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#2718115 4-Jun-2021 08:42

PolicyGuy:

"sport"?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/300324785/richie-and-gemma-mccaw-announce-birth-of-baby-grace

Making a baby can be fairly active and sporty - especially if that's your thing - horizontal folk-dancing.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2718121 4-Jun-2021 08:57

From RNZ

Do the caption writers even bother to read the articles?

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#2718322 4-Jun-2021 14:59

PolicyGuy:

"sport"?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/300324785/richie-and-gemma-mccaw-announce-birth-of-baby-grace

Catching a newborn isn't easy, let alone dropkicking them over the crossbar.

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#2718772 5-Jun-2021 21:25

This one is from RNZ news website:

“Sperm concentration was close to 100 million per millilitre, but now it's dropped to 47," Swan said.

That is indeed a very large drop.

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#2721032 9-Jun-2021 09:40

"... after glitch takes down internet". I think we probably would've noticed if the Internet was down!

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/444309/websites-back-online-after-fastly-linked-glitch-takes-down-internet

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#2725138 11-Jun-2021 09:54

from RNZ, 3 hours ago

Higher costs and dropping house prices ahead - ASB Bank

and from Stuff at the same time

No house price fall in sight, ASB says in quarterly economic forecast

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2725160 11-Jun-2021 10:20

vexxxboy:

from RNZ, 3 hours ago

Higher costs and dropping house prices ahead - ASB Bank

and from Stuff at the same time

No house price fall in sight, ASB says in quarterly economic forecast

I wonder which journalist actually read the forecast.

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#2725201 11-Jun-2021 11:13

Rikkitic:

vexxxboy:

from RNZ, 3 hours ago

Higher costs and dropping house prices ahead - ASB Bank

and from Stuff at the same time

No house price fall in sight, ASB says in quarterly economic forecast

I wonder which journalist actually read the forecast.

Housing is a key topic of interest for all and sundry. In the wake of the Government’s tax changes that target investors, we expect house price growth to cool off much more rapidly than it was set to. But we don’t envisage any price falls of any significance – the market’s foundations remain solid.

- https://www.asb.co.nz/content/dam/asb/documents/reports/quarterly-economic-forecasts/asb-forecast-update-june21.pdf

Stuff's interpretation is more accurate of that summary; "growth to cool off much more rapidly" does not equal "drop".

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#2725243 11-Jun-2021 12:24

vexxxboy:

from RNZ, 3 hours ago

Higher costs and dropping house prices ahead - ASB Bank

and from Stuff at the same time

No house price fall in sight, ASB says in quarterly economic forecast

RNZ news website says:

Higher costs and slower house prices growth ahead - ASB Bank

Slowing house prices, rising inflation pressures, and sooner-than-expected rises in interest rates will be prominent in the near-term economic outlook, according to ASB Bank.

Was the RNZ headline you quote on the radio?

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#2728539 14-Jun-2021 15:12

Not a headline, but today's Stuff quiz.

Which of these has the correct spelling?

Asterisk
Asterix
Assterisk
Astericks

Well, two of them are correct. The first if you mean the punctuation mark, and the second if you're talking about the cartoon character. I assumed the former so clicked Asterisk and got it wrong, because it wanted Asterix.

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#2728630 14-Jun-2021 18:29

Lol, next quiz will have the question, I'm thinking of a number between one and a hundred. What is it?

Most of the posters in this thread are just like chimpanzees on MDMA, full of feelings of bonhomie, joy, and optimism. Fred99 8/4/21

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#2728631 14-Jun-2021 18:32

elpenguino: Lol, next quiz will have the question, I'm thinking of a number between one and a hundred. What is it?

Wrong!

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#2729140 15-Jun-2021 15:09

And they've done it again with today's asking how many Addams Family children there were. Wednesday, Pugsley and Pubert (in the "Values" movie) apparently total two.

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#2729360 15-Jun-2021 21:23

From Stuff:

“A settlement for Southern Response earthquake insurance policyholders could cost the Government $313 million if all of those eligible apply.”

It’s not going to cost “the government” anything at all. It’s going to cost those of us who pay net taxes. This sort of inaccuracy simply encourages wrong thinking about public expenditure.

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#2729372 15-Jun-2021 22:00

Geektastic: From Stuff:

“A settlement for Southern Response earthquake insurance policyholders could cost the Government $313 million if all of those eligible apply.”

It’s not going to cost “the government” anything at all. It’s going to cost those of us who pay net taxes. This sort of inaccuracy simply encourages wrong thinking about public expenditure.

I know. In the same vein, I want a new bike but it's going to cost my employer a packet. 😜

Most of the posters in this thread are just like chimpanzees on MDMA, full of feelings of bonhomie, joy, and optimism. Fred99 8/4/21

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