Posts by Thomas Johnson
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DCB: Huh, what does this have to do with the topic?
On Bomber, as someone who doesn't buy into his hatred of John Key, I commonly find his rants (in a pejorative sense) on RNZ unnecessarily over the top and unbalanced. I presume he is making the most of the platform and going 'all out'.
It could undoubtedly be handled better, but I wouldn't be surprised to find they have asked him in the past to tone it down, but he couldn't or wouldn't.
Does RNZ pay people to appear on The Panel?
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I just want to say that this thread is every not promised in the original post title.
It IS sex and it IS (an) education!
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to Emma Hart,
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Well, when we moved back from the USA we did bring a large yank tank back with us, but that was a company transfer so didn't cost. Brought another large LHD convertible in for ourselves a few years later. Not that hard, or terribly expensive, but not worth the bother if you are not into the 'car scene'.
Good luck with your relocation - hope nothing important goes AWOL - and settling back into new New Zealand
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I flew out of Auckland airport en-route to LAX and Seattle via UA 842 on Sep 11 (NZ Time). It was a special fight - the captain was retiring - so the 747 was showered from the airport fire engines as we pushed back from the gate. It was a normal flight with nothing out of the ordinary until we were woken to find the plane descending rapidly, and an announcement from the crew to prepare for landing. Looked out the window to see palm trees, and an environment that didn't look like California.
Once on the ground someone boarded the plane and made an announcement. We were in Hawaii, there had been a terrorist attack, and all flights were grounded. After a quick hustle off the plane and through customs they herded us through the deserted terminal. Military fighters were patrolling the airspace. We didn't get much information until reaching a hotel a couple of hours later. Spent most of the day watching cable channels. Honolulu was very quiet for 2-3 days with many shops closed. After a few days some sites reopened so I visited the Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor.
Got back to NZ after a week. A rather dislocating experience, especially for my wife who awoke to news that some United Airlines flights had been deliberately crashed. I didn't fly back to the USA for two years after that.
Could have been worse though - at least we weren't grounded in Newfoundland!
The biggest curse that has arisen in the USA since is the dreadful TSA.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Deborah,
It's a pity that there isn't a mechanism to even out the unders and overs. What looked like a good idea at the time on average (the 2007 Rate valuations) is now showing up to create too many winners, and hurt others that are on the wrong side of valuations. Seanne James certainly seems happy with the outcome!
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Well done Emma & team.
I could image this being run illustrated in something like Heavy Metal
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Cup of tea?
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Hmm, try that again.
(that's better)
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Another wall?
