Posts by hamishm
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Best of luck Emma. When you get a 3-d brain model, make one in pink blancmange and snack on it during meetings.
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Cockwomble
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Does anyone know when John key was last on Checkpoint? I assume that he has been on this year.
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Margaret Mahy was a fabulous writer and this post pays a wonderful tribute to her. We have lost a great deal but we have a magical legacy to treasure.
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There was a pretty wide spread view at the time, that the cops knew that Thomas had done it but couldn't pin it on him. This was always told to me in an approving manner as we all felt that the police were there for us and that we could trust them. The current view of police would, I hope, not be so accepting.
It is quite horrifying to think that a whole country was prepared to look the other way but meshes with the ideas I have of the old days in NZ. -
And, although already mentioned once, P.J.Harvey's "Let England Shake" is about the best thing evah.
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From Soup to Nuts.
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Sacha,
Well, partly. The election seemed to have been decided in many people's minds long before it actually took place. I thought Goff did well, aside from his numbers gaffes he was credible and energetic. People seem not to have been clever enough to see it and contrast it with Key's disinterest with the whole thing.
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Given:The people of Epsom ignoring Teapot Drone and doing what they always do, and
Given:The presence or absence of Phil Goff seeming to have no bearing on the poll numbers for Labour, and
Given: The statement by John Key that he would not work with Winston Peters having no effect on the backwash of NZF into parliament, and
Given: The low election turnout.
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Yeah, they didn't understand the card, FletcherB. It's a little difficult to see how that could happen but it's a funny old game, the voting game.
I helped at a polling booth and I can't say that it was enjoyable. The actual handing out stuff and dealing with the public was fine but the counting was a nightmare. It was cool to see folks voting and taking it seriously though.