Doug Spade and Mike Clement
We’ve always wanted a flying car. So we were super geeked back in 1968 when we saw the Taylor Aerocar III plastered across the front page of “My Weekly Reader.” A three-speed two-seater with an attachable wing and tail assembly that converted car to plane in just 10 minutes. Comfortable, stable in flight and top airspeed of 135 miles an hour. Alas, our paltry 10-cent weekly allowance put the $10,000 price tag just out of reach.
Not that it mattered. Only one was ever built. And it wound up in a museum. But now our sights are set on something better.
The great potato debate comes to a head
By Doug Spade and Mike Clement
If there’s one thing we can’t stand doing, it’s cleaning the house. We’ve never understood why some insist the place always be kept spotless. Homes are supposed to look lived-in, not resemble a museum. Besides, what’s all that sweeping, scrubbing and mopping ever really accomplish? You just have to do it again a few days later. So why bother? Although we must admit those refrigerator-sized dust bunnies are starting to get on our nerves. But the dried-up plant leaves along the window ledge are definite keepers.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: an attack on the Police Commissioner is an attack on the PM
27 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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As Andy Coster is Jacinda Ardern s personal appointment, he is the uniformed, male version of the Prime Minister. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Heather du Plessis-Allan is the drive host for Newstalk ZB and a columnist for the Herald on Sunday
Simon Bridges attack on the wokester Police Commissioner Andy Coster is a 5-star political play. Not only is the police boss fair game but he s opening up a reasonable point of attack on the Government.
It s antiquated nonsense to say that Bridges is out of line attacking a public servant. Public servants as senior as the Police Commissioner are not neutral. They don t get to the top of their departments without being able to play highly political games. The entire public service is highly politicised. They know which side their bread is buttered on from election to election and they adapt accordingly. Much of the dirt
By Doug Spade and Mike Clement
You can’t believe a thing anyone says anymore. Ditto for what you buy at the store. Take light bulbs, for example. A couple years back, we stocked up on a lifetime supply of those LED jobbies. With each one guaranteed to last darn near a quarter century it said so right on the box we figured we’d be doing wheelchair drag races at the nursing home long before ever having to change them. Naturally, they all burned out last week.
Every blinkin’ one.
Turns out we’d overlooked the fine print that explained the 22-year life expectancy was based on only 3 hours usage per day. Three hours! What’d they think we were? Blind or something? That got us so upset we did what everybody does when the room is suddenly plunged into darkness during the middle of an unexpected snowstorm.
By Doug Spade and Mike Clement
Every once in a while we get a real wake up call. Usually it’s at a hotel when we have to be at an early morning meeting. When the phone suddenly jumps off the nightstand and jams 360 decibel nuclear air raid alert siren blasts directly down our ear canals. An onslaught that usually lasts a couple of hours.
Until we punch its lights out.
This time, though it was the bank statement. A real shocker. For the outgo had far exceeded the income a stunning setback to our plans to join the ranks of the rich and famous. So we were staring off into space, hoping to come up with a get rich quick scheme, when this kid came by and said something we hadn’t heard in years.