Posts by Sam F

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  • Hard News: No Surprises,

    Looks like someone has been mucking around with Garth George's circuitry...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Hard News: Smack to the Future,

    I think he has a stick up his arse about something, but it's hard to tell exactly what.

    The same sort of stick that's been irritating Whale for the last few years, I expect. (Obviously not two ends of the same stick though, normal right-wing people don't do that sort of crap.)

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Hard News: Friday Ideas,

    The only use I've found for Viagra is it stops me rolling out of bed during the night.

    Cue cheap gag about 'getting it over the counter'...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Up Front: Does My Mortgage Look Like a…,

    Good of you to bring the discussion to heel...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Up Front: Does My Mortgage Look Like a…,

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Hard News: Smack to the Future,

    I'll always go for the lazy cock-up theory over the advertising department lead conspiracy any day of the week.

    Can't remember where I first heard it, but:

    - "Never attribute to malice what can be explained by mere stupidity"
    - "Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice"

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Up Front: Take Strictly, as Directed,

    Those endorphins must be good shit to put up with all that.

    Too right they are. I find now that I get definite endorphin lows on days when I don't ride or run.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Up Front: The Up Front Guide to Parenting,

    MA in History here. I find I can usually get by okay if I just talk about the research skills and other transferables I got out of it - if I get to talking about what I actually studied people's eyes almost instantly glaze over...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Hard News: A voice of reason and authority,

    They are the embarrassing Marxists of their era. It's a bad day if Lindsay's not angrily denouncing a former fellow-traveller.

    Great entertainment, if that's your thing.

    Guilty as charged...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

  • Hard News: A Real Alternative,

    As a general rule, if you've spent an hour typing into a text window on PA System, it is always best to assume that your login could have dropped off, and to just select and copy what you've typed.

    It should be better with the upcoming forums upgrade.

    The problem in fact was that that I did copypaste and save an early version, then proceeded to add ~45 minutes of revisions which weren't saved.

    In fact I found it useful to have to re-summarise my own thoughts, and also force myself to take my own advice on not pre-empting Bryder's book...

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1611 posts Report

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