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Electric Trains Testing On The Western Line
Not sure if it’s official but the Auckland Transport electric trains are currently testing on the western line as you can see in the above photo. From reports it sounds like they may have started test from around September we only took these pictures at the end of November 2014. We live pretty close to… read more…
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Auckland Sometimes You Disgust Me
I just went to the 2013 Farmers Santa Parade in Auckland, the 80th such event and what a day. Great weather and great fun. The music the crowds the kids it was all great. And then there was this: What is wrong with you. You get a great day out, you don’t have to pay… read more…
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Who the heck is JWT and TWA
Going to work on 21/11/2013 I saw the above sign above Econo Lodge at the corner of Albert and Wellesley Sts. Normally there is a sign advertising the NZ Herald but today there was a sign for JWT and TWA. The natural assumption was it was two people one with initials JWT and another with… read more…
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Frustration escaping rent by buying
It seems that anyone who can raise a pencil has an opinion on how to fix the housing affordability issues in Auckland. Housing is such an emotive issue and I am writing this based almost solely on memory so if there are inaccuracies you should probably put it down to drained brain cells as much… read more…
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Go Team New Zealand
[satellite gallery=9 align=center valign=center captions=on spash=on] Wow wasn’t it a great show, I really enjoyed watching the races. I didn’t watch them all but I certainly watched the last ones and it was really exciting. The catamarans are so incredibly fast and I just can’t believe that they just about flying. Team Emirates New Zealand… read more…
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Nikon Coolpix S8200 Review
Over the last 45 years I have been snapping away with little more than box brownies through film SLRs to todays digital cameras. My current budget dictates a maximum spend of around NZ$250 – firmly in the mid range of budget cameras. Like many I have been through a plethora of digital cameras starting with… read more…
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The agony of buying a good cheap toaster
How long since your last toaster died and you had to go out in a hurry to find a new one only to find that they are incredibly expensive. In the past I have tested the idea of buying an expensive appliance on the basis that if you get a good one then you won’t… read more…
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A DVD writable disk that like engraving in stone
Want a DVD that will last 1000 years? Apparently that is what the makers of “M-Disc” are claiming. Remarkable as it seems these disks are quite different in their construction to standard dye based writable currently on the market and these disks are available for $29.99 for a pack of 10. In the pdf “M-DISC™:… read more…
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St Francis de Sales – another ripper kiwi church
Recently I went to a lovely wedding at the St Frances de Sales Catholic church in Devonport and I was really impressed by what it looks like inside and what a fantastic job the church has done and how well they look after it and how immaculate they keep it looks. I really felt I… read more…
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Who hasn’t seen any Eels at Western Springs
We were at Western Springs in January of 2012 and saw these Eels: Cool as there were heaps of them. read more…
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