Posts by Sacha

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  • Hard News: That Buzzing Sound,

    I thought there were still strongly enforced press guidelines about suicide reporting? Or is it not OK to say how she did it, but OK to speculate about why?

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Island Life: Effective Immediately,

    Actually that makes perverse sense - nail us from the other room. I do so love being pestered at a distance.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • OnPoint: How it would work,

    I believe it is possible to articulate a position on social justice from a right perspective - that's what we miss when the voices of old-style conservatives are drowned out by the brash neo-lib extreme.

    However, a bigot is a bigot. Fortunately, Bennett seems too decent to go down the same road.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Southerly: Dear Dr Bollard,

    nervous as I started brazing...

    Brazen.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Southerly: Dear Dr Bollard,

    As a woman, I feel alienated by this thread.

    Because we're talking about cleaning?

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Southerly: Dear Dr Bollard,

    Eerie.

    Unbloodycanny.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Island Life: Effective Immediately,

    Meanwhile, tellies everywhere are muted or channel-changed - or switched off completely in favour of other methods that don't treat watchers like fools.

    Is no one doing real market research so advertisers know they're wasting their money? Or is there still a sizeable rump of passive telly imbibers who will take whatever they are given?

    And to prove I am not immune, I must say I do love the following advert for its sheer tangential out-there-ness. That's cut through.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • OnPoint: How it would work,

    I know I'll never hear another word from her without filtering it through her recent utterances. Better the racist/classist you know.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: Some Week,

    As far as I know, Transmission Gully still subjects traffic to the same choke point near the caketin where a decent quake will wipe out the only motorway, utilities and communication lines, rail and ferry terminals, etc. So not a solution to that particular problem, but just another example of expensively moving the traffic jam a bit further up the road in peak loads - like the Puhoi motorway, enjoy it though I do.

    Better public transport frees up roads for goods delivery, so should have the full support of the business lobby, most of whom do not stand to benefit from massive construction contracts.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: Some Week,

    Those nostalgic Box and Celebre pix are great, Simon, ta.

    And I note for others that I can get a few made-just-for-me shirts from Strangely Normal for the price of one from that spot on Ponsonberry Rd.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

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