Posts by BenWilson
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Invest in rooting hormone and you never even need to buy plants...just take cuttings. Then you only need to plunder the city's gardens the once.
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but saving $5 by knicking rosemary out of the public gardens in central wellington really adds up over a year.
Or growing a plant, u naughty thief. It's extremely hardy, basically plant and forget.
I'm most amused by people who'll pay $20 for a bottle of St John's Wort pills. I planted one little $3 plant and it took over my whole garden in 2 years. Chuck a handful in your tea.
The only 2 plants that have been a total dead loss are tea (you need an acre to make a cup) and coffee (frost kills it). Still gotta buy those, but they seem to have actually got cheaper recently.
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Plant a vege garden.
I do, but I can honestly say it doesn't save you much money. What it does do is give you the freshest most organic food possible, and it's really good exercise. But the sun's rays are a bitch, I do all mine early in the morning or late in the evening.
Having what you eat totally dictated by the seasons has a certain quaint charm, but it gets old. You still have to buy fruit and veg. Or have the most diverse garden ever known.
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re: Alternative Highs:
This one's really whack, I've been trying it recently. You stay completely sober for a few weeks. I've noticed a dramatic improvement in mood that no mood altering pills have ever matched. Also I'm having dreams again, which are far more detailed than any trip I've ever had. Energy levels are high. It's like being on Prozac without the psychosis.
If that's too soft and you want to take it to a higher level, exercise seems to work wonders on endorphin levels. This one has to be used carefully though, it's really easy to overdose, then you feel tired and crappy again.
And for the real over-drive, the one that's only for the hardened, I've found that hard work has amazing benefits too. Again, be careful with this one, you can easily get addicted. 4 hours seems to be enough for me - anything after that is really just coasting (not to be discouraged, just advising you not to push it). The benefits are mind bending - you get a stronger, faster mind. You sleep well. And things get done all around you - it's like having your own slave.
I can honestly say that no combination of uppers or downers or mind benders has ever had such strong or lasting effects for me. It's also really cheap, just the ticket for the recession.
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"Slumpy Cashflow" sounds like the name of a hobbit or an elf or something...
Or a porn star. A really amateur one.
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I find it hard to believe recession in the USA won't flow down here.
Property has to take a hit, whether through an actual drop in price or years of no growth. That's not a factor of the recession though - property just went through a bubble. Why it went through a bubble may explain the recession, though. Too much damned debt available.
I expect our stock market to suffer too, as putting money into cash or on the mortgage is a much better investment during these times. Margin loans will seem like insanity, so all that leveraged investing will just disappear.
Inflation will be interesting to watch. Will it go negative? That will be truly scary.
Time to just knuckle down and work, folks.
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The Beatles were steered by McCartney into thoroughly middle-brow/fluff territory
Perhaps, but at least it was good fluff. I'd take that over crappy highbrow any day.
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But Macs are still better than PCs, right?
Only in so far as Euro cars are better than Jap. If you're rich enough.
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I've given up speaking to anyone in big-chain electronics stores about anything but the price and the availability. On all other questions, the best they can do is waste your time and misinform you, I have found.
Smaller stores, particularly owner-operator, seem to have much better service.
I don't blame the staff. It's an inevitable consequence of the bewildering array of products, and the piss-poor pay. These days I only use such places as a way of getting a look at a product, then back to the net to research it, and find the cheapest source.
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As for your rugby memories, its an odd boy who doesn't like sport.
Hey, I've always liked watching it, never wanted to play it. Exact opposite with soccer - can't stand watching it, but it's a lot of fun to play.
“You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”
Love that. You'd think he was talking about something really deep.
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