Posts by artig
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Perhaps someone could explain why "borrow and spend" or "sell assets and spend" is preferable to "tax and spend".
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I note with great sadness the recent passing of Bernadette Mooney, one of the pioneers of BBSs carrying Usenet news. Her BBS, Pinnacle, was connected via Nacjack to KCBBS. She was a frequent contributor to various newsgroups, and her signature "BCNU B" was well-known to many.
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That should probably be a looming analog switch-off, not digital, in the penultimate paragraph.
Any idea how TV Central and Choice channels are coping? After the demise of TVNZ7 there are very few channels I find worthwhile watching on Freeview.
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Thanks Damian. That's the one.
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Those 3 kiwis in Guangzhou sound familiar. Was there a documentary on TV some months ago where they were interviewed?
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Isn't the TradeMe operations manager Mike O'Donnell (MOD), not O'Connell?
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I'm one of those who fall well outside the target demographics of commercial TV, and will sorely miss TVNZ 7. Although Save TVNZ 7 was doomed to fail I still supported them, and consider the demise of the channel as one of the stupidest acts perpetrated by the current government.
The hour of news at 8 was a permanent fixture of my viewing calendar, as were local programmes such as Media 7, The Good Word, Talk Talk, The Court Report, The New Old, Hindsight, etc. One of the best series was The Sitting, all 10 episodes of which are still available on TVNZ video on demand.
In future the TV will remain dormant almost every evening.
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The office chair wasn't such a bad spot, either.
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It's many years since I was owned by a cat. During winter her favourite spot was in front of the fireplace. Not always too happy being disturbed.
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yaknow
Seems to be creeping in everywhere as a placeholder when explaining something that the listener obviously does not know. Sometimes, yaknow, I just can't help counting the number of yaknows speakers use, especially when they start out, yaknow, with two or more in a single sentence.
