Posts by John Farrell
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New Zealand Superannuation - We are paid $591.94 a week, for the 2 of us. It is almost possible to live on that, if you have no debts, and don't expect overseas trips.
We have no debts because, 9 years ago, we sold up in Auckland and moved to Dunedin; we were able to buy a house outright, and had a little left over.
The little luxuries (lunches out, coffees, the occasional local holiday) are paid out of the interest on the left over, and on my withdrawn Kiwisaver.
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I roister over half a bottle of wine, occasionally!
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Hard News: Drugs, testing and workplaces, in reply to Farmer Green,
By all means place a blanket ban - but tell the truth about why you do it.
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Hard News: Drugs, testing and workplaces, in reply to Tinakori,
So the employers lied to English, then?
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Whitehouse.org is back - it was on holiday while Obama was president.
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MEDIA CYNICISM - A Case Study, in reply to Alfie,
Their robot needs reprogrammed - the drivelwriter is turned up too high.
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How interesting. A resurrected 10 year old post. And the reply is....strange.
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The Herald, again.
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Trade deals with hooks:
A quote
"United States President Donald Trump has dangled the possibility of a one-on-one trade deal, but a likely 30-day "out clause" if we "misbehave" is one reason the Government is cool on the idea." -
I've been watching other forums to see the way posts on the inauguration, and the marches, were handled. On a Genealogy forum, a thread was started by an American member, congratulating Trump, and hoping for great things. There were a number of replies, almost all from people in the UK, giving their low opinion of Trump, but without insults. The original poster then returned, and we saw the "libtard" and "snowflake" memes exercised. The mods deleted the thread soon after.
On a Photography forum, a member started a thread, with pictures from his local march. The debate there is muted, mainly about whether posting pictures of a demonstration is a political act. That thread is here:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=159480
