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@GreenEllsworth Reach for Treats rather than Tricks?

@transparency_a1 About 20 years ago I use to night fish off the mole in Lyttelton Harbour. Didn't catch much - but it was a very relaxing, unwinding time. Now all fenced off!

Off for a night fish.🤞

@LI_politico Sadly, I don't think we any provision in NZ for a Recall Election!

@joesantarlasci @MsAnjaliB Ah - like the finale to Don Giovanni!

@MsAnjaliB Are you inviting me to dinner?

What’s the best comeback to “go to hell”?

@UsmanAfzali @UCNZ Congratulations Usman!

Thanks @UCNZ for the great ceremony. It’s officially over. Or, as they call it, #PhDone. As something often goes wrong when I’m in the vicinity, here, my last name was mispronounced during proceedings. But it’s ok. Bade bade deshon mein aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hai😉.

Having a Twitter break peeps. This LazyBoy chair is killing me softly with its love! Stay safe and love.

@njsmale @Ahhmandah Hmm - the Stuff article suggests they are pretty entrenched. I didn’t realise the number of licensing trusts in NZ had dropped to such a low number.

@johnonz49 @Ahhmandah Easier said than done. Challenge the monopoly and the Trust will spend up large protecting their patch. i.stuff.co.nz/business/12554…

@ahutching @Ahhmandah So what is wrong? Elected trustees. Are the right people getting elected? Presumably a constitution/deed they should be making decisions under. I have no idea what the 2 million they state on their website represents. Licensing trusts *were* a good idea - but change needed? 🤷🏻

@johnonz49 @Ahhmandah Except that west Auckland isn’t funded any better than other parts of Auckland, alcohol related harm isn’t lower than comparable Auckland suburbs. The Trusts dish out a miserable pittance and in return west Auckland is a hospitality desert.

@douglass_meghan Who would want a single pointer trophy on their wall? 🤷🏻

Fun fact: Hunting unicorns is legal in Michigan. You can get a Unicorn Hunting License.

@FoxyLustyGrover @migtronix @pickledog47 Cents something tasty? 🙄

Come on, Foxy needs a pizza! @migtronix @pickledog47

@sophia_z @WithBiden1 Good choice! But then I’m biased. 🤷🏻

If you could not live in America what other country would you chose? Canada for me.

@kevinthedad That’s why we married on our provincial Anniversary Weekend! 😇

My wife and I celebrated our anniversary today by completely forgetting it

@ProfTerryHughes Obviously hasn’t heard -“Things go better with Coke.”🙄

@Magoo72810763 Would recommend the shingles vaccine - but you may have to choose. The original was a “live” vaccine which is unlikely to suit anyone on immunosuppressants or with immune system issues. There is a new one that isn’t “live.” This isn’t yet approved here in NZ - so I’m waiting.

Has anybody ever had shingles 🤔 Or chicken pox apparently that's how you end up getting shingles and yes there is a shot for that too and you know my next question. Have you ever had a shingles shot I'm thinking about it.

@Rich_Aotearoa That *was* my fave tipple! Had to give all my single malts away. 😭😭😭 At least I’m allowed a small glass of wine.

Whisky Day Yay!!!

@PathToProg @sophia_z Maybe that 250K includes tens of thousands of bots. I wouldn’t loose sleep over it.

We really hate begging for followers — we don’t want our tweets to read like the histrionic fundraising emails you get daily from the DNC. But groups like “Students for Trump” have 250K followers while we have fewer than 7K. Can you RT and follow to support young progressives?

@ElizabethKnoxNZ It doesn’t look pretty - but it worked for me!

This works. I’m shocked how well it works.

@radionz Magpie creates a bit of a quardle oodle ardle wardle doo doo!

Power has been restored to most of the 7000 homes in Wairarapa that were without electricity earlier today after a magpie flew into a transformer. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…