Now thats really DUMB
Submitted: Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:26
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Member - Davoe (WA)
As a follow up to my post yesterday about the vandalism to Niagra
dam, It seems the main offender was a centre care worker on a 3 week contract to encourage street art to disadvantaged youths (obviosly a non lamb eater) when some of the 12 youths were caught writing their names on the 107 year old
dam wall he handed out spray cans so the job could be done properly. He has been sacked and may face legal action. The kids may be required to assist with an attempted clean up
Menzies shire chief was qouted as saying "This guy better not come back to Menzies"
Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:37
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:37
may face legal action
????
MAY FACE LEGAL ACTION?? should be forced to clean the lot off with his tounge and tackle. then get 20 years.
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Reply By: Member - Geoff M (NSW) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:49
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:49
Dumb is not nearly a strong enough word.
This would nearly qualify for a living
Darwin Award.
You've really got to watch the chlorine level in the gene pool!!
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Reply By: Leroy - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:08
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:08
Look I know it's a serious thing that has happened but I couldn't help but laugh. Promoting vandalism via government employees......what next?
Leroy
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Saturday, Jan 29, 2005 at 08:33
Saturday, Jan 29, 2005 at 08:33
No! No! and No!
That's not vandalism - it's free and creative expression, encouraging the youngsters to explore the mediums of paint, light, texture and colour in an incisive attempt to expand their horizons and assist them to confront their inner being with a positive expectation of throwing off the shackles of their repressed upbringings and allowing them to develop a true sense-of-self and awareness of their world.
Personally I'd have taken the little bastards 10
miles into the desert given them water and a compass and said "Now lets see what you can do - those who make it back get to live". _That_ would do wonders for their self-esteem.
As for the supervisor… 30
miles and no water….
No wonder some kids grow up confused about where they fit? If, indeed, they do at all...?
Mike Harding
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Reply By: Member - Hugh (WA) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:30
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:30
Hi Davoe,
Unfortunately this only goes from bad to worse doesn't it.
A government funded initiative to encourage street art - you have to be kididng! I wonder which department is responsible for this gem? Not something to be proud of in the lead up to next month's State election.
Hugh
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Reply By: Member - Crazie (VIC) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 13:03
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 13:03
cut his hands of, what a moron.
It is pointless bleep .
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Reply By: Member - Bradley- Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 13:29
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 13:29
mate its almost as good as here in vic, we have schemes where
young pricks who knock off cars get put into racing schemes - go kart / sedans etc. Bugger me i cant afford to run a race car , but its nice to know my takes are paying for some ratbag to have fun for free.
BTW - what the hell was this fool doing with spraycans up there anyway ?? Hardly standard country travell kit.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (WA) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 13:34
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 13:34
good question. I sorta thought he could be a city boy who would be used to seeing crap scrawled over every square inch of available space and thought the dingy old
dam wall in the middle of no where could do with some livining up
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (WA) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 13:40
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 13:40
For people that are to afraid to ask Where is it what does it look like and why is it special
www.kalgoorlie.com/tourism/kookynie.asp
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 14:05
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 14:05
Has this made the media yet? I missed the news.
everyone here should send copies of this story to EVERY TV Station in the nation, radio show, current affair show, then to every Bleeding heart department and do-gooders that there are. Show them that some scum arent worth bothering with...
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (WA) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 14:16
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 14:16
fraid a
dam wall in the middle of no where doesnt get much attention. I dont know if it made the media in
perth but it was on GWN news monday but didnt make the crappy 24 page week day kalgoorlie Miner till today
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 14:40
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 14:40
Dont mention its in middle of nowhere.
Mention Drug Addicts, homeless losers, and HISTORICAL BUILDING DESTROYED... You will see a new flash on all stations..
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Reply By: Wetty (W.A) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 19:26
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 19:26
Davoe. . . .
I lived in Kal for 5 years, there are a lot of mineshafts not being used up there, maybe there is a use for them after all?? I read your post bout the "slow race" on Nanny Goat
hill, brings back memories of drunken nights at the Feddy, and then to hear that the Foundary has closed brough tears to my eyes. . . . I hope the "Wreck" is still open for Bundy & Coke brekkies!
Hope they make the buggers clean the wall, it is a great place to stop on the way
home from
Laverton or
Leonora.
Cheers
Wetty
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (WA) - Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 19:41
Friday, Jan 28, 2005 at 19:41
yes it is althogh it is 5 years since I last popped in there for a breakfast session after n/shift. rest assured the xchange hasnt changed either. They are filling in alot of those shafts. 1 kid got trapped down one after scaling an 8 ft high barbed wire topped fence to get pidgeon eggs and the KCGM mines recue team had to pull him out. hmmmmmmm wonder if he was at niagra
dam.
I can tell by your motto perhaps you also got lumped with student engineers doing vac work.
Not the same place these days. the last time I was at the foundary was for a wet t contest and they could only rustle up a couple of skimpys and 2 backpackers so the old hag from behind the bar made up the numbers.- winner was v nice though
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