Posts by Lisa Black
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For me it's about landscapes, or rather, landforms and their coverings. I just don't get these amputated Wellington hills and their scrubby vegetation, and the rest of the North Island is equally alien. But put me anywhere in the South Island and I know I'm home.
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Not exactly a small furry animal, but, especially for Emma, the cute and eminently stroke-able Matt Smith is to play Christopher Isherwood in, ahem, "fetching underwear".
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Thank you, Gio.
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Any word from Ian Dalziel & family, or Phillip Matthews?
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Blood supplies will likely be needed. Please do donate if you can.
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"New Zealand has wine growing regions that parallel Napa’s — kiwis take their beer and wine seriously. And while most people like coffee, these folks want to marry it."
- A Pictory Guide to New Zealand -
Hard News: I'm not a "f***ing cyclist".…, in reply to Deborah,
Deborah - fixing bikes is for the most part exceptionally easy. The only kinds of gears you can't easily fix yourself are the internal hub gears, and they practically never get anything wrong with them. They just sort of go until they die.
Buying a new bike from Rode for around $2000 is still likely to be cheaper than a year of public transport, and given that one of my bikes is approximately 25 years old and the other around 80 years old I think it a damn good investment. (Admittedly the 80 year old is in need of a partial rebuild, but I probably will be by that age too).
BTW, I highly recommend step-through frames. You can wear pretty much anything while riding them, ball-gowns included.
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Hard News: I'm not a "f***ing cyclist".…, in reply to Kevin M,
Thank you, Kevin. I can only hope I would be as generous-hearted were I ever to find myself in the same horrible situation.
When I first read the Herald headline of "Driver devastated - life ruined" or some such my first thought was - why are they focussing on her? But of course, as you say, this is all of our problem. Giving the driver's perspective negates that them/us view, especially, I would think, for non-cyclists.
I hope there are no lasting effects from your run-in.
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Hard News: I'm not a "f***ing cyclist".…, in reply to Carol Stewart,
That's changing, fortunately. The combination of such things as the Cycle Chic movement, climate change concerns, and the high return on investment in transport-cycling infrastructure* is altering persectives.
*City of Sydney research showed a 388% return on investment for transport-cycling infrastructure. Unsurprisingly the Council thought this an excellent use of ratepayer funds & is investing with both hands. Details here
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/ParkingAndTransport/Cycling/EcononmicResearchCycling.asp -
Given that most people who ride bikes also drive cars, surely we can assume that if we keep drivers up to scratch on the road code they will have a fair idea of how to behave on a bike.
The differences in the cyclists' road code were taught in school when I was there. Our friendly neighbourhood police officer came down with road cones and we spent an afternoon learning signalling etc.
There are cycle skills training sessions coming up in Auckland & Wellington. Check at Cycling in Auckland & Cycling in Wellington or on your council's website or with CAN. I expect many councils will be running these in the next few months.