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Can't stand it myself and doubt I could name many All Blacks. We hear about them endlessly, even when they lose :roll: Grant has to attend all the Nelson matches, much to his disgust, but I don't think he can see the actual games from where he has to be anyway so he will happily sit and read a book or something

Yes the standard of English is very poor these days, especially in our newspapers :roll:

Hopefully the injection will work miracles, otherwise it will be surgery and possibly fusing a few bits. Am now at work trying to last the day as another receptionist is recovering from a hip replacement so poor Jo would have to work all week if I go home We are a small surgery with only the Dr plus one of us working reception. Three of us job share. Considered adding an aquarium to the waiting room, as they are a wonderful calming thing to have in surgeries, but there is nowhere suitable to put it (even if I removed the cats!)

I have been walking the floor since 3.30am again. Pain is too severe to stay in bed &c:ry Booked in for CT scan guided nerve root injection on the 20th. A prolapsed disc is painful!!!

Interclub comps were common years ago but these days, with longer working hours, businesses open weekends etc they are harder to organise.

A collie will attempt to herd things - the yearlings, chickens, kids etc. :roll: My son has a blue merle border collie and she needs a LOT of exercise. They go to the dog park 2x daily plus other walks (despite the fact the dog has the run of the yard all day while they are at work) as she needs the interaction. She has started agility classes too and loves it.

welcome. Have a look in the reptile and amphibian section for lots of info and pics of others' set-ups.

He doesn't do anything now, why would he do it once he retires? Besides, as we run a business from home I doubt he will ever fully retire. :roll:

Not at all. Apart from the fact he never actually proposed, he had a 1974 Jensen Healey convertible There would be more room in the other one though as the Jensen didn't have a back seat He is a good vintage himself though and will be 61 this month :sage:

Thanks for the replies (and the PM). Grant will ask where it is in more detail and I will get back to you.

We are looking at a vintage car on Trademe. It is in Auckland. Anyone here knowledgeable about them, or know someone who would be willing to go and have a look at it for us? Preferably someone who is a vintage car enthusiast who knows what to look for. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/chrysler/auction-404897954.htm

I have heard people say that they may fight as they tend to have the same body shape (or something)

Do not put a fighter with a gourami. It is a bare quarantine tank? Can you give the smaller one somewhere to hide? Are they going to go into a larger tank? More space, plus plenty of hiding places and less line of sight may calm sown the aggressiveness of the larger fish. If that doesn't work then you will need to remove one of them

Inter club tank competitions

Blues seem to be a bit more aggressive than other gouramis and I think it can be a matter of luck as to whether they get on or not, Male or female. Two that have grown up together are less likely to fight.

It is a marginal plant, grown at a depth of about 15cm. Commonly known as buttercup. It is said to be a good filtration plant but I don't know if that means it is a good oxygenator though. Oxygen weed would be much better and is free. I haul it up in bunches, with roots intact, from local rivers and plant it into baskets. If I am only using it over summer for spawning in a spare pond I just hold it down with a rock or brick. Choose your collection spot carefully. Look for excess algae or unwanted critters. Water with a good flow is best. A clear pic of the legal species can be found on our plant database http://www.fnzas.org.nz/?p=956

That is where all mine came from

I would not have thought so but perhaps someone local could give you a better idea. Bubbleyes tend to get damaged in ponds

I don't think mixing goldfish and natives would work. Put your location in your profile please. Those in the far north can put more types of goldfish in ponds than those down south, due to temperature. Bronze or black goldfish are very hard to see in a pond. Mixing the types like you have will mean you will end up with a mix of hybrids. I suspect some of those you have will not survive.

Add oxygen weed

He's just planking

Poor LMCB &c:ry I hope he likes the little fishies on his bandage.

It will think it is king of the tank and won't be lonely.

Make sure you choose swift flowing water so it is not covered in algae. I have a friend who turned a bath into a pond and she also had a pedestal basin above it as a waterfall. She has to tilt it slightly forward, of course, and used perspex to make the water flow into the bath.

It will kill :roll: