Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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And we all know to dry our washed windows or mirrors with old newspaper, right? Streak-free!
I've heard that this doesn't work so well with papers now because of modern printing technology. Today's colour inks (and this includes the black ink) can end up smudging off onto the glass.
Has anyone successfully dried glass using newspaper?
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The funny thing is that the story WO is farting about - wannabe socialite appears to have been creative with her life story - is quite interesting in itself and certainly nothing that wouldn't normally get blogged about.
It's just the way that WO is covering it that's alarming. Perhaps he fancies himself as a Kiwi Perez Hilton?
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I found it deeply frustrating that two major questions the film raised (how did he learn to do this? How can he afford to fly himself and his friends around the world doing it?) were never addressed.
Yes, I had this discussion with many people after the film.
I think he mentioned in the film that he was essentially self-taught. As the film was mainly about the WTC walk, it didn't dwell too much on his past, but there was so much technical stuff involved - where did that knowledge come from.
As for the money, I did some googling. He funded his smaller, investigative trips through the money he earned from performing. He'd go to New York and perform in public places in between WTC scouting.
The big job - which obviously would have needed some serious cash behind it - was funded by an older man, a patron, who Philippe talked into sponsoring them. I think he's dead now so couldn't have been in the film.
But it's very interesting that this wasn't mentioned at all. Almost as if doing a crazy wire walk is something that anyone could do with common household items.
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Try "going forward" next time - all of the necessary pomposity and meaninglessness in three less words...
Your recommendation has been taken onboard and will be considered at our next monthly lexicon review.
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Key was back on mainstream message, and chose "Anchor Me", hoping the kids' parents were reading (whatever happened to Coldplay?).
Polling shows that while mainstream New Zealanders enjoy the musical Cold Players pop group, being seen to support musicians of a local nature may prove to be a more robust stance to take in a chronlogically forward direction.
Our Sound-Alike-Tron 2000 device has detected that the Mutton Bird musical group's song "Anchor Me" shares 78.3% of the same attributes that audiences favour in the Cold Players "Clock" song. Therefore, it is our recommendation that Mr Key's favourite song is now "Anchor Me" by the Mutton Bird.
A compact disc of this song will be provided to Mr Key. It is recommend that he listen to it at least once.
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I saw "Man On Wire" at the Wellington FF opening. It's a documentary about Philippe Petit's wire-walk across the Word Trade Center towers in 1974.
I loved it! The doco playfully styles itself as a heist movie, complete with a "man on the inside". The shadow of 9/11 looms, but the film lets the wire-walk be the focus. Though it's nice to see the WTC in its infancy, just as New York was coming to grips with this strange new building.
Lesson learned: all your dreams can come true, but don't expect to keep all your friendships/relationships.
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The Herald's Your Views on the subject is, as always, hilarious.
Karen of Taupo sez: "If everyone that has abused someone resigned from their jobs there would not be many people in the work force."
Linda of Silverdale sez: "Well, all you judge/jurers/executioners, you have got your wish. Tony Veitch has resigned. I only hope you can all sleep well tonight!"
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You know what this thread needs? Eggcorns, that's what.
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I don't like when people pronounce woman and women alike, which creates weird sounding sentences like "I have loved many woman."
This seems to be a quirk of New Zealand English, so I will forgive it but not accept it.
Wimmin, wimmin wimmin. There.