If there was reports of a few of us Ausfishers in a Green exclusion zone, they'd be on us before we had the anchor set.
This situation just gets more pitiful by the minute. Problem is, there are enough stupid Labor stallwarts who will vote this mob of geese back in again
Thats simply not true...Originally Posted by PADDLES
Generally one bloke works and the other 7 stand by and supervise...
i stand corrected ................
FNQ....let me know when we can say..."I told ya so".
LOL Greg, most definitely earlier on, it was an easy one, since then the quantity has increased by almost as much as 7x. It's good they are cleaning as much of the stranded oil as they can, it may not make any true difference over time but it was too much to leave in consience.
I hope that in a month the thought of the spill doesn't stop anyone from heading over and treating the place and the fish caught as any different than they would have before the spill....it will do nothing but pander to the radical elements in scaremongering for money so often heard in all media.
We probably will eat a restaurant feed this next 2 weeks, I am under no illusion it will be placing my family and me in a position far more potentially dangerous than eating a feed of fish caught anywhere over there as a result of this entire incident.
cheers fnq
Greg/FNQ
So IF there is a notable effect over the coming months you two will no doubt retract the "I told ya" And eat a big fat helping of "pardon me I got that wrong"
Yeah for sure Rando, if the facts change in any real time but be advised I am not very tolerant of technical ticks or half truths - with the exception of just the absolute minority of claims, these today make up the entirety of the environmental industry's way of sourcing further funding and their preconceived PETA style end result/s very often....not to mention executive and managerial pay packets that grossly abound under every environmental flag.
The pendulum today doesn't even make it to the half way mark before heading back these days...more fool us.
cheers fnq
How about you mate.Greg/FNQ
So IF there is a notable effect over the coming months you two will no doubt retract the "I told ya" And eat a big fat helping of "pardon me I got that wrong"
When we find out that apart from an expensive clean up of a very big uggly mess there has been little long tern harm done are you going to be eating crow.
news last night.... cute little turtles flapping down the beach......ahhhhh.
news a coulple of nights back..... decky on a prawn trawler......look at them prawns......... no oil in them.......nothing on the nets either.
the containers are so deep... the Navy are still looking for em......
So what are they going to do when they find em......in 200m of water......is pulling them up going to be worth it.
.. some pin head ( not our beloved ) said ...." they could have floated 200Km"
cheers
Its the details, those little details, that make the difference.
We cancelled out trip to Moreton this week but received a report that they were catching good whiting and flathead on the western beaches.
We have re-booked for July
Re: that'a not pollution, THIS IS
Oldboot
Ive been married for near twenty years. Ive been force fed humble piethat often Ive grown to love it.
I feel your pain brother...... at least we only expect you to eat crow when you are actualy wrong
cheers
Its the details, those little details, that make the difference.
Rando,
I have absolutely NO problems admitting when I am wrong.....When I was in corporate life one of the 'criticisms' I used to cop was apologising for stuffing up before I was found out, and admitting I was wrong when if I had have said nothing no one would have known. Which is why I rarely if ever comment on anything unless I am confident I am right.
Lets wait a couple of months and we shall review the situation.....bearing in mind there will probably be some ugly stains on the rocks way above high water for some time yet...but they will have no bearing on the environment except looking ugly for a bit longer than usual.
I also am used to a steady diet of humble pie on the domestic front. Whether right or wrong
I will also, like FNQ, only believe 'credible' sources, and these do not include any greeen or (unfortunatel) our beloved EPA. I will however believe the true users of the areas...which for our discussion purposes are the ausfishers who fish in and travel to those areas on a regular basis.
Cheers and Beers
Greg
Isn't it funny Greg that those are not good qualities in senior Management? I'm the same. After many years with the Corporates, I bought a bobcat. Much happier working for myself, but the ar$eholes are still out there...
Cheers,
Tim
Carbon Really Ain't Pollution.
Yeah Tim....and I was one rung below top dog...in a MAJOR player in the Hardware Industry....which no longer exists because of a corporate takeover. Im sure most of you can figure out which one. I left them after 17 years, to open up a tackle shop, couldnt handle the double standards and expected cover-ups of incompetent people promoted beyond their abilities to keep them out of the frontline. Similar scenarios exist in our public service.....as can be evidenced in some of the actions and statements from some high profile public servants. Major arse covering used instead of admitting mistakes and correcting them...or even worse...looking for someone else to blame for your own mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes.....thats human. I remember a post game quote form the great Jack Gibson....i think it was about Andrew Ettingshausen...when a journo questioned the number of mistakes he made during the game....and jack drily replied...'yeah..he did make some mistakes....he also scored two tries and made lots of try saving tackles....at least he was doing something, I would rather that than a player afraid to do anything in case he made a mistake'. I aint perfect...but I will always have a go...admit when im wrong and try to fix it....then get on with life.
Greg
Greg,
Fair enough. I like go getters. But sometimes having a go when you don't know what you are doing can significantly screw things up. I work in IT and have seen some people think they want to impress and make a big change. How does that family fued sound go? Boom boooom.
I'm not a supporter of the EPA or Bligh, but it would have been hard to do much in those conditions.
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