Posts by Peter Martin

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  • Hard News: Undie Wankers,

    then leaving once they've got their bit of paper.

    It isn't as if they are any good at rugby...

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Hard News: Be the party of good science,

    My Father was very angry with the lightbulb ban, not because he's a climate change denier but because almost every light switch in his house is on a dimmer switch, CFLs blow up if you put them into those sockets

    There are CFLs which are made just for dimmer controls,Danyl.

    Perhaps it is indicative of the discussion around them that this isn't yet common knowledge and still a talking point for not having them.

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Hard News: Smack to the Future,

    Ben, many of us who voted yes, I suspect, did so in part because we couldn't stomach the thought of Baldock et al having their wet dream of a reversal come true.

    Yep, that too!

    Thanks Matthew

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Hard News: Smack to the Future,

    The Herald today :

    Police say they have taken only one prosecution for "smacking" in the first 21 months since the law was changed, and it was withdrawn when the main witness declined to give evidence.

    If it ain't broke...why 'fix' it?

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Hard News: The Short and Long of It,

    Try pressing Command and + or ++ or +++. Oh that's right, you need a Mac first.

    Or Ctrl and + if your are using Firefox.

    I think there is a market for lengthy topics. The difference between a newspaper and a magazine.I have never had a problem when the comments split in various streams. A braided river is still a river.

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Island Life: The Guilt of Clayton Weatherston,

    they didn't have to report in pornographic detail the horrors inflicted on her. no one made TVNZ or TV3 shows hours of her killer denouncing his victim on primetime TV. The TV coverage has been a disgrace, and TV News in this country has completely lost it's moral compass.

    Aaaah..but the poor things are torn between the 'public needing to know' and financial imperatives.

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Island Life: The Guilt of Clayton Weatherston,

    Presumably, Ablett-Kerr used the provocation defense because she thought it offered her client the best chance .

    Is it the only defense she could have used? Did she make the correct choice?

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Hard News: Chocolate elitism,

    If every bar has a glass and half of full cream milk, and the size of the bars has dropped from about 250 grams to 200 grams, does that mean there is proportionally more milk in the chocolate?

    Unless the buggers shrunk the glass size too...*g*

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Hard News: Chocolate elitism,

    Peanut slabs are a childhood taste that has followed me ever since.

    If I had a dollar for everyone of the beasties I have eaten...I would wander out and buy some more!

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

  • Hard News: What to Do?,

    I'll be making the case in my PAR piece this week for spoiling the ballot.

    Which is when? The last couple of weeks the time slot has been occupied by an oxygen gobbling sports broadcaster...

    Dunedin • Since Nov 2006 • 187 posts Report

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