Posts by kiwicmc
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Just to add a couple of data points, over the last two years I’ve had 3 fibre connections installed by Chorus. All of these installations have been of an exceptionally high standard. So #notallinstallations …
The process of ordering and getting approvals however, that’s a whole different story.
Dammit, that was supposed to be a Reply to a Post
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not too mention Twyford's actions deeply hurt Chinese New Zealanders, for which neither him or the Labour party have apologized (and they were given the opportunity)
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Hard News: Music: God Save the Clean, in reply to Russell Brown,
I can highly recommend the Slush Fund version of Point That Thing and the version of Fish off Syd's Pink Wiring System (https://theclean.bandcamp.com/track/fish-syds-pink-wiring-system-version) in a single playlist on repeat during a long overseas flight.
Both versions discovered on these very pages I believe a while ago
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and now I know that bellwether refers to a sheep not an atmospheric state
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Love the cello piece - in a similar vein here's a string quartet who often play with Neil Gaiman
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Hard News: Taking the stage in Mount Albert, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Hey Bart, could you explain a little of what you mean when you say "the Greens anti-science arm"?
I see this in their current (2011) science policy:
The Greens see many potential benefits from the technologies derived from the science of genetics. We support the development of genetic technologies when they are:
10. Properly contained in a laboratory.
11. Subject to case by case approval, including ethical screening and a proper
application of the precautionary principle.
12. Not applied to food production.Is 12 your beef? or do you think they are more against genetic research then this policy implies?
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Can I just say I for one really enjoyed the building post...
http://publicaddress.net/southerly/how-i-became-a-grumpy-old-builder-in-microcosm/
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Speaker: Banking on a relationship, in reply to izogi,
If you are receiving regular income from overseas you should definitely check out a third party foreign exchange broker. When I signed up to mine we went back over six months transactions to discover the ANZ was charging a 1% worse exchange rate that the broker would give me, that's before the fees. "Hope you haven't been doing this long" he said, nah just eight years I said...
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What was odder in the Herald the other day? Rodney Hide singing the praises of Len Brown or the Herald for printing them?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11580706
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I can't believe I forgot to name check The Bernie Gunther Novels of Philip Kerr. A detective in Berlin set before, during and after world war 2. Great sense of place, woven with real historical events.
Philip Kerr also does a series about a football manager in the English premier league who solves crimes - they're particularly stupid, dumb good fun...