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Since covid and the re opening of our borders it seems to me that 1 in 3 tourists/ backpackers are French

In many ways they are the most arrogant and self centered race i have ever met

They snort
Insist on speaking French and smoke non stop

After a few drinks I asked a group of them why they had even bothered to visit NZ

If they did not even bother to try to converse in the English language why not just stay home , save money and watch documentaries on you tube.

My comments went down as well as the "rainbow warrior"

Anyone that enjoys UFC will be in for a treat when Sean Strickland defends his UFC middleweight title for the first time on January 20, as he travels to Toronto's Scotiabank Arena to battle South African slugger Dricus Du Plessis in the main event of UFC 297.

Strickland's upset of Israel Adesanya came as no surprise to those in the new champ's gym, and now he'll look to cement his place atop the 185-pound weight class by defeating Du Plessis, who is perfect in six UFC fights.

Plus, a new champion will be crowned in the women's bantamweight division, as Raquel Pennington squares off with Mayra Bueno Silva in a co-main event that promises fireworks.

This promises to be a cracker event.

It's winter in the Northern Hemisphere and I'm reminded that people sometimes bathe less when the climate is cold(er) and that's their prerogative. I used to work with a guy who came from a Caribbean island where they didn't have running water in his village. His family had to walk to the well, pump it into buckets and carry it back to their house.

I'm not much for camping and thankful to have grown up living in a city environment. Friends have rented a Winnebago when they want to 'rough it' and drive around some remote campsites in America... shower and toilet are onboard. Oh, we've got it easy!

The point being: I understand because of environment, people have different levels of hygiene... that's a given and in many cases not related to their education or financial status.

Talking to a friend this past weekend, she mentioned that Trump stinks. I thought it was a political joke and she said. No, it's for real. He has offensive body odor.
C'mon, I said... he's extremely wealthy, probably has 150 suits, owns multiple golfing country clubs, hangs with other wealthy and influential people. How can that be possible?

Her response was: Google it.

Do you know that Peace is so important?
Have you ask yourself why you are led to violence?
what violence can do to you? It lead you to sin against yourself and against God!
Violence comes from evil to you,God will judge you for it if you do and it lead to destruction.
Violence can make you enemy of yourself and of others!
Peace is so important like food when you are hungry and like water when you are thirsty.
Therefore do peace with yourself and with others!
Peace is key to every knowledge,it will free you from hurting yourself and others!
How will peace free you from hurting yourself and others?
It mean:peace will heal you from anger and sadness, and so will make you to love yourself and others.
Peace will heal you from so many things.
So keep love in your heart and peace in yourself.
Those who do peace:shall be called:children of God.
So read bible and seek God and Jesus to know ...!
God bless.

Kenya's top prosecutor has ordered that 95 people from a doomsday cult be charged with murder, cruelty, child torture and other crimes in the deaths of 429 people believed to be members of the church.


The country's director of public prosecutions, Mulele Ingonga, was responding to pressure from a magistrate in the coastal county of Kilifi who told the prosecution to charge the suspects within two weeks or the court would release them.


For months since the arrests last April, prosecutors had asked the court for permission to keep holding church leader Paul Mackenzie and 28 others while they looked into the case that shocked Kenyans with the discovery of mass graves and allegations of starvation and strangulation.

With me living with 8 other people, each living their own lives with vastly different ways of doing things or different traits, eventually there'll be some form of disagreement or something will annoy someone else. I have lived here for about 3 years, and usually it's been on the small side of things. Not turning off the light in the kitchen when people are done, over-using the washing machine, having small shindigs at 3 am on a weekday and not cleaning up after themselves in the kitchen.

Then there's more.. Severe.. Things that people can do, that impacts the other persons life and body. I have been guilty of two of those things. 1: Being loud with my singing, and 2: my snoring. The person in the room next to mine is someone who is suffering from Hyperacusis. That type of condition is a type of reduced tolerance to sound, making it extremely uncomfortable when someone is singing too loud or snoring too loud.

I didn't think my snoring was an issue until last Saturday morning at about 5:50 am. I woke up to a sound that can only be described as someone using a hammer on the wall at full speed. It continued for about 10 minutes or so, and then it died down. I thought it was me dreaming something, or imagining things, so I asked one of my other housemates if he had heard anything. He heard it as well, so it wasn't my imagination. It was only when I met the guy in the room next to me, that I got an explanation for it.

Apparently, my snoring has kept him awake. To the point where he had to be put on sick-leave from his studies, and has decided to move out when he can. Now, me being someone who cares about others, apologized to him and told him, that it wasn't my intention to cause any inconvenience. When we started the conversation, he was pretty aggressive towards me, almost raging at me for keeping him awake at night. I guess my tone of voice calmed him down, because ten minutes later, we were talking like adults, and not hurling abuse at each other. It was quite nice, because it gave me an opportunity to diffuse what could easily have ended with throwing hands.

I am happy it didn't get to that. I am not a violent person, and I am very afraid of any sort of conflict. We both apologized to each other. Me, for keeping him awake at night, and him for the knocking on the wall at 5:50 am on a Saturday morning.

I have decided to look for somewhere else to live, though. I found a place in Copenhagen with people who are between the ages of 39 and 55. They look like a bunch of nice people, so if I am getting that available room, I am sure that I will be happy there.

As for my snoring - well, I am looking into that. I have found a few products I would like to try out. so hopefully they will help me with my snoring. I ordered them today, and they will arrive in a few days. I will test them out and see if they help my snoring, and my general sleep pattern, which is not good. I might order some more products, so my snoring can be eliminated, or reduced by 95%.

So yes - solving a dispute like adults CAN be achieved, if you just remain calm, keep a calm tone of voice and admit your mistakes, if you have made any. That's also how you can achieve a happy personal life. Remain calm, don't raise your voice and acknowledge any mistakes you might have made. Pro tip!

Been on diet the last year and a half but occasionally has a cheat day and today is one of those days. Mess of Rotten Ronnie's chicken nuggets and fries for supper when it gets here.

No weight loss today and my heart will protest for sure

I pay an accountant to do my corporate and personal taxes. She's a licensed CPA and we usually work via email. I scan and send documents to her and things that require original signature go by US postal Service. I'll mail checks to her for services. We are both good with this arrangement and have been doing it for years.

Last year, I received a letter from the IRS stating I didn't pay all the 3rd quarter tax. They found an error in the calculation. She missed adding a number from a previous column to the total. My accountant review it and apologized for the error. I mailed the check to the IRS two weeks before the due date. It went out certified mail.

Saturday, I received a letter from the IRS threatening to seize my property for non-payment.

I went online to review my bank statement and my check cleared 20 days after it was mailed and 3 days before they sent out the notice. What irked me was it took more than 2 weeks for them to receive my payment. Obviously a postal delay.

Monday was a legal holiday, but the first thing today was to call and find out what happened. The agent I spoke to stated the account now has a zero balance and the interest and penalty had been removed. She noted my account in the event 'the left hand didn't figure out what the right hand was (or wasn't) doing' so I have no repercussions.

I prefer mailing checks, but in future I would consider going online to make an electronic payment... that way, they won't lien on me!

Summary: I dislike the threat, and not a "did you receive the first notice? Please send a check" Certainly the post office taking weeks for a certified letter when it should have been 2-3 days or mail mis-delivered that happens a few times a month.

666

What do you know about this number?

Well, it is commonly referred to as the Number of the Beast.


What do you think about this....in modern times...

Women want a man to make:

6 figures and be
6 feet tall and have a
6 inch stick in his pants



What are we to make of that?

FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities

By Emma Colton, Fox News
Published Jan. 14, 2024
Updated Jan. 15, 2024, 9:45 a.m. ET

The Federal Aviation Administration is actively recruiting workers who suffer “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency’s website.

“Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring,” the FAA’s website states. “They include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism.”

“Do you want to fly in an airplane where they prioritized DEI hiring over your safety?,” tech billionaire Elon Musk wrote on X last week. “That is actually happening.”

I say, flying could become a lot more fun in the future.
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
Is it superman?

Who cares?

Life is short, enjoy while you can.