Posts by Jackie Clark
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Aren't we all, love?
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Lilith __,
It's very hard to know what's going on for some, I think. People can't access the internet, cos of no power, and are relying on the radio, and friends like me who sit and block up the phonelines searching for info for them :)
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Isabel Hitchings,
Christchurch, can I just tell you, because I don't think you hear it enough, that you are bloody legends? Really.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Megan Wegan,
OMG! I have just realised you'll be here in April - so that means mega social whirl for you, and then this! Don't mind me, I'm just always ecstatic to spend more quality time with my PAS loved ones.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Russell Brown,
what a fantastic idea, Russell - although it does make me giggle just a little bit to imagine David trying to fend off all the well meaning hugs
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Oh dear. I've been watching and listening as much as possible really - initially with worry about our friends in Chch and my own dear beloved Kath. And then with disbelief, like all of you. Teary-eyed, of course. But this afternoon was a salient lesson in how older generations coped with massive worry and loss. I had been trying to ring Kath all day to no avail, and finally got through about 3.30. Along with trying to find out what they really needed - batteries by the way, which I am going to see about couriering in the next couple of days - it transpires that Kathy had been getting many text messages from worried friends, of course, which she has not been able to reply to, what with cellphone towers being knocked out and the like. So I ask if she, or her very elderly mum, wants me to ring anyone for them - she gives me a list of phone numbers, one of which is her godmother's up here. Fine. So I ring this very elderly couple to say that their friend Mrs D is okay. The elderly gentleman who answered the phone took a moment, cleared his throat, and said, very poignantly, I thought, how worried they had been. And that was all he said before he said goodbye.
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The National Government are fuckers. That is all.
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Hard News: Again: Is everyone okay?, in reply to Ross Mason,
I am stunned.
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Oh Lara.
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There are alot of call centres based in Chch too.