Posts by Ian Dalziel

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  • Southerly: I Fell Down, in reply to Russell Brown,

    And also I’d hate to turn Public Address into TV3. ...
    Just give it a go – embed a YouTube video in a post.
    If it works out we could look for a sponsor for you

    TV Free...
    ...with input from Dr H & Progeny and Steven C,
    it could be called 'Weld on, well done'
    - come on punks 'maker my day'!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…, in reply to Sacha,

    in favour of digital content.

    ...otherwise known as 'giving us the finger'?

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…, in reply to linger,

    “stuffing it up there”

    ..the neologisms continue today Stuff has this heading:
    Marlborough Environment Plan ready for public scutiny
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/80837519/marlborough-environment-plan-ready-for-public-scutiny

    I’m guessing ‘scutiny’ must be a mix of ‘scut work’ and ‘mutiny’
    ;- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…,

    Stuff still can't get basic words right , on there site 'front page 'today:

    New blood, new life video
    Four months in hopsital, two weeks in isolation, 44 transfusions and a whole lot of thanks.
    Cops probe baby death
    Mum bought the three-month-old in to Tauranga Hospital but the baby died.

    'Hopsital' - FFS - they aren't even using spellcheck!
    and apparently the police aren't probing the buying of babies ...
    Fairfax's 'Right first time' system seems to be more 'pretty close is good enough' eh?...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,

    They don’t even pretend to be an ATO in NZ. They simply ignore any requirements relating to that outright.They specifically claim not to be a transport organization at all.

    They live on 'The Planet of the Apps'!

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…, in reply to izogi,

    It looks as if they’ve changed it.

    I wonder if it was internally corrected, or if it was reader response, or Herald staff lurking on PAS???
    Whichever - good result
    - at last a win for the 'Lefties'!
    :- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…, in reply to izogi,

    they’ve taken it from a Tourism NZ video that received a heap of criticism, for exactly that reason, last year.

    Hah! That makes it doubly worse - how quickly they forget...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Speaker: Are we seeing the end of MSM,…,

    Attachment

    (Caption:) Whether it’s a milk tanker or a campervan, the tarmac beneath the tyres is crucial to spreading money into the regions.

    For some reason The Herald today chooses to subliminally endorse the idea of driving on the wrong side of the road on NZ highways…
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=11651598
    merely flipping the photo would’ve altered the perception…

    and The Press in their weekend obituary for French advertising magnate, Jean-Claude Decaux, called him an ‘inventer’ in the headline – sigh…

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…,

    MSM catches up with Ben...

    Uber drivers across the country are abandoning the service after feeling they've been left out-of-pocket.
    Auckland driver Arden MacDonald left his fulltime job last year to take up driving for Uber, but reapplied for his old job after driving for Uber became unsustainable.
    The company said it had received positive feedback from its drivers, but MacDonald said while he was a "huge" Uber supporter early on, recent changes had made drivers unhappy.
    Uber dropped prices by 20 per cent in April, while maintaining a 20 per cent commission for every ride.
    ...
    MacDonald said the drop in fare prices meant licensed drivers could no longer afford to rely on the service for their main income.
    "A licensed driver has to pay for their P endorsement, for their commercial licence, for commercial insurance, income tax and GST. After costs, it works out that you are only making about $8 an hour."

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/80698018/unhappy-uber-drivers-abandon-company-after-price-changes

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Hard News: Friday Music: New Classical, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Neville Purvis Family Show

    Okay sorry, Watkin isn' in that episode - but I think he was in some of them - great to see Chchch's own Henry Sunderland gnoted gnomologist and Rob Muldoon in there though...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

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