Watching this video (which is pretty good) https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12184191
And then the advert immediately after it finished was Burger King :)
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Watching this video (which is pretty good) https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12184191
And then the advert immediately after it finished was Burger King :)
That I bought Mighty River Power and Genesis Energy shares at IPO.
I've joined a carpenters course. Haven't made anything yet....we've only just begun.
networkn: Why does that make you smile? I did as well
Because I like value for money. They pay good dividends twice a year and are worth about 70% more now than when they first went public.
I've joined a carpenters course. Haven't made anything yet....we've only just begun.
In three more working days, I'll be unemployed for three weeks.
Mike
Replacing the food etc in my Emergency Kit, and once again donating what is removed to the Salvation Army Food Bank.
(The canned goods etc are perfectly fine)
floydbloke:networkn: Why does that make you smile? I did as wellBecause I like value for money. They pay good dividends twice a year and are worth about 70% more now than when they first went public.
Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.
paulchinnz: That's cool donating the food. We've usually been like, beans are back on the menu again boys!
Yeah - know what you mean.
We have Spaghetti, Baked Beans, Bean Salad, Peaches, Apricots, Fruit Salad, Rice, Tea Bags, Coffee, Milk Powder etc
Have 3 Large Wheelie Bins for my Emergency Kit.
1 x Food / Water
1 x Cooking Equipment / First Aid / Torches / Batteries / Inverter / etc
1 x Repair / Shelter (Tarpaulins / Rope / Hammer / Nails / Saw / Masks etc)
Plus have Generator (Run regularly)/ Pumps etc in Those "back of ute" type Tuff Boxes. (Yes I have fuel!)
2500l of Rainwater. (Have purification tablets)
BBQ + Spare FULL gas cylinders.
etc.
(All BEFORE our Chch earthquakes!)
(And YES - some items were used by friends in the Chch earthquakes = in fact the generator was replaced after! - it was needed in New Brighton for a month!)
Geektastic:
Road trip to Northland this weekend...
Photos!
A mate of mine, who happens to be a fricking genius, built his own multiscale 7 string guitar, and now he's building me a 6 string.
Walnut, Wenge, Blackwood, American Maple.......
Here's a tease...
Body
Neck
Ebony fretboard
cc @dratsab
blakamin: A mate of mine, who happens to be a fricking genius, built his own multiscale 7 string guitar, and now he's building me a 6 string.
Dratsab:blakamin: A mate of mine, who happens to be a fricking genius, built his own multiscale 7 string guitar, and now he's building me a 6 string.
Woah - that's a creation of beauty already!
And then there's the bit where I tell you all it's costing me is the hardware....
Seymour Duncan Invaders, fixed bridge, string thru body...
This is his multi-scale before he fretted it.
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