Posts by Bryan Dods

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  • Random Play: So. I'm off Te Radar again,

    Islander,
    This is really one of the most insulting PAS replies I have encountered to date.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: Eat Up Your Brothelly,

    There is a always a lot of strong opinion about prostitution regardless of which position the argument is supporting. It is always quite extreme and usually from people who have no personal involvement as buyer or seller.

    Does anyone have any data on the number of users of prostitution services in this country? (Preferably ignoring repeat business - I'd rather know how many individuals have indulged)

    My guess would be a fairly low percentage of the population, but I am only basing that on those that I know.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: The C Word,

    Hey! I just got back on thread and Matthew goes and mentions Mayflower.

    Did I tell you about the Triumph Mayflower which was a model from the 1950s that was powered by a 4 cylinder engine that was very similar to the one that..........
    Oh! never mind.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: The C Word,

    none of the aforementioned Triumphs, regardless of engine size, could pull the skin off a rice pudding.

    There were other cars of the era that wouldn't be able to stir a rice pudding.
    But I was not defending the marque. It was more to show the incestuous engineering development of the British motor industry before it collapsed.

    Please accept my apologies for the threadjack. I have really enjoyed reading the views on class destinction.
    It has not surprised me that Christchurch has been involved in the discussion. My experience there back in the late '70s was of a much more structured class system than Auckland or Wellington. I thought it was because of it being the "English" city of NZ.
    It held as important one's origin down to details of which boat of the original settlement fleet they were on. Things like that seemed very important to people I met in suburbs such as Fendalton.
    Those I met on the other side of the tracks had very firm views about those who laid claim to being from the first ships.
    All very Upstairs/ Downstairs in a strange colloquial way.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: The C Word,

    A Triumph Herald with a Vanguard 6 motor shoehorned in

    Just a correction in the evolution of Triumph engines:

    The Vitesse ran a 1600cc 6 cylinder engine derived from the 6 cyl. Vanguard made using a smaller bore.
    The Vanguard 6 cyl. 2000 engine was developed from the 4 cylinder engine from the Standard 10.
    The simple principle was to add another half an engine to the existing one. The" join" could be seen in the cylinder block casting.

    The Vanguard changed from a nominal 2 litre 4 cyl. to a 2000cc 6cyl. The earlier 4 was actually slightly larger capacity than the 6.

    After the Vanguard ceased production the engine was used in the Triumph 2000 which eventually used a stroked version that took the cubic capacity out to 2500cc.

    The same range of engines were used in the Triumph sports cars.
    TR2, TR3, and TR4 used the 4cyl. Vanguard engine. The TR5 and TR6 used the 6cyl. 2500cc with petrol injection rather than carburettors.
    The early Spitfire ran the small 1200cc 4cyl. Herald engine, presumably adapted from the Standard 4cyl. The final models were 1500cc. The GT6 which was a coupe style of the Spitfire ran the 2000cc 6cyl. from the Triumph 2000.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Speaker: KICK IT! The Wee Fella,

    Too much splitting hairs about cheating. How about the karma?

    In the second half Ghana was playing a very different style to the fast, athletic, and exciting way they played the first half. Dives were being made every time they came close to the opposition. Very calculated. It really showed because the first half had been quite clean. A big rev-up by the coach perhaps.

    I saw Gyan make what appeared to be a consiliatory guesture to an opposition player. He cupped the players neck with his palm, and then cuffed him hard across the side of the head and ear. The look on his face after he had done it was not a pleasant sight to see.

    I was so delighted to see the prick bounce the ball off the crossbar I roared with laughter.
    It wasn't exactly instant karma, but it was fairly quick.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: The Honours,

    One of the few investments that has withstood all this is precious metals, and while I can't quite get my head around the god-like inherent value in a shiny piece of metal, that may only be because I don't have any.

    No need to have the actual shiny metal if you want to invest in this bubble.
    Due to pressure on the supply side people are now buying "paper" gold - just a written promise that one owns the gold.
    Prices have been spiking for some time now and it no longer has much connection with its worth as a raw material.
    When the 1981/82 gold bubble burst a lot of investors were hit.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: The Prime Minister will see…,

    We can use this time to transform the economy to make us stronger so that when the world starts growing again we can be running faster than other countries we compete with.

    Nice concept. Words and wishes are not going to generate much of a spearhead for our attack. Could we hear some suggestions of direction now that our manufacturing base has been ripped apart through free trade with low wage economies?

    All hopes now appear to be hanging on dairy again. Suitable land has been gobbled up and exploited to the max. in a field (sic) that we were told was not going to create the type of diversification that our country needed for the future.

    Maybe if National reinstated the R&D tax breaks that he has just cancelled in another example of anti-Labour pique some of our better minds could be engaged on his wishful thinking.

    Could I, as one of the lesser minds, set the ball rolling by suggesting genetically modified double-decker cows to increase productivity? Or wouldn't they be able to run fast enough for what Mr Key has in mind?

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: The Art of the Deal,

    After the election, he kept his word, and Labour had an option: Greens or UF? Labour chose UF; hardly "forced".

    Quite right, Graeme. Although you have taken "forced" as a lawyer might, rather than its lighter use, such as "a forced smile".

    It was Labour's turncoat style that upset me after they had given the impression that Greens were with them. Bending to one and rejecting six disenfranchised all those Green voters who voted thinking that numbers mattered.

    There seems less of a pong to the Maori Party behaviour than there has been in the past from some of the minority parties.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

  • Island Life: The Art of the Deal,

    Last election it was labour, this time it was national, perhaps if ACT were the major party they'd figure out a rationalisation for working with them.

    Just like the Grey Chameleon, Peter Dunne. Except that last election his piddle of a party forced Labour to reject all the Green support so that he could grasp some power.

    I don't see that the Maori Party used a blunt club the way other minority parties have in the past.

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 46 posts Report Reply

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