Wheel of fortune
Dropped off my bike at Cycology this morning, to get a new rear wheel: $250. Nice… That money was actually allocated to buy me some nice books. Less and less amused… I should probably consider getting a second job. Maybe…
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News from the center of the world
Dropped off my bike at Cycology this morning, to get a new rear wheel: $250. Nice… That money was actually allocated to buy me some nice books. Less and less amused… I should probably consider getting a second job. Maybe…
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Yes, the recession has hit New Zealand as well: I had to backscale my bike from two wheels to one. A kind soul nicked my bike’s rear wheel today when I was at the museum, enjoying the really cool DaVinci…
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Guess what, coming back from Palmers (looking for some nice plants) and driving over Victoria bridge, I thought I couldn’t believe my eyes: it looked like there was the EarthRace anchored where the Waipa Delta used to take off for…
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Last night, I went to a concert by the Trust Waikato Symphony Orchestra, a community orchestra here in Hamilton. The concert was titled From Russia with Love – had nothing to do with the James Bond movie starring Sean Connery….
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Man, I’m quite happy that the V8s left Hamilton again. On Friday afternoon, while being at work, I was wondering what all that commotion outside was. I couldn’t really figure out where the noise was coming from, but at one…
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Oh boy, Hamilton still hasn’t managed to leave its small town character behind. Looks like a few drag queens scared the homophobes in Frankton so much, that an AIDS fund raiser couldn’t go ahead. When will those blokes learn, that…
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Finally, finally… After years and years of trying to get out to the Hamilton observatory and attend one of the public nights, we finally managed to get out there with the weather being okish (at least no complete cloud cover…
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Finally, finally, the f…ing V8s are over and won’t come back before next year! Apparently 172,000 people watched the races from Friday to Sunday. Surprisingly, there were only a limited number of arrests, e.g., only 21 on Friday night. Some…
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