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Lara

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:18:32 +1200

Very sorry to hear that you are going, have always enjoyed your writing! All the best.

dyan campbell

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:26:06 +1200

How could I miss THIS? David Slack come back and write for us...

I mean, thanks for all the writing, it's been great. Greetings from Paul as well.

Steve Withers

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:26:03 +1200

Sorry you're going.

I hope you aren't like me.....and stopped blogging NOT because there is nothing to say, but rather far too much...and one doesn't want to sound like one is whining. :-)

(Overly much).

Good luck!

Mikaere Curtis

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:33:08 +1200

Wow.

Somehow contrived to miss this on Friday.

He mihi tino nui ki a koe, e David. Kia whakamiharo to whakaaro, mo ake ake.

So many insights, so wonderfully gilded. Who knew living on the Shore could be so much fun ?

And thanks, again, for the iPod :)

Sylvie Zlami

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:41:24 +1200

Well, that comes as a bit of a blow.

Like everybody else here, I was very fond of your writing.
I have much respect for your decision, but will miss your stories all the same.
Sincerely hope to read you again soon.
So long.

anjum rahman

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:25:42 +1200

very sorry that you won't be writing here anymore. also a big fan of your blog. twitter it is then...

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:25:55 +1200

Aw shit. Love your work. xx

Roger Lacey

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:54:40 +1200

Thank you, I've enjoyed your work. Hope to meet you again on the top of the harbour bridge sometime soon.

Tim Michie

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:05:02 +1200

Wishing the best, so fare thee well and hoping for the future, so au revoir...

Jackie Clark

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:35:09 +1200

You made me cry, David. Which is silly, I know, because I am a devoted follower on Twitter. And you will still be coming to PAS thingies. But still, not reading your posts here will make my day a little greyer. You're a darling, darling man.

giovanni tiso

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:49:49 +1200

You'll be missed here, thank goodness for Twitter.

Unless the demands of @davidslack's remarkable output played a part in this departure, in which case, fuck Twitter.

You'll be sorely missed, David. It's been a pleasure to follow you on Public Address.

When you're next in Wellington, don't forget I owe…

Emma Hart

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:42:53 +1200

Thank you, Ian. I wanted to write something starting with

So. Farewell then,
David Slack.

but the two-hour school meeting this morning seems to have frappéd the creative bits of my brain.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:39:30 +1200

Sotto voce populi, quiescent...
So that's what happens
when ya pull the plug
at the heart of the island...

we'll be LOST
without you...
Mister Slack

waif erring strangers
and chipper fools...
parsing in the night

so long & thanks
for all the fizz,
fun and fillips

__(if ya ever need…

Sam F

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:11:07 +1200

Let me add my thanks too – hugely enjoyed your writing, and hope to see more again soon (either here or elsewhere) before long.

Don Christie

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:54:39 +1200

Ah. Bye then.

that’s where to point your keyboard

well, I'll also go looking for those Randian toss-pots who held the Federal Reserve for so long...

Josh Addison

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:40:03 +1200

Good day to you, sir – you're an officer and a gentleman. Well, a gentleman. Well...

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:55:51 +1200

Thanks for all you have done. Y'all come back, now-- once your bank balance is healthier

Patrick Xavier

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:49:59 +1200

What Juha said.

Emma Hart

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:48:36 +1200

Oh darling, my mother will be so disappointed. You will be sorely missed.

Kumara Republic

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:38:31 +1200

It's been fun times, David. Hope to see you again soon!

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:37:49 +1200

I know someone who just bought a Dunedin house with a GV of 660 which they got for 370. Needs some work, but still, overvalued much?

Gabor Toth

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:35:09 +1200

Thanks David – I'm going to miss your work on PA. Your memories and anecdotes of Wellington in the 1970s and 80s were truly delightful.
I hope that your posts are going to remain here or otherwise be archived as I would hate to see them disappear (anyone in PA…

David Hood

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:26:42 +1200

Having been looking fairly intently at property prices in Dunedin, I'd tend to say that while they are a couple of optimists offering at 18% over valuation, the mode offering price is about 5% under valuation, with an overall offering mean of right at the valuation (I can haz spreadsheet).…

Grant McDougall

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:26:08 +1200

It's been a lot of fun reading your stuff David, thanks heaps. Take it easy and look after you and yours.

Kyle Matthews

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:25:04 +1200

Cheers David, enjoyed your posts.

Mark Graham

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:04:37 +1200

bugger. Still, seminal moments in life tend to make you reevaluate your priorities. Happy Birthday, too!

Kim Wilson

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:02:02 +1200

I can only echo all the previous sentiments – I've much enjoyed, and learnt a lot from, your blogs and books. Many thanks.

Rob Stowell

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:54:56 +1200

Thanks David. Great years.
And thanks too, for pointing, as you leave, to the beedin' great hippo in the room.
To be a little fair on Labour, it's crept up, and not just on NZ. Seems to be an unintended consquence (and not the only one- Brash's tenure in the…

Grace Dalley

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:54:40 +1200

Oh no, sorry to hear that. I will miss your wonderful stories. Thanks for being so interesting and amusing.

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:34:12 +1200

Mr Slack, you're pretty much obligated to continue being an awesome writer and keep doing good things online.

It's been a pleasure.

Deborah

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:29:23 +1200

Oh! I'll miss reading your work. A lot. I hope this turns out to be a sabbatical rather then a permanent departure.

/meanders over to Twitter to do the follow thingie.

Stewart

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:23:28 +1200

Oh shizz... does this mean I'm gong to have to join the twittering throng? Maybe, maybe not.

But I have enjoyed your thoughts & ruminations here David and I look forward to your eventual reappearance in PAS.

Fare well. (and prosper?)

Megan Wegan

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:53:13 +1200

What Julie said.

Julie Fairey

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:34:01 +1200

Sadface. Love your work Mr Slack.

Jolisa

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:22:17 +1200

Looks like the rest of us will have to ... take up the Slack.

True, I have been Slacking off (well, working like billy-o on something else). Time to Slack on again.

Jolisa

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:20:58 +1200

First Al and Tipper, now this?

Sigh. I guess we'll always have Devonport.

Thank you for many a considered chortle (and a few excellent IRL tipples) over the years. You will be greatly missed, but the lucky stray animals will have you all to themselves now.

Hadyn Green

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:20:19 +1200

Looks like the rest of us will have to ... take up the Slack. Yeah that doesn't fill me with confidence either. You'll be missed here, thank goodness for Twitter.

Stephen Judd

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:02:21 +1200

So long then, David Slack
Your columns were infrequent but they had many funny pictures
And rather clever words with which I frequently agreed.
This is coming out all wrong.

Thank you very much, please come back when you have time.

Juha Saarinen

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:43:49 +1200

Where's the E J Thribb?

Kirsten Brethouwer

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:41:08 +1200

aaw booh I like reading you here. Thanks for many enlightening reads. If you ever need to scratch that blogging itch be assured your audience awaits! thanks David.

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:02:14 +1200

Bugger — but while this is great fun, I guess you've got one dependent who would be really chuffed if her parents continued to earn a living. :)

nzlemming

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:54:36 +1200

Woh. End of an era, and a damn good one. I sincerely hope you pick it up again in the future. You leave a gap at PA but I'm glad you'll still be on Twitter. Catch you there!

Ross Mason

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:32:46 +1200

Shock horror.......

Apols to S&G

Time, time, time, see what's become of me
While I looked around
For my possibilities
I was so hard to please
But look around, leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Ahhh, seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in…

Tristan

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:31:35 +1200

No sir, thank you.
See you soon.

Always enjoyed your posts and havent been this pissed since Tze Ming left :/

Russell Brown

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:27:54 +1200

No sir, thank you.

See you soon.

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Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:27:54 +1200

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