Posts by Jolisa
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More pics for the property pervs among us.
By which I mean, me.
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Bingo, Robyn. And here are the details for prospective purchasers.
My mum used to visit her Fairburn cousins there during the school holidays and says back then it was a rambling bohemian abode, full of all sorts of cool stuff.
Damn, I bet it was. What a great place to be able to visit.
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Oh, Gio, the heartbreak. You know it, too. All you can do is squeeze 'em, eh.
Now, about those gondolas...
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I have fond memories of that old terminal too - it did everything you need a terminal to do - and riding the old wooden ferry back and forth all afternoon without getting off.
Tom, between your drunken rants and my burbling blogs, we can totally make it happen. Vaporetti, yes! And gondolas for those who are not in a hurry. Maybe Giovanni can hook us up?
(Q: will the Green wing of the party clip our wings for disturbing the waterfowl?)
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Would be a great way to get to work, as long as you didn't have to wear your best clothes...
In the Distant Future, you'll be able to bowl up to work in your togs (undies, undies, togs) because clothes will be provided for you.
That, or truly waterproof backpacks.
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And you're right, Carol, it was a gracious city - or at least it felt like one. Not so long ago. When were you kayaking around the waterfront? It must completely change your perspective on a city to actually do it; it has changed mine merely to imagine it.
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That was A.R.D. Fairburn, the Devonport dweller! I believe the house in which he wrote that line is currently for sale. There are still ferries at the bottom of the garden, although a pretty crap ferry terminal.
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Samson and Delilah. They were showing it on my Qantas flight, and even on that tiny screen, with the tinny earphones, it was stunning. It's absolutely heart-breaking, beautifully shot, and the performances by the young leads are phenomenal.
It's also one of the slowest-moving films I think I've ever seen, almost painfully so, and it's virtually dialogue-free, but I just could not look away. I literally jumped out of my seat twice, as "real life" broke into the exquisitely slow pace of the film. And the occasional glimmers of humour are all the more bittersweet.
If anyone else has seen it, were you startled by the ending? I was... it's almost as if the film-maker couldn't bear to follow the inexorable momentum of the plot all the way to its logical ending. Even so, it was devastating in its own way.
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Is it because their fares are fair? Should we kea? And are they still drinking our bare hair?
(For me the best part about flying Air NZ home is hearing that happy voice over the intercom saying "Gordevening-ind-wullcum to Ear New Zealand..." It reminds me to put my New Zealand Ears back on.)
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And then there's the 3-D fraggle-icious fromagerie that was Captain Eo.
I'm thinking about his kids. Helluva young age to lose your only parent, no matter how weird they are.