Feb 01 2008
Council Shenanigans
Our local council is fighting with ‘itself’ as to whether some Jacaranda trees in one of our city parks should be cut down or not. Part of the way through an attempted trim today a distraught council member called a halt to production siting Environmental Protection. The city is now paying for some specialist consultant who has been called in to “investigate” as to whether these trees can be saved.
Can someone call in the Deen brothers please to take care of this problem?
I love a Jacaranda tree as much as the next bloke but come on council cut the trees that need cutting and plant new ones. Just for future reference Council, trees grow, so eventually we will have new ones to take their place. Let go of your Tockley’s council and make a decision!
The council has another problem; the time on the city hall clock is incorrect. Luckily they were able to secure the services of a high end consulting agency to confirm what the time was so the clock can be adjusted. Success!
In other news
Bundy Airport
The airport runway in Bundaberg needs to be torn up. Apparently some schmoo has remembered that they buried some bombs under the runway at the end of WWII. I personally believe the runway should be left alone. I would prefer we all enjoy the new golden casket game called “Landing Lotto”. Its $2.00 per entry, but if you can correctly predict the date a plane lands on the runway and triggers one of these bombs to explode you will win three million dollars.
Shirvo Selects (the weekend punt)
Twent20
India to beat a sooking Australian side in Friday nights Twenty20 game. At $2.75 it’s the best value I can see on the books this weekend.
The Super Bowl
At $4.50 the NY Giants are extremely long odds to win on Monday but I have a funny feeling the Giants may be able to pull out a staggering upset. I will be having a sneaky little bet on them anyway.
The Lightening Stakes – Group 1
It’s a dirty rotten favourite ($1.90) but I think Gold Edition will win the Lightening Stakes this Saturday. A top field but the golden mare should be too good for them all first up.
Ask Shirvy
A new Category will be added Sunday when the first “Ask Shirvy” article will be released. So if you have any questions of any description email them to me at sj@notasmartman.com and I will sort you right out.
Question, would willy wonkers choclate factory survive in Australia under our current I.R. laws? sub question would ompa lompas be considered as illegal imigrants and there for be working illegally if they receive no pay just room and board
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I will let you know Sunday.
SJ
Surely you don’t want to cut trees down unless it is necessary. In this day and age of environmental concerns every tree is important and consideration should be given before just chopping them down. I am a greenie from way back though. You should be happy that your council cares enough about the environment to make the investment to investigate this issue.
As for the airport, I am not sure you should be making jokes about that. It’s pretty dangerous if the bomb story proves to be true.
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Interesting point of view Rob B. Your admittance of Greenie affiliation assists me in understanding your comments further.
Surely a bomb would have exploded by now if they have been there all this time?
SJ
SJ i reckon the bomb story if just a hoax started by 1 of the nieghbours who is just trying to get the runway relocated so planes don’t fly over his house
SJ, when will you introduce a ‘home girls’ section???
Start using words like Tockley and you are starting to head down a very slippery slope…..This ain’t picture mag my friend……
What’s wrong with picture mag, been an avid reader for years.
What’s farkin right with it….skanky ho’s on cheap semi gloss flimsy paper.
It’s terrible.
I suppose you have a nice Krusty pile of them in you dunny……with ash tray next to said dunny…….
Just say a seedling costs $20, and they spend $1000 on a tree ‘expert’ to assess the old trees. For that money they could have bought $50 new trees. And it doesnt matter if the figures change, the divide will still be huge for those of you who wish to argue specifics (yes, that means you IASM). Trees dont live forever, some last 20yrs, some last a few hundred – they have natural life spans just like people do. It also seems a bit hypocritical since we clear large amounts of the forest every year – saving a few Jacarandas wont make any difference at all.
How do you just remember burying bombs? Was it so traumatic that after he did it he blocked the whole incident from his mind and it has now come back to him in flashbacks? If they dig it up and cant find them, perhaps he should pay for the whole exercise? Cant they use a metal detector?
They could use bomb sniffing dogs to find the buried treasure.
QUESTIONs FOR SJ; Do bevans know they are bevans?
If so, why do they not change their behaviour?
What opinions do bevans have with respect to other members(normal individuals) of the community?
When can I expect to receive the replacement $100 from you that I placed on India to win on Friday as a result of your “discerning” recommendation?
As for Gold Edition!! – what did you actually back in that race SJ? I assume the Gaints will go the same way as India and GE. Far better off backing ‘Divisive’ in the Hunter Cup (doubled into Aussies in the Cricket to repeat the shalacking of Friday), what the hell let it ride into the Superbowl on New England to win by 13 – 18. Fortunately I’m not a betting man.
Gotta go trim my mullet.