Posts by Ray Gilbert
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Those cover of Im Schatten des Kauribaums sure looks like it's supposed to be a South Island lakes type vista. Maybe she's writing about the rare and elusive Southern Kauribaum
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Hard News: The Golden Mile, in reply to Steve Barnes,
The other time I went there was to visit someone who lived upstairs.
Santa?
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Hard News: Flying Nun: Thirtysomething, in reply to LIISA,
We looked at the Epic promo for the Flying Nun Ale last night. I think it was on Facebook so I can't access it at the mo'. They claim that Flying Nun fans have probably never tasted craft beer and don't like anything to dark or challenging. Which I find quite strange considering the demographic that is represented by my friends and the fans on this blog.
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Threadjack - sorry.
Just had a snow flurry in Grafton, Auckland - and yep I've seen plenty of snow (lived in Wiaouru, Dunedin and the English Midlands for 10 yrs +)and it definitely was!
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Hard News: Friday Fun with Brickface, in reply to kiwicmc,
Me too - although I'm not so hot on this
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Hard News: The Ladi is a champ, in reply to Sean Murgatroyd,
Saw Husker Du live in the Powerstation sometime in the early nineties
No you didn't sorry - they split in 87 and never toured here. I was a huge fan so if they had come I'd have crawled over broken glass to see them.
You probably mean Sugar - Bob Mould's second band after a stint releasing solo albums, and yep it was a great gig. He toured here during his solo time and played an awesome gig at the Gluepot where he did play some Husker Du songs, he came again a few years ago and played the kings Arms as well, and yep - played some more Husker songs
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It wasn't reported in the press, but it's the reason there are still security gates in the foyer of the school's main building
They're also there as this is a MAF requirement for containment and transitional facilities.
There were a whole bunch of problems with security around these times as well aside from the troubles with animal activist, so they've tightened up on access over the years.
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Hard News: Perverse Entertainment, in reply to nzlemming,
with a section on its "About" page titled "Rooted in Minnesota,"
Nuff said
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On a similar note to SST - how about this piece of meaningless reporting from the Herald today
tTwo-thirds of 323 Aucklanders surveyed support turning busy Queen St into a pedestrian mall.
Sixty four per cent wanted more pedestrian access to Queen St, with either no traffic at all or shared by pedestrians and vehicles with business in the area, such as delivery vans.
UMR Research said 33 per cent of those wanted Queen St closed to all traffic and made into a pedestrian mall, 31 per cent preferred a shared zone and 32 per cent wanted to keep the street as it is.
The margin of error for the Auckland part was plus or minus 5.5 per cent
Start by lumping together 2 different opinions as one. Then quote a 5.5 margin of error with 3 opinions with only 2% between them.
Lies, damned lies and statistics
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From this weekend's Act party conference - a charming example of political incorrectness
As one of several guest speakers to address the conference, former National Party leader Don Brash said he did not know why so many public events must began with a prayer (karakia) or lengthy speech in Maori, even if none of those present could understand it.
"Most New Zealanders these days don't say any prayers. Why should they have Maori prayers they can't understand thrust upon them?"
But he rejected suggestions he wanted to scrap the Treaty of Waitangi. He said the document had been ahead of its time. In 1840, the policy in Australia had been to "shoot the natives".
That prompted one delegate to interject "Let's bring it in", drawing gasps of disapproval from those around him