tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post2444973633400423694..comments2023-05-05T01:09:51.306+12:00Comments on Life Is Endless: What's With That?Kaygerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01734123708037191756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-25840855750522658952015-08-20T07:37:57.032+12:002015-08-20T07:37:57.032+12:00Hehe, I was just thinking, you ask for opinions, t...Hehe, I was just thinking, you ask for opinions, then it's just blank for everyone... Don't worry... :P<br /><br />Yeah, I guess you'd be right, the training would only help those who would already know.<br />I think the trouble is, helmets are the "ambulance at the bottom of the cliff". They need something at the top of the cliff, but what is the question. I mean, everyone by now knows the cliff is there, some just don't think it'd ever happen to them, and they're the ones who go over it, if you know what I mean. <br /><br />Lol, the bubblewrap is a good idea! Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-37058519448132329432015-08-19T20:29:59.425+12:002015-08-19T20:29:59.425+12:00I'll quickly reply, thanks for reminding me......I'll quickly reply, thanks for reminding me...<br /><br />ATV safety training, it's just as pointless as the helmets. You get the likes of you and I, who would take it seriously. Then you have the idiots who think the world owes them something, who'll look at it as if it's a great time. Then you have the old farmers, who can compare to the saying - you can't teach an old dog new tricks...<br /><br />Even if you have the training, at the time you'll know what to do, just to pass the course to keep everyone happy. But as soon as these people walk away and go back to work, *forgotten*, thrown to the back of their mind with the certificate hidden deep in their back pocket to give to WS should anything happen. Working on lots of different farms, I see a heck of a lot. These people reckon they know what they're doing, but growing up around Dad - who is crazy safe and was a tutor, I can see the differences like it's black and white. So yeah, don't think installing and enforcing training will do much, other than look after the people involved with a "certificate".... although it's a good thought, just like the helmets are. <br />But if the officials want to enforce something, they should be enforcing us to wear padded clothing - made of cotton wool or bubble wrap, from the day we're born so none of us suddenly dies.... Then they might save some lives, but then the world would be seriously overpopulated, so that would be another issue!!<br /><br />*sighs*Kaygerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734123708037191756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-41278402744147169552015-08-19T20:20:15.010+12:002015-08-19T20:20:15.010+12:00lol I forgot... Sorry... Busy times :)lol I forgot... Sorry... Busy times :)Kaygerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734123708037191756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-50130345010369960172015-08-19T12:32:04.126+12:002015-08-19T12:32:04.126+12:00*Yawns* Wake me if something happens.*Yawns* Wake me if something happens.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6994425731906758290.post-29808195868145560802015-08-13T09:05:24.702+12:002015-08-13T09:05:24.702+12:00Hmm, interesting.
helmets, well, yes. Actually, e...Hmm, interesting. <br />helmets, well, yes. Actually, even just driving a convertible should require helmets. Just as dangerous. Not trying to create a complex here, but notice how some people are becoming targets of the rules and regulations, but not others? ie, city folk, can pretty much just do damn well what they please, no questions asked. But as soon as you step outside the city, to the poor common folk, you immediately get red tape up to the rafters... If you have an ATV crash on the news, the lack of a helmet will always be mentioned, and it is a call to farmers (note, farmers, not anyone else) that helmets should be worn at all times, regardless of the fact that the person would probably have been in an identical condition even with a helmet. But if in a town or city something happens on a similar scale or worse, even if a helmet could have saved them, it's not mentioned. I think that helmets are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, ATV safety and awareness courses would do infinitely more than a little piece of plastic strapped to part of your anatomy. WS has the wrong end of the stick. Also, why ATVs and helmets? Of all the dangers on a farm, I can think of hundreds of things which pose more of a threat, but which aren't ever mentioned once. To be honest, I often wonder how WS can really justify itself...<br /><br />Gloriavale. We don't know for sure their life, only what we've been told, and they don't know our life, only what they've been told. Read Sins of the Fathers, written by Hopeful Christian's son, it is a very thought-provoking book, and gives some good insight into what goes on. Some of what's there is good, but then other things, mostly sexual perversion, is wrong, and can never be justified. And on the testimonies of that alone, remembering that many of the victims are under aged, and Hopeful himself has been jailed for related charges, is enough to let you know it is a serious issue there.<br /><br />As for the animals. Interesting. I myself do hunt possums, for several reasons. Firstly, they are a pest, spreading TB, and killing native trees and such. For the sake of ecology, thinning them is not a bad thing. Now, other animals worth more? I would say, it depends. I definitely don't agree with killing animals for sport, or "trophy hunting". Either for food, or because they pose a serious threat to something important, should they be killed. And on that level, I think it would be okay to deal with them in order of threat level posed. Other than that, though, I don't really separate animals into different values, one being worth something more than the others...Andrewnoreply@blogger.com