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Chit-Chat » What TV ads have you found funny? » Another from New Zealand

BenjyMouse 5 yrs ago

Novus auto glass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VGStavaFB4

Chit-Chat » Spring is here, and my orchid is blooming. » RE: Spring is here, and my orchid is blooming.

BenjyMouse 5 yrs ago | 2 replies

[[https://flic.kr/p/2aJHjLi]] I used to have a Dendrobium called "Susan" that looked like that. Sadly it didn't take well to the Dunedin climate after I moved. It smelled amazing, probably because one of the hybrid pa…

Chit-Chat » Seen any good movies lately? » RE: RE: RE: Yes-Hunt For the Wilderpeople

BenjyMouse 5 yrs ago

[[There's an older one where they are vampires! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416742/]] There is a spin-off tv series called Wellington Paranormal as well. I imagine it could be hard to find. https://www.imdb.com/ti…

Chit-Chat » Seen any good movies lately? » RE: Yes-Hunt For the Wilderpeople

BenjyMouse 5 yrs ago | 1 replies

[[It is a dramedie from New Zealand, about a boy who is placed with foster parents in the middle of no where. He gradually adjusts to it but then the foster mom dies and child services want to relocate him. He and Foster…

Chit-Chat » What class do you belong to? » RE: What class do you belong to?

BenjyMouse 6 yrs ago

Upper class female, age is correct, post-grad education. I am most definitely working class, but the rest is correct.

Chit-Chat » Any new binge-watching shows to recommend? » RE: Any new binge-watching shows to recommend?

BenjyMouse 6 yrs ago

If you can find a way to watch this, it's very good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_(Icelandic_TV_series) This link is "blocked in my country" :/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=ELk6gRvuF8LGYyV1Cx…

Chit-Chat » What are you reading now? » RE: RE: RE: The Hanging Tree, by Ben Aaronovitch.

BenjyMouse 6 yrs ago | 1 replies

[[[[[[The latest in a series. EXCELLENT series; one of the best (the best?) I have read. Humour, police investigation, magic. These books I am keeping, and I don't keep many books.]] I just finished Rivers of London, an…

Chit-Chat » What are you reading now? » RE: The Hanging Tree, by Ben Aaronovitch.

BenjyMouse 6 yrs ago | 3 replies

[[The latest in a series. EXCELLENT series; one of the best (the best?) I have read. Humour, police investigation, magic. These books I am keeping, and I don't keep many books.]] I just finished Rivers of London, and my…

Chit-Chat » What's been your biggest ever put down? » RE: What's been your biggest ever put down?

BenjyMouse 6 yrs ago

Mine is on-going... I have been looking for a new job for several years, as the one I am currently in has no prospect for promotion, and I have to take 3 months leave without pay over summer as there are no students aro…

Chit-Chat » Hard data and a hard look at LFLs » RE: Hard data and a hard look at LFLs

BenjyMouse 6 yrs ago | 2 replies

Is there anything stopping people operating a similar system, but without the "Little Free Library" label? Here in Dunedin, a city of only 126,000ish people, we have 94 (and steadily increasing) Lilliput libraries a…

Chit-Chat » Tips for donating old books (spoiler: Wild Animus is not appreciated) » RE: Tips for donating old books (spoiler: Wild Animus is not appreciated)

BenjyMouse 7 yrs ago

There is another Rich Shapero book. A few years ago almost very student at Otago (in New Zealand!) University orientation was given a copy of "Too Far" which included a CD or a DVD. There is now at least 3 copies o…

Chit-Chat » What book are people surprised to learn you've not read? » RE: What book are people surprised to learn you've not read?

BenjyMouse 7 yrs ago

LOTR for me as well. People tend to be surprised as I like fantasy, but high fantasy sagas leave me cold. I'm in the "not another bloody elf" camp. I prefer to read Pratchett and Stross (I'm currently binging on th…

Chit-Chat » Any great TV shows you have been watching? » RE: RE: I'm not doing much TV at the moment

BenjyMouse 7 yrs ago

I've tried both Legion and Constantine...but they are only intermittently available here on freebee TV. NZ can be a bit of a backwater TV-wise, and I'm too cheap to do much about it right now. :)

Chit-Chat » Any great TV shows you have been watching? » I'm not doing much TV at the moment

BenjyMouse 7 yrs ago | 2 replies

I have made exceptions for Lucifer and Preacher. Oddly enough I have just realised that both of these are based on Graphic Novels.

Chit-Chat » RIP Bill Paxton » I'll just leave this here

BenjyMouse 7 yrs ago

because everyone has to start somewhere ;) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-paxton-fish-heads-video_us_58b4585ae4b060480e0a66f3?5wdxwnnw36m5xqd7vi RIP Bill.

Chit-Chat » Mike Flynn's gone. Who's next? (US politics) » interesting that his tipped replacement refused

BenjyMouse 7 yrs ago

I read that Vice Adm. Robert Harward described the appointment as a "shit sandwich". I wonder how many of his potential appointments will come to be regarded as poisoned chalices. Just a tangential question, what…

Chit-Chat » Do Something Different in 2017 » Maybe it's my midlife crisis