jb @YMBFA

Geriatric adolescent NZ expat. “Left-wing socialist conspiracy theorist”, said an un-reconstructed, well-Asahi-ed Milford neo-con youmustbefromaway.com Away Joined August 2011

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jb @YMBFA

3 weeks ago

@annettedittert But it’s not as if they *deserved* to win….

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3 weeks ago

@MarkGraham_Akl @okanepeter @anni3ru0k V politically correct…

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king of the west II @meco78526

3 weeks ago

Be less like Christopher luxon. Be more like Sam Neil.

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3 weeks ago

@MarkGraham_Akl *That’s* not a Reflecting Pool! *This* is a Reflecting Pool! (Better class of algae, boats…).

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9 months ago

@TheTimeIsNow46 @thedarshakrana @Theo_TJ_Jordan A cashier once asked what my aubergine/eggplant was. "Aubergine". Flicks through his product list and says "All I've got under "O" are oranges..."

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@SerenaTNZ @MariaSherwood2 In a mission critical environment such as a hospital or a data centre, you have multiple layers of redundant backup systems and you test them regularly. It might not have been the case here, hence the need for a review

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9 months ago

@simongerman600 Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. - Spike Milligan

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11 months ago

@g_gosden Thoughts and prayers for murdered school kids? No? Didn't think so...

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11 months ago

@annettedittert Expect significant AfD pockets when you go granular

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11 months ago

@simongerman600 “Number”. Or are you going by weight?

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11 months ago

@mumtotwiggy @SolidAirJohn Air NZ needed the same financial support that virtually all airlines needed when Covid destroyed the travel industry

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11 months ago

@lrozen Devil's advocate here: If you send staff to work in a foreign country -even temporarily, they can't just front up on tourist visas.

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11 months ago

@cjsbishop These are details. You need to get together on strategy. No, wait. This DID happen under Labour with the cross-party intensification agreement. That your government scrapped as soon as it came into office...

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12 months ago

@Cioccolata234 @NapierinFrame It's not. Never planned to,

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a year ago

@KeyvanMartin @simongerman600 Which - in hindsight - was a wise move...

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a year ago

@NoContextBrits The sorting key is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, being GB for the UK, CH for Switzerland and DE for Germany. The people who designed this are as dumb as a bag of hammers…

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a year ago

@allenanalysis Why are you all so painfully dim? It only applies to people who need to apply for a visa. It doesn’t apply to Visa Waiver Travel under ESTA. It’s reimbursable if you stick to the rules

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a year ago

@simongerman600 I've always factored in 15 minutes lurking time for business meetings and 5 for private. Arrive on time for private, 5 minutes early for business, no matter which culture