Posts by Steve Barnes
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Hard News: London's Burning, in reply to martinb,
Incredibly impressed with this piece from the Herald's editor of news.
And I am totally unimpressed with the mindless, idiotic ramblings in the comments.
"Where does one find a future? There are 400-odd unemployed people for every job advertised in Tottenham."
So why do people stay there? Presumably only because they are supported by welfare which removes incentive to train for and find a job.
Yeah, right. I had a "conversation" with some "bright young thing" a few years back about the famine in Ethiopia, her solution was "why don't they just get on a plane and go somewhere else?" She then went on about those evil immigrants taking all our jobs. Go figure.
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Hard News: London's Burning, in reply to recordari,
I believe this to be deeper.
I believe his next video will be "How to clean crap off a lens with burned fingers"
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Hard News: London's Burning, in reply to BenWilson,
Perhaps it’s a miniscope?
Or a Macroscope
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Hard News: London's Burning, in reply to BenWilson,
Then it works like a really powerful magnifying glass.
It's called a microscope Ben. ;-)
The other way to make things look small is to stand a long way away. -
Hard News: London's Burning, in reply to Steve Reeves,
That’s White HART Lane, deer.
Yes dear.
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Hard News: Media7: A new censor -- and a…, in reply to Lisa Black,
(Don’t worry, I linked to the Dom Post story not the ugly Trade Me comments).
Some of the comments are the expected Kiwiblurg stuff but some are gold.
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Field Theory: Me and Paul, brewing up a storm, in reply to Samuel Scott,
Grumpy old man alert.
I'll never remember the time I had a...
...erm
Damn you sodden synapsesThis post was bought to you by Epic Pale Ale,
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Hard News: London's Burning, in reply to BenWilson,
If you spot any of those in London, be sure to link,
Not in London but Birmingham.
Police are given fresh powers after three killed in rioting
I have to say that I don't see this as a result of Rioting but just another racially motivated attack, up until now the Riots have lacked any hint of racism. -
I have no problem with {Auckland Dockline Tram, trading as Auckland Tramway Limited a Company of Christchurch Tramway Limited.} running Auckland Trams, I am presuming local people will be used for day to day running but if people come up from Christchurch for the job I have no problem with that either, who up here has the professional knowledge to operate the service? (MOTAT maybe?)
and it seems that MOTAT trams were considered...ARC group subsidiary Sea+City, which will receive $6.3 million to $7.4 million from Auckland Regional Holdings to develop a 1.5km tram circuit by July next year.
Future developments, such as an extension to Britomart across a future Viaduct Harbour bridge, will be left to the new Super City council.
Sea+City expects to initially use two heritage trams from the Museum of Transport and Technology (Motat), although the regional council is also discussing with Victorian state government officials a possible long-term loan of some Melbourne trams as the service grows.
As the service grows eh?.
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Hard News: London's Burning, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
hanging for pinching a monogrammed hankerchief.
But no longer for buying a logoed shirt online. WW2 may be a way back but I'm sure there will be some out there wondering why the All Blacks are beholden to a German Company
Sport eh?
The root of all evil?King Edward II was so troubled by the unruliness of football in London that on April 13, 1314 he issued a proclamation banning it: "Forasmuch as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large balls from which many evils may arise which God forbid; we command and forbid, on behalf of the King, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future."
Apparently they weren't spending enough time practising Archery, oh the irony.
The initial spark that led to riot was the Shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, just a bricks throw from White Heart Lane, home of "Tottenham Hotspur Football Club", or "Spurs" as they are colloquially known.
Turns out that the well publicised bullet in the Police Radio came from a Police issue gun, which will anger the family.
Thank God Eden Park is in a "Nice Middle Class" area and our Police never shoot anyone.