Posts by Rich Lock
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Has anybody actually MET John Duthie? Why is this man in charge of City Development?
I understand Jack
met him once when he was on his way to market. He exchanged his cow for some magic beans John offered him.Since that worked out so well for all concerned, I'm more than happy to exchange public property for some 'magic spaces'.
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The city development general manager, John Duthie, said the two cargo sheds were "magic spaces", full of exposed kauri, totara and matai native timber and steel beams.
I have a 'magic space' under my house, too, full of old timber off-cuts, concrete lumps and bits of foam insulation and pink batts.
I thinks there's possibly an old pair of heavy-duty rubber workmans gloves as well.
Something for everyone! Come round for a drink! Taxpayer funded, of course.
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I was thrilled to read (NZ born WWII heroine) Nancy Wake's account of visiting and falling in love with Vancouver
Dyan - again, coincidentally, I've just been reading about 'the white mouse'.
Amazing woman.
Her French companions praised her fighting spirit; amply demonstrated when she killed an SS sentry with her bare hands to prevent him raising the alarm during a raid
Anyway. As you were.
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I was annoyed when the power was turned off just before Dr Who came on.
Paul, are you coming out as a secret Sci-Fi fan?
They do not realise that things were so crap in the mid-70s that people welcomed Mrs Thatcher as a saviour.
It took me a long time to work out why my dad was such a Tory.
Some of my very earliest memories are of rolling power cuts, small mountains of rubbish twenty or thirty feet high in the parks, and getting water from a tanker in the road.
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I just hope and pray that C4 isn't going to blot its copybook by either splitting or screening a Freddy Kruger edit of the series finale, which is a wonderful exercise in everything and the kitchen sink. Plus a final two acts that is both total genius and complete bullshit.
I just got round that particular problem by ordering the box set from overseas.
If anyone posts any spoilers beofre I have a chance to watch it, there may well be blood.
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It's fun to smoke marijuana!
/pedant mode on/
'It's fun to smoke marijuana! was a 'Queen' accusation, not Black Sabbath.
It was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Priest#Subliminal_message_trial|Judas Priest]] who were the Heavy Metal band accused of satanic backmasking, not Black Sabbath.
Turn me on, dead man
/pedant mode off/
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Maybe we need a social facilitator.
The nametags at the 'social' Russell organised a couple of months ago worked quite well, although they were a bit embarrassing to wear.
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some weird sort of recipe for an ideal 'lady'. The ones I can remember were : crafts, public speaking, walking, entertaining, self-presentation (which was how to put on make-up and have good posture) and out of left field - flying.
Flying? How weird.
After the patriarchy subjugated teh wimminz and crushed their spirits with a list of repressive skills they have to learn, they decided to balance it out by giving them the skills to escape.
Fly forever free, Amelia! Don't let them tie you down!
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Really enjoyed the Ignite presentations. Can we please have a final list of the titles and presenters so we can better remember them
Seconded.
Very inspiring.
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where he hid Hoffa's body.
Everyone knows where that is, it's in Shergar's stable. Right next to Lord Lucan.
In Area 51. With Elvis as the stableboy.
And they all go sailing on the Marie Celeste at weekends.