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>This I need – Brain food

Posted on 27 July, 2009 by jb

> The Rubix Cubewich contains cubes of pastrami, kielbasa, pork fat (PORK FAT?!), salami, and two types of cheddar Then again, maybe not….

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>How to get cheap parking…

Posted on 26 July, 2009 by jb

> ..or “Fuck, I just tore up the parking ticket” MMTP, renowned for his razor-sharp intellect (honest, he’s really clued up) and for roasting his sister’s cat and incediarising fondues, has just outdone himself. We toddled off to the market … Continue reading →

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>Shoes for the fashionable man, it says

Posted on 24 July, 2009 by jb

> Rules ME out, then…..

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>Small Man Syndrome

Posted on 24 July, 2009 by jb

> That’s what my mate Gunter once said to me when we were discussing the CIO of one of the sister companies. A real little twerp (not Gunter – he’s as cool as they come and looks me straight in … Continue reading →

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>Bob Dylan wears his heart on his sleeve

Posted on 23 July, 2009 by jb

> Stevie Ray Vaughan died on 27 August 1990. Bob Dylan played Merrillville, Indiana on the same night. He sang this song for “Stevie – wherever you are, man” Stumbled over this on the stunningly good “Cover Me” from Ray … Continue reading →

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>In the pink

Posted on 23 July, 2009 by jb

> Visual Economics today treats us to a truly meaningless graphic, purporting to represent “how each country’s employment situation has fared in the downturn” Bollocks. It shows that everyone’s unemployment rate is pretty much the same (with the exception of … Continue reading →

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>Headlines

Posted on 21 July, 2009 by jb

>Two headlines caught my eye this week Helicopters move house Thought: Big helicopter (or multiples thereof) or a small house.Turns out: that an aviation company in Nelson was relocating to new premises Pool evacuated after leak Thought: Well, hasn’t everyone … Continue reading →

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>IRD wins in massive tax case against BNZ

Posted on 21 July, 2009 by jb

> Good. (Here’s the story) I had an account with the BNZ once. It was at a time when mortgage rates in New Zealand were hitting 20% and interest rates for deposits weren’t far behind. I had maybe $200 left … Continue reading →

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>Close to the action

Posted on 20 July, 2009 by jb

> Don’t know where you were 40 years ago today, but I was flying at somewhere around 30,000 feet on board TE558, an Air New Zealand flight DC-8 (ZK-NZA, if you must know) between Auckland and Los Angeles via Papeete. … Continue reading →

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>Minding your Ps and Qs

Posted on 19 July, 2009 by jb

> Remember Hank Snow’s “I’ve been everywhere“? I’ve been everywhere, man. I’ve been everywhere, man. Crossed the deserts bare, man. I’ve breathed the mountain air, man. Of travel I’ve had my share, man. I’ve been everywhere. I’ve been to: Reno, … Continue reading →

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