Posts by Russell Brown
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I'm eagerly anticipating that glorious spell when half the city buggers off and the roads go quiet. I will be riding, a lot.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
ETA: I thought I had read all that a while ago. Indeed, the column was published 22 November.
Whoops!
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Kumara Republic,
Auckland's transport policy will now be set by the New Zealand Herald's insane motoring columnist, Eric Thompson.
His column yesterday is a towering work of intellectual achievement:
It concludes thus:
It has been reported that the Greens want a compact central city built on efficient transport, and cited Auckland Transport's estimate that the CBD capacity for employees and residents could triple if the rail link were built.
Are they mad? By adding a couple of hundred thousand rugby supporters to the Auckland mix at the start of the World Cup, the place ground to a halt and fans couldn't use the rail system to even get to Eden Park.
I read the Green Party Transport manifesto and it's entirely possible to see why only three people ticked the "like" box. If only three people like what the Greens are proposing it must be a load of tosh. Public transport is not efficient and never has been.
Long live the car and build more roads.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to rjal,
Thanks. Glad you're sticking around as a commenter -- that's one good thing to come out of this trainwreck.
Apologies to everyone, Gio included, for the way it has all played out.
The thread seems to have regained a purpose, so I won't close it.
And yeah, I really enjoyed last night. We recorded a fun Media7 show, and then seeing @peace play blew away any residual dumb resentment in me. It was just brilliant.
I would, however, like to talk to someone about this here headache I've got.
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Oh, man.
We wrapped the last Media7 for the year last night, went to dinner, then some of us went on to Keegan Fepuleai's party at Rakino's and saw @peace play there. Wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else in the world. Those guys have something very special going on.
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Well if it's cats + colour ...
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So when I turned to cycle back on my emergency mission to the wine shop yesterday evening, I saw that the sky was on fire.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I'm all right, but I was feeling tired and distressed on Monday, in part because I thought I should have handled things better in a thread I wasn't enjoying but also didn't feel able to ignore.
On the upside, it's a shining day and my lovely workmates and I are going for curry after our final Media7 recording for the year. Knowing those workmates, it won't stop with the curry. They make me go out with them, honest.
Also: if you missed it on t'other thread, donations towards our dev costs were about $3000. Given that we're unlikely to see payment on other fronts for some time, that's been really helpful. I'm very much looking forward to launching the food blog in Feburary now.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Okay, I'll leave it there. I did genuinely try and explain how I was feeling, but apparently I was only displaying an extraordinary and self-self-serving level of preciousness.
Merry Christmas and a fine summer to you and yours, sincerely.
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OnPoint: Dear Labour Caucus, in reply to Sacha,
Chardonnay is meant to be the consolation, I gather :)
I shall bear that in mind after our show this evening :-)
