Author Archives: jb

>When’s my birthday? When’s my birthday?

Posted on 21 August, 2009 by jb

> This I need.You have no idea how badly.Shame about the price, though…

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>Give ’em what they want

Posted on 21 August, 2009 by jb

>http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=17152457,t=1,mt=video Bernard Hickey (who – together with Gareth Morgan – makes more economic sense than all the financial gurus you’re likely to stumble across put together. OK, Clive Crook, too) tweeted (yes, I know – even at my age…) the … Continue reading →

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>I REALLY am sorry about this…

Posted on 20 August, 2009 by jb

> … Not.

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>This I need…

Posted on 20 August, 2009 by jb

> ..and try as hard as I can, I can’t get the buggers to answer my emails. Bloody French….

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>Best line in years

Posted on 20 August, 2009 by jb

> “It is a tribute to the First Amendment that this kind of vile, contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated”Choice stuff from Congressman Barney Frank from Massachusetts. (And don’t get me started about the health reform debate. Clive Crook and … Continue reading →

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This I need

Posted on 19 August, 2009 by jb

  Well, my mate Houghton actually. But if only they’d had this stuff when I was a kid. And especially for wallets. We were up in the Bay of Islands and bumped into Charlie Barnes and his family (His boy, … Continue reading →

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>Not bad…..(Rural France)

Posted on 18 August, 2009 by jb

> …even if I say so myself

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>The Right Hand Rule

Posted on 18 August, 2009 by jb

> Never heard of the Right hand Rule? Not a big surprise, really – the only place in the world where it applies in in New Zealand. The car turning right has priority over the car turning left. Logical? Of … Continue reading →

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>Lost in translation

Posted on 18 August, 2009 by jb

> BoingBoing is a godsend (or a curse) for we trivia heads. They have just such interesting ….stuff. Here’s one. translationparty.com Enter an English phrase and the machine translates it into Japanese and back into English – backwards and forwards, … Continue reading →

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>We are most amused

Posted on 15 August, 2009 by jb

> Thanks to Virginia for this one

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