RUBBISH DAY TODAY-

I'm clearing out the shed and under the house today, sorting things into junk, keep, giveaway and sell piles.

I've loaded up the trailer and am off to the refuse transfer station.

I'm not looking forward to this because:

• I hate reversing the trailer (as I don't use it very often) and the entrance way is narrow
• It's windy and stuff will fly around if I don't secure it properly
• It's bloody expensive
• I hate throwing things away.

ONE MAN'S MEAT IS .....

It's interesting (and disturbing) reading about the difficulties that New Zealand meat producers are having getting meat shipments into China at present. The problem is supposedly due to the fact that the previous Ministry of Ag and Fish changed name to the Ministry of Primary Industries with the new name now appearing on all official documentation like Certificates of Origin etc.

I have experienced similar difficulties with wine shipments to China with the Chinese authorities spitting the dummy when documentation from other official sources (other that those they've be used to) is used. Their answer is just to stop the process which can only be started up again with a little lubrication (brown paper bag full of something enticing).

This from a country that:

Counterfeits anything and everything they can;

Poisons its own people regularly;

Poisons pets and people in overseas countries.

 Go figure.