Posts by Brent Jackson
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Very sad to hear of KiwiFM's demise. They were my favourite station for many years - until they started playing overseas music, which, to my mind, then made them similar to other stations such as bFM and GeorgeFM. But that only relegated them to second favourite.
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Legal Beagle: Update on the Former MP's…, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
No. The pay-out would've been bigger, but they could still fly with whichever airline they liked.
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I am very pleased to hear that it went well for you. Hope that wall's a bit lower than it used to be.
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Hard News: Stella and the Fun Palaces, in reply to Russell Brown,
Awesome – it’s made my eyes leak (to coin a phrase – thanks Emma).
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Thank you so much for sharing this, especially so elegantly and wittily prosed.
“My standard reply to “How are you?” is now “Hi.” It makes no difference.
I can relate to this. In the early 1990's the sales team at my work all went to a training session, and came back using "How are you?” (or variants) as a greeting. After a couple of days, I started to just treat it as a greeting, and reply with a "Hi". It was weird how it evolved so that "Howarya" became a non-question.
Of course, any answer to "How are you?" other than "good", is always interpreted as an invitation to the questioner to ask follow-up questions. (I'm often tempted to reply "do you really want to know?" or "fuck off", but my politeness doesn't let me).
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Capture: Peak Pohutukawa, in reply to Brent Jackson,
It’s a wee bit broken :- (.
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Capture: Peak Pohutukawa, in reply to Brent Jackson,
And a few weeks later, not only is it no longer blossuming, but it’s having a bit of a lie down, as this photo that my brother took shows.
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Thank you so much for sharing this. I found it extremely well written and an excellent summary of the rebuild to date. I wish there was more than could be done to resolve the anger and frustation that is being felt by many in the region.
Kia kaha.
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Capture: Peak Pohutukawa, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Something like this Bart ?
Not sure it shows the branching enough, but it sure is scenic !
Waitaia Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula. In the background through the tree is Hahei, and Cathedral Cove.
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Coromandel pohutukawa seemed especially vivid this year. So much so, that I took a specific photo of the redified beach.
