Hard News: The uncooling of the inner West
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Amanda Wreckonwith, in reply to
and places near the sea/water.
Probably not such good advice any more.
I have to fight the desire to drive up country and spray paint ATLANTIS over the Omaha signs.
(Johnnie boy will have soon sold up to some dope who thinks they are onto a winning historic property) -
"And there goes my rates bill up 10%."
Being in a "skyrocket" suburb I hope mine doesn't increase by more. Over the years we have been punished for being next to a "good school" zone.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Prosperity, maybe but part of the establishment, be dammed.
I was recently mildly shocked to discover that La-Z-Boys are something of a cult item with people around a decade younger than me.
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Amanda Wreckonwith, in reply to
I was recently mildly shocked to discover that La-Z-Boys are something of a cult item with people around a decade younger than me.
They are the new midcentury modern... coming to Art & Object in 3...2...1...
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
I was recently mildly shocked to discover that La-Z-Boys are something of a cult item with people around a decade younger than me.
True Bro. Next thing you know is they've built an extension and a deck on the house in Point Chev, got their own TV show and are complaining about a rates increase.
Jeez, they'll be shouting at kids to get off their damned lawn next and telling everybody that will listen that the neighbourhood is going to the dogs.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
I was recently mildly shocked to discover that La-Z-Boys are something of a cult item with people around a decade younger than me.
yeah La Z says it all. That's actually just bad taste :) Didn't their parents teach them anything? That chair has got to be up there as the ugliest of ugliest for all time.
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
As I said upthread, David is retiring next year and we’re looking very seriously at quitting Auckland entirely. But wherever we go, a very serious question is going to be reasonable access to health and social services, and with a serious drop in income (and the fact I can’t drive at night) being close in or close to reliable public transport matters.
Not everyone requires or desires some suburban McMansion with a giant lawn, no matter how much the usual (and far from disinterested) suspects would like you to believe otherwise.
Wellington's apartment market doesn't look too shabby at the moment. It'd personally be my thing once I manage to change to a career that's not in danger of obsolescence.
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Have to be careful in the apartment market in Wellington though. Friends bought for retirement living, only to find that post Christchurch earthquake the insurance costs are so high they can't afford to live in it any more. Plus you have to look out for whether the council's assessed the building as needing seismic upgrade.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
yeah La Z says it all. That’s actually just bad taste :) Didn’t their parents teach them anything? That chair has got to be up there as the ugliest of ugliest for all time.
For me La-Z-Boy is inextricably tied to the terminal uncoolness of Rob's mob and NZ the way they wanted it. Turn on the TV back in 1978 and it was wall to wall ads for Fiji cruises and those goddam things.
While awaiting a minor procedure on my vertebrae a while back my doc asked if I owned a La-Z-Boy, as it would help with sleeping upright. To my shame I realised that I was probably too cool for my own good. So when someone younger than I, whose coolness is writ large via their contribution to the life-enhancing arts, scored one of those horrors off TradeMe for similarly therapeutic reasons, prompting a bunch of social media posts from a hitherto unknown underground of aficionados, even I have to admit that the Cascade rocker version isn't too aesthetically on the nose.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Form and function daarling. Form and function. Get your back fixed. Invest in a Chinese Masseur :) They know all the trix.
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Sacha, in reply to
when did you get so bitter?
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Sacha, in reply to
this will never be the new old Ponsonby
there will be compensations like better dumplings, different conversations, new groupings
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
when did you get so bitter?
September 20th
And... Not bitter... disappoint. -
Steve Barnes, in reply to
this will never be the new old Ponsonby
there will be compensations like better dumplings, different conversations, new groupings
Its called CHANGE
And it should get better, otherwise what the fuck are we doing?. -
Child poverty has decreased by 0.4% (margin of error 3%)
woop de fuckin' doop -
and by the way,,, there is actually no end to this middle class bullshit...do have an op-ion about the flag...icons...25 million just for starters...i favor a black background..with a white fern...luma key...alpha bill
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
and by the way,,,
Get a grip.......
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Shulgin, in reply to
...is the queen cumming to town...flag wavi'n
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Shulgin, in reply to
..what on the new flag bill?
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Shulgin, in reply to
..grip 4929 posts...i marked up like90 lame arsed offensive posts...ya kidding right..echo camber...do make a difference Mr Barnes...
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Steve Barnes, in reply to
..what
On yerself bro,,,,,,,
make more sense.
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nzlemming, in reply to
yeah La Z says it all. That’s actually just bad taste :) Didn’t their parents teach them anything? That chair has got to be up there as the ugliest of ugliest for all time.
But so comfy! ;-)
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Shulgin, in reply to
of course,,,because i have examined the spreadsheets...the police said conversation over, todd mcclay..nuthi;n more he could do..while crotch shot bennet does flips...pull those pants out your arse...anyway...like I say you posted way more than me...fuck the delivery man...he was devalued back when marshall mcluhan was doin media analysis...the medium is the.....
culture dish... -
easy rider
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DexterX, in reply to
I have to fight the desire to drive up country and spray paint ATLANTIS over the Omaha signs.
Classic.
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