Posts by Stuart Coats

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  • Hard News: Bowie for the BDO?,

    Whatever you do, wherever you decide to go in Wellington, bring a coat. Brrr-loody cold!

    No-one's mentioned Fidel's yet? I haven't been for a while, but it used to be worth it just for the hash browns. Floriditas is also good, but I'm afraid I can't recommend Duke Carvells.

    I thought Key did okay. He doesn't write the material.......

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: Actors Don't Hunt in Packs,

    @ Matthew
    Yes, not only was I there but I was on stage just before the accident occurred. I was also working for the company at the time so got to be part of the aftermath. We had an interesting time with OSH afterwards. Our natural theatre tendency (the show must go on) collided head first with their policy of leaving an accident scene alone until they have had a chance to look at it.

    I've performed in most of the theatres in NZ, and if a lot of them were inspected they may not pass. But then that's half the fun!

    I no longer work for the Opera company, but I am in the chorus for Eugene Onegin in Wellington. The show is playing in Auckland this week and it is, by all accounts, fantastic. No antlers to fall either.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: Actors Don't Hunt in Packs,

    Sorry, not sure why that happened twice! Maybe I shouldn't have said Macbeth before I posted.....

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: Actors Don't Hunt in Packs,

    Yeah, there are still a bunch of places you do NOT want to stand in the wings of a modern theatre.

    Or on the stage where there is a steel frame holding two tonnes of antlers.....
    Anyone who saw the NBR NZ Opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor will know what I mean.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Up Front: Actors Don't Hunt in Packs,

    Do you get a point for being raised in the theatre and staying with it?

    And will sandbags really fall on your head if you whistle at the wrong time?

    Probably not any more, but in the early days fly tower cues were called through a series of whistles, so if you whistled when you were backstage a sandbag may well have been dropped on you. This wouldn't have been a deliberate act, just people doing what they were told.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Field Theory: Why is somebody mowing…,

    I don't like it either. I was getting used to going to the pub again and now I've got a gap with no real reason to go out drinking

    Because it's Friday.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Hard News: Another entry in the Public…,

    I've always had problems with the "rate your pain on a scale of 1 to 10" question. Compared to someone who's been a bad crash, or who has kidney stones, the torn ligaments in my knee aren't that painful. Or are they? Every time I put any weight on my leg I end up on the floor rolling around weeping and clutching my left knee. So for me the pain is a 9 or 10, but for someone else......

    My father recently underwent heart surgery in Wellington Hospital and, like you Russell, got wonderful care from all of the staff there. Kudos to all of our public health workers.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Field Theory: Just a Glitch,

    In fact the big news, and really it's pretty big, is that the Phoenix Suns have traded Shaquille O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers (for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, a 2nd round draft pick and a pile of cash).

    It appears that Orlando have traded for Vince Carter from the Nets. Expect Boston to sign up their own washed up "star" (Nash, anyone?) any day now

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Field Theory: 25 Things you need to be a…,

    The scar is spectacular.

    I would say it's not the fact that the drilled his own arm that makes him manly, anyone can do that (even me), but how he reacted once it happened.
    One of the most "manly" things I ever saw was on TV. This guy was catching crocodiles to tag them for some scientific research. he had the croc on the boat, got his hand too close to the mouth and chomp!! Did the guy yell? No, because that would have made the croc really thrash around. The guy got the other people on the boat to slowly twist the croc's head to make it release its grip. And then there was the priceless moment when he calmly said "nah, the other direction." Truly awesome.
    The reporter, meanwhile, had fainted.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

  • Not Guilty,

    It wasn't a fact for the case at hand and could cause prejudice, when in fact it was one person talking about another. That can also be construed as gossip.

    If that is the case, why was one of the relatives allowed to give testimony that a policeman at a family conference had said that David was "the enemy", with the implication that they would do what it took to "get" him? This testimony was then challenged by the prosecution, who got other family members to testify that this recollection was false. But still, how is this recollection allowed to be used in court while the recollection of the schoolfriend was not?

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 192 posts Report Reply

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