Hi Is Mise,

My parents would never have gone anywhere near the Vinnies people, I suspect, being not only Proddies but Reds. Not knowing shoes, I missed that part of my education without any regrets. But I'm proud that, fifty years later, my late wife was at one period the Indigenous rep on the SA Catholic Education Committee.

Hi Paul ! Thanks for your endorsement, but I've got a couple of years yet ! Where do the years go ?! Your wife would be consoled that I still might end up on an umu yet ! I would advise a Lemon Myrtle sauce with a dash of Hoi Sin and chili.

Joe

I would say Joe, there are worse things in life, than ending up in the ground as someone else's dinner. Recently in NZ I was asked if I wanted to come along for the "killing of the beast" two days before the hangi. I declined, going on safari to a paddock and shooting a cow dead, and then butchering the animal is not my cup of tea. I am surprised they kill the animals so close to the day of cooking. Along with the cow, both a pig and two sheep were dispatched, too much. Never the less, the meat was rather tasty cooked correctly in the ground using tea tree, volcanic rocks and dirt. A bit of overkill as there was a great deal of seafood and the hangi played second fiddle, much kai for the locals to take home at the end.

I see the thread has wound down; however I just read that Glaciers supposedly gone by 2020 are still there. http://trends.gab.com/visit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F01%2F09%2Fglacier-park-in-montana-set-to-remove-glaciers-will-all-be-gone-by-2020-signs%2F

Josephus,

God works in mysterious ways.

So Mr O so you believe the Creator is in control of the climate?
That is an original idea!

Come on "O", make up your mind.

Is it god, or CO2 that controls climate. Looks like you want a dollar each way.