Posts by David Haywood

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  • Southerly: The End of Lake Ellesmere?,

    Russell Brown wrote:

    Trust you didn't mind me opening a discussion on your post

    No problem, Russell.

    Incidentally, more information about general water issues in Canterbury can be found at the Water Rights Trust website.

    And some interesting information on sustainable farming in New Zealand can be found in this report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

    Judi Lapsley Miller wrote:

    Also wondering if in the future, rising sea levels may cause sea water to wash into the lake rather than v-v...??

    Wish I'd thought of asking this question to the NIWA scientists! Kaitorete Spit is relatively high (2 - 3 metres above sea level) so hopefully this won't be a problem. Of course, the spit is also rather permeable, so perhaps infiltration by seawater will be an issue.

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  • Speaker: The Hollow Men: Initial Impressions,

    UPDATE:
    Danyl has just provided me with a slightly updated version of his review. It reveals a few more interesting quotes from the book. The updated version has now been posted to Guest Speaker.

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  • Hard News: Of course it's about the book,

    I think Danyl's review of Hollow Men (which has now been migrated over to Guest Speaker) is worthy of a new thread on this subject. I've started one over here.

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  • Speaker: The Hollow Men: Initial Impressions,

    Really enjoyed this review, Danyl -- very nice work! Seems like a good time to start a new discussion thread.

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  • Hard News: Of course it's about the book,

    Not lockwood... and not Gerry....

    Bugger -- that quote sounded so very Gerry.

    Could it be Katherine Rich?

    Put us out of our misery, I beg you...

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  • Hard News: Of course it's about the book,

    "Can we stop Don from giving speeches? Today's speech is about as exciting as watching paint dry. The speech delivery is too long, monotonous, slow paced, and he is having far too many stumbles."

    I smell Gerry Brownlee on this one...

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  • Island Life: Citizen Key,

    Just off the top of my head I can think of a few of our readers who grew up in a Christchurch state house and who are leading lives of impressive accomplishment.

    Well, I didn’t grow up in Christchurch, and I don’t have a life of impressive accomplishment -- but I did spend my early childhood in a state house in West Auckland. Also my mother was on the DPB (on and off) for a couple of years after my parents’ marriage broke up. When I tell people this they often seem surprised that I am not in prison or -- at the very least -- on some sort of government welfare. But I am pleased to report that this has not been the case (unless you count the couple of years I spent working as a university lecturer).

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  • OnPoint: Fisking for Asians,

    rodgerd wrote:

    What, exactly, were they thinking?

    I imagine North & South's thought processes went something like this:

    Help! Our readership is plummeting. We need to take drastic measures. How about running a sensationalist story? Perhaps something like: 'Asian Angst: is it time to send some back?'. "Hey Deborah, why don't you go off and concoct an article to match this headline."

    By the way, I'm normally quite impressed by the standard of writing in North & South -– so this observation is made more in sorrow than in anger...

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  • Southerly: They don't make 'em like they…,

    Judi, Emma & Gary: excellent point about Blake’s 7. An obvious omission from the post. In my defence, the mutoids used to scare the crap out of me (I think it was their haircuts), so perhaps I blanked it out...

    Andrew: funny you should mention Gabrielle Drake from UFO. For some reason, she rather sticks in my mind as well...

    Judi: all blobs of light subsequent to Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons have been pretty tame. But the original Mysterons light-blob was terrifying. I used to hide underneath the sofa to get away from it. It seemed like the sort of thing that could easily escape from the telly.

    By the way, something I forgot to point out in my original post was the fact that someone could make an excellent dance mix from the theme to the Tomorrow People. If anyone has the urge to give it a go, then I will be happy to post their results as an audio clip on Public Address.

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