Posts by Stewart
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First they came for the journalists...
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I'm of the opposite persuasion - ban civil unions and let anyone who wants to 'formalise' a relationship get married.
I oppose the idea that civil unions are for everyone and to leave 'marriages' to church. I got married in a registry office rather than a church (displeasing my f-i-l) and I don't see that marriage is a religious institution.
Sexual orientation should have no bearing on marriage.
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Thanks, Danielle, you have articulated something that was nagging at the back of my mind about the schism between Gio's and Ben's points of view.
Let's go for the mid-ground...
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Himself on a bike... wait till Paula Bennett gets hold of that thought!
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I live 'way out west' and commute into Mt Wellington daily. Not ideal but I am allowed to start at 7am and leave at 3:30pm which takes me out of the worst of the traffic. However, it can still be pretty bad even at these so-called 'off-peak' times.
For an approx 40km drive (there is no viable PT option that doesn't take at least 2 hours each way) it takes about 40 - 45 minutes in the morning (6:05 - 6:45ish) but generally around 1hr going home.
So the staggered hours thing works for me. When I was working in town it was a 6km drive to the station and an unreliable 1 - 1.25 hrs in the train into Britomart. I understand the trains are much more reliable these days.
I'd be happy to use PT these days but only if it was cost- and time-effective but there is very little provision for the commute that I have to endure. But for folks working in the CBD and living not too far from the rail corridor, the trains would be a no-brainer.
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I, for one, salute Epsom's Ferengi overlord...
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Not sure that my "arriving late in the thread" and my "tends to post about twice & then disappear" make me seem socially retarded in this medium; I tend to go OK in face-to-face* situations.
* Considered poor joke along the "face-to-<other than face>" lines but cunningly withdrew... -
Probably followed words they knew: nous rhymes with 'louse' and I know how to spell that rather than nous rhymes with 'yous' ("Yous guys...").
Nice thread - of course I'm now off for a long-distance run...
For which, I'll need me coat.
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"The Whole Hog" it is, indeed. Lovely book.
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@Islander - I have a book on pigs by Lyall Watson (I think that's the right name...) - well worth reading.