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  4. Thread for the drunkards

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    On 3/30/2021 at 9:37 AM, Homer said:

    I feel a bit embarrassed that I burst into tears when I saw Ian 'Smithy' Smith in Welly airport now.

    A girl when I worked at Parliament walked into Boris Johnson once in the Beehive (he was here as Foreign Minister at the time). I think she nearly cried too, but for different reasons.

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    1 hour ago, Homer said:

    Very cool - like the beginning of Jools Holland (if you have seen it), where the bands all stand in a big circle and they all jam along to one tune.

    (Am also amazed that not a single person is gawping at the greatness they have in their presence!)

    I guess it just goes back to that thing of New Zealander's really not caring about celebrities! Joseph Gordon-Levitt has moved to Wellington and hosts movie nights at one of the smaller theatres but nobody I know has been 🤷‍♀️

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    On 3/28/2021 at 3:07 AM, Homer said:

    Have you been out on the do on Cuba St? If so, what's the bucket fountain up to?!

    @John the Moth, where abouts do you live?)

    Nah didn't make it. We're selling our house so after all the open home prep I slept all day. Jermaine was there though!

     

  12. Good news thread..

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    40 minutes ago, Homer said:

    My mate was trying to tell me that Jacinda is getting a lot of stick for her recovery/exit strategy. (Though part of me thinks me might be biased because he's stuck in Singapore and she kiboshed his plan to go on hols via a travel corridor with Australia.) What's the mood like over there?

    It's fine. We've started the "get vaccinated" campaign and the tourism advertisement for domestic travel during the school holidays is in full swing.

    Your mate shouldn't blame Jacinda for that. We're having a bit of a nightmare politically with Australia right now and they denied our travel bubble. They've got this deportation system where anyone with New Zealand citizenship (even if it's dual and they've never set foot here) who commits certain offences just gets shipped back here. Because they have no friends or family here they're prime for gang recruitment and honestly I can't blame someone who's been shunned from society for joining a gang if it feels like a family to them 🤷‍♀️

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    27 minutes ago, Homer said:

     I actually got this. Surely that means I now quality for residency/a passport?!

    I was indoctrinated into Shihad on their last UK tour (they played Shepherds Bush Empire - obvs).

    You can get a passport/residency but good luck getting a spot in quarantine! We've bought all the vaccines, just waiting for them to arrive so we can get it done and open the borders!

    The club that got the Dixie Chicks cancelled by the people who deign to call the rest of us snowflakes? Epic!

  14. Good news thread..

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    56 minutes ago, Homer said:

    Does this mean they were locked out of the country? (Currently considering taking a long/pedantic run-up to a 'Shihad certainly weren't Home Again' 'joke'.)

    Indeed. We are also putting our clocks back for the winter soon too 🤣

    It's an awful booking system really. They let the Wiggles in but not Shihad. Priorities people!

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    Went to Homegrown this weekend just gone. It's an annual one day festival with local acts only (hence the name). It wasn't too hot and there wasn't any wind (a rarity for Wellington).

    Every single act we saw had a chat about being so lucky to be able to have concerts, and we really are! Here's a few photos to get you pumped for lockdown restrictions ending 🙂

    We saw Zed, Goodshirt, Ladi6, Elemenop, and the tail end of Savage (which was pretty much 15 minutes of Hip Swing). We skipped the headliners and went to a friend's birthday because the headliners we wanted to see both couldn't get quarantine hotel spots (Shihad and Dragon).

    Zed were a standout, they were great live and had amazing energy. Goodshirt were really disappointing, I initially bought tickets to see them but they played their three biggest hits early then got shitty at the people who came in later chanting for them to play Sophie. 

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  17. Crowded house.

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    1 hour ago, John the Moth said:

    I’m off to see Crowded House tonight! Never been a massive fan but I bought the tickets ages ago when I was starved of gigs (still am). My goodness am I looking forwarded to a good show!

    Hope I don’t come across as bragging or unsympathetic, etc... I’m suffering from survivors guilt I think, living in NZ while the majority of the globe struggles with the pandemic. I always find myself hesitant to post happy stuff on social media knowing my family and friends are all having a helluva time.

    Feel that survivor's guilt too. Going to Homegrown tomorrow s a result of being starved of live music (never been before). I know quite a few people going to the New Plymouth show tomorrow. I hope it's great!

     

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    @HomerI had a dream last night that I walked into a FOTC concert but one of their friends, who was a lecturer of mine and known groomer (he got my friend a good one) was singing with them so I walked out.

    This guy, Taika and FOTC were best friends and used to tour together. He was involved in many of the stories some episodes of FOTC were based on (like the mug in one episode, that's based on a true story from Melbourne Fringe). It gives me great joy that he has to watch all his best friends succeed while he wallows away in obscurity.

    Fuck... funnily enough his name is David 😅

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    17 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

    Aaagh, you've just reminded me of another job that I , very briefly, had. I beat 360 other candidates for a job as a Trainee Cost Accountant for Smith & Nephew in Alum Rock in Birmingham. I only lasted two weeks because I found the job intolerably dull. That whole factory area is now a housing estate. I actually walked out of the office during the afternoon of what was to be my last day. Then, as they had security guards on reception (Lord knows why) I decided to exit via a fire escape door, walked along a perilously high wall (ie, a sheer drop on either side of about 20 feet), until I got adjacent to where a lamp post was. I then jumped on the lamp post, slid all the way down it, and headed home, never to return to that place again. 

     

     

    Oh man what an epic escape story 🤣

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    6 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

    That's an insane price differential. It's like work must want you to get pissed. 

    I used to work at a place which had a heavily subsidised bar too. It would open at lunchtime for a few hours and then again in the evening for a few hours. I never went at lunchtime because I knew I'd never be able to work in the afternoon after a drink.

    I later moved to an employer where I was kind of my own boss for a number of years. At one point (during my alcoholic heyday) I made up the fact that I was going to college one day a week to study. What I actually did was to go to an IT training centre at about 10am, do about an hour and a half's study, then go into the pub over the road for the rest of the day. I was, in essence, being paid (quite well) to drink. Now, that's not a bad shout if you can pull it off.

    The bar is run by the social club so they just charge cost and raise money during quiz nights and the like. It's on the top floor of the building that is on top of a hill anyway so it has stunning views. It's great for pre-drinks before a BYO because you can bring people from outside in. 

    Mr Bryanrebe is an accountant so he gets all his booze for free... I sometimes go and crash his drinks if they're staying a bit later because I'm good friends with one of the partners from years back.

    I can't drink at lunch then work it makes me too sleepy, especially if accompanied by pub grub.

    Ahhhh the uni bar. Had some great craic in that place.

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    7 hours ago, oneeye said:

    On it again this afternoon, day 2 wine tasting, trying to decide on a palatable white wine for our daughter's wedding; things you do as a parent.

    Honestly, what a selfless act. I applaud you 👏

    Counting down the hours until the work bar opens. Haven't been this year. $4 for a glass of wine and $3 for beer. Average bar prices are $12 and $10 respectively.

  25. What are you reading?

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    Just now, Gilgamesh69 said:

    Have started reading Thucydides' Peloponnesian war. I just recently finished Herodotus' Histories which talks about Ancient Greece, Persia Egypt, Libya, Scythia etc; which all builds up to the Greco-Persian wars (499-449BC). Then Thucydides covers the aftermath of all that, and how it led to fallout between Athens and Sparta, followed by  war. It's a fascinating read, almost like a sequel. Like theres returning characters and a lot of the new characters are related to those that were talked about in the Greco-Persian wars. There's action, intrigue, great speeches, wisdom to be learned etc. Am surprised it hasn't been turned into some epic TV series ala Rome or Game or Thrones

     

    I read that review! Haven't read the book myself so can't comment much, but interesting to see a negative take on it. I noticed the word "Atreides" though which is one often used in the Iliad its the name of the "house(?)" of two of the major characters. So just a guess but maybe hes trying to emulate that old classic style, which is why the writing is like that? Will have to try reading it myself someday if I can be bothered...

    It could be that, it's just not the style of writing I like.

    I would recommend Stephen Fry's Mythos and Heroes if you're on a bit of a Greek binge right now, especially as audio books. He really does have a great storytelling voice.

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