Category Archives: Don’t ask me

>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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>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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>What part of NO don’t you understand?

Posted on 18 July, 2009 by jb

> Seth Godin would have a field day with this. Thomas Heinicke probably less so. Thomas runs the ever excellent Schloss Sörgenloch – a restaurant and hotel in what used to be the manor house in a village fairly close … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me about…..

Posted on 15 July, 2009 by jb

>    …Bionic Legs. Been there – done that (As in – what’s good for the gosling is good for the gander old fart)

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>I bought a fire basket

Posted on 12 July, 2009 by jb

> I do like a fire. I’m not as bad as My Mate Houghton, though. He’ll start scavenging for firewood in mid-summer the minute he arrives at any place with a fireplace. It wouldn’t even surprise me if his will … Continue reading →

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>Words fail me….

Posted on 6 July, 2009 by jb

> We liberals can mock all we want, but don’t forget that 60 million Americans thought that this airhead Sarah Palin was qualified to run for the second-highest office in the land. With a high probability of succeeding McCain – … Continue reading →

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>Heatwave

Posted on 2 July, 2009 by jb

> Whenever I come back from the UK, folks must think I have Parkinson’s. Drifting around a bit dazed, constantly shaking my head… There is an explanation, though. In the UK over the weekend and they were forecasting a HEATWAVE. … Continue reading →

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Don’t ask me……(about annoying the copywriter)

Posted on 19 June, 2009 by jb

  You really couldn’t make this up. I was rolling around on the floor laughing when I showed this to a mate. “Aren’t those just the cooking instructions?” he asked. Woooooooosh.

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>Parlez vous de Lingo?

Posted on 30 May, 2009 by jb

> Couple of millennia ago, I went to Westlake Boys High School with a couple of real swots by the names of Ian Carter and John Barker. I drifted through with a minimum of effort coupled with eminently quantifiable talent … Continue reading →

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