdered the owner.
OW: Murdered the owner?
O2: Yes, could you please open the trunk of your car.
The woman complies. The trunk is empty.
O2: Is this your car, ma'am?
OW: Yes, here are the registration papers.
The officer appears stunned.
O2: One of my officers claims that you do not have a drivers license.
The woman digs into her handbag and pulls out a clutch purse and hands it to the officer.
The officer examines the license. He appears quite puzzled.
O2: Thank you ma'am. one of my officers told me you didn't have a license, that you stole this car, and that you murdered and hacked-up the owner.
OW: Bet the liar told you I was speeding too.
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The authors present a study examining the impact of sex, generation, and class on the acculturation of Jews and Christians in Boston. They find that, while Jewish men in the third generation are more incorporated into the American class structure, third-generation Jewish women do not differentiate by class, disproving the theory of a rebelling second generation and a returning third generation. Additionally, the study reports that lower- and middle-class Jews are more likely than upper-class Jews to send their child to a Jewish camp and prefer Jewish organizational sponsorship for their children's recreation. Policy makers within the Jewish community would do well to take these findings into account as they both retain the traditional and create the innovative forms of Jewish culture in the 1970s and beyond.
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Bought this house about 2 months ago and the furnace vent pipe gurgles. the furnace is a 90% Amana 70k BTU 3 ton airflow with induced air.
in the picture you can see the 2" PVC exhaust vent is sloped towards the elbow and I can hear the condensate being blown around in there.
If the vertical pipe slipped an I can push it up an inch, that would be the easiest...but...
To repair, I was thinking about 1) disconnect the vent pipe from the furnace via the rubber coupling 2) using a hacksaw and cutting the vent pipe about 10" above the elbow 3) cutting off what is necessary to properly slope the pipe towards the furnace 3a) cleaning out all the PVC shavings 4) putting it back together with a coupling. 5) hooking the pipe back up to the furnace.
My questions are:
1) anything wrong with the above?
2) any special glue I should use, or is standard PVC cement sufficient
3) if I wait until Spring to do this, what would be wrong with that.
I would suggest using Christy's Red Hot Blue glue. I love the stuff because it seals pipe nicely. But any PVC cement would work well
undo pipe at rubber, take off an inch or two of pipe with saw at bottom, tighten it up, check your slope, no glue needed
I would cut pipe about 5 to 8 inches above elbow, cut off an inch or two then marry the two raw ends with a no hub rubber coupling and make sure the horizontal solidest back into the furnace. The rubber coupling farther up on the pipe make certain repairs easier in the future
If you really wanted to get fancy too you could replace that 90 elbow with two 45 elbows
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Thanks for the advise on the no-hub coupler - it helped a lot, I don't think I would have been able to make a PVC coupler work (see picture.)
there's not much play in the pipe penetrating the roof, so it would have been difficult getting a slope with a rigid coupler.
note: this is a horizontally mounted furnace. there is about a 1" per foot slope back to the furnace because I ended up flipping the pipe around (i.e. the hoizontal became the vertical and vice-versa, it fit better this way, if I shorten the horizontal pipe, I start to lose the slope again.
I thought this was going to be a lot easier than it was...
notice that it's not a clean fit on the no-hub coupler, but it is secure and does not leak vent gas.
??? my question-- is the cock-eyed fit on the coupler a problem? If it is a problem, can I wait until it warms up before I trim a little off of the horizontal pipe?
Any other solutions if what is in the picture is a no-go?
thanks a lot everyone,
As long as condensate can drain back to furnace it should be ok.
from what I can see it all looks good. the cock-eyedness of the pipe is fine as long as the PVC is fully inserted into the coupling and it is screwed down tight and is not leaking at all. i am glad that the no hub worked well for you, they are such a quick and convenient repair solution
Thanks for the feedback... I agree, it does look sloppy... my problem is the vertical pipe going through the roof doesn't have much play, so it's going to be difficult to get any slope, 2" pipe isn't very flexible, but it could be better - I was looking around this evening - would it be OK to use a PVC flexible elbow?
like this one -> http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...1#.UOp4sXf5WQ4
as far as leaks, I just went by feel - air flow, heat and condensate -
should I check the joints with soapy water?
thanks. these forums are great!
that clamp should not leak...as far as an flexible elboe you posted....definately not here... maybe you are allowed in your area...not sure....
I would have used two 45's instead of the 90. The first 45 would be right after the pipe left the unit, eliminating most of the horizontal pipe, and allowing the vertical pipe to remain straight.
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If I get the STI radiator cap do I have to change to a cooler running thermostat? Any help would be great,
Thanks, Ian
Pretty sure the answer is no on that, I think the STi radiator cap is just bling bling.
STi cap is made to hold more pressure...
In a cooling system, a higher pressure equates to a higher boiling point for the coolant. The STi cap will vent at a higher temperature and pressure than the WRX cap. Once the radiator cap has opened and vented coolant, the engine will not cool down until it has been turned off, so you want the radiator to vent at the highest possible pressure for your radiator. Since the radiator is capable of holding more PSI than the OEM cap, a replacement cap will give you a small advantage for high speed/high demand racing.
so it's not just bling on all cars (just on most ;) )
That being said, the difference range for the caps is in the upper end of temperature, so your thermostat will be wide open by the time there is an effective difference in the caps anyway, so I see no reason for a different thermostat.
99% of them are standard radiator caps with an STi decal on them. If you get it from a Subaru dealer, it may be made a little differently, but you won't see any difference in performance, or need any other equipment. However, if you really want to spend that kind of money on a radiator cap, I have a nice bridge I'd be willing to sell you....
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Basically want something I can singlehand, cast a fly line from and also a good set up for seaducking (or tucking in on big water for puddlers - wish there were fields around here to hunt, as I have all my field gear from OH!!!).
Anyone ever hunt or fish from any of these? Any suggestions about other boats that would work well in MA/New England? Should I post this in the boat forum instead (although this is kinda NE specific) or as well?
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STRAVINSKY WORK IN WORLD PREMIERE; Ballet Society Features His 'Orpheus' at City Center to Balanchine Dance
By JOHN MARTIN ();
April 29, 1948,
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For the final program of its subscription season at the City Center, the Ballet Society last night presented the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's "Orpheus" in a choreographic setting by George Balanchine and with decor and costumes by Isamu Noguchi.
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Wildcats Win Crucial Series, Top No. 18 Ole Miss, 9-7
Kentucky (33-17-1, 12-14-1 SEC) got three hits a piece from DeJesus and Wilkes and two-hit performances from Keenan Wiley, Sawyer Carroll, and Mike Brown, as the Wildcats rolled to 14 total hits and a series-high nine runs. Wilkes finished the day a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.
The Wildcats series win over Ole Miss in Oxford marks UK's first since the 2001 season. UK has now won five of its last six games vs. the Rebels. Kentucky has now won back-to-back series against the Rebels for the first time since the 2000-2001 seasons. The loss for Ole Miss was the first home series loss since dropping the 2006 SEC opener to Vanderbilt.
Wildcat starter Greg Dombrowski battled through 6 2/3 innings, allowing only three earned runs and striking out five. The junior was relieved in a tight spot in the seventh inning by Aaron Lovett, who worked the final 2 1/3 innings, allowing only one hit to pick up his team-high sixth save of the season.
Ole Miss (33-20, 14-12 SEC) starter Nathan Baker took the loss, falling to 6-2 on the year. Baker tossed 4 1/3 innings, allowing five runs before a trio of Rebel relievers took over the hill.
The Wildcats got on the board first in the second, loading the bases with two walks and a hit by pitch. DeJesus delivered the clutch bases loaded, two-out hit with a single up the middle, scoring Wilkes and Matt McKinney to give UK an early 2-0 lead.
Ole Miss cut into the UK lead with a run in the bottom half of the second, as centerfielder Logan Power reached on a fielder's choice and after moving to second on a ground out, came around to score on designated hitter Fuller Smith's single through the right side of the infield. Wiley, the freshman UK left fielder, fielded the grounder and fired a strike to catcher Sean Coughlin, whose tag narrowly missed a sliding Power.
The Rebels captured the lead with a two spot in the third inning, as Dombrowski allowed a lead off single up the middle from Jordan Henry. The next batter, shortstop Zach Cozart delivered a two-run home run over the left field fence, his fifth of the season.
UK reclaimed the lead with two runs on two hits and a Rebel error in the fourth. Wilkes led off with a single to centerfield and moved to second on a wild pitch. Brock Wright laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Wilkes to third, setting the stage for Wiley, who came through with a clutch, high-hoping infield single, allowing Wilkes to score with two outs. The next UK batter, DeJesus, hit a ground ball to the second baseman, Zach Miller. Miller allowed the ball to scoot under his legs, enabling Wiley to score from first.
The Wildcats added to its lead in the fifth, taking a 6-3 lead. Coughlin worked a one-out walk and Mike Brown rocketed his 18th double of the season to deep left-center field, moving Coughlin to third. Baker was relieved in favor of Brett Bukvich, who issued a wild pitch that allowed Coughlin to score from third and Brown to advance to third. Wilkes followed with a clutch sacrifice fly to right center field, bringing Brown home.
UK tacked on another two spot in the sixth, stretching its lead to 8-3. Wiley reached on a one-out bunt single and DeJesus doubled down the right-field line, moving Wiley to third. Brian Spear cleared the bases with a single through the right side, scoring Wiley and DeJesus.
In the seventh, Ole Miss capitalized on three hits and some UK defensive miscues to narrow the UK lead to 8-7. Alex Kliman reached on a fielder's choice with one out and Jordan Henry single to centerfield to put runners on second and third. Cozart hit what would be a routine double play ball right at Wilkes but the shortstop misfired on his throw, drawing Spear off second base and allowing runners to load the bases. Justin Henry grounded out to Carroll at first base, forcing Kliman home. The next batter, Cody Overbeck roped a double down the left-field line, clearing the bases to allow two runs to score. Overbeck moved to third on a wild pitch and Zach Miller singled through the left side, allowing Overbeck to score.
Kentucky tacked on an insurance run in the eighth, scoring one run to stretch the lead to the final margin, 9-7. Spear led off the inning in dramatic fashion, as the junior second baseman got hit by two pitches in the same at bat but was not given first base. The first ruling insighted UK head coach John Cohen to be ejected and the second ruling caused assistant coach Nick Mingione to be ejected by the home plate umpire. Spear kept battling and drew the walk, later coming around to score on a Wilkes RBI single through the right side.
The Wildcats return the action on Tuesday with the final contest of the week-long road swing, against Murray State in Paducah, Ky. First pitch on Tuesday is set for 3 p.m. EDT and fans in Lexington can catch the action live on WLAP 630-AM with the Voice of UK Baseball, Neil Price on the call.
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I *really* liked this one. A few things off the top of my head:
1. I don't usually like first-person storytelling. If there are any problems, inconsistencies, or unlikeable characteristics about the main character, a first-person POV makes them a lot more noticeable. Sometimes this is just a little distracting, and sometimes it gets to the point where I don't want to continue with the story if I have to see it from inside this person's head. But I didn't mind being inside the Alchemist's head at all.
2. Even though the story was very short (95 pages in the pdf I downloaded from the Humble Bundle website) it feels bigger. Like there's a fully-developed universe that we're just seeing a little bit of. There was another story in the Humble Bundle that appears to be in the same universe ("The Executioness") so I assume that the authors have more where this came from.
3. The magic and alchemy reminded me of the thaumaturgy and steampunk technology in "Perdido Street Station", which I also enjoyed.
An alchemist has been working desperately to discover a solution to the fast-growing bramble that is engulfing his nation. He's bankrupted his family in pursuit of his research - but finally, he may be on the verge of a breakthrough.
The poisonous bramble is fed by magic - every time someone casts a spell, the dangerous plant grows a bit more. And everyone uses magic, even though it's illegal. Even the alchemist uses spells - without them, his beloved young daughter would die of her tubercular illness.
Like most (all?) of Bacigalupi's work, this story is a cautionary tale. The metaphor is clear: this is about environmentalism, and the seductiveness of doing the small, easy things that in conglomeration are destroying the planet. It's also about politics, and the reluctance to take any action out of altruism, even when the benefits to all are starkly obvious.
While it's got a pessimistic view of human nature as a whole; many of the individuals involved, while they may not be admirable, are treated with understanding and empathy.
Apparently, there's a companion piece to this, 'The Executioness' by Buckell. I haven't read that one yet, but I may - this world is fascinating. However, I'm really just hugely a fan of Bacigalupi's writing.
I've loved all the stories that I've read by Bacigalupi and this is no exception. His work, while always telling a good story, also has a unique depth, social insight, and symbolism that reminds one of the best parables or the most resonant myths. In this case--a world where practicing magic exacts a horrible (environmental) price in the form of uncontrollable, ever-spreading "bramble"--one cannot help making the connection with the present-day "magic" of technology exacting its own environmental price in our world. And how the powers that be respond to a creation that will actually halt the spread of bramble--well, read it for yourself. You may be a little scared of the implications, but you won't be sorry for the time spend reading the work of a really good writer. I'm going to read all the Bacigalupi I can (Ship Breaker, The Windup Girl, The Drowned Cities).
This novella takes place in the same world as The Executioness by Tobias S. Buckell. It is a world where the use of magic has had dire consequences. Whenever someone uses magic, a deadly, unstoppable, invincible plant called the bramble feeds off the magic and begins to grow. Not only is bramble taking over the world, but it is also deadly. The plants are covered with sticky filaments that contain a deadly venom that is absorbed into the skin when touched. The poison quickly results in a coma that often leads to death. Since there is no way to stop the bramble once it takes hold, magic has been outlawed with the penalty of death, but still the bramble spreads as people secretly do little magics for what they consider very good reasons (such as healing a dying child).
This story is told from the point of view of an alchemist who has spent years of his life, and all of his money, trying to find a way to destroy bramble. After is young daughter falls into the bramble sleep, he uses his experimental machine to try to save her life. It turns out that his invention is a success, he found a way to destroy the deadly plant. He rejoices because now people can use magic again and have a means to control the bramble that results from it. However, when he takes his invention to the mayor, things to do not go as he hoped.
Although the characters were not as compelling as those in The Executioness, this novella also raised a lot of interesting questions about our society. It dealt with science and technology and how break throughs that seemingly offer great value to the world, can be twisted to unintended purposes by those in power. It reminds me of a computer science class in college where the professor devoted an entire lecture to ethics and the consequences of your work. Just because you can do something, should you? Can you envision a way your work can be taken and used in a way that you have not anticipated? As technology advances, it is a great question to consider.
I liked the authors writing style. It's an observation of his surroundings, his mental state, and his reactions to everything. I felt I could relate to the characters. since this is a novella I guess the characters aren't that deep but I would really like to read more about their world and a bigger plot of this story if possible.
The story was thrilling and entertaining. It's not really a page turner but it's still good nevertheless.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 159606353X, Hardcover)Magic has a price. But someone else will pay. Every time a spell is cast, a bit of bramble sprouts, sending up tangling vines, bloody thorns, and threatening a poisonous sleep. It sprouts in tilled fields and in neighbors' roof beams, thrusts up from between street cobbles, and bursts forth from sacks of powdered spice. A bit of magic, and bramble follows. A little at first, and then more--until whole cities are dragged down under tangling vines and empires lie dead, ruins choked by bramble forest. Monuments to people who loved magic too much.
In paired novellas, award-winning authors Tobias Buckell and Paolo Bacigalupi explore a shared world where magic is forbidden and its use is rewarded with the axe. A world of glittering memories and a desperate present, where everyone uses a little magic, and someone else always pays the price.
In the beleageured city of Khaim, a lone alchemist seeks a solution to a deadly threat. The bramble, a plant that feeds upon magic, now presses upon Khaim, nourished by the furtive spellcasting of its inhabitants and
threatening to strangle the city under poisonous vines. Driven by desperation and genius, the alchemist constructs a device that transcends magic, unlocking the mysteries of bramble s essential nature. But the power of his newly-built balanthast is even greater than he dreamed. Where he sought to save a city
and its people, the balanthast has the potential to save the world entire--if it doesn t destroy him and his family first.
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Farrell said it best in June: "I've been doing this long enough to know that …at the end of the day, the product will drive the stock price," he said.
Overshadowing all of this is the lingering threat that THQ might not have the money to ride out those delays. The company has already drawn $21 million from its line of credit – and its cash reserves are down to $36 million.
It has tapped Centerview Partners to help it raise capital and address the August 2014 due date of its $100 million 5% convertible senior notes. (But as the company acknowledged in its earnings, "there can be no assurance that the evaluation of strategic and financing alternatives will result in a transaction or financing, or that, if completed, said transaction and/or financing will be on attractive terms.")
"Strategic alternatives" is one of those business phrases that usually means the company is shopping itself around for a buyer. So, while it's hoping things will get better, they could get a lot worse – a lot quicker.
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"We want to show the shareholders that the heavy lifting is done," said Farrell at the time. "The last six months have been an exercise in great pain and suffering. We feel like we're getting there. We've taken a lot of negative things in the press – and frankly a lot of that was deserved. This company has changed. We have strong, new leadership. … It's starting to come together."


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I have quite a number of SBRs. Damn that is perfect for down here in the swamps.. .45.. Stop a freight train in its tracks.. Stop a charging wild hog.. Wont penetrate a computer though.. Here is the last test. Maybe the rifle will, but not my new Colt pistol..
Bullet is rattling in their somewhere. I heaved the whole mess in the canal..
If someone is shooting at you with a .45, hold that computer box thing if front of you. It wont go through and you can smash them in the jib with it..


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Fifteen seventeen years. Fifteen seventeen. Years. I repeated the words slowly to myself about 10 am yesterday today in Starbucks as I considered our anniversary (insert pithy comment about a typical male not being home on his anniversary here). Two three thoughts come to mind when I ponder the last fifteen seventeen years with my wife: Boy have we grown up, and has it ever been eventful, and boy am I grateful for the privilege to build one life together with my wife!Continue Reading


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Is Labour seriously contemplating a motion of no confidence in Speaker of the House Lockwood Smith? Or is Trevor Mallard just letting off some steam?
After Tuesday's bust-up in the House between Mallard and Prime Minister John Key, Mallard got tossed from the House for 24 hours by Smith for calling Key a liar and then refusing to apologise.
Mallard got angry because technically he only said Key's "nose was growing longer'' not that he was a liar - which is not allowed in Parliament.
But anyone who's read their children's fables knows that to say someone's nose is growing is to call them a liar.
Now, I agree with Mallard on the substance of the issue he was debating with the Prime Minister. I don't believe it is sufficient for Key to simply say he's not going to reveal his reasons for sacking Richard Worth because it wouldn't be in the public interest to do so.
The public interest is an arguable proposition at the best of times, but even assuming there was such a thing, the Government could use it to cover any number of sins it didn't want published.
There are all kinds of things the Government probably doesn't want the public to know, but whether that means it would be damaging to the public interest if we did know is quite another matter.
I think that should probably be confined to matters of security or involving the nation's defence or economy. I doubt Richard Worth's private liaisons fall into that category.
However, that doesn't excuse Mallard challenging Smith's decision to toss him from the Chamber. Perhaps the Labour MP got the short end of the stick - Smith already had trigger-finger from earlier exchanges during Question Time.
But to argue, as Mallard did, that it was "the most blatantly biased decision of the year'' is taking things way too far.
Initially Mallard seemed to be suggesting taking a motion of no-confidence in the Speaker, but later said on his blog that Labour would "wait for a better case''.
I think he and his colleagues need to draw a deep breath and wait for a considerably better case.
Lockwood Smith is the best thing to happen to Opposition parties since Question Time was invented. He is easily the most fair, unbiased, and straightforward Speaker Parliament has had in years.
In sports parlance, he's a ref who plays advantage and isn't always on the whistle. When Mallard took a frankly pathetic point of order yesterday to complain that Key wasn't addressing the chair when he was speaking, but had his back to him, Smith shut him down quick-smart, saying he was more interested in what the Prime Minister was saying than how he was standing.
That's what I like about Lockwood Smith. He doesn't suffer foolish or pedantic points of order. He's all but stamped out the tabling of press releases. He requires ministers to answer, not just address the question. And he doesn't yell "order'' every five seconds for some minor transgression.
As a result, I think Parliament is a much more smooth-running and frankly democractic place.
Smith has thrown out far fewer MPs so far than his predecessor Margaret Wilson, and it was always odds-on that Mallard would be the one to finally go.
Overall, Labour should thank its lucky stars Lockwood Smith is the Speaker and quit moaning. In the unlikely event it did force a vote of no confidence, who would replace him? Is there anyone who would be any better?
I doubt it.
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Sounds like Rambo Mallard is due for another course on anger management
Colin I think your blog should be titled "Labour should HOLD their breath....and hold....and hold....and hold...preferably ongoing"
Ha, there is no need or reason whatever for Key to say why he sacked Worth if he doesn't want to, just as I said long ago.
Get over it, Colin. Find something important to ask about, like a timetable for fixing all the messed up Government departments.
And if Mallard likes to shoot himself in both feet while simultaneously trying to stuff them into his mouth, well, let's just all laugh again and enjoy the spectacle.
Perhaps you should ask Goff when he's going to sack Mallard?
I absolutely agree with you Colin. Smith does take quite a considered approach to events that occur in the House and I think that if the Speaker had been anyone else (especially past Speakers), he would have probably been named. Mallard got off scott-free in that respect.
I'm watching parliament as I type and I notice that Smith often tries to educate, particularly those in the Opposition regarding, about the rules of the House. Labour haven't been in Opposition for a long time I think they have forgotten how to operate effective as an Opposition - particularly in the way they ask questions. Obviously National replies often just as Labour used to when they were in Government.
Mallard is a worry. He does appear to have an anger management issue and is damaging the Labour face in parliament (and so early in the election cycle - but early enough for people to remember!).
Lockwood Smith is the most politically partisan Speaker I can remember. He needs to decide whether he is Speaker or a Minister, in my view, as he is behaving as both. I'm puzzled that the phrase 'his nose is growing longer' is taken to be saying the subject of the comment is a liar, when the phrase 'crying wolf' is not, used by Key after the Mallard incident, and nor is 'if you can believe anything that Member says', used by English after the Mallard incident?
Mallard does seem to come across as a petulant little child who tosses his toys when he doesnt get his own way. It's pretty obvious that he called Key a liar, and that that was out of line. Instead of apologising for overstepping the line though, he challenges the speaker? He has an appearance of a whole holier than thou, arrogant, I should be able to get away with whatever I deem suitable attitude and frankly, I think he's indicative of the image that labour needs to rid itself of in order to reconnect with voters. Ridding themselves of Mallard would be a good start.
Don't agree with Jennifer at all. And I voted Labour in the last election for the record.
Compare the quality of answers from Labour ministers to this governments and it has gone through the roof. This is all due to Lockwood enforcing standards and demanding questions be answered.
I like Trevor but this attack has no ground.
Good work Richardright. Another boring typical response.
I wonder if Goff is thinking along the taser lines like Clark did with Mallard.
Mallard is a lose canon, and this outburst is only going to damage Labour and his own reputation.
Look at his history. First he supposedly strikes Bob Clarkson with a sheaf of papers, then he goes toe to toe with Tau, now he blows a foo foo valve at the best speaker the country has had in decades.
Not a good look.
Even if Smith's decision was partisan (and the most so this year), Mallard has no room for complaint, considering the performance of other speakers over Labour's reign. Margaret Wilson made a mockery of the position of speaker, bringing it to probably its lowest position ever in the public's esteem.
I suspect Goff will be telling Mallard to keep his big mouth shut on the issue, because the last thing Labour need is a speaker of the caliber of their last offering. I rather think Labour would have a speaker that makes the government ministers answer questions.
Considering Mallard himself was happy to shelter behind the frilly petticoats of the shrieking banshee Wilson with the rest of the Labour front bench, whilst ducking and diving to avoid answering questions, he is short of legs upon which to stand.
I think he and Labour will find themselves to be out of touch with the public on this one. Goodbye traction.
We all love dust-ups in union and league games, so why not parliament? Forget about the name calling lets have a full on scrap, just like they do in some of the asian parliaments. Actually, there is a precedent as Mallard has already beat up one National wimp, Tau whathisname.
Careful Jennifer you will be accused of making too much sense. Everybody of course will come down on Mallard. Oh what a naughty boy. Pity the speaker of the house was selected from outside the current parliamentary political parties. Someone like Colin who is a neutral would be fairer. But then who said our two party system is fair anyway.
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