gregorydgraham

gregorydgraham t1_jccajxa wrote

Reply to comment by diablosinmusica in I stumbled out of the forest into a prehistoric wonderland. Mt Aspiring National Park, NZ [OC][1500x2250] by CampsG

You are correct: there ticks in New Zealand

Ministry of Health information -

New Zealand has endemic ticks (i.e., they occur here and nowhere else in the world). These species are host-specific and infest mainly birds. Endemic New Zealand ticks generally do not transmit diseases to humans.

There is also an introduced species of tick in New Zealand – the brown cattle tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis), which can infest warm-blooded mammals (such as cattle or humans). In some parts of the world the cattle tick is known as vector of animal and human diseases, such as tick borne fever, Japanese (Oriental) spotted fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis. However, these diseases are not present in New Zealand.

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gregorydgraham t1_j8rldhz wrote

Reply to comment by RedditStrolls in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

The problem here is that Amaryllis actually sounds like an interesting character. Terrible name though, nice work :)

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gregorydgraham t1_j8rkn7v wrote

Reply to comment by Some0neAwesome in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

Sorry, but that is 3 sentences. Change the full stop to a semicolon and ditch the last, pithy, sentence

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gregorydgraham t1_j4erc71 wrote

Reply to comment by SacredEmuNZ in ‘When something like this comes up where we’re both excited, but also that sorrowful that we lost so much.’ — A Māori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured artefacts listed for sale by the auction house Sotheby’s by marketrent

150 years ago, New Zealand was British and “even after the creation of a New Zealand citizenship in 1948, New Zealand citizens also remained British subjects. The description ‘British subject’ did not appear on passports printed from 1974, and New Zealand citizens ceased legally to be British subjects on 1 January 1983.”

Breaching a condition of the contract would make the sale void and can be enforced by a court.

Limitations imposed on the initial transaction do carry over to third parties. For instance a factory consented by limiting the pollution emitted, can NOT emit more pollution just by being sold to a third party.

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gregorydgraham t1_j4dlcnx wrote

Reply to comment by GreenThumbNZ in ‘When something like this comes up where we’re both excited, but also that sorrowful that we lost so much.’ — A Māori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured artefacts listed for sale by the auction house Sotheby’s by marketrent

At least in Britain, a verbal contract is as good as a written one. Since the deed of gift specified the item must remain within the family, selling the taonga will restore ownership to Tūwhaere’s descendants

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gregorydgraham t1_j2bku8u wrote

Reply to comment by deck_hand in Green Hydrogen - Not The Fuel Of The Future by Realistic-Plant3957

Yep, 100% agree with you.

The problem has always been the “petro” in petrochemicals, making fuel from the atmospheric CO2 and venting it back to the atmosphere is a valid (and in my opinion excellent) solution to the current crisis.

Still requires legislation to avoid the “petro” sneaking back in and quite a lot of storage to remove the current excess CO2.

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gregorydgraham t1_j2bizvz wrote

Reply to comment by kokanee-fish in Green Hydrogen - Not The Fuel Of The Future by Realistic-Plant3957

Green hydrogen, as it stands, is a bait and switch scheme to keep petrochemicals in control.

The methane reforming reaction is orders of magnitude more effective at making hydrogen than electrolysis. So Big Oil can back the hydrogen economy, scupper any “green” enforcing legislation, and know that they will eventually be selling petrochemicals and spewing CO2 for billions.

It’s a great long con.

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gregorydgraham t1_iyoioej wrote

Reply to comment by arrouk in More than half of all young children statewide ages 0-5 are enrolled in the Imagination Library of Ohio program, per the governor's office. That's more than 360,000 Ohio children in total, each receiving "The Little Engine That Could" and other popular books in the mail for free every month. by Sariel007

That might be true in a reasonable society but Yankia is hardly reasonable. As we see in their abortion rights “debate”, they focus on particular cases until they have the momentum then ban everything. Like the 10yo girl in Ohio, in any reasonable country she would have got a life saving medical intervention, but the ban that supposedly targeted the “women who do it because children are annoying” types was broad enough to included her.

TLDR: they talk about some books, but they want to ban (almost) all books

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