Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Ocktoberfest.
They seem to to do a mega party, and every year, not a one off.how about every Febrewery 6th
we have a large culturally
inclusive "White Hangi" day?
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That would have been the Law Awards - the Grammys of the legal fraternity.
kind of a "more wig gin" gig, huh?
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WINZ some, lose some...
I also note that the purpose built WINZ office in Linwood (corner Cashel & Linwood Ave)
is now a Salvation Army op shop...
do not pass go...
sally forth... -
beware the antigen
my sympathies - being allergic to bee stings
the very thought of your ordeal almost brings on anaphylaxis (during which I bloat, and float away while suffocating - shudder)
I follow the fine advice of Sir Henry of Rawlinson End "...and always wear bike clips when mowing the lawn."
Warning: may contain NSFW pictures of Vivian Stanshall & Keith Moon wearing Nazi uniforms!
spend an entertaining 10 minutes in jolly old Blighty.... part 1parts 2, 3, 4, etc flow on from there
here's the bike clip reference segment - enjoy
PS: Dr Haywood - I'm hoping you can still channel Gerry Brownlee's engorged digits into fine Banjo plucking - the Bridle Path rules!
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be part of the solution...
Senior Urban Designer wanted for Auckland...
applications close Nov 10 -
Where's Martin Luther when ya need him...?
time to renail those 95 theses on the church door... or were they faeces (on the much overlooked Cistern Chapel floor) ??Meanwhile in Italy crucifixes are being removed from classrooms - another rubicon crossed...
re the Telecom Sphincter logo (or is it merely a "fizzer"?) - does anyone know how much they paid for this ? and which napkin scribbler (er, Creative) was paid for it ?
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absence makes the heart grow fonder..
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wrought vs rort
Sure there are rorts all round, but some of them are more hypocritical and cynical than others
some are just deeply ingrained in the culture,
a colonial hangover from when all that rort irony was transported to the colonies as ballast (although much of it was later melted down and sent back as part of the war effort!)
Though once the nose in the trough, it's no great leap to puddling pig iron - hence the ongoing slagging...and that was the wreak that was
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PAMJ - and there was me thinking
Post Adric Much Joy -
I'm gobsmacked by that news Rob!
No Early Childhood Advisors at all in Chch (and I assume elsewhere too)!Let's re-invent the wheel - very productive
madness....I've never understood the helpfulness for literacy of the Cockney sounding 3Rs - surely Acronym Central would defer to the logical RAW information (Reading, Arithmetic, Writing) or WAR if you must...
...and personally I always thought if you get through school with the ability to formulate a question, and some ability to process the answers, yer ahead of the game...
most of the rest can be merely Pavlovian...
(NB: don't flood the cellar!)