Australian and New Zealander Smoker's Lounge TEMPORARY thread.

[funkyhorse]

Your fire clouds have arrived over here, this planet is not as big as many of you might think, everything is intertwined in ways we dont really fully understand.

I hope everybody is well over there and would be nice to hear the fire is under control



https://en.mercopress.com/2020/01/0...smoke-reaches-uruguay-and-the-south-of-brazil

 

[Teddybrae]

This is not new.

Many years ago a blaze in Australia set fire to the rigging of sailing ships bound for New Zealand. (Sorry can't quote source, but it's from an Aust book called, I think, "Bushfire". 1970's.)

In previous times there was no media or communication enough for everyone to know what was burning where. When there was clearing of the forest for grain fields the fires must have been huge.

Remember, the bits of forest that are burning used to cover a lot more of Oz than they do now. The bits that are burning now are a fraction of what once was.

Poor fella our Country/Planet.

Your fire clouds have arrived over here, this planet is not as big as many of you might think, everything is intertwined in ways we dont really fully understand.

I hope everybody is well over there and would be nice to hear the fire is under control



https://en.mercopress.com/2020/01/0...smoke-reaches-uruguay-and-the-south-of-brazil

 

[Donald Mallard]

This is how we like to do things in Australia .. lol ..







Cannabis will be 'legal' in the Australian Capital Territory come the end of the month, but those hoping to light up might have to break the law to do so. The controversial new laws legalise growing, possessing and smoking small quantities ... If over 18 you can grow, collect up to 50 grams of dried bud and smoke it as you like within your own home (provided no children around). But the laws do not offer any guidance on how it is supposed to be acquired. There will not be any Cannabis shops, as buying and selling remains strictly illegal. It also cannot be gifted from one person to another. Cultivating two plants, to a limit of four per household, is perfectly legal but buying Cannabis seeds is not. Professor Simon Lenton from Curtin University's National Drug Research Institute argued the laws left people looking to use Cannabis with few options outside of 'drug' dealers. "Either they're going to go to the illegal market or they're going to miss out. It really is a problem for how the majority of people in the ACT who smoke- are going to access the Cannabis".
The ACT Government is quite clear on the matter, arguing its approach is "harm minimisation", not opening doors to Cannabis for potential users. "This approach seeks to ensure adults in possession of Cannabis do not have to face the prospect of criminal penalty for possession and are more easily able to seek help for addiction or treatment for adverse effects of Cannabis" a spokesperson said ... Like the ACT, the New Zealand Government is pitching legalisation as a harm minimisation measure. "Primary objective of the legislation is to reduce overall Cannabis use and limit ability of young people to access Cannabis" NZ Justice Minister Andrew Little said ... It raises the possibility of Cannabis cafes, like those in parts of Europe ... Professor Lenton said going by the experience in North America, adding profit to the mix did not necessarily work out ... it encouraged consumption of ever-stronger strains of Cannabis ...
Professor Lenton said, having surveyed models in place around the world, social clubs appeared to offer the best legal middle ground ... provided an easy option for people unable or unwilling to grow their own. "It's a way of providing Cannabis in a restricted market without problem of widespread availability, rampant commercialisation and profit-driven advertising to people who are regular Cannabis users" he said. "Rather than having them go to the illicit market". ACT Government rejected the recommendation, suggesting it went beyond the intention of the legislation and would have made it difficult for police to distinguish between Cannabis clubs and illegal grow houses. Whether or not supply becomes a problem for users and the ACT Government will become apparent in just a matter of weeks when the legislation comes into effect ...

 

[anoydas 666]

lol cant help but laugh, fuck me drunk lol.

 

[Donald Mallard]

i think its plain us originally being a penal colony is quite a problem ,.
freedoms are not so much given in such places ,
they are taken ...

 

[hard rain]

I'm gonna move to Canberra so I can grow 50 grams!

 

[Donald Mallard]

pretty pathetic isnt it ,
god forbid folks go after stronger strains of cannabis ,
theres no telling what might happen then ,
can you imagine them imposing such restrictions on alcohol ??

 

[anoydas 666]

reckon my cars can carry a few gallons of hootch.

 

[anoydas 666]

160kg n 50 years old. should have let er go.

 

[Donald Mallard]

geez what a beast,
i agree he probably should have let it go noydie ,
thats a pretty old fish and at that size they may not be such good eating??

 

[dimodz]

how long did eating from this fish .,?

 

[big orno]

very cool !

 

[Pumpkin]

Been very busy and had no internet. Will post an update soon

 

[Donald Mallard]

hope things get back to normal for you asap pumpkin ,
must be a bit of a pain they way there are currently ...

was glad to see all your plants werent wasted though , yay .. lol ..



picked my first dragon fruit for the year ,
judging by the flowers forming lately there should be plenty more ,

they look amazing i reckon ..

though taste wise i think they are just ok , nothing too special ,,

 

[Elmer Bud]

Thai Rath reported on a story from a Facebook poster about a man who used to own a boat business and now is a sales worker at a department store.
"Lung Pracha" used to employ 200 people until his business went under.
He turned out to be 81.

Even though he needs to work every minute from 9am to 8pm every day.

 

[Donald Mallard]

 

[Donald Mallard]

the guys reckoned the seed i made for them did pretty good ,
judging by the pic they shared i d say they did ok for sure ,
was a late grow and could have been better ..

 

[troutman]

^^^^

 

[Fronk]

Nice Donald!
What strain?

 

[Donald Mallard]

3 strains ,,
z99 , sour z99 and double sour zamal ...