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  #1847616 16-Aug-2017 15:05
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Some home grown ones, this  can only see this getting bigger

 

[https://kiwigunblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/the-cahill-award-for-invented-firearm-terms/]

 

 

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  #1847621 16-Aug-2017 15:12
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Mavarick:

 

Some home grown ones, this  can only see this getting bigger

 

[https://kiwigunblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/the-cahill-award-for-invented-firearm-terms/]

 

 

 

 

Wrong link or it has been deleted.

 

 




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  #1847627 16-Aug-2017 15:27
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Sorry 

 

[https://kiwigunblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/the-cahill-award-for-invented-firearm-terms]

 

 

 

no backslash needed

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  #1854570 29-Aug-2017 09:35
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OK, not an issue with the headline as such, but...

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/96214321/mystery-man-broadcasts-pig-grunts-and-obscene-abuse-on-police-radio

 

Massey University senior lecturer [...] said [...] it was possible to tune a transmitter to any particular channel and transmit.

 

Did they really need to explain that a radio transmitter transmits stuff?   And worse, did they have to consult with an external expert about that??

 

Sigh....

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  #1854660 29-Aug-2017 11:43
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I don't see an issue here. Most ordinary people don't have a clue how a radio works. I thought the article did a good job of providing simple explanations and explaining the difference with digital systems.

 

Journalists are not supposed to be their own experts when reporting something, even if they know about the subject (unusual). It is perfectly correct to interview an acknowledged 'expert' for an explanation.

 

 




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  #1857692 3-Sep-2017 18:40
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Not a headline as such - but shows the state of their (Stuff) proof reading:

 

North Korea said it would make an important announcement at 0630 GMT (6.20pm, NZT).

 

I thought we were 12 hours ahead of GMT not 11 hours and 50 minutes.

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#1861066 8-Sep-2017 18:37
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Not the headline, but the URL this time:

 

www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/96652386/Police-searching-for-driver-who-feels-after-chase

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  #1861068 8-Sep-2017 18:39
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Makes you wonder what weird CMS they're using!

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  #1865223 14-Sep-2017 12:40
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Horror as recycling bin is blown over by Storm Aileen tongue-out

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  #1874392 28-Sep-2017 23:20
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How about this....

 

 

 

"Fake passports being made in Whakatane"

 

 

 

then

 

 

 

"Stolen passports have been altered in Whakatane to purchase goods through finance companies."

 

 

 

So, no fake passports being made at all then? Real ones being stolen and altered, in fact...





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  #1874463 29-Sep-2017 07:32
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The thing I find funny is that I live in Whakatane and this is the first I've heard of this!

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  #1874476 29-Sep-2017 07:53
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Whakatane: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. tongue-out

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  #1874479 29-Sep-2017 07:59
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ROFL




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  #1875822 2-Oct-2017 07:44
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Not Stuff, but BBC: "Germany gay marriage: Couple are first to marry under new law"

Well, I'd expect nothing less than a couple.




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  #1876034 2-Oct-2017 11:56
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Maybe the first marriages were all threesomes?

 

 

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