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Mr Mike

Well, Trump goes to trial tomorrow. At least 50 out of 96 prospective jurors fall at the first hurdle after Judge Merchan asked them if they could be fair and impartial. It's gonna be a tough ask. Is the pool solely from Manhattan? I would be a yeah, nah. You have to admire the hard core MAGA Manha...

Mr Mike

A big shout out to Enzedder for posting a picture that brought people out of the woodwork and generated all sorts of discussion on here (which is healthy, even if we disagree with others). You'll have to find a similar picture to generate discussion about the topic of 'prevention', as it's likely t...

Mr Mike

TEDS wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:07 am Well, Trump goes to trial tomorrow.

At least 50 out of 96 prospective jurors fall at the first hurdle after Judge Merchan asked them if they could be fair and impartial.

Mr Mike

One thing for sure. Stuff is still going up in price. Another 50 cents / pie at the local :x Didn't the price of a Big Mac used to be the measure of inflation? A pie at you local pie shop is much more appropriate. :thumbup: No, because of their supposed universality, Big Macs are used to compare va...

Mr Mike

Luxons corporate jargon rightly irritates those with a decent arts education , they have been trained to seek out and reject specious argument and nonsensical gibberish. I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I...

Mr Mike

I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I am a big fan of dabbling in the arts at Uni, great way to meet future partners while still having a prospect of making a proper living with your real qualification. Can’...

Mr Mike

Luxons corporate jargon rightly irritates those with a decent arts education , they have been trained to seek out and reject specious argument and nonsensical gibberish. I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I...

Mr Mike

Hellraiser wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:08 pm God, I wish Norm MacDonald was still alive.

Mr Mike

What’s OJ up to?

Mr Mike

In todays news, get it while you can. Our news organisation are either dropping like flies or rationalising. I guess some politicians are happy with that. I thought I caught a snippet on the radio today that the Mistier of Fisheries, or some such, is planning to drop the current reporting requireme...

Mr Mike

A bit of good news to cheer you lot up and distract you from the demise of our mainstream media. The Govt plans to resolve the housing crisis by making it easier for landlords to evict tenants. Government to make it easier to evict tenants, hopes to encourage more investment in rentals, officials u...

Mr Mike

Apparently Willis has admitted the govt will need to borrow more. But the tax cuts are staying, AFAIK. From a reported Budget Policy Statement briefing to Finance and Expenditure Committee. It's not borrowing for tax cuts, we're just borrowing separately... https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/11/the-ma...

Mr Mike

For those who were 80’s teenagers

Mr Mike

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:36 am
not_english wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:39 am God this is painful to watch. We really miss the south African teams
You prefer seeing the Chiefs pump the Cheetahs instead of MP?

Yes but no.

The hot mics on the Flosports feed can be amusing.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, shit that was loud in my ears”.

Mr Mike

An interesting read…… .https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/05/public-service-workers-will-struggle-to-find-work/ A difficult time for NZ families coming up…….. Anyone have a family member caught up in this? It seems odd that the only options left for these “highly skilled” individuals are teaching or go...

Mr Mike

Eugenius wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:05 am Name the NZers ?

Will Skelton, Bundee Aki and Uini Atonio.

Mr Mike

Quick poll. How many here ride a bike to work? Don't get me wrong, I love cycling but it's a recreational pursuit for me. No way cycling to and from work is convenient in any way shape or form for me. Let's hear from all you regular posters? I did in Singapore. https://expatliving.sg/wp-content/upl...

Mr Mike

Hmmm, maybe if I send that article to Seymour & Luxon they'll throw their support behind cycle lanes everywhere. https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-20-2016/HBme8F.gif Of course the cycling men may be disproportionately in the 31%… “On an overall basis men are heavily in favour of the new National/ ACT/...

Mr Mike

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350232112/battle-bike-lanes-simeon-brown-v-cyclists I find the anti cycle way stuff so weird. I get why the high cost of some can put people off (that quoted figure for the Petone Melling one seems crazy in a vaccuum) but some of the talk about them is divorced from...

Mr Mike

Good call. Easy trip and Tallinn is great to stroll around. Don’t know if bear is in season then. I haven’t thought of that, good advice I’ll investigate! Check out this place if we’re talking food and Tallin 👍 can’t recommend highly enough https://www.oldehansa.ee/wp-content/uploads/Menuu-ENG_web....

Mr Mike

Conspicuous wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:15 am Tallin and Helsinki are connected by a sub 2 hour ferry ride . You could split your four nights between the two city’s and that would give you ample time to see the main attractions in each

Good call. Easy trip and Tallinn is great to stroll around. Don’t know if bear is in season then.

Mr Mike

MungoMan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:20 am
Mr Mike wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:16 am While in Rovaniemi your Mum will want to take her big boy to the Santa experience. It is important that you act into it for her, otherwise you will spoil the day.
Early bid for Son of the Year!

we need a photo of Farva on Santa’s knee to clinch the title.

Mr Mike

While in Rovaniemi your Mum will want to take her big boy to the Santa experience. It is important that you act into it for her, otherwise you will spoil the day.

Mr Mike

I am entirely unqualified to comment intelligently on musical merit or other artistic performing abilities. Like other gentlemen with my limitations, I judge the experience to an extent on subjective factors such as my individual enjoyment and the far more important objective criteria of whether or ...

Mr Mike

There are different styles of political leadership, but what's your definition of leadership in this context? Not spent the first few months only fast tracking their policy’s ? Negotiations not being utter capitulations and making it very obvious who’s in change of political decisions . Standing fo...

Mr Mike

Not all are selling though. Many have just switched to the more lucrative options such as Air BnB. Has anyone been through the consent process to get a property into short term accommodation? I know in Christchurch a resource consent is required (as a discretionary activity) if a home is to be rent...

Mr Mike

Not all are selling though. Many have just switched to the more lucrative options such as Air BnB. Has anyone been through the consent process to get a property into short term accommodation? I know in Christchurch a resource consent is required (as a discretionary activity) if a home is to be rent...

Mr Mike

To fool the faithful. We've just witnessed a 6 year masterclass of fooling the faithful. Even when Ardern stepped down Robertson stepped up to fill the breach. Looks like it's continuing too, just with a different party. I don’t see Key and Luxon as fooling their faithful. They both are doing what ...

Mr Mike

I see Joost as a poor man’s Rob Howley but that doesn’t help order my preference from that list at all. Gregan, Smith, Faf: legends. They played against each other on a Lions tour, and he schooled Howley. Did he? Not sure they would have played against one another. Howley got injured before the tes...

Mr Mike

I didn't think periods at school counted towards residency? Ordinarily they don’t. That changes if the family has relocated. 19. What is the position of students? As far as students are concerned, particularly those that are not financially independent, being resident, as a full-time student, in an...

Mr Mike

RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:53 am
Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:09 am 1 thread that won't be Irished

Probably.
Oh ye of little faith.

JGP was undoubtedly the best 9 at the rwc...

Gregan?

Mr Mike

kiwidutchie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:07 pm Damien is to be rested this week. I guess it makes sense to do this against the weaker teams in the comp....

nice

Mr Mike

It is good news Hopefully we get more details going into the election about what Dems will actually do to restore rights to the many woman (and girls) who've had them ripped away I don’t want to be unfair to the many thoughtful Dems who are trying to shape a meaningful response to that question, bu...

Mr Mike

You think ? Indeed. At this stage everyone is dealing with the market realities as they are and responding to the existing incentives. This time next year will be a prime opportunity for meaningful seasonally relevant data on the actual effect of abandoning Robertson’s unfortunate experiment. The r...

Mr Mike

Zakar wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:27 am Oh who is this pulling up?

Mr Mike

Whether Biden will be able to benefit in Nov remains to be seen, but we just had another big Democrat win after running on abortion. After the Republican incumbent had to step down in the Alabama House seat (because he was guilty of electoral fraud... of course) a special election saw the Democrat ...

Mr Mike

For the sake of the dolphins, I would strongly support moving the event to Queenstown. Of course, along with any related financial benefits, but mainly for the dolphins.

Mr Mike

Eugenius » Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:13 am https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeal ... JrzPWFylwM Rental prices have gone up for the third consecutive month in a row, with some properties reaching record highs, new figures have revealed. Trade Me's latest Rental Price Index, released on Wednesday, shows t...

Mr Mike

I haven't seen enough of Luxon to pick up on his style of interview discussion like some of you have. However, I do wonder how he would have fared during the Covid lockdown era in which he would have had to give daily reports in front of a live televised audience and answer those annoying 'what if'...

Mr Mike

I don't buy that government spending will reduce commensurately with tax cuts, but we'll see. Yes, I share your cynicism, that’s the stay tuned part. The benefit the new government has is that Kiwi consumers (as elsewhere) have largely exhausted their COVID period forced savings, so the demand side...

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