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 Yabbering the lingoI recently went to Australia to shoot some pictures. I had hoped to go to Norway to shoot some rare wildlife, also maybe club to death some harp seals and their last remaining Eurasian Otters, harpoon some endangered fin whales (before the Japs get there) and skewer a few rare polar bears before global melting finishes them off.
Of course, I would... The best way to spend itAt monitoring committee, elected members heard a presentation from Acorn Foundation.
This is an independent charitable organisation where public spirited citizens leave all, or part of their estates to Acorn.
They already have $4 million in hand and have given away to charity over $200,000 this year. If this sounds like you, give them a ring. It... Diesel gets a lesson in potty etiquetteWet behind the ears? Me, never. Why I have to be kicked outside whenever nature calls is way beyond me, especially when the boss’s office is so warm and toasty.
Instead I get ushered outside to find a tree in the pouring rain and cold when the jolly twoleggers get to stay warm and dry and even get to sit on a throne.
Now I am putting... The crazy, the flamboyant and the filthy richReminiscing on the Devine Decadence effect
Some colourful characters have traipsed across the pages of our newspapers and magazines over the decades.
One such person of interest popped back into conversation over a Friday beer down at No.1 The Strand and I thought the story was worth revisiting.
Those who have been around the Tauranga marine sector... Diverse views from ratepayer landCouncil concluded its hearings of submissions to its Annual Plan last week.
I ran out of space in last week’s column, but I thought I would continue this week on the balance of submissions we listened to and some of the more interesting bits. (It’s all interesting albeit some was repetitive.) Some of the diverse thoughts received on... A visit from the lean, mean loving machineDue to the stress of too much boating and duck shooting, the boss decided to abscond for a few days earlier this week.
Now this is all well and good, but never a thought was spared for his faithful hunting companion (namely me) who had to do all the bloody work, as outlined last week.
His holiday worked out pretty damn fine though, as I got to stay... Freedom for taxes and whalesIt’s been a quiet week here at RR headquarters. Mainly due to a large amount of fishin’ and shootin’ and not a lot of writin’.
So it’s timely to bring you some feedback on the missing sock issue, highlighted a few weeks back. We were ‘flooded’ with responses. Here are both of them:
Chris reports – I... It s not a numbers game!Council heard submissions to its proposed 2010/11 annual plan this week, with 1061, plus a few more late ones, received.
Something over 900 were in connection with a proposed 50 cents charge on some library books, leaving about 100 submissions dealing with the rest of an around $200 million all-up annual plan. The amount in contention with the library... Lumbering load ain t a slumberIf you see me wandering the streets this week in a neckbrace, it’ll be due to the ridiculously large buzzards that I’ve been expected to retrieve recently.
Now I know my second name is Labrador, but I’m going to talk to the Retriever’s Union about the unreasonably large quarry that the boss and his apprentice have been dropping... Girl Guide bra chain plan takes the biscuitThe country was shocked to learn this week of Girl Guide plans to break the world record for the longest bra chain.
This idea raises more questions than it answers. Whatever happened to selling biscuits?
Should our demure young women fling their undergarments around in public? It’s just not seemly. It has taken quite a lot to get my head around... |
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