Posts by Jackie Clark
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to recordari,
You are a kind man. Mum's actually thinking of moving on by the end of this year so I was hoping to have another shindig up here before she does that.
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to Sacha,
If I had a house that was at all acceptable for company, I would, and everyone would be invited. Maybe we could hire a hall?
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to Russell Brown,
Would I?
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to Russell Brown,
I was trying to invite myself over but I guess that went south. Oy, me and my mouth lately.
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to Danielle,
I quite like the idea of Jackson or Russell, for example, having rugby parties where there are people who do not much care for the game. Sort of a civilising influence if you like.
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Speaker: John and Phil meet Bob, in reply to Stephen Judd,
And it sounds, to my likewise biased ear, that he thinks about these things carefully. Which is a bit of a relief.
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I'm not at all sure why they would have both bothered, though. It wasn't that many people to be talking to in the first place, and it would worry me, and I would imagine a number of Labour supporters, greatly if I thought that they were pandering to the religious right in any form. I see Julie's point that politicians should accept all invitations to speak, I do. And that's the explanation that makes most sense. But. If all they did was utter inanities - which Key was bound to do, and it seems as if Goff didn't really say anything different to what he usually says - why bother? Their motivations confuse me, I have to admit.
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Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend 2011 in…, in reply to Gee,
I'd heard of it, because when my Dad would talk about his early life in Hobsonville, he mentioned it. (One of the advantages of having a much older father.) His tales of his social life in the 1930's always interested me. Very different time! I just think the "ladies-a-plate" tradition (and modernising it, of course, to just everyone bringing a plate) is a lovely one. Community spirit and all that that implies.
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Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend 2011 in…, in reply to Gee,
As I understand it, it was " Gents half-a-crown, ladies a plate”. http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-jac1.htm
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Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend 2011 in…, in reply to James Butler,
Via youtube? Why yes, I happen to have just uploaded all my videos of her on that fine site. I wouldn't inflict that on the cat lovers, though.