I know there are some Kiwi's here....

[kjtatts]

Try manually tuning it into another channel on the tele. Try to avoid using the AV channel if at all possible. It maybe (considering the age of the tele) designed strictly for VHS Video.

Give it a go, it cant hurt.

And if that doesn't work, take it back to DSE, ask for the Store Manager, then put on your best "Ms OBNOXIOUS CUSTOMER" face, they'll soon give you a refund to get you out of their shop. Either that, or they'll call the cops.

Thanks Draco.... I can do that! I haven't been arrested yet... LOL touch wood...

They all need a good slapping around ....

 

[Draco]

They all need a good slapping around ....

Agreed. Never deal with the idiots on the floor. Go straight to management every time. Anyone else is a waste of time.

 

[kjtatts]

Agreed. Never deal with the idiots on the floor. Go straight to management every time. Anyone else is a waste of time.

Okay...... I will follow your advice...

But I still want to slap them.....

 

[Draco]

But I still want to slap them.....

I know the feeling well. Most shop assistants need a good slapping. In one way or another.

 

[T.H. Oughts]

Flame me if you want, I'll still stand by these views.

They can't, I put in a claim for BIC the other week.

 

[tendril]

Ok, this ones a little bit more controversial:
Something I recieved via email this morning.
As a "European New Zealander" theres a ring of truth to it.
Flame me if you want, I'll still stand by these views.
I'll never call myself a "pakeha", I know what it means.
Enough IS Enough.

Subject: for those that don¹t read the mighty Manawatu Rag, I thought you
might find this interesting. It was in Saturday¹s paper.

I¹VE had enough. I¹m not the only one who¹s had enough.
In my opinion there are too many out there who have had more than enough.
Enough¹s enough.

John Tamihere you can keep your food basket, which we call the foreshore. I
hope you don¹t get too much sand in your soup when you eat your pipis, but
you are going to have to learn to like it.

Why? Because I¹ve had a gutful. You want the foreshore, you want the forest
you want the fish, you want the oil, you want the gas, you want the land,
you want me to support your whanau, your iwi, Uncle Tom Cobblers and all, to
vote Labour, give you extra health and education funding and not to
criticise you or yours. If I do say anything to upset you, I¹ll be called
racist.

So to hell with you and your food cupboard. We¹re leaving. We¹re going to
take our food cupboard with us, and a few other things as well. We¹re
closing KFC, McDonald¹s and the fast food chains, and that includes the Kai
Kart in Ruatoria.

We¹re taking our pubs, our TAB¹s and our breweries, our libraries, the
newspapers, Friday Flash and Best Bets will all be things of the past.
DB will stand for Dead and Buried. We¹ll take our cars, our trucks, our
horses, our petrol and we¹ll leave Black Power on roller skates.
If you want to go to the races, you will be betting on wetas or wekas.
We¹ll rip up the roads, airports and most communications, but we¹ll leave
you the phone system because I¹m sick of pushing button one for no answer,
two for a further wait and three for total silence.

You¹d better nurture the flax bushes because we¹re taking our clothing
stores, our carpet makers and our shoe shops.
We¹re pulling down your home and taking the TV and DVD, the Play Station,
the fridge, the washing machine and your mattress.
We¹ll leave you with Maori radio and Maori TV because I think you deserve
them. You can keep your Warriors and the part of the Maori rugby team that
is actually Maori but we¹re taking the All Blacks, netballers, basketballers
cricketers and everyone else except the waka paddlers.

We¹re going to let down your tyres and take away your pumps, and I hope you
can swim because I¹m taking the outboard motor with me that you use to go
and get your crayfish pots.

DIY will become a Maori word because we¹ll take our tractors, our tools, The
Warehouse, our second-hand shops and Work and Income. You can have the
power companies after I¹ve turned off the lights and taken the switches.
We¹ll leave you with manuka, gorse and blackberry because a lot of it is on
Maori land anyway, but the beef and mutton will have to go, so good luck
with your kune kune hamburgers and possum stew. It¹s a pity you got rid of
the moas.

After a lot of thought we are going to take the railway. We¹ll find an
Aussie who will want to buy it from us as we leave but we¹ll leave you a few
professionals to keep you happy.

We¹ll leave you all the lawyers, consultants, land agents and second-hand
car salesmen. They should keep you very happily arguing for years.
However, despite the temptation to leave it behind, we¹ll take Parliament
with us, too. So goodbye John, to free taxis, free feeds, free aeroplane
rides, free speech and freedom.

You¹ll be very happy when I¹ve gone because there¹ll be a Maori population
explosion. I¹m taking all the condoms, pills and aspirin.
And I nearly forgot the names. We want them back. You can¹t have Maoris
called Jackson, O¹Regan, Walker, Cribb, Shelford, Sharples or Smith. The
Howard Morrison Quartet sounds like a group of orchestral strings. Now,
John! From where did you get that name? You pinched it from a pakeha
apostle.

But before we go I¹d like a little reciprocation. We¹d like back our
muskets, the beads, the blankets, a flagpole, two dozen cakes of soap, and
especially the old whisky.

You don¹t realise how much an 1868 vintage Johnny Walker bottle would be
worth now let alone 19,244 casks of the stuff.
I figure that amount of whisky would probably be worth as much as John Banks¹ Britomart plus the boat harbour, no, but we¹d still like it back. Actually, I may put in for a claim for it before I leave.

Draco....I hear you!

 

[Draco]

WINZ hate it when you cross P***** off the list, and write in the OTHER box European New Zealander

I've been tempted to use Tangata Whenua. I was born here, therefore, I'm a "PERSON OF THE LAND".
I figure I have just as much entitlement to that as Them

 

[tendril]

WINZ hate it when you cross P***** off the list, and write in the OTHER box European New Zealander

I've been tempted to use Tangata Whenua. I was born here, therefore, I'm a "PERSON OF THE LAND".

Hell man, you are talking my lingo....fuck I live in the King Country !

Need I say anymore???

 

[Draco]

They can't, I put in a claim for BIC the other week.

LOL. I really want that whiskey back. Its gotta have matured well by now.

 

[Draco]

My views:

How can they be People Of The Land, when they brag so much about their "GREAT MIGRATION", in their waka's? They came here too, so how can they claim everything as theirs. They're immigrants too, just like us Euro's. I can trace my family history back to the First Four Ships that founded Canterbury. Can I claim Christchurch City?

What happened to the Morori's? The ones they didn't EAT, they chased them all out onto Chatham Island.

 

[Draco]

LOL. I really want that whiskey back. Its gotta have matured well by now.

Add in a few drops of Food colouring and we've got some KICK-ASS SHIT.

 

[woody54]

They're immigrants too, just like us Euro's.I can trace my family history back to the First Four Ships that founded Canterbury. Can I claim Christchurch City?

Hey Draco, My lot arrived in Chch in 1850. 5 generations ago. To me that makes me a genuine Kiwi. I'll have to join you in your claims, could be a hoot, albeit not PC in the current climate.

I have a simpler solution.... give them their land back and we will fight them for it all over again.

I reality, the Maori populace draws heavily on the European gene pool so how do you identify the real ones??

 

[Draco]

Its about time our "touchy feely" govts realised that we are not Moaris', Aussies, Chinese, Pacific Islanders etc. We are ALL kiwi's and deserve to be treated as such. No more special education schemes for Moari/Pacific Islanders. If you dont succeed at school, dont blame it on being a Maori. Blame it on your own motivation. Dont go running to the Govt for a handout.
The govt needs to realise, that we as New Zealanders want equality, not based on race. My kids should have the same oppurtunity for education, jobs etc as anyone elses, not penalised because their father and mother happen to be European. Why cant I go to the Dept of European Affairs and get a cheap home loan? Why can't I claim the land that my Great Great Grandad broke in 150-200 years ago?

I have a daughter that wants to become an Equine Vet. Thats going to cost me and her thousands, probably tens of thousands of dollars. But, if she had a tiny %-ige of non-Euro blood in her, she could get a $10 000 govt grant. That SUCKS.

 

[Draco]

Where's all the Kiwi's at tonight?

 

[kjtatts]

Where's all the Kiwi's at tonight?

Evening Draco

Im in the lounge.

 

[Draco]

I'm in the lounge.

LOL. Funny bugger, huh?

 

[kjtatts]

LOL. Funny bugger, huh?

lol yup

And what's with this purple shit?
Huh??

Spill.........

 

[Draco]

Oh god. Long story.

TH, Me, Summery, SweetCherry & Foxinsox (+ a few others) all used to hang out in the "Am I the only one?" thread a couple of years ago. We opened a bar/strip club, with pudding wrestlers, pole dancing, pimps/hookers and we all used to drink this wicked Purple Drink I used to brew up in the sink behind that bar. It was a hoot. Every now and then, T H reminds me of Purple Shit . We had some very funny times in that thread.

 

[KayJayMac]

Hi Tatts.

Geez, even I knew this old story. Although, I have inside knowledge.

 

[kjtatts]

LMAO

Is this purple shit anything like Purple Death ?

Evening KayJay

 

[Draco]

LOL. It was a fictional concoction, containing all sorts of alcohol, drugs and god-only-knows-what-else. T H used to buy it by the case-load.

 

[kjtatts]

LOL. It was a fictional concoction, containing all sorts of alcohol, drugs and god-only-knows-what-else. T H used to buy it by the case-load.

Well after the day I've had today.......and it started off so fucking wonderful... you can put me down for a free trial of the shit

 

[Draco]

Yeah, I know how that is. How's all the prep for your trip going? Got it all sorted.? How'd you get on with the DVD player?

 

[kjtatts]

Yeah sort of.....

I am kind of packed.... and kind of know what Im wearing on the plane (its a chick thing) - might be going out after I arrive Friday night...
and I kind of know what I want to do when I get there..... and I kind of know where I'll be staying....


Yup - I'm so organised!

 

[KayJayMac]

(its a chick thing)Yup - I'm so organised!

And that Draco, as a Mere Male is something you will NEVER understand.