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#804240 23-Apr-2013 12:32

SaltyNZ: Well, certainly not the government.

Yes I agree that my confidence in these people is not high any more.

I wonder about the merit of not giving them enough money to do a job properly, but also giving them more money/resource than we should.

I agree with what you're saying about checks and balances. I don't feel I understand enough about what checks and balances are in place.

I guess this is why I do write 10 pages at a time about issues. I want to understand them and I don't just want to be convinced with text message size answers... and sorry Mav that, that causes you to want to reach for your gun, and perhaps I'm just slower than some to come to a degree of understanding.

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#804478 23-Apr-2013 19:08

freitasm: Just received the Intel NUC, with a 128GB mSATA SSD. It came "memory-less" so I've added 4GB I had here handy and going to install Windows 7 Media Center later today. This thing is tiny! Wireless card built-in, three USB ports, one HDMI port, no ethernet.

Hmm - I was thinking of making an xbmc with a Raspberry Pi but one of these might well be the perfect replacement for my HP x280n which is, tbh, a piece of crap. Sorry to keep things on topic.

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#804646 24-Apr-2013 05:53

Why do Apple so drastically change the nano design, the 6th gen was great, the 7th ... not so much. These are the real issues the government should be investigating.

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#804655 24-Apr-2013 07:29

I bought Bella her first Apple product for her birthday - a purple iPod Nano. Didn't know design changed, will ask for money back.

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#804658 24-Apr-2013 07:43

I ate an apple for lunch yesterday. It was delicious. Crunchy and juicy.

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#804664 24-Apr-2013 07:55

Who else is taking Friday off? Weather looks rubbish for fishing. :-/

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#804667 24-Apr-2013 08:00

SaltyNZ: Who else is taking Friday off? Weather looks rubbish for fishing. :-/

Me, 4 day weekend woohoo!!

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#804676 24-Apr-2013 08:31

SaltyNZ: Who else is taking Friday off? Weather looks rubbish for fishing. :-/

Where do you go ?

I havent been out for weeks :( Motor on mates boat played up, then the weather has been sucky ever since..

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#804695 24-Apr-2013 08:50

xpd:
SaltyNZ: Who else is taking Friday off? Weather looks rubbish for fishing. :-/

Where do you go ?

I havent been out for weeks :( Motor on mates boat played up, then the weather has been sucky ever since..

Out from Opahi Bay into the Mahurangi Harbour. Haven't been out often - got my boat last year but either the weather has been too windy or we have been doing something else that day for most of the year.

Got out on Waitangi day with a mate, and the following day with my wife. Bugger all on Waitangi day, but we got 13 nice snapper the next day in beautiful weather.

*Sigh*

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#804700 24-Apr-2013 08:54

Nice... we tend to go off the Whangaparaoa Pen, in the Tiri channel, usually come back with something worth throwing on the BBQ/smoker :)

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#804797 24-Apr-2013 11:35

Ok farmers, drought is over, can we city folk have the sun back now?

ApocalypseZ tonight in Aotea Square might be a little soggy :(

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#804850 24-Apr-2013 12:39

xpd: Nice... we tend to go off the Whangaparaoa Pen, in the Tiri channel, usually come back with something worth throwing on the BBQ/smoker :)

My sister caught a 10lb+ snapper, (66cm long) last weekend on her 1st fishing day out for many years, and on her second drop, using a tiny bit of squid on a ledger rig. Off the back of Motuora Island, 24 meters. Beginners luck, and so much for the adage of big-bait, big-fish !!

And my partner caught a slighty under-size kingfish on her first day out just days before !!!!

All I got was a damn fat Kahawai !!! Smoked up nicely with a bit of soy and honey ,,, mmmm

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#804851 24-Apr-2013 12:41

SepticSceptic:
xpd: Nice... we tend to go off the Whangaparaoa Pen, in the Tiri channel, usually come back with something worth throwing on the BBQ/smoker :)

My sister caught a 10lb+ snapper, (66cm long) last weekend on her 1st fishing day out for many years, and on her second drop, using a tiny bit of squid on a ledger rig. Off the back of Motuora Island, 24 meters. Beginners luck, and so much for the adage of big-bait, big-fish !!

And my partner caught a slighty under-size kingfish on her first day out just days before !!!!

All I got was a damn fat Kahawai !!! Smoked up nicely with a bit of soy and honey ,,, mmmm

LOL, yeah it happens... I prefer using squid over pilchards, hangs on longer and makes the fish bite a bit harder but my mate normally buys the bait, so I dont complain about what it is we use ;)

Think I need to get my rock gear sorted and head out again soon since it dont look like the boat will be heading out anytime soon...

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#804897 24-Apr-2013 13:43

xpd:
SepticSceptic:
xpd: Nice... we tend to go off the Whangaparaoa Pen, in the Tiri channel, usually come back with something worth throwing on the BBQ/smoker :)

My sister caught a 10lb+ snapper, (66cm long) last weekend on her 1st fishing day out for many years, and on her second drop, using a tiny bit of squid on a ledger rig. Off the back of Motuora Island, 24 meters. Beginners luck, and so much for the adage of big-bait, big-fish !!

And my partner caught a slighty under-size kingfish on her first day out just days before !!!!

All I got was a damn fat Kahawai !!! Smoked up nicely with a bit of soy and honey ,,, mmmm

LOL, yeah it happens... I prefer using squid over pilchards, hangs on longer and makes the fish bite a bit harder but my mate normally buys the bait, so I dont complain about what it is we use ;)

Think I need to get my rock gear sorted and head out again soon since it dont look like the boat will be heading out anytime soon...

Given up on land based fishing around the local area - need to get out to those remote sites where the bigger fish still congregate.

Grey weather like we are having now makes a good excuse to hug the coast line with the boat, avoiding the more open waters.

As for bait, have been using fresh jack mackerel from the local Pak N Save - $3.99 kilo - cheaper than most other stink bait, and lasts pretty well from all the pickers. Bonus is that one can always smoke up the mackerel if the fishing is particularily tough :-)

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#804915 24-Apr-2013 14:05

I thought of creating this feature on Geekzone but some people couldn't get their heads around the idea...

Oh Usenet, how we do miss you. A kill filter might be nice, but is it really necessary?

BTW: *plink* was the sound of the "lightweighters" hitting the kill filters, if my memory doesn't deceive me.

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