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cove said:
Sounds like you have not been running the secret service with the wife JohnK. I think it is healthy for both in a marriage to know what is going on financially in their lives. If you put your head into a pizza it is much easier for the survivor to know what to do and how to carry on.
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LOL. Let's not worry about those things just yet. I'll just have to be careful eating pizza.
 
Quickstatus said:
Much of what is taught in schools just creates "users" rather than "creators".

The vast majority of kids learning a musical instrument - some practising for hours to get the musical piece "right" are no more than good users of the instrument. They wont be creating anything musical anytime soon. The really creative types are not practising for hours on a piece created by someone else.

Is it the same for "IT" in schools and tafe?. I remember a friend who said she was going to study "computer" somewhere. Her family thought she must have been smart to do that (ie akin to Google nerds). It turns out she only learnt how to use Microsoft word.

Who are the brightest?. The ones who get the highest ATAR?. It seems to me that the whole system is skewed to those who can do well in exams and memorise.
We are just creating large numbers of people whose education just gives them a basis for earning a living via the "dollars for hours" method.

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Pizza? - Iceland's president hates pineapple in his pizza.
Iceland's president wants to ban pineapple on pizza | New York Post

I have olives and anchovies in pizza and anything "gourmet" in them
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I was reading in Time how Chinese students continually topped student scores amongst students across the globe yet lacked creativity which students in the USA and others had more of and how a balance of academia and creativity was needed.

A gourmet pizza shop closed down near me. You know the type, duck and kale on the pizza for $20. Yet the one that sells the favourites for $8 keeps going on.

I saw one kid request tomato sauce on his pizza... :shock:
 
I could accept duck on a pizza. Never kale.

And don't scoff at the chains. A basic thin crust pepperoni can be tough to beat.
 
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whatmeworry said:
I was reading in Time how Chinese students continually topped student scores amongst students across the globe yet lacked creativity which students in the USA and others had more of and how a balance of academia and creativity was needed.

A gourmet pizza shop closed down near me. You know the type, duck and kale on the pizza for $20. Yet the one that sells the favourites for $8 keeps going on.

I saw one kid request tomato sauce on his pizza... :shock:
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My Italian gardening father taught me that Kale = a weed that needs to be destroyed, but add "super food" to its name and people lose their minds over it.

Pineapple on pizza is bad. No further discussion needed :)

I once was on a conference call and asked someone what they were having for dinner (in the US), their response was spaghetti and red sauce.

Me: Whats red sauce?

Them: Ketchup.

Us: *silence*
 
Thin crust meat lovers. Nothing else needs to be on the pizza menu.

Kale? - just another spinach. very interesting how people believed the hype about it and pay extra
Other overpriced trendies - acai, wheatgrass, chia, quinoa.
Ill have chia and quinoa for its variety but superfood?. Not likely...

Pizza - red white green (same as italian flag) there is no yellow - so no pineapple
 
And thanks to various lounge soups over the past month, Ive rediscovered the joy of soup. I made cauliflower (with potato, onion, garlic & bacon) on the Sunday.

Thinking minestrone in the slow cooker this weekend.
 
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cove said:
I would be happy to use Roundup on that kale weed.
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Im the poster child for RUP. Half our buffalo lawn was killed because I was spraying weeds - buffalo grows back.

When I use to walk to work, I had RUP Gel in my backpack and would attack weeds that annoyed me on the footpaths.

I should start walking to work again - I was happier when I was killing things on my way to work.
 
If you travel to California and get down to South Coast Plaza which is about 45 minutes south of LAX you should enjoy Capital Grille for lunch. Sure they have a kale salad if you want to taste a weed but if you look over that item on the menu you will not damage your taste buds.
 
cove said:
If you travel to California and get down to South Coast Plaza which is about 45 minutes south of LAX you should enjoy Capital Grille for lunch. Sure they have a kale salad if you want to taste a weed but if you look over that item on the menu you will not damage your taste buds.
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Go to Colorado if you want to taste weed

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Denali said:
Im the poster child for RUP. Half our buffalo lawn was killed because I was spraying weeds - buffalo grows back.

When I use to walk to work, I had RUP Gel in my backpack and would attack weeds that annoyed me on the footpaths.

I should start walking to work again - I was happier when I was killing things on my way to work.
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I have a horseriding arena thats need roundup every so often. Thought about buying a quadbike to do that and to pull an riding arena rake that pulls up the weeds. Too expensive at nearly $10000, so I found a really old paddock bomb - Suzuki Stockman 1000CC engine rebuilt for $6000 unregistered to do the job.

its such a pity they dont build these small ute paddock things anymore
 
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