Posts by dc_red
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Thanks Steve. That's Lange for you.
I'm guessing the topic of lightbulb-changing abilities never came up?
Now for the time I stood next to Deputy PM Michael Cullen ... with no security in sight.
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Young people + late at night + vomiting + acting like dickheads + beating people up =
A night at Jesse's place?
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Geoff L - I've had two pairs of Sony noise-reducing headphones for 3 years. Still going great guns, despite one pair being sat on (twice) by an obese fellow airline passenger.
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And they are, well, happy (which is not, so far as I am aware, against the law).
Just give the bastards time, RB.
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PINs for credit cards are a very new concept in Canada - only introduced in the last 12 months, and only for Visa as far as I know. Most retailers - including many large ones - still don't have their swipe machines set up for entering PINs, so you still sign most of the time (even when using a PIN-equipped card).
Some stores will ask for picture ID (yes, a driver licence) to go with your signature - but this is rather random, and doesn't seem to relate in any obvious way to the amount being spent. e.g., you might "get ID'd" for a $20 purchase at one store, but not for a $200 purchase at another.
The driver licence thing reminds me of going to a bar in Arizona and trying to order a beer.
"Do you have ID?" -- "Sure," shows NZ driver licence.
"Ummm, do you have local ID?" -- "No I'm a tourist".
"Are you sure you don't have local ID?" -- "Yes, if it's a problem I'll just have a coke"
"Ummmmm.......... I guess it's OK" -
Yep, ASB visa (not due to expire for ages) replaced 2 weeks ago for no obvious reason.
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Russell in denigrating a great man like Garth McVicar only denigrates himself
The former has a range of interesting and considered opinions on a wide range of contemporary issues. The latter is a tedious rent-a-quote, whose public utterances are a variation on one theme: "Tougher penalties for crimes I don't like."
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He invested his own money to march against the left wing minority vocalists like Russell Brown & Co who are determined that their minority ill informed judgments rule the day.
He spent up to $100/head to get 4000 people on Queen Street, a not insignificant minority of whom were actually counter-protesters.
He's not marching against a left-wing minority, but the decision of the previous House of Representatives to amend a law, by a vote of 113 to 8. Those in favour included every National MP, every Labour MP, every Green MP, every Maori Party MP, more than half of NZ First's MPs, and that well-known left winger Peter Dunne.
The current House of Representatives, dominated by right wingers of various stripes, has shown very little interest in changing the law.
Rule by the minority is being promoted by Russell & Co in this blog .
An unhealthy determination.I suggest you familiarize yourself with the notion of Parliamentary democracy.
The previous Parliament heard a full spectrum of opinions on the issue and decided to amend the previous law. The new Parliament continues to satisfied with the amended law, and a majority are not convinced by the result of a referendum with a poorly-worded and leading question.
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@ Jeremy
John Key has lead the country incredibly well on this issue.
He also profited politically from the very widespread (but entirely mistaken) impression that he and his minions opposed the bill.
The private member's bill with which Labour was so badly tarred.
The blinkers are only now beginning to fall off the populace.
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I thought people normally got arrested for mooning the monarchy?
Given all the bowing and scraping that's expected, you'd think pants would be a good idea. Presumably even inadvertent mooning is an offence to her Royal Britannic Majesty.
Remember Charles I!