Forest and Bird?

[Paul in NZ]

Look - I friggin hate being acosted by the greenpeace nazis in town and i resented being accosted by the Forest and Bird lady at home but... well.... I dont know much about em really...

What say your biker rabble? Evil Eco Nazi or Good Guys

[Pussy]

Rimu furniture looks good.....

[riffer]

I've only had dealings with the Forest and Bird people through the Scout troop - having them come in to talk with the kids - and the ones who work for them seem to be genuine. The problem is with the proselytisers.

[Paul in NZ]

Rimu furniture looks good.....

Ya gotta try hard'n that man

When we renovated our first house Rimu rough sawn 100 x 50 was about 2" x 4" and 38c a metre... We went halves with the neighbour in a wagon load...

Farnuck....

Shoulda got a whole train and stored it.....

[Paul in NZ]

I've only had dealings with the Forest and Bird people through the Scout troop - having them come in to talk with the kids - and the ones who work for them seem to be genuine. The problem is with the proselytisers.

Christ Simon - I'm a reformed marketteer, even I can sound sincere.... And WTF is a pair of nylon trousers got to do with it....

[riffer]

Christ Simon - I'm a reformed marketteer, even I can sound sincere.... And WTF is a pair of nylon trousers got to do with it....

In all seriousness, my big issue is the ones who view the selling of the organisation as a religious crusade. They give me the shits. The ones at the coalface are busy trying to make a difference.

[Pussy]

Ya gotta try hard'n that man

When we renovated our first house Rimu rough sawn 100 x 50 was about 2" x 4" and 38c a metre... We went halves with the neighbour in a wagon load...

Farnuck....

Shoulda got a whole train and stored it.....

Alright..... wood pigeons are supposed to taste nice.....

[munster]

any organisation that promotes the wholesale aerial poisoning of our land does not get my support

[Paul in NZ]

Alright..... wood pigeons are supposed to taste nice..... positively yummy but frankly I prefer possum... Hind quarters off a young un, careful not to snick the glands and boil with onions until flesh comes off bones... Nooice!

[Paul in NZ]

any organisation that promotes the wholesale aerial poisoning of our land does not get my support

What? 1080? OK - whats the alternative? Not in your back yard but in Westcoast tiger country?

[Paul in NZ]

Alright..... wood pigeons are supposed to taste nice..... But seriously - that was the go back then man...

[Paul in NZ]

In all seriousness, my big issue is the ones who view the selling of the organisation as a religious crusade. They give me the shits. The ones at the coalface are busy trying to make a difference.

yeah - understood mate, just pullin yer leg... I dont much like nature based religions, they all end up at the bottom of the south pacific

[spacemonkey]

Look - I friggin hate being acosted by the greenpeace nazis in town and i resented being accosted by the Forest and Bird lady at home but... well.... I dont know much about em really...

What say your biker rabble? Evil Eco Nazi or Good Guys

Of the Eco crews? They are the one that puts their money where their mouth is..... Def good guys IMO.

[Motu]

Strange - a stack of Forest and Bird magazines landed on the lunchroom table today.We used to belong to Forest and Bird some years ago,they did good things I reckon.They got Bell Birds back on Waiheke Island,I'd never seen or heard one before.Pukeko's are the only native bird we don't have to worry about losing.

[Paul in NZ]

Pukeko's are the only native bird we don't have to worry about losing.

I dunno - I wouldnt mind loosing Hones mum....

But i take yer point. Worth the $25 a month then?

[Headbanger]

Alright..... wood pigeons are supposed to taste nice.....

They taste a bit like Kiwi.....

[Pussy]

They taste a bit like Kiwi.....

I'm just pissed off you can't get a feed of Moa nowadays.....

[Motu]

Worth the $25 a month then?

I don't know about paying for it.Other people do all the work unpaid so I can walk in the bush and listen to Tui's and pukeko's.The smile on my face is all the reward they need.

[Paul in NZ]

I don't know about paying for it.Other people do all the work unpaid so I can walk in the bush and listen to Tui's and pukeko's.The smile on my face is all the reward they need.

Went for a stroll through some wetland bush we replanted 5 to 7 years ago (so many planting days - so many different places - so many wet pairs of undies)

Amazing - nearly a full canopy, great days work for the troops who were all blown away.

[Hans]

Strange - a stack of Forest and Bird magazines landed on the lunchroom table today.We used to belong to Forest and Bird some years ago,they did good things I reckon.They got Bell Birds back on Waiheke Island,I'd never seen or heard one before.Pukeko's are the only native bird we don't have to worry about losing.

Define native?

[tri boy]

But i take yer point. Worth the $25 a month then?


Give me $25/month, and i'll squark like a Pukeko for ya down the phone.

[Hitcher]

Twig and Tweet don't generally proselytise. On this occasion -- protecting the environmental values of the Mackenzie Basin -- I think their cause is a just and righteous one. Landscape values are important and should be considered as part of the mix for any development or environmental intervention.

[spacemonkey]

Twig and Tweet don't generally proselytise. On this occasion -- protecting the environmental values of the Mackenzie Basin -- I think their cause is a just and righteous one. Landscape values are important and should be considered as part of the mix for any development or environmental intervention.

Yup 2nded, that sum's it up nicely to me..
:yes::yes:

[Motu]

Define native?

Self introduced.

[ellipsis]

....all cool for them to promote their ideals....perfect world and all that....love the ideals they promote...greenpeace hardmen, eco greenie crews....hero's....its also where they choose to be in life...good on them...im not green in my politics , but im a damn sight greener than a heap of hypocritical greenies i know...like any other organisations of humans, be it a m/c racing club or a school committee, theres always going to be , those who do the work and those who pay lip service...the ones who pay lip service are the dangerous pricks who will sign petitions and have public meetings about such stuff as...'NO WAY,' to a small piece of fairly useless, rural land land being used as a training area for teaching kids off road motorcycle skills or some such activity, because its environmentally unfriendly or a danger to some fairly common nz flea...hippie feelings in a strictly commercial , P fukn C world...idealism increases exponentially the further one is from the problem...i hear....

[ellipsis]

Define native?

....im sure theres one down in our garden, right now...should i call the police....

[Hitcher]

should i call the police....

No, just grub it out and compost it.

[Okey Dokey]

Personally, I have no time for F & B. I dislike their quasi-political status. They are not elected, and do not represent all New Zealanders, and yet they seem to be hand in glove with DOC, a gvmt department. I am happy for them to be a lobby group for their members, but they seem to receive government support, too? It doesn't seem correct to me. I think they have far too much "say" in issues, relative to their membership.

[JimO]

fuck them they are cunts

[ellipsis]

fuck them they are cunts

...very succinctly put....

[spacemonkey]

fuck them they are cunts

Really? so your a life member then.

[Hitcher]

Personally, I have no time for F & B. I dislike their quasi-political status. They are not elected, and do not represent all New Zealanders, and yet they seem to be hand in glove with DOC, a gvmt department. I am happy for them to be a lobby group for their members, but they seem to receive government support, too? It doesn't seem correct to me. I think they have far too much "say" in issues, relative to their membership.

At least they have a democratically elected executive accountable to a New Zealand membership. Unlike Greenpeace.

[JimO]

Really? so your a life member then.

had dealings with them in the past

[spacemonkey]

So have I via dealings with land blocks up in the far north.
Found them to awesome to deal with every time. :yes: