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Really have to give a huge shout out to Trudeau Cuisine. It was only a pepper grinder, but when a piece of plastic broke off, and Rachel still had the receipt and even the packaging, which clearly stated “Lifetime Guarantee”, we thought, “what have we got to lose?”. What we expected was the run around: “take it …
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Can I be bothered fixing it right now? no! Hmm – just installing the default theme again until I can fix the bugs or maybe I’ll try something new.
Christchurch cops it again! Live footage on ABC24. Harrowing stuff. People being pulled out of the Pyne Gould Guinness building shown here before (google street view) and after. Ooops! I’ll leave the post as is, but it seems my ‘before’ picture is the building next door – almost identical in appearance. Street view stops just …
What is going on? is it a full moon or something? In my 25 minute ride to work this morning I saw three completely stupid driving moments. Riding up my own street, when a 40ish woman in a silver Camry (WOJ750) approaches a stop sign, takes a look at me – literally 5 metres away, …
Just wanted to share a little ‘magic moment’, I encountered on the way home last night. Riding up Royal Parade with the commuter peloton when, stopped at the lights, I noticed a woman on the footpath poking and peering at her bike. I was about to ask whether she needed a hand, when someone behind …
This is my mate Harry. I meet him on the way home sometimes. Sometimes he surprises me, but tonight I saw him ‘interacting’ with someone ahead of me, so I was ready – even had time to get the iPhone out and ready in movie mode! I love magpies. The football team and the birds! …
Really saddens me to see recent stories regarding new marine parks and sanctuaries lead to ill informed, populist, knee jerk responses from fellow fishermen. Firstly: conservationists, or ‘greenies’, the word so many fishermen spit out without any clue as to the meaning. What do greenies want? In this case, they want better living conditions for …
I’ve saved the best ’til last. Remember the days before mp3s?… how about CDs? yes, who had a great collection of vinyl? Who’s still got one? Well, I don’t. I got rid of most of my collection long ago, but there are a few faves hanging around in the cupboard and one day I plan …
I’m an impulse online shopper and there are a few sites that fill my needs just nicely. A couple of these sites offer special deals every day, and one of them is Zazz. Cool as many of the items are, I only made my first purchase on Zazz a couple of weeks back. Including postage, …
I’ve had a pretty good run lately with customer service – so good I’ve decided to just put a few of them on the record… 1. The federal government solar rebate: OK, I’m being a bit controversial here, but I was one of the thousands who got a 1kw solar cell system on the big …
That’s what she said! boring!! It had been a long time since I’d updated my blog design, it wasn’t bad, but it was old and I was kinda sick of it. I wanted something really clean and uncluttered, with plenty of space and better typography. Also, in the years since I’d built my old theme …
What are they thinking? The libs have effectively just effectively voted against the ETS by electing the rabid Tony Abbott as their leader. If the government goes to an election on this, all indications are that there will be about half a dozen libs left in parliament – and probably no nats! You’d think I’d …