Gordon Paynter
411 posts


@dpfdpf The local primary school and the US Government still insist I write them cheques occasionally.
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@auchmill So you thought you'd hop on over to twitter to work on your long-form prose?
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@petrajane I don't disagree, but can see how some readers might go there. Research needed, just downloaded the long stories to re-read.
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@petrajane I don't think "addict" is an unreasonable inference, especially for a reader with contemporary knowledge/attitudes on addiction.
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@petrajane Though in A Study in Scarlet Ch. 2 Watson assets the "temperance and cleanliness" of Holmes life precludes narcotics.
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@petrajane Certainly he was a user. The Sign of Four, first page. "It is cocaine... a seven-per-cent. solution. Would you care to try it?"
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@simcul We did LAX on the way in. Massive queues. Staff nicer than I remember though.
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Hi @AlexArchivists, @NLNZ: Any idea how many bibliographers (people who write about books) there are in NZ? @simcul wants to know.
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@simcul Hey I got stuck again in SFO 2 weeks back. Only two hours, but in a plane with two kids up late--and no alcohol. Felt much longer...
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@percent20 nzherald is worse for me, often fails to load its fonts at all (Chrome/Mac). #reload
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@finnatic We've had long discussions in the office about that suugestion.
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Ever wonder how many newspapers have been published in New Zealand? Me too: nznewspapers.appspot.com
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@petrajane I've only just realised you were snarking about race relations, not librarianship.
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