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Rich of Observationz

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:51:59 +1300

The Maranui café at Lyall Bay

Requires, however, that you have all day to wait for a table and some food (which you might do if on a lazy holiday from out of town, I suppose).

For those of us with Stuff To Do, Midnight Espresso still wins, even if…

Steve Barnes

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:16:01 +1300

Fully recommend for us out-of-towners (and only 4 mins from airport).

BYO scrubcutter.
Ideal for hiking on trails where there is no hiking trail

Sacha

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:45:41 +1300

The Maranui café at Lyall Bay

Amazing place. Fully recommend for us out-of-towners (and only 4 mins from airport).

Rich of Observationz

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:22:50 +1300

Ideal for hiking on trails where there is no hiking trail?

Steve Barnes

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:33:07 +1300

Osmiroids were the "greasy kids' stuff"

I feel soiled. :-(
Although I do admit to being a little greasy at the moment owing to a failed attempt to fix my scrub bar. All is not as bad as it seems though, I now have an excuse to buy one of…

daleaway

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:46:38 +1300

Osmiroids were the "greasy kids' stuff" of the fountain pen world – a sort of entry-level cheapie. But they worked well enough.

The Rolls Royce pens were Conway Stewarts, which the odd kid had passed on to them from their Dad. I think they came in ladies' and gents' sizes.…

Steve Barnes

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:26:09 +1300

his fountain pen

does anyone still use one?

When I started at the big school, 11 years old and full of it, we were expected to purchase an Osmaroid 65 fountain pen, they were specific about the make and model.
I wondered at the time whether the Headmaster had…

Geoff Lealand

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 01:44:07 +1300

Quite often, inky fingers and all

daleaway

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:31:17 +1300

Hilary, when I was at university some of the fustier members of faculty required the use of fountain pens when answering exam questions or writing essays.

They claimed that ballpoint pen ink contained oil and reflected the light; the glare gave them a headache. We thought they were just being…

Hilary Stace

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:53:39 +1300

The Maranui café at Lyall Bay does those milkshakes. Very popular.

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:30:06 +1300

at a tangent...
fountain pen
does anyone still use one?
a soda fountain?
or a drug store?
spare a tear for
the soda jerk
all shook up
and outta work
:- )

going further aside:
I do miss milkshakes
with icecream in
cold metal dispensers
The…

Hilary Stace

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:05:30 +1300

his fountain pen

does anyone still use one?

Kumara Republic

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:46:38 +1300

videotaped in late 67 or early 68 in TVNZ's old Waring Taylor Street studios in Wellington.

And not long after, they opened Avalon Studios.

Sacha

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:09:25 +1300

I love history.

daleaway

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:44:33 +1300

By 1977 we had been using videotape for about ten years in New Zealand.

Mine was the hand holding the Leed Lemonade bottle in its introductory commercial, videotaped in late 67 or early 68 in TVNZ's old Waring Taylor Street studios in Wellington. The crew were full of swagger about…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:24:52 +1300

frequency, what’s your number?
resonant vessels make more noise…
…everything resonates,
life a resounding success is
long may it ring one!

this book: Music and the Making of Modern Science is a very interesting read, so far…

Music is notionally the notation of all the Muses …

hmmmm…

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muses_sarcophagus_Louvre_MR880.jpg|…

Russell Brown

Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:20:43 +1300

Noooooo..!
They’ve gentrified the School of Hard Knocks…
;- )

Ha ha! Yes!

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 04 Jan 2015 09:19:08 +1300

Go large!
...a wonderful cultural college
Noooooo..!
They've gentrified the School of Hard Knocks...
;- )

I love that line you have to remember (that in 1977) "no one had seen themselves on videotape before"
(or words to that effect...)

mark taslov

Sun, 04 Jan 2015 04:28:17 +1300

Bladders?

Heh, I actually don't know, it might be.

Russell Brown

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 22:25:29 +1300

Julien Temple's new film, The Clash New Years Day 1977 , built around footage from his early attempt to make a film about the band, is a wonderful cultural college. Can't recommended it highly enough. And for the time being, it's on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDVIM2iBqdc

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:11:16 +1300

I’m standing in for Peter Urlich, 9-11am on 95bFM. I’m just going to play some good music and talk occasionally. In keeping with the Nice ‘n’ Urlich vibe, there will be some sweet, sweet house music.

Oh how I miss my Saturday mornings tuning into Peter Urlich when I lived…

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 08:57:00 +1300

temporal radio...
in summery:
over the space of two weeks
both the original and second owners
of our house have surfaced
and filled in gaps in the timeline...
I had a Sapphire and Steel* moment
when one described her parents
in matching chairs, either side of the fire,…

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 06:29:38 +1300

Bladders?

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 06:28:05 +1300

Good on Radio New Zealand! This all sounds excellent. But retirement is long overdue for the tedious Matinee Idle.

mark taslov

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:30:42 +1300

One for the bladers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgsd8Yb_z8A

Sacha

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:53:58 +1300

tore it up, burned it down

Grant McDougall

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:28:22 +1300

I heard BW was a riot.

Public Address

Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:28:22 +1300

Discussion from blog post.