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Mr Mike

terangi48 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:27 pm Updated image.......

Mr Mike

I assume he meant the original Crusaders.

Mr Mike

Prohibition would definately work in this instance.... :roll: Apart from the fact that the state should have absolutely nothing to say about what I can or cannot do to my body, I find the whole I idea of phasing it out over a many years deeply unfair and hypocritical. If it is so bad for society th...

Mr Mike

I’m sure it’s not limited to only frontline staff , however Hillmorton is already in crisis and is desperately seeking some new frontline Dr’s . They certainly won’t be getting them now , and if overtime is chopped … 1/2 the beds will have to remain empty. From what I’ve heard general Pyschiarty is...

Mr Mike

Early Thursday morning, I had a mild heart attack, no massive pains or sweating or the like, but a general feeling of my chest being squeezed. So I drove to the ER and was shuffled straight into the operating room for a 2.5 hour op using catheter. They inserted three stents and I am able to sit up ...

Mr Mike

MungoMan wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:43 am
CanNZ2000 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:04 am
MungoMan wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:41 am
Also tbf, she's 89 and still alive...
So, you still would?
With care - wouldn't wanna break something.

I’m sure she would be gentle with you.

Mr Mike

If the issue is time-limited funding ending, then the question is isn’t the work stopping too? If funding was time-limited and agencies chose to hire permanently (as I have seen before), then they now need to manage within their allocation and have prioritisation choices. I don’t know the backgroun...

Mr Mike

Frustrating watch but very impressed with the focus the Force showed in defense. That and there discipline made the ask just too hard for the Saders.

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Mr Mike

The big question will be whether the public is going to accept the changes. I think this lot really don't give two hoots what the public think . They're in now, therefore "have a mandate" to pretty much do as they please. Also, the damage could well and truly be done before the public get the chanc...

Mr Mike

Are they really operating in a deficit as the email referred to suggests (like the Ministry for the Disabled recently who without an in year top up would have run out of money) or is this solely referring to the savings required for next year? If it’s another Ministry running out of funding within ...

Mr Mike

Assume he means Tussock on the Tahs Saders thread. Combination of confusion and auto errect.

Mr Mike

Ted. wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:42 pmThough being a worker of long standing,

Makes me recall fondly my 4th form social studies teacher who wrote “worker” in cursive in my report after I had pointed it out earlier in the year that it looks like “wanker”.

Mr Mike

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (/mʊˈɡɑːbi/;[1] Shona: [muɡaɓe]; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Z...

Mr Mike

The Biden administration has been grappling with when to ban menthol flavored tobacco products and it now looks like it will punt until after the election. A quaint remainder of when politics could aspire to simple craven cynicism and not the completely unhinged mess we see in the Republican ranks. ...

Mr Mike

Mr Mike

Is this the place to pop this: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/350228141/can-tax-breaks-halt-our-runaway-rental-market The article appears to be quite negative about interest deducibility alone being sufficient to turn rents around, or rental inflation if we can use that term. WHat would work? Is ...

Mr Mike

Is linking tax brackets to inflation happening? Is that included as a "tax cut"? Yep that's coming. Ta. I'm guessing it's considered a tax cut despite the fact that not linking it never seemed to get referred to as a tax increase. Which would have been a more accurate description. Moving the bracke...

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...

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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.

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