Posts by Ian Dalziel
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slow news day in Auckland...
Bob Parker also makes The Herald today...
seems he has had a new year epiphany and has changed his tune:He says some people don't believe they're being told the whole truth, ...
Parker said he didn't want the city being run by rumour, so it's time to hear again from the scientists.He still has that flair for understatement we all love so....
Rumour, now there's a good nickname for Tony Marryatt!
Oh and quick, shift the blame to the Scientists! -
Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Hebe,
backin' th' day...
I reckon it’s a day lily.
what! it does housecleaning as well?
I hear the bread and paper are nice too...
:- )is it really January 3 already?
where did the new year go....
oh well, best grab my sack and trudge
up to the top of the ride again... -
Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Lilith __,
hole food…
Are there lots of these in St Albans?
there are a few in Richmond/Shirley, the middle
of the street Next to Stanmore New World
is opening up again – and many old sinkhole sites
in other roads are slumping again…
I reckon it can only be a matter of time
before one gives way under a car or pedestrian…I note Bob Parker trying to justify the Council’s response
to procedural shortcomings after the September & Boxing Day
quakes – but gee, I’d have thought if we had a CEO who
was worth what they want to pay ours, he would have
risen to anything thrown his way – and not just prove
to be a fickle fairweather CEO, leaving his staff and Civic
machine in a state of confusion… -
Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Joe Wylie,
nek yeah...
That seems to be how it goes when the shakes hit during the silly season.
Thenk goodness for very own homespun philosopher-kings.God forbid we might want some information fast - CERA's website hasn't been updated since Dec 23, they have a link to Canterbury earthquake site for updates and useful info - which also hasn't been updated since Dec 24 - it's not like we had a quiet week or anything, are these people actually taking the ongoing seismic events seriously?
And I have to say their marketing sucks too - CERA are running a series of 'Pop up community events' picnics and movie screenings in local parks - they have put flyers everywhere - completely anonymously - no indication of who is running them, sponsors, organisers nothing - no website for further information or updates - with a vague graphic feel of the Buskers festival from a few years back - why CERA doesn't 'brand' it as part of their community engagement mystifies me - guess it would be a mixed signal to have bouncy castles and Gerry Brownlee...
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Capture: City Scenes, in reply to JacksonP,
Sh-sh-shake down town...
Merry Chchristmas.
And indeed I swear we will
have a Merry Ch-ch-chchristmas......swearing is easy in a town with...
<drum roll FX>
...Turret's syndrome...
<badum tish FX>now I shall go unwarp my presence...
y'all have fun, relax and be safe, y'hear! -
Hard News: Merry Christmas, Blossoms, in reply to Jackie Clark,
And here’s one I prepared earlier.
Looks like you are gonna have a Snowy'* Christmas...
...enjoy, one and all...
drain the Loch!*ok Milou for the French
fans in the milieu -
Capture: City Scenes, in reply to Kebabette,
Walls treat…
I love street art & graf but have a special place
in my heart for the posters gone skody.you might enjoy this too then….
(found via imprint magazine ) -
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge...
Bob Parker and Gerry Brownlee have apparently
abandoned their family holidays to return here.
I wonder if Tony Marryatt will as well?
Now that he gets the big money to be responsible...
or will he take the line that his expensive brain
and system needs to be recharged and pampered? -
Hard News: Merry Christmas, Blossoms, in reply to JacksonP,
glazed ham...
oh oh oh!
or a drunkenly lurching OI OI OI
( in slab serif caps of course!)or if they're a bit angry,
it could be a game of
noughts and cross-eyes... -
Southerly: Coming Up For Air, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
lief / life / file...
There are costs to everything. Right now we don’t know what the cost to immortality would be, because it doesn’t exist. The only way to know is to give it a go.
We are wetware, software and some calcified hardware
will we be able to be backed up, retrievable from the cloud?
and if not are there businesses that do e-funerals,
by which I mean someone to tidy up one's digital presence
- put an 'unable to respond' message on your email,
close, or move to some ememorial park, one's
Facebook, blogspot, Flckr, etc
- seems like a growth niche...
(along with the solar powered, proximity activated,
headstone - with built in screen and interactive history)
