Public Address | Cafe | OnPoint: Thank you for holding. You are 1...1...7...2...6... in the queue. https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=88342#post88342 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=88342#post88342

The Herald couldn't have picked a worse time to fire Colin James, who I often disagree with but is provocative in the best sense of the word.

Um, seriously? Seriously?

Ah well, *good*, I say. It's gotta hit rock bottom before it starts getting better. Or dies. Either/or.

]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:07:31 +1300 Raymond A Francis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87428#post87428 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87428#post87428 Don't talk to me about queues
Tried to contact the Inland Revenue yesterday, after much buggering around entering numbers etc was told there is a 45 minute wait

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:33:30 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87427#post87427 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87427#post87427

He made a series of tendentious it's-all-Labour's-fault posts that, frankly, did not do his credentials as a commentator any good.

Frankly, I've not been impressed by quality of thinking or commentary around the Global Economic Crisis (tm) period. But I'll say this: The Herald couldn't have picked a worse time…

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:04:22 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87426#post87426 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87426#post87426

That DPF piece is not very good.

He made a series of tendentious it's-all-Labour's-fault posts that, frankly, did not do his credentials as a commentator any good.

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:47:02 +1300 WH https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87410#post87410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87410#post87410 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:16:11 +1300 Paul Robeson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87314#post87314 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87314#post87314 I have to picture your image of the lady slumped over the bag, and then put that 10 million times over to get the point...

though I wonder how many were actually at Guangzhou when you arrived. 10 million would be near enough the whole city. China, you can't do…

]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:14:14 +1300 Paul Robeson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87313#post87313 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87313#post87313 Hah! I just missed this fun and games last year, when so many got trapped at the train station there by the snow storms.

Come on Keith, be honest, your story is nothing compared to those who faithfully commute by rail in Auckland. You could have mentioned that Hong Kong…

]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:08:52 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87312#post87312 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87312#post87312 Happy Nu Year, and welcome back once again.

This pretty much says everything about world financial events...

]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:55:14 +1300 kmont https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87309#post87309 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87309#post87309 More.

Someone should pay Keith handsomely for being Keith.

]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:18:04 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87308#post87308 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87308#post87308 ...and mildly excited at being second.

Welcome back Keith. You have been missed 'round these parts.

]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:56:14 +1300 slarty https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87304#post87304 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87304#post87304 Oooo, so excited at possibly being first I've dried up.

We do tend to forget that those of us in countries with support structures won't suffer nearly as much...

]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:39:19 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87303#post87303 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/onpoint-thank-you-for-holding-you-are-11726/?p=87303#post87303 Discussion from blog post.

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