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BenWilson

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:38:50 +1300

I'm not blindly opposed to GPS, but there's a hell of a lot to be said in favour of maintaining basic old-tech skills, cos technology has its limits and breakdowns.

Totally. I'm a fan of GPS, but only as a supplemental tool to navigation, rather than the complete abdication of…

Chris Waugh

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:37:52 +1300

“Be Prepared” Addendum – “It’s better than being a burden to others or dead.”

Well, yes.

My car isn't anywhere near as well equipped as yours, but then again, I don't live in a remote area and if I got stuck up the mountain range I cross regularly, it'd be…

Steve Barnes

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:59:26 +1300

“Women/Men/relationships are like buses,

Then 2 come at the same time...
/coat...

DexterX

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:48:53 +1300

The note on the note – reminds me of some of Dad's sage advice:

"Women/Men/relationships are like buses, people get on and get off, if you miss one don't get overly concerned there will always be another coming along and you can see where that takes you ".

Lilith __

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:03:04 +1300

This all isnt any kind of paranoia: it is a realistic response to what may & can & has happened in a remote area.

The ODT had an item last year about how when Otago gets a big quake (as they will, sooner or later), people living in Central will likely be…

Islander

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:53:48 +1300

That Justin Case wouldn’t get you far

It's very – non-specific eh? No saline drops for eyes, spare contact lens, lip balm, paracetamol & aspirin, minature 1m tape-measure, safety-pins,small notepad & pen, nail-clippers & Swiss Army manicure knife (not to mention Swiss Army card), and all the eftpos/credit cards, cash money, keys (vehicle…

Hilary Stace

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:09:22 +1300

That Justin Case wouldn't get you far. Although there are a couple of useful bandages and maybe some panadol where are the anti-histamine pills, asthma inhaler, rescue remedy, lipstick, hairbrush, mirror, hand cream, tissues, nail file, New Scientist (ie magazine to read if you have to wait somewhere and there…

G in J

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:22:22 +1300

Here are some funny examples of "creatively defaced" currency.

Geoff Lealand

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:05:52 +1300

In my pocket: a street map of Portland, some American dollars, a broken watch and a hotel door card.

Stayed up late last night to watch Bruce Springsteen on the Tonight with Jimmy Fallon show (plugging his new album Wrecking Ball). Tom Merillo was on lead guitar, which was a…

merc

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:36:30 +1300

That is awe.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:23:22 +1300

Papier mash-up…The Science of Imaging the Brain,

Isn't that a nice piece of work. T'other half made me a light box because we had soo many images. It now graces the hall and at 15 w it's an energy light. :)

Sacha

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:50:51 +1300

small (but perfectly formed) Justin Cases!

Beiber sold separately

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:11:08 +1300

Etui Brutus?
...without my bag full of 'just in case' things.
probably a gap in the market for these...
...in lieu of survival kits, we should carry
small (but perfectly formed) Justin Cases!

having been caught out before,
I thought I'd better check on line
and there is this available through…

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:57:31 +1300

Papier mash-up…
The Science of Imaging the Brain,
Here’s some images of brain and body,
using lots of paperwork!

Hilary Stace

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:00:53 +1300

Yes it is probably about safety. I don't usually have pockets and don't really miss them, but I wouldn't go too far from home without my bag full of 'just in case' things.

Paul Campbell

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:39:46 +1300

I spent the last three weeks in Bangalore on a biz trip, I'd say maybe 10% of the notes I received in change came with some added text – of course it's harder to write on plastic notes than on cloth/paper ones

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:04:00 +1300

Whereas this is all good too. At close range one can see the lil' clip that keeps me together . 'Tis a good clip.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:57:15 +1300

Mind Reading? The Science of Imaging the Brain,

I’m sure it will be fascinating. I have a few images myself. It certainly helps one “get their head around it” to say the least.;)
I quite like this version that t’other half adapted.

Lilith __

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:56:11 +1300

Speaking of de-facing currency....

Islander

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:48:48 +1300

At home, I always have 4 blades to hand* – a tiny Swiss Army manicure knife; a Leatherman X6 Juice multitool that has 2 blades in it (serrated and plain), and my ancient trusty Mercator locking knife.
When travelling, I leave the Mercator at home...

*Actually, I have many hundreds…

Lilith __

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:43:09 +1300

I strike another small blow for immortality at 2.24!

Hah! So that's what you look like ;-) Neat vids too, thanks.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:37:47 +1300

Weller never...
...so as no one's gone there yet...
so, that's where green fingers come from...

Sacha

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:57:29 +1300

Aiding, abetting

pimpin that current TV ad for fast food featuring abused $5 notes

Sacha

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:56:09 +1300

a switch blade as a standard pocket item

I imagine it's like surveys about sex #allthetime

bulbul

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:45:54 +1300

As our legal currency, banknotes should not be defaced. Aiding, abetting, inciting Russell ?!

"The Reserve Bank Act 1989 says that “No person shall, without the prior consent of the Bank, wilfully deface, disfigure, or mutilate any bank note.” A person can be fined up to $1,000 if caught defacing…

JacksonP

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:37:19 +1300

Anyway, this was a Friday post, so as no one's gone there yet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTif9rCAVAM&feature=related

JacksonP

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:26:29 +1300

Of course, there is a website dedicated to what people carry in their pockets.
That's kind of cool, but I'd be interested to know how many here have a switch blade as a standard pocket item. Knives abound.

Martin Lindberg

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 06:55:55 +1300

Of course, there is a website dedicated to what people carry in their pockets.

Pete

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:22:48 +1300

Currently loving this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODitvBXO4zw

Islander

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:35:17 +1300

Ur, depends on the pocket, Hilary – or, in my case, 2 pockets in my trou, and 4 attachments to waistband thereof-would take a bit long to enumerate the contents thereof, and I’m not in a pissing contest anyway, but…they all make me feel equipped for a lot of possibilities…

Hilary Stace

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:11:26 +1300

The contents of a handbag would be more interesting than a pocket.

Lew Stoddart

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:21:07 +1300

It seems a universal law that, in such cases, advantage goes to the team in possession.

BenWilson

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:47:56 +1300

Oooo, need to go to the ref. Last question is a cheat, and would have caught me. But the question was also a cheat. Howazat?

Steve Barnes

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:42:12 +1300

winning

I found this in my pocket when I got home last night.
There's something weird about winning something with winner stamped onto it

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:29:17 +1300

Merrittocrazy…
Datura = Trip OD

I almost went and saw Dave when he played in a large cupboard in Chchch last week (or the week before, maybe), but it rained… last time I saw him may have been in Wellington in the ’80s, when passed through with The Chills (I…

Lew Stoddart

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:20:34 +1300

Handses ... knife ... string, or nothing!

BenWilson

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:28:09 +1300

I didn't even mention the polar coat thrown over the chair:
4 lighters, a solar powered windup torch, a carabiner, a 3 inch nail, a set of headphones, a beanie, an old wooden pipe, a cigar in a tube, a spare battery for my cellphone, and a ball of garden…

Sacha

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:06:49 +1300

Secateurs and a handsaw

winning

Marcus Turner

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:01:10 +1300

This is sort of relevant, if you squint your eyes up, and there's a following wind. It's Australian, but much of it seems to apply to NZ too. It's sort of about equality and money. And written by the Treasurer.

http://www.themonthly.com.au/rising-influence-vested-interests-australia-001-cent-wayne-swan-4670

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:57:15 +1300

In my pocket...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4qiU01QXbo

a sort of note in a bottle, set adrift on the seas of commerce.
That's one sanguine penguin...*
and Ed has got his back!

...which is as good a reason as any to reconnect with
Trillion's (Jody Lloyd) 'Humble Mountain Man' tribute
Nice to see it…

chris

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:28:32 +1300

pocket 2-3-2012

BenWilson

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:33:35 +1300

Curiously apt moment to ask this.
Shorts pockets: Keys and smartphone. Secateurs and a handsaw.
Shirt pocket, about 35 unidentified pieces of garden debris which must have fallen in there. Various seeds, leaves, and a small spider.

Hilary Stace

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:05:55 +1300

Pascal Saker of the Brain Clinic in Wellington also talks about about interesting brain stuff on Radio NZ Nights on the first Thursday of the month, and at regular inexpensive Wellington seminars.

John Armstrong

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:47:29 +1300

abject terror

Yes, that was a risk, particularly as our wee boy isn't at all keen on loud noises. As a result we had a carefully-worked out plan which involved sitting near a strategically selected exit, estimating the combined temporal duration of 'Land of Hope and Glory' and the 1812…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:41:43 +1300

That tune was later recycled for this better known (but not as great – to me) song:

I'm fairly sure 'The Sleepwalker' actually goes all the way back to Children's Hour, but I don't think they managed to play it live.

LIISA

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:31:28 +1300

Homebrew finally get NZoA funding… and this is what they spend it on. Their layers upon layers of subversion crack me up. That video lives in a special subgenre with this one: the one by The Sneaks.

Which also reminds of Peter Jefferies tale of his mum financing some early…

Paul Campbell

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:22:34 +1300

Attached to the choccies is a very lovely memory of said two-year old's much anticipated (at least by me) response to his first sighting of proper fireworks. Which was to sleep through them.

Took my (then) 3 yr old to the Oakland 4th July fireworks – the result was abject…

Danielle

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:56:08 +1300

Will it disintegrate in rain?

It disintegrates in the washing machine if you aren't careful, so... sort of.

Bart Janssen

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:51:43 +1300

A hole ... doh!

Martin Lindberg

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:43:53 +1300

It's rayon and it came from Strangely Normal

Were you aware of the fact that rayon is a manufactured regenerated cellulose fiber and is neither a truly synthetic fiber nor a natural fiber.

Well, I wasn't. So it's like paper? Will it disintegrate in rain?

John Armstrong

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:35:01 +1300

Two melted lindt choccies that a nice woman gave to my two year old at the Hamilton Garden Festival symphony in the park event last week. (He had already been to a birthday party that morning and enough sugar was enough..)

Attached to the choccies is a very lovely memory…

Lilith __

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:27:30 +1300

Pockets? In ladies' clothes? You jest ;-)

Sacha

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:22:51 +1300

air

Juha Saarinen

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:13:18 +1300

Lint and house keys. :\

Luke Williamson

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:01:17 +1300

That Homebrew video just scares me. Even if it's being sarcastic/cynical, there's too much truth in there. I feel slightly depressed.

Lyndon Hood

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:55:58 +1300

Jelly Tip Lips by Two Cartoons
http://twocartoons.bandcamp.com/
is a bit of fun beach pop stuff, and also free as in beer

Deborah

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:51:29 +1300

Lovely shirt, Russell.

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Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:51:29 +1300

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