We are getting close to the poll for our new message board name.  It will likely be run over this coming long weekend, so make sure you drop by - the more votes we get the better the result will be.

The format will most likely be a poll of all users which will select the top three candidate names.  After which the owner/admin/moderators will select the final name.

Thanks for being a part of this, we appreciate your input... 

TMMB Admin

The Trademe message boards are closing on the 15th, could be a good chance to let people know about TMMB before it does!

Definitely not advocating spamming, but a few sneaky plugs can't hurt

"Discovery has announced it will launch two new free-to-air channels, Gusto and Rush, as well as a new Newshub Live at 8pm bulletin and AM Early show in 2022.

The news was unveiled as part of programming plans that will see Discovery, which owns Newshub, increase its local content by 70 percent as well as expanding its news offerings and transforming its on demand service, ThreeNow.

New Zealand's fourth primary free-to-air channel Gusto will launch in March 2022, taking over from the former Choice TV. The channel will air local and international titles such as Changing Rooms UK and Kiwi production Great Southern Truckers, as well as the new Newshub Live at 8pm bulletin."

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertain...-2022.html

I received this camera today , a Kowaflex. This is a single lens reflex camera, with a shutter in the lens, made in 1960. This type of camera tends to be unreliable, and cameras made by Kowa are doubly so. The mechanism is complex, and needs regular maintenance, which most don't get.

   

I have removed the top and bottom covers, and separated the camera body from the mirror and lens assembly. On this camera, the shutter does not operate correctly, and the capping plate, which covers the film gate when the camera is cocked, does not move to the correct position.

The camera body

   

The mirror/lens assembly

   

They behaved. 
Hate to have to take out the tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to quell the filthy, unclean, virus spreading ASPD's from going on the rampage.
Now this blak sack of socially spastic scumbags want to block up the freeways and cause mayhem in some vainglorious act of social unrest to forcibly assert their will on us. The very same thing they are protesting against. 
Collectively dumber than a shovel.

I hope they are met with the strongest possible resistance and prosecuted to the full letter of the law.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/1269368...ot-dropped

TMMB are looking for photos that you may have taken on your NZ travels. Particularly anything iconic, and that can be used on this board (with your permission) , for the new galleries. Preferably nothing that has come off the internet, so as to not breach any copyright/reproduction (and whatever else) rules.

If you would love to share some of your photos, that would be awesome. How great would it feel, to really be a part of this messageboard, to see your photos being shared.

kiwi1 or nzoomed might be able to give more light onto what they want, but you can check out the "New TMMB homepage" thread in General Discussion, to ask any questions you might have.

There is a thread in "Tips and tricks" for "Adding images and other attachments to posts" which will show you how to do it.

Thanks.

SO i've been working on a new website for the mb to replace https://tmmb.co.nz/, which is nice but needs more info, and it proved difficult to modify...



New Website preview
No SSL at the moment

VERY unfinished - this is basically a get the ball rolling moment effort

Question:
Do we need a subtle background color on it or is everyone ok with white?  i find it a bit stark but that's just me -  we can put a background into the bordered area shown or the whole screen.  If anyone is good with color schemes and has any ideas let me know

Nothing is set in stone, everything is up for debate/suggestions/ alternatives, although rearranging the actual block layout is problematic.

The main image is the monument at the center of New Zealand - supposed to representative of the messageboard as middle of the political spectrum, everyone welcome kind of thing...

• Obviously new name needed...
  
  
• I have nothing in mind for the philosophy┬áelement as yet
  
  
• Latest post/threads need to be done
  
  
• A nice fancybox Gallery is being┬áimplemented on most┬áimages┬á
  
  
• Descriptions/attributions etc still needed
  
  
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For the first month. Thank you flybuys. Three hundred of those converted to NW dollars - a nice wee bonus for Christmas. And for one month - cos if it is awful I will cancel before renewal date - I will have a full hand of the leading streaming sites. That ought to offset the cold turkey on the TM boards...

i hate working on machines with mechanical drives now, they are soooo slow...  i find the first thing i do regardless of the problem, is look for signs that its failing, so i can talk owner into a ssd upgrade

Has anyone ordered books from Booktopia recently? Just wondering what the chances are of getting them by Xmas.