Posts by Steve Barnes
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I think Brownlee would be too busy blowing on his piety to answer that and Judith just doesn't answer. I still have had no answer to the eMail I sent asking
"Dear Ms Collins.
Could you, as a Minister please explain what was meant by "with a cellmate" ?
Am I to assume that you do not wish them to get lonely or are you suggesting something less humane?.
Yrs,
Steve Barnes. ":-|
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to Matthew Poole,
A question one should not ask unless one is prepared to be given an honest answer, I suspect.
So, you could ask a National MP then.
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to Russell Brown,
Tarry a moment if you will and email me clever questions for the PA bloggers at the Orcon Great Blend in Wellington tomorrow:
How about…
“What are you wearing under that?”
Best said in a low gravely voice whilst rubbing your thighs.
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to Rich Lock,
’Ey, Steve-o my old chum, any chance you could deferred payment option me $20 to tide me over to pay day? No, no, no. Not a loan. Perish the thought.’
If you had borrowed the $20 last week on the proviso that you were to pay it back this week then deferring the payment to next week is not a loan but an extension on an existing loan. In the case of MediaWorks we are talking about a deferred payment of its broadcasting licence fee. If the Govt were to say "We will pay your fee and you can pay us back" that would be a loan, that is not what is happening here.
Damn, that is so not like me to say that.
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Too quick to deny?.
Government denies MediaWorks loan"All I can tell you is that the Crown has not advanced any cash to MediaWorks at all, that the Crown has offered a deferred payment option to all of the frequency holders who were due to renew at that time, which involved them paying interest and getting in their payments over five years."
Mr Joyce said MediaWorks had been keeping to the terms of deferred payment.
Bugger, I thought we had him there.
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to giovanni tiso,
I guess what I’m asking is: does TVNZ have to return a profit,
Well yes, it does. Otherwise we couldn't afford things like this... $43m lifeline to TV3 owner
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Stephen Judd,
If you’re Aspie and you know it, clap your hands?
There are several things in life like that. Deep philosophical questions about the meaning of life for instance, what is it all about? Apparently, you put your left leg in, you put your left leg out, you do the hokey pokey and you shake it all about… That’s what it’s all about.
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to Jackie Clark,
where did the Doco channel go?????
Now called BBC Knowledge, same library apparently and not tied up with BBC Global so theoretically more NZ content that their overseas offering.
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to Islander,
Jan, in a word, no – not in Big O. Which is why almost everyone – certainly all the permanant residents – have Sky.
Actually Islander you can get Freeview, just maybe not the terrestrial HD signal. The satellite service uses the same Optus D1 bird that Sky uses.
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to Bart Janssen,
To use your analogy, if by getting your kids to mow the lawns you are preventing them from going to school and learning how to design buildings etc
How big are your friggin' lawns?. You must be one of those rich pricks.
;-)Designing buildings? that would mean bringing in teachers from overseas I reckon, our record on that front is abysmal, if they don't leak they fall down.