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All the way from the Cook Islands....

TSUNAMI EFFECTS ON COOKS

Jack Cooper the owner of Trader Jacks ,the Cook islands haven for miscreants, good bastards and drunks, which has been replaced a couple of times after big storms, again faced the wrath of the elements with the advent of last weeks Tsunami.

While the Cooks and Traders were spared the devastation, the rise and fall of water - every 4 minutes over the course of an hour, had Jack worried enough to head for high ground and watch Nature lick at steps of his bar while he supped on a gin.

The first pic is of the Avarua Harbour as the wave slicks out - the second and third are as it laps at the wharf.

SMOKE ON THE WATER

While the focus in the Pacific is on Fiji a protest of a different sort is happening in neighbouring Rarotonga. Trader Jack, Jack Cooper arguably operates the most popular bar and restuarant there. It is well known world wide.

Now Jack is not someone you want to piss off. But he is bloody grumpy. Appears that the Cook Island Govt is about to enact some legislation that will make the island virtually smoke free. It is a way more draconian that our laws. It essentially makes all outside areas smoke free as well. Including the beaches. So that means smokers are limited to smoking in their own homes. the law comes into effect on June 1.

Anyway Trader enacted his own wee protest in true Trader Style over Easter.

We are with Jack on this one. We are very anti tobacco but laws like this only piss people off and are unworkable.

Here is the advert for the big smoke in . Apparently it was a very very big night. Smoking Ad CI News 110409-1

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