Posts by BenWilson
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Suddenly, just walking past an open doorway was like walking past a pizza oven.
It gets scary hot there, I'd be running between doors outside, holding my breath because the air actually burned my throat. I think the lack of humidity made it worse.
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 1: Beach…, in reply to Jackie Clark,
I guess Bethells is just that little bit further than, say, Piha or Karekare. Amazing place, though, especially the sand dunes.
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Hard News: Holiday Open Thread 2:…, in reply to Steve Parks,
Admittedly it's only the US transfers that take so long. To Australia it's a lot faster, usually within a week.
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Any other overseas earner noticed this?
I'm damned sure they're using the money for something, anyway. Could just be for the interest. There's no good reason for wire transfers of money to take any time at all. I guess overnight would be justifiable - but not the 15 days I sometimes have to wait. Actual physical money could have circumnavigated the globe many times in that period. What are they doing? Sending it in a ship or something?
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It defines itself by what we make and play.
And who "we" are.
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although if I remember rightly, Ben, you had an opportunity recently to do just that.
Close. I went to Melbourne, which is not as hot as Sydney, and much more dry. But during heatwaves the bins got pretty nasty.
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I would take gold, if they paid on time. I have a funny feeling that if they actually sent me gold bars in insured registered mail it would get here quicker than an international telegraphic transfer always seems to. The cost would also be about the same.
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Does anyone else actually clean their rubbish before binning it? I've made a habit of it, to keep smells down. My recycling is almost fit to reuse immediately.
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In the trite news section, apparently David Bain is short of both cash and a woman in his life. That took Herald space two days in a row.
It was so absurd I couldn't help but read it. David, if you're out there, my advice is to emigrate to Australia. There's more money, more sheilas, and most importantly, the only shit you'll cop will be the odd sheep joke. Would make a change from having random strangers insult you everywhere you go, surely.
and the exciting revelation that this year, people will have a whole three extra days to file their taxes.
That might actually save my bacon. Squeezing money out of people in North America is taking longer and longer.
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Whoops, I mentioned sport...
That borders on mentioning the news. Naughty chair.
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