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You tell me - what's in a name
You tell me - what's in a name
It's time to address the wax-eye in the room.
Feeding feathered friends, intentionally or not
Feeding feathered friends, intentionally or not
Like, have any of you had to endure any of those, like, inane, like conversations on a long bus trip?
Lateral thinking often circumvented scheme
Lateral thinking often circumvented scheme
Imagine a government edict now to stop running one of your cars on the same day each week.
Plenty of positive cable-car stories to be told as well
Plenty of positive cable-car stories to be told as well
Somebody remarked to me the other night that the stories in this column of the 1952 cable-car accident in lower High St were probably putting the mockers on Dunedin's ability to reintroduce the...
If it's purple, it must be Thursday
If it's purple, it must be Thursday
Who recalls carless days?
Making its mark in an unpolluted sky
Making its mark in an unpolluted sky
I could have sworn it was a rocket coming straight up Eglinton Rd and shooting into the sky.
Remembering a sad day in cable car history
Remembering a sad day in cable car history
What a fluttering in the eaves I caused by suggesting the speckled bird in Dorothy O’Donnell’s garden was a thrush.
Insider’s view of Kirk’s time in power
Insider’s view of Kirk’s time in power
We have something extra special for you today.
Getting things straight about the cable cars
Getting things straight about the cable cars
Any of you noticed that I clearly don't know a cable car from a trailer?
Readers enrich the annals of history
Readers enrich the annals of history
During the past week or so I've had a lot of good feedback from readers about the column, particularly how much they have enjoyed the discussion about their earliest memories of television and of...
Good and bad cable car memories
Good and bad cable car memories
Thanks for letting me have a day off yesterday. It was much appreciated.
Sound of silence on demise of post shops
Sound of silence on demise of post shops
Just was wondering if you can guess what the three people pictured here today have in common?
Lack of humanity in human resources
Lack of humanity in human resources
They used to be called personnel officers but in more recent times they have become human resource advisers.
Leaking pens and mischievous make-up
Leaking pens and mischievous make-up
Mr Johnstone was my sixth-form geography teacher at Burnside High School in Christchurch. He was a lovely man, an encouraging teacher with a gentle manner, who could easily become sidetracked and...
No snowbird, it seems
No snowbird, it seems
Hope you all had a good weekend and managed to get out and enjoy some sunshine.
Reflecting on sombre times
Reflecting on sombre times
Can anyone remember the last time we saw the sun?
Hang on to those cable car memories
Hang on to those cable car memories
Obviously there's a lot to learn when it comes to Dunedin's historic cable cars.
Where were you when 'Big Norm' died?
Where were you when 'Big Norm' died?
What were you up to when you heard Labour prime minister Norman Kirk had died?
Dunedin dog doings spark much debate
Dunedin dog doings spark much debate
Sometimes it’s the story behind the story that is actually more interesting.