Posts by Shep Cheyenne
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Last time I read Investigate (in the news agent) it was on the story about the Qantas cabin crew/prostitute. He had half his facts wrong that anyone in the Airline Industry could pick at a glance. Drawing a very long bow as to what happened his basic facts of someone had one job and moonlighted at another. A state of affairs that I'm sure didn't lasted a very long time.
Is his maxim "Never let the facts get in the way of a salacious story"
When D4J is on your side your've gotta reasses your position.
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Agreed the Twisted Hop has the best beer in Christchurch. The Twisted Ankle is rich and dark, a thing of beauty.
Any weather I'll sit outside (a few of my mates smoke) and enjoy the atmosphere of Poplar Lane. It used to be a back street with brothels either side and trashy shops.
Now they've got great boutiques, apartments, some of the best bars in Christchurch & three brothels. It seems to work though.
Not like Dave Hendersons SOL development. The development wasn't people first and bars second. It's bars first and no room for people. The Living Space apartments aren't livable with the current level of mayhem caused by SOL.My favourite bar in Christchurch has to be without doubt, Pomeroys Bar. It even covers all of your bases. A real neighbourhood bar where guys turn up in High Viz & steel cap boots or anything other than a suit.
The brothel up stairs is now a yoga studio full of young flexible people with flushed faces from the exertion - hmm. -
Yamis - It'll be one of two situations.
a) They are full at the cabinet with no more room, or
b) They haven't got suitable switches at your local cabinet = 6 months plus (AKL is the no.1 priority though).Telecom will tell you, if you find someone who knows.
The techs are all contractors so that same guy who stuffed up your Telecom connection could well come back to stuff up your Slingshot one :)
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please don't read 'has' in the last line and it will read a bit clearer.
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Paul Campbell - You've got a point or 12 there.
It's in my too hard/don't know how to prgramme the DVD/mircowave cooker so I'm not gonna try it basket.
How's the quality of service. You'll be on surface lines I take it with no satilite - so has it may have delays or bad reception?
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I/O
Everyone of those US infrastructures privately owned will have Govt/State grants and serious tax breaks out the wazoo. US food is massively subsedised = Socialism for the Rich.
Key is making an acknowledgement the business model and 'Market' doesn't work.
That Telecom hasn't kept up with infrastructure improvements and can't do so which is a failure of theirs. Although in truth my real concern with Telecom is in their delivery of simple phone line services to New Zealanders aka the "Kiwi Share". How many people died because their phone was cut off, then their power?
Now Telecom are wanting to be an internet provider and not a phone company at all. That has me concerned. -
"Clearly in some places it does.'
Agreed - I really don't know enuf of the others to argue. It's not an ideology I'm defending but looking at the reality of our essential infrastructure.
The cynic would invest in essential infrastructure and when it failed look forward to the govt cash injection, propping up bad businesses.
Hands up - who sold when Air NZ bought Ansett (7 x bigger) and bought back in once they collapsed?
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I'ld hardly consider most of those essential infrastructure (& don't know too much about many) but sure Terralink does some good work.
AKL is owned by Local Govt - so devolved ownership - and a monopoly. It was always gonna win even with Banks as Lord Mayor.
Likewise Min. of Works was split and Dept of Conservation takes on many of their privious roles. Councils like CCC have 'City Care' as another devolved local Govt owned infrastructure business taking over from min of Works.
The essential infrastructure needs to be nationalised or the situation will continue of bailouts, ideology beating economic reality.
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Kyle where has it worked for essential infrastructure?
It hasn't and has always been bailed out by govt because it doesn't work.
I'm trying to think of a positive example & I just can't.
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Good on National but the wider picture from National has to be:
PRIVATISATION DOESN"T WORK!
Telecom has failed in its obligation to NZ through the Kiwi Share and any competitors have already thrown in the towel to try and build an infrastructure.
This has been a long played and failed experiment.
The obvious comparison to Air NZ - it works well but needs massive govt cash injections to stay afloat.
Railways are dying the slowest of deaths and desperately need govt intervention.
This is Socialism for the Rich, bailing out private firms and interests.
An honest politician would Nationalise the lot but this pretence of false markets ,suits the Labour/National govt.