An interesting discussion I've seen elsewhere is whether Chris Hipkins is regretting ruling Winston out?

Personally I suspect he's quite happy watching the coalition clownshow unfold before us all and very glad Labour isn't the one being played by Uncle Winston.

How interesting...





https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-collec...oliticians

"A hypocrisy
An impairment
A self interest
An ambition
An incompetence
A disappointment
A failure
A farrago
An embarrassment
An omnishambles."

but they're usually not this blatant
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...d-tax-cuts

I used to be able to send email to myself to test that it's sending and receiving correctly.

But for no reasons, I sent an email to myself, my Outlook 2019 sent it out OK,  Xtramail  (web) received it fine but Outlook 2019 doesn't receive it.

Please help.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...end-report

The SUV hasn't helped, but the auto manufacturers have been upsizing us for a long time. Remember the Honda Civic ?  A little 1200cc 2 door hatch, now the Civic is a large 4 door with a 2 litre engine. Same with the Corolla. Utes used to be car sized, now they are huge...but dwarfed by the American pickups.  Upsize - it's what the public wanted...or did they talk us into it ?

Not me of course, I've never bought a new car.

The new govt's policies on various things will set back race relation by decades according to commentators.

David Syemour seems to be either an uninformed idiot or he's  a racist; I wonder which it is...

'They've burnt the house down': Commentators fear new Govt will set race relations back by decades (msn.com)




"Three parties have come together, but some fear their policies will tear the country apart.
"I think they've burnt the house down and literally repealing everything that they assume to be race-based," M─üori affairs commentator Mihingarangi Forbes said.
"We've got to get away from the idea that all M─üori are disadvantaged, they're not. And we've got to get away from the idea that disadvantaged people are M─üori, that's not true either," said ACT leader David Seymour.

Several of the ACT Party and New Zealand First's policies being adopted by the new Government that relate to M─üori and the Treaty of Waitangi include:

• removing co-governance for public services
  
• introducing a Treaty Principles Bill to define the Treaty
  
• disestablishing the M─üori Health Authority
  

• re-writing the school history curriculum
  
• scrapping the use of te reo M─üori in Government departments
  

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-...y-in-gaza/

This was the nine year old girl whose father was thankful that, as he thought, she had been killed and not taken alive which he was very fearful of, however it seems she has been returned unharmed; almost a miracle.

   

Just in case anyone is interested - offer valid to the 27th 

https://www.welcome.skysportnow.co.nz/black-friday

BLACKFRIDAY23 is the code...

For existing annual pass subscribers, I was able to cancel my annual pass, and keep using until it expired in January.
But I found when I reactivated it from the account page, it gave me a promo box to enter a code...

Entered the code above and now I have a $150 credit on my account for the next billing cycle...

Not often Sky are that nice...

My old sink mixer is dripping water, needs a replacement.

Your recommendations, please.  Have a tight budget.  ~$300 

Costs of installation by the plumber isn't cheap nowadays.  Their hourly rate is as high as doctor's fees ...