we can all keep perfectly calm

fish head, potato and egg noodle soup for dinner. snapper provided by son#2 the kayak fisherman and potato's by my neighbour noodles via countdown via asia via diesel fish sauce via countdown via asia via diesel oyster sauce via countdown via asia via diesel

almost had me there

emigrating to spain. kinda like the music

removing a truck battery out of a ford/mazda. to do this simple job requires a 10mm spanner, 2x 12mm spanners, a 13mm spanner and a pair of pliers. my eastern bloc communist era tractor requires one spanner for the same job and this is why i support communism

would not surprise me if this strategy will see them re elected

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every single Luxon political cartoon- every single one from now on- must depict him with his hands in his pockets

neighbour came over. a/ do i have any john steinbeck b/ can i borrow battery charger

removing a truck battery out of a ford/mazda. to do this simple job requires a 10mm spanner, 2x 12mm spanners, a 13mm spanner and a pair of pliers. my eastern bloc communist era tractor requires one spanner for the same job and this is why i support communism

years ago when double glazing became a thing i did some research to see what method of construction was appropriate for timber joinery. how do germans make joinery i wondered. i copied them check out how germans are dealing with the fuel crisis www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBW-...

nz govt " we believe in democracy" this is why we have canned late enrollments, removed voting rights from ppl in prison, legislated a $10k fine for a sausage sizzle near a voting place and also don't even think about early voting unless you give us 12 days notice, your vote will be invalid

it could be worse. the overdue alpine fault rupture.

very dark and still in the valley tonight, the sound of Bill's herefords lowing is carrying Old Bill died 20 years ago but we still call them Bill's herefords

been asked to look at yet another glass co double glazing retrofit where the double glazing has failed. 3rd incident in the last 3 months. i'll say it again, slowly: single pane sashes were never designed to take double glazing glaziers aren't joiners. it's an expensive kiwi diy no. 8 bodge job

on friday i emailed the nelson/whakatū library with a book purchase request- (after nations, rana dasgupta) this morning i got a reply to say they're getting it and will give me a whistle when it's here it's the little things

no country for old men www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIRb...

mate cancelled s.i trip in camper due to ferry uncertainty. i'm hoping to cross in a month with a truck loaded with joinery and tools/machinery. considering a plan b. ditch the truck and maybe take on the bar at kawhia harbour www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boa...

so the FAF ( fuel adjusted factor) i'm told for this agribusiness is currently at 8% and climbing. soon we will look back with nostalgia to the days when when cheese was a mere $20/kg, butter a trifling $16/kg.

Talley's rent boy. no surprises there

my old man is pushing towards 88, lost his wife a couple of months back after caring for her pretty much fulltime as chronic illness and dementia took hold. he rang me the other night -other old boys in similar straits have asked if they can visit and talk with him about how best to cope etc

blow it up www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

it's ok to dance and cook it brings more joy to a simple meal www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiH...

So good. Connecting, and teaching, the true meaning of St Patrick’s work in Ireland with resisting colonialism and racist oppression around the world.

labour/nz first coalition deal come election time looking a little less likely i guess

look maybe the wee ferries we've been promised should go via singapore for delivery, where we sent the aratere years ago, chopped off the front and back and added 30 metres to increase freight and passenger capacity. probably only take a week

What are the Greens thinking? There's only one Chris on the list and he's second to last.

i could definitely use one for my weekly trip to town and back- 50km. cost is the issue. my ice vehicle uses 4 litres per 100km, and cost under $1000 2nd hand. it's 1986 vintage and i can work on it myself when needed. completely analog, it was the 1st production engine assembled by robots.

with a ruptured pec you can't chop firewood. so i built a log splitter out of shit lying around the yard. gearbox= otis elevator lift winch out of griffins biscuit factory, circa 1930, steel= Crewenna pottery kiln bogie rails, old haybaler parts, motor= 1950's White drum sander ( 3hp)

my brain struggles to process the they pronoun. also, if you are they, why do refer to yourself as i, and not we? there. pleased i've got that off my chest

We stood together against anti-Palestinian racism and they cancelled our festival. So we organised our own. Very tired now, but very proud of Constellations! Great in depth coverage from Hannah Story here www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

harry tam doesn't care what chris luxon thinks of his internal polling

guys guys we could have our own kristi noem moment

anybody rung the limo driver yet

i fear if we end up with hipkins we'll get an albanese, when what is needed r/n is a pedro sánchez

went to bed last night and discovered that when i built the house my north east bedroom window held the moon dead centre as the eclipse began and i suspect now that stonehenge was just a lucky fluke actually

someone needs to set up an app for alerting ppl of limited means to super discounted supermarket specials which are going to be turfed out if not sold on the day. users of the app could set off the alert maybe? eg, today at cdown, red cod, rig = half price. $6 gets two ppl a good feed of fish

is there anybody who hates winston peters any more than he hates himself

"guys, guys: look, can we just get back to checking out my spotify account"

israel massacres over 100 girls in a school and ppl are worried about rising petrol prices time to log off for a bit i think

a new england

seems any news article on this issue is dedicated to using this seriously flawed AI image. Let me explain: the hinged door appears to open outwards if we are to believe the hinge placement, however, the fixed narrow centre panel is obstructing this option. also, no facings. well, maybe one?

re reading riddle of the sands, erskine childers. may be gone for some time.

Eligible for citizenship after 4 years, then Australia might actually be able to elect its favourite politician ... #auspol #nzpol

so pleased the crime rate has come down. feel so much safer in my house which has never been locked in 30 years my workshop and container which have always been open for 30 years, my truck and van which always have the keys left in the ignition for as long as i can remember, with my tools inside

m8 why are you resting? you haven't done anything. just nibbled grass all day and half the night. that's not work. that's just eating

cooler evenings. different light. season changing

once upon a time in a land far away there was a discount available to ppl who used a low amount of electricity per annum- the low user discount. i qualified for this- my annual average consumption is 2700kwh. i remember being shocked to discover a low user was anyone who used less than 8000kwh.