Posts by Lilith __
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Hard News: Public Address Word of the…, in reply to Bart Janssen,
We really do need a like button – even if it is only there just for Ian’s posts.
Autolike.
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Hard News: Public Address Word of the…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
the scales fall from my eyes aieee aie fffurrffffugs ssskk….
Something I rarely speak but often type and read: FFS.
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Up Front: Reading Murder Books, in reply to Emma Hart,
I was just thinking that of my four 'favourite books', P&P is the only one that isn't in some way a mystery. Rebecca certainly is, and I think, stretching the point more, Possession is as well.
I think Possession gets bonus points for oddly-plausible dark-stormy-night-graverobbing cliffhanger.
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Hard News: Public Address Word of the…, in reply to Simon Bennett,
‘Beltway’ – no idea what it means in NZ, but hearing it used quite a lot by politicians and journalists.
Those little loops at the top of your jeans.
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Up Front: So Farewell Then, UCSA, in reply to Robert Urquhart,
Thanks heaps for the photos Robert. So many memories in those little details.
A bit strange to have the stage on one side of the amphitheatre and not in the middle *where it's designed to be*!
Buildings may come and go, but Phil Anderson is eternal.
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Hard News: Change for the Better, in reply to Rich Lock,
I was once crushed into the side of bus on Customs St by a young lady deliberately puliing her car over to the left as I slowly filtered through between her on my right and the bus to the left. My RH bike pedal got caught and mangled in her front-left wheel well. Fortunately I’d managed to pull my leg clear before that.
Shortly after reporting her to the police, I was told that it was essentially ‘he said, she said’ as I’d damaged her car and I was advised that as she’d been spoken to, I was best off dropping the matter. My confidence in the ability of the police to handle these types of incidents appropriately is not exactly sky-high.
So she was saying you intentionally rammed her car with your pedal, with a high likelihood of causing your own death or serious injury...? As a general rule I'd believe the person who was *not* encased in 1.5 tonnes of steel at the time.
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Congratulations Auckland on the cycle-path awesomeness! Let's hope these paths become standard around New Zealand. That would be amazing.
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Hard News: Change for the Better, in reply to JessicaRose,
I saw another guy in a car do this to a person on a bike turning right into Nuffield Street in Newmarket. I was driving, and in the lane next to them. There was a red arrow and the guy in the car behind the person on the bike physically used his vehicle to push the person on the bike into the oncoming traffic. No Reason.
Surely this is assault with a weapon? Not just a traffic infringement.
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Capture: A Place to Stand, in reply to John Farrell,
A difficulty with taking pictures on an overcast day, Lilith_, is that there will be a reduction in contrast.
Yes, this can be a good thing.
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Capture: A Place to Stand, in reply to Hebe,
Hebe, I suggest you try taking the park on a cloudy day. Big trees cast deep shadows and the camera can't handle the range of light and dark that our eyes can. An overcast day evens things out :-).