Posts by David Slack

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  • Island Life: Tune in, turn on, score…,

    Why have chosen to simply regurgitate a press release from the opponents of this, Mr. Slack?
    The "eleven slice" number assumes that you eat nothing else but bread to get your dose of vitamin B9.

    Fair enough, but it seems to me nonetheless that if you want to bring home something for dinner you should point your rifle directly at the rabbit.
    Even if they have other sources, it sounds to me as though it's still likely that the women for whom it's intended will get insufficient by this means.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Island Life: Tune in, turn on, score…,

    At least some links to the science would be good.

    I've appended them to the post.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Island Life: Adventures in English,

    The beautiful thing about that preposition, from the point of view of a politician afraid of commitment, is that it lets you spend a long time at the scene of the crime without ever leaving your fingerprints on anything. The less specific, the better.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Island Life: Adventures in English,

    scuttles back to hideaway in Adelaide

    Yeah but nah.
    Deborah, I really truly weighed that up for a full half minute before I decided that if they had either of those books under a table leg, the odds had to be better it would be a dictionary.
    Moreover, I 'd like to encourage people to embiggen their vocabulary. A stroll through a dictionary can do a person no end of good.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Speaker: About That Telescope,

    Don't trust that guy.

    Good luck with that. His sources are impeccable.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Island Life: I'm Henry. Fly Me.,

    Hadyn's phone: Hey, you know earlier - did you think it was Paul Henry on my phone?
    Person B: What? No.
    Hadyn's phone: I'LL DEMAND ANSWERS.
    Fin

    That's a funny! On a lady!

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Speaker: About That Telescope,

    I get the feeling a lot of sentences about this man might start with the words "Without prior warning, Mr Cook..."

    In today's hearing, we learn:

    "Without prior warning, Mr Cook, through his lawyer’s junior, Andrew Comeskey, asked for his job back.

    Ms Monaghan said such a request was unusual and unacceptable given no prior pleadings had been made on it.

    Mr Currie, who was not in the session, was then phoned and gave evidence on it.

    He said there had been a complete loss of confidence and trust in Mr Cook and it had been made worse over last week when Mr Cook’s submissions to the court were given to the media. These included parts which had been deleted in the final agreed version between parties.

    “There is a lot of anger towards Mr Cook in our newsroom,” Mr Currie said.

    “He had done his utmost to cause as much damage as possible to the Herald on Sunday and myself."

    Mr Currie said that Mr Cook had last week announced he would “drop a bombshell” on the Herald.

    He noted that in Mr Cook’s submissions to the ERA, he had said he had no trust in the editor.

    Mr Currie said if the ERA made an order re-instating Mr Cook to the publication, then another person already there would lose their job to maintain the APN-ordained head count.

    “It would just be impossible,” Mr Currie said.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Island Life: I'm Henry. Fly Me.,

    I'm not against overbooking per se, but if you don't understand the market and have a rough idea on no-shows, you'd think you'd start cautiously, precisely to avoid bad publicity.

    EXACTLY. I get the feeling they just applied the formula that had been working for them in Australia, and assumed she'd be sweet.

    Probably not the first or last time for that, sad to say.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Speaker: About That Telescope,

    the David Slack tales are usually more plausible than this.

    Que?

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

  • Hard News: Another entry in the Public…,

    Dyan, thank you very much indeed. That's really instructive. Notes 2 and 3 we're both very conscious of, but as for number 1 - oral hygiene and its bearing on your overall health - I, at least, was quite unaware. I'll show this to Karren now.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report

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