Posts by Brent Jackson
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Hard News: Good news for self-powered travellers, in reply to BenWilson,
When I was at varsity my cycle commute was Richmond Rd, Ponsonby Rd, K'Rd, Symonds St. The latter section on the way in was the scariest, constantly vying with buses, but on the way home, it was definitely K'Rd, once again because of the buses.
Separating bikes from buses is so important, because buses are often moving over to the kerb giving nowhere for a cyclist to go. Oh, and buses have very big wheels.
Actually, that route is probably not viable today because the bottom of Richmond Rd would be treacherous with the cyclist at high speed, and traffic turning into and out of the Countdown and Fruit World carparks on either side of the road, and both side roads at the bottom of the hill having much more traffic as well.
It'd be nice to have a cycling route from Cox's Bay to Grey Lynn park that didn't involve avoiding pedestrians on narrow walkways, and crossing a couple of busy roads.
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Apparently not
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Hard News: Labour's Fiscal Plan:…, in reply to Swan,
In Scott's example he equates the profit made on investment with inflation. This is clearly not correct. As Ben stated above, buying a house for a borrowed $1m and selling it the following year for $1.1m will yield an untaxed profit. There is no deferred consumption. There is merely a gamble that the house can be sold for an increased price that is more than the cost of servicing the debt.
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Hard News: Cannabis: The Experiment is Real, in reply to Joshua Campfens,
See the little email icon in the top right corner of Russell's comment ? Click on it.
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Hard News: Labour's Fiscal Plan:…, in reply to Swan,
But businesses don't buy property to make untaxed profits, they buy it to have somewhere to run their business (without being at the whim of a landlord). I expect a CGT would have neglible effect on businesses that aren't in the business of trading commercial property. I'm not sure what the plan is wrt farms. If the farmer/owner lives on the house on the farm does that make it their primary residence and thus immune to CGT ?
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Hard News: He Panui: Media Take, in reply to Deborah,
Except that the “Taake” in Te Tari Taake is a transliteration, ..,
Because the Department of Inland Revenue taakes your money.
(Or should that be the Dept of Island Revenue, as Russell put it).
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To avoid confusion with impaired mobility, you may wish to talk about impaired dexterity rather than impaired agility.
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Feed: A scientist researches restaurants, in reply to linger,
...was that the Cuisine list seems largely a waste of time
Isn't it the opposite ? The Cuisine list (sans Euro) is supported by either or both of Metro and Trip Advisor, so it is likely to be good.
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My Friday night ritual in 1986 was to walk from my hovel in Commercial Road via the Connon's Bakery for a six-pack of cream doughnuts, to my friends' flat in Third Ave, 'cos they had a TV, just to watch the Young Ones. We were so delighted to see something so irreverent on TV. Monty-Pythonesque for sure.
Showed my kids a few episodes recently, and it's not as good as when viewed through my rose-tinted glasses to the mid-80's, but still hilariously funny in places.
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Hmmm. I wonder which electorate King Kapisi would like to stand in for the Internet Party ? Any chance of IP getting another electorate seat ?