Dining or the Duomo di Siena-inspired ones? (Latter extremely cool. IMHO)

The level of economic ignorance from serious journalism all the way through to the "should of" crew in comments section is frightening

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

Also. Domestic (especially non-jet) subsidies longhaul where they're up against operators with deeper pockets and predatory instincts. And some who can't count...

1. Air NZ's revenue management system is identifying the max price that a seat will achieve at that time of day.
2. Jetstar is losing money/only achieving marginal revenue and being subsidised for strategic reasons.
3. The truth being somewhere between these 2 extremes

A friend-in-a-networked-sort-of-way once sent me this. It was a comfort at the time and continues to be so. But as she wrote - there are no words...

Different topic, but coming to a country near you soon.. docs.google.com/document/d/1.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette...

Ha! "Weirdness"! Reading the Economist too much..

Sweet. But now you’ll be thinking “Oh no, I should have written THIS instead of THAT…”

That stuck here, too!

Mate’s converting to A320. Suggested doing his line check to WLG today….

Christine Boswijk, one of NZ’s premier ceramicists,(christineboswijk.com) says that a frequent question was “Where d’ya get yer inspiration?” as they stood on a platform surrounded by nature with views of water and mountains….

And Reagan supposedly pulled the same stunt with the Iran hostages during the Carter administration

Same here. Saw Len Castle at Te Uru and wanted to tell him that one of my regrets was not buying one of his deep blue vessels at a gallery out close to Muriwai. (My 8 year old pseudo niece walked in with me and exclaimed “Look at the LIGHT!”)

The Wire is essential viewing.

Read the 1933 playbook. Then you’ll know…

Never was.