Weekend social 09/03/2012

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1. higherstandard 1

   9 March 2012 at 2:09 pm

   Perfect weather for a bit of cricket.
   • Herodotus 1.1

     10 March 2012 at 8:55 am

     To true even a good day to spend in the field !!! pity that the rain is not in Dunedin it looks as if that maybe the only thing to save us, I cannot see us chasing 350, then I cannot see us getting 250 🙁
2. mac1 2

   9 March 2012 at 2:23 pm

   Where we are it would be good if you were a quick with a liking for the southerly at your back.

   For me it will be a final relax before the run up to a different stage as we approach opening night for a play in which I play a lawyer in a Melbourne mental asylum in 1971. A great minor role, not many lines ( for a fading memory) but a good amount of stage time, a chance to experiment with an interesting character and accent, and to sing a little opera!
   • Vicky32 2.1

     9 March 2012 at 3:40 pm

     Sounds brilliant, Mac1!
3. phillip ure.. 3

   9 March 2012 at 3:42 pm

   http://whoar.co.nz/2012/comment-whoar-i-was-just-on-national-radio/

   (ed:..i did the ‘best song ever written’-segment with jim mora..

   ..if interested you can hear it in link..)

   phil-at-whoar.
   • Vicky32 3.1

     9 March 2012 at 3:46 pm

     I heard it live at the time…. Excellent! 🙂
   • Te Reo Putake 3.2

     9 March 2012 at 3:58 pm

     Genius song choice, Phil! And may I say you sound like a terrific bloke.

     Now, if only ….
     you could master …
     written English …
     • rosy 3.2.1

       9 March 2012 at 11:48 pm

       Excellent choice…

       Years ago we were told we were told our flat in London’s Muswell Hill was next to where the Davies lived, and the supermarket was the nightclub they played at. Every day I acknowledged the previous presence of genius lol.
       • phillip ure.. 3.2.1.1

         10 March 2012 at 12:23 pm

         chrs to all the above..

         phil-at-whoar.
4. Rosemary 4

   9 March 2012 at 4:09 pm

   Where’s Monique Watson? I feel like giving her a tune-up.
5. johnm 5

   9 March 2012 at 5:20 pm

   Heard a great quote from Gerald Celente in an interview; whether it’s original to him I don’t know but here goes:

   “POLITICS IS SHOW BIZ FOR UGLY PEOPLE”

   Probably explains why it’s so corrupt and such a drug for many of them here and abroad and also well paid.
6. Adele 6

   9 March 2012 at 8:17 pm

   I work most weekends and as I am so pious its also voluntary – with koha to pay for biccies and cups of tea.

   Trying to sound like I know anything about gardening but I planted some peppers in a pot. They are so beautiful fully grown that it’s almost a shame to dice and slice them.
   • deuto 6.1

     9 March 2012 at 9:17 pm

     Well done Adele!

     This year, here in Wellington. I am pleased I did not plant tomatoes. peppers etc as they would not have thrived judging from the courgettes which usually flourish but have only produced two inch ‘things’ which have then shrivelled and then died. Last year I was overwhelmed with marrows which went to the local soup kitchen, BUT the good old silverbeet is looking good as are other winter crops such as leeks and celery.

     Enjoy your peppers.
     • Descendant Of Smith 6.1.1

       9 March 2012 at 11:09 pm

       Apart from make some scones for visitors coming on Sunday I’ll spend some time watching the cricket, playing Mass Effect III and watching the BBC doco “All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace” which someone kindly lent me.

       Ayn Rand, Silicon Valley, Alan Greenspan, computers …..

       Here’s a little info on the doco:

       and the poem that gives the title:
       All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

       I like to think (and
       the sooner the better!)
       of a cybernetic meadow
       where mammals and computers
       live together in mutually
       programming harmony
       like pure water
       touching clear sky.

       I like to think
       (right now, please!)
       of a cybernetic forest
       filled with pines and electronics
       where deer stroll peacefully
       past computers
       as if they were flowers
       with spinning blossoms.

       I like to think
       (it has to be!)
       of a cybernetic ecology
       where we are free of our labors
       and joined back to nature,
       returned to our mammal
       brothers and sisters,
       and all watched over
       by machines of loving grace.
     • Adele 6.1.2

       10 March 2012 at 8:37 pm

       Deuto,

       Thank you, I will enjoy.

       As for small sized courgettes – I was told many moons ago that size only matters if you’re a bloke. My grandmother was infinitely wise.
7. burt 7

   10 March 2012 at 1:41 am

   A social, Lamington’s anyone ?

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