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• Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, 10:08 Sep 10, 2011

  Goff visited Christchurch yesterday to reiterate his claims that the Government had not done enough to force insurers into action.
  Insurance companies had been too slow paying out on claims and too reluctant to offer new coverage, he said.
  "My first preference is [for the Government] to knock their heads together," he said.

  At last & finally. You tell 'em Phil.
  Uh-oh -

  Labour has yet to announce its Canterbury earthquake recovery policy.

  "We haven't got to that point yet, but it won't be too many weeks away," Goff said.

  He had not met major insurers to discuss policy, but he would talk to industry leaders before any announcement.

  Should Phil ever be in a position to knock heads together, you can be sure he'll ask nicely first.

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• Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Sacha, 23:25 Sep 8, 2011

  Scribe & Mayor Bob & the Cheesemongrel, all in the same vid.
  If the afro'd policeman was in there I missed him.

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• Up Front: One, in reply to Kris V, 10:23 Sep 8, 2011

  Thanks Kris.
  We're all human seismographs now. Don't register the little ones. tend to overrate the big ones.

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• Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Simon Grigg, 23:32 Sep 7, 2011

  Those first three Rod solo albums were fucking fantastic.

  Were they what. More than enough to earn him an eternity playing trains.

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• Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Rob Stowell, 21:19 Sep 7, 2011

  Were you there Joe? Wish I'd known, I'd like to have said gidday :)

  That's mighty nice of you Rob :}
  No I wasn't. Only vicariously, via my Evil Twin, whose picture-taking skills are way better than mine. Her Chch photo blog should be up & running soon, in the meantime . . .

  Definitely intend to be here though.

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• Hard News: Everybody's News, in reply to Rich of Observationz, 13:05 Sep 7, 2011

  That's all very fully documented -

  And not a mention of Israel.

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• Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Russell Brown, 12:54 Sep 7, 2011

  Captain Starlight!

  He had a mobile disco and played out at least into the late 80s.

  So he was real, more or less. Nice.
  I'd like to think he drove a Bedford Jumbo with mags.

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• Hard News: Those were different times ..., 12:36 Sep 7, 2011

  Around 1978 there were a few brief letters re. disco vs. punk published in Rip It Up. "Donna Summer" wrote that disco was all about loving one another. When "Captain Starlight" or some such took a mildly dismissive tone towards things punk, Sid Somebody-or-other threatened to "slash him with my razor blade" if he attempted his "shadow pouncing around my sister."

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• Hard News: Everybody's News, 10:50 Sep 7, 2011

  Thanks Ross & Ian for the posts re. 'controlled demolition'.
  Perhaps it's a positive indicator that these things can be discussed without being accused of violating the memory of the victims.

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• Hard News: Those were different times ..., in reply to Russell Brown, 17:45 Sep 6, 2011

  the Mekong, on Victoria Street.

  Opened in about 1978, the CBD's first Vietnamese. Initially a rather higher level of bowing & scraping than NZers were comfortable with. A friendly & relaxed place once they caught on,

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