Merry Xmas to the fern clan. We got a baby girl for Xmas (2 days before) so this might be my last post for... how many years!!? Probably should be posting gibberish at some ridic hour of the morning!

@catogrande I feel that's not the first time you've trotted that scenario out...

@JC Bro!! I've just got my 23andMe results back and we are totally related! I mean, what are the chances!?

Now I've been thinking about going electric...

@MiketheSnow such a pity she's passed away... next week.

@shark it is pretty tough one handed aye

• Current approach is doing jack towards reduction of use and touch points with gangs etc.
• treating it as a health and education issue, funded via taxation would be a more positive approach.
• where it has been decriminalization overall use has trended downwards, with two (?) States in the US seeing youth usage dropping.
• $$$ heaps of tax and savings in govt spending with fewer people in prison and courts due to weed related events. Massive reduction for police - then they can hit P and organized crime harder imo.
• industry and medical benefits for local markets and hopefully international markets.
• smoke free is a tension, can't argue that away. But there are plenty of non-smoking ways to enjoy cannabis. Plus we ain't getting moral in booze so... that one is tounge in cheek tho.
• fear, so much of (older ahem) people's 'knowledge around weed is hangovers from reefer madness, makes u crazy, gateway, a loser drug etc, etc.
• noting that it absolutely has bad outcomes for some, but that's all the more reason to reframe as a health/education challenge imo. Reducing stigma and criminality would likely see more people getting help.
• plenty of productive and otherwise law abiding folks run the risk of conviction for enjoying weed.
• I feel the list goes on personally

A slight tangent on this seeing (some) parents try to gatekeep what education should look like, and that folks without kids should have less (or no!) say. It's like get the fuck out of here brah, education and those kids are going to contribute to what NZ looks like in the future so everyone has a vested interest, kids or not.

@Mokey and @JC big !!

I am increasingly concerned that the fern is the most nuanced and empathetic space for conversation in my life at the moment... actually I've just upgraded from concerned to terrified lol

@Kiwiwomble or has he!! wonder if someone had hacked him and was just biden their time. Sorry, I'll get my coat.

@Higgins don't worry, England will still do a few victory laps

@barbarian what is a decent first innings score looking like? 200 minimum and 250+ excellent?

@mariner4life I hear hands are pretty vital at avoiding too many to begin with!

@Snowy the trouble is you need it for all the kids, but if you're driving that around you ain't getting any!!

@No-Quarter fucking eek. Two feels like heaps currently, although there is way less anxiety compared to the arrival of number 1. I hadn't considered the being outnumbered bit, but that makes perfect sense. Once they are mobile shit gets real fast!

@taniwharugby one bit we do have going well is the team parenting. We tend to manage our tiredness/grumpiness pretty well and both know the signs of when it's time to give the other person a break from the kids.
I hear ya though, think you've got a routine going and boom - fucking teeth show up or some other developmental milestone that brings oodles of joy lol.

@MN5 ha ha gold. But only as things turned out well in the end... aside from that crazy lady speed bump... which was probably still a lot of fun at the time

@Hooroo I hear you get a free baggy when you order a Nigella cookbook. Fucking game on lads

Team, I am so fucked. Missus is back at work from Monday. Ms 4 goes back to childcare and Mr Just turned 1 will be starting childcare (same place as his sis). Luckily work and childcare is local, but I work in the city so I have zero chance of getting to work on time for the forseeable future. Ms 4 generally sleeps through, but Jnr is still up a couple of times a night.

Zombie parent mode enabled.

Advice, thoughts and prayers? drugs!!? I'll take it!!

@taniwharugby ha ha the operative words around the donations are 'pause' and 'suspend'. Once there is a bit of clear air (months? years!?) from the Trump regime it's more than likely the traditional GOP donators will resume normal practice.

also wonder if they figure it'll boost, or at least not harm, their international market.

Trump might start up his own golf association and tour just to fuck with them.