Posts by Simon Poole
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Keith, quick question: Given that National have already pre-borrowed a lot of money at current (cheaper) rates, wouldn't this further off-set Joyce's interest figures in Labour's favour? Eg: if Labour miraculously win the election, there is funding already available and already earning interest (and accounted for in Treasury's books) that they can re-task for whatever?
Hope that made sense, and if anyone has a clear answer I would be very interested in hearing it.
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3410: that is assuming that public servants have the access to install/update software on their machine.
That is not my personal experience.
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OnPoint: Budget 2011: Radioactive Space Donut, in reply to Sacha,
Mine didn't crash either; but it is crawling. Black/Olive green here too.
Firefox 4 on XP.
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You are right, it is very slow in Firefox.
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Alcohol, it goes without saying, is the nastiest of all poisons we choose to use and yet people don't see it as a drug, nor as the massive problem it is.
Worse than tobacco, which kills 50% of users when used exactly as intended?
Not to say alcohol isn't particularly nasty, because it is. But you can use it with virtually no ill side effects - something we don't seem to be teaching our children.
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Islander: You have never noticed that Peter Dunne resembles a vampire?
In my household, he is known as Dunncula. It was the haircut he sported at the '08 election that did it really.
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I, for one, am really looking forward to the derby. I have heard rumours of a ladies agreement to avoid the sort of thing that Auckland tried on when they visited last November. Hooray!
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A couple of nutty acquaintances are trying to start ice derby here in Dunedin. This Thursday night they're giving it a first go.
So many males are keen to play they're making it mixed, not sure if fish nets are compulsory.
Having seen the bruises left by skate wheels, I'd hate to see what a blade would do :/
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A damn good game last night, with Waikato taking it to Canterbury--and they didn't need Stephen Donald nor Mils.
Although, and I say this as a Waikato fan, I think both Waikato and the AB's would have been better off if Stephen Donald had taken the pitch at Eden Park.
Also, as far as next weekend is concerned:
- Colin Slade
+ Stephen Donaldwould make Waikato's task a lot easier.
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Also possible. Especially given that she thinks the presence of humans on the bed is an invitation to come sit and pur. Even when they're doing that strange human mutual grooming thing.
When my girlfriend got a kitten, the first thing we taught it was to sleep at the foot of the bed. She rarely comes further up than that, even when the bed is empty, thank god.