February 2007

  • Sitting on a Hybridised Bomb?

    In my search for a fuel-efficient car I was amazed to learn that in New Zealand you can buy a Prius for around $5000.

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  • Hiccups ruin commuter’s lives…

    Stuff reports a ‘big financial hit’ for Stagecoach due to staff not understanding their new software.

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  • Starving on the main-trunk line

    A few weeks ago I ‘treated’ my daughter to her first big train trip – on the Overlander – in what proved to be a scenic experiment in illusion and culinary depravation.

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  • I’m going off the rails

    In an act of hypocrisy I’m abandoning electric rail in favour of a fossil-guzzling car. This was not a light decision, but the Kapiti-Wellington public transport system has literally driven me off the rails… For years I’ve been a staunch climate change warrior. I’d catch a bus from home to the Paraparaumu train station (20…

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  • Psychic Customer Service

    For two weeks my fiance Sarah had survived without her purse. It contained her cash-card, VISA, drivers license, library card, sewing gear, lipstick  (and all those mysterious things women lug around). It was not the first time she’d misplaced it. We’d turned the house upside down twice looking for it… but this time it looked…

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