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  I *will* vote in the general election, bcos I've voted in every one since time immemorial - and also bcos I have a deep and very genuine fear that every past member from the distaff side of my family will arrive from whichever spirit realm they currently reside, and collectively give me the mother of all arse-kickings if I don't 👀 - but Good Lord, fam... My status re the current #NZPol landscape wavers betwixt 😑 and 🙄. The most emotion I've managed to muster is snarling...

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  Third bumblebee rescue from the house this week. Are they just being particularly stupid this year, or does their collective GPS* need recalibrating? *GBeeS? 🤔** **Sorry. I'll get me coat...

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  On Monday it was 23degC and I ended up getting sunburnt. Today it's currently windchill 5, and sunburn is definitely not an option. 🙃

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  If you're a 58yo grown-ass man, driving while drunk is not a "mistake", it's a calculated decision. 😒

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  I can still see Sally Rooney's books available on Audible UK. Hmm. Bcos I'm in NZ, mebbe?

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  #80s #80sMusic I don't know why it's taken this long - copyright or somesuch, I guess? - for the studio version to finally be available on Apple Music, but praise be. 🙏 Am I the only one that remembers this song, tho? Wild Horses - Gino Vanelli (1987) https://youtu.be/lGWv_WkdawU

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  #ThursdayFiveList #CompassRose #KPop Weirdly, I can only find four songs in my KPop collection that fit the bill, and the first one is stretching it... 👀 Umbrella - Far East Movement feat HYOLYN and Gill Chang https://youtu.be/xBQO3m55nh4 South To The West - An Shinae https://youtu.be/kJ0BT7opYvM West Swing - APOKI feat E-40 https://youtu.be/JVT5saGp1Wc West Coast - Yultron X Jay Park https://youtu.be/SfeC1VPGJU8

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  #KPop Welcome back, kings... 👑👑👑👑 Don't Stop - TEEN TOP https://youtu.be/AoEkbmv-1kE

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  First actual electorate-appropriate (I'm on the Maori Roll) bit of correspondence in my mailbox today, and it's come from Labour. #NZPol

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  Current status is playing Witcher 3 Remastered, and Good Lord, Toussaint is stunning. 🥹

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  #MondayRandom10 My absolute favourite bluesman... 1️⃣ Bonnie & Clyde - YUQI (China/South Korea) 2️⃣ Just What I Always Wanted - Mari Wilson (England) 3️⃣ Wonderland (Lakeeran OST) - Zora Randhava & Rupali (India) 4️⃣ The Vibe - EXID (South Korea) 5️⃣ Walcott - Vampire Weekend (US) 6️⃣ Poème For Violin & Orchestra: II, Eighth Note = 72 - George Walker/ Cleveland Chamber Symphony (US) 7️⃣ Good Trip - Nieah (South Korea) 8️⃣ Rollin' and Tumblin' - Elmore James (US) 9️⃣ All...

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  Ordered comething from KMart. It started off in Queenstown, then went to Cromwell, and now it's in...Christchurch?? o.0 Now I readily admit that geography's not my strong point, but I'm pretty sure it's just gone about 400km in the wrong direction!

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  #KPopMonday #CoolCollabs #KPop Supergroup brought together by Lee Hyori, with Uhm Junghwa, Jessi, and Mamamoo's Hwasa... Don't Touch Me - REFUND SISTERS https://youtu.be/PXE2Ykf8fXQ

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  #KPopMonday #CoolCollabs #KPop And in a similar vein, f(x) x EXID x MAMAMOO... Honey Bee - Luna, Hani & Solar https://youtu.be/fvYtzE3clCw

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  #TuneTuesday #YesYesYes #KPop Yes I Am - MAMAMOO https://youtu.be/hTMlLDAclTI

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic #KPop Confession: I am avowedly a stringed-instruments person. 🎻 🎸 I do love this piano version, tho... Piano Man (piano version) - MAMAMOO [audio only] https://youtu.be/27UrwmTa5jQ

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #AWiderWorld From Romania, but in Spanish, bcos why not. :) My England whanau bloke's favourite singer... Enferma - INNA https://youtu.be/jEBxHZWCfHI

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #AWiderWorld From Italy... Irrecuperabile - Trigno feat Ermal Meta https://youtu.be/lxO2_G58vPs

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #AWiderWorld From Egypt... Garee2a Awy - TUL8TE https://youtu.be/zORL_sm1XSk

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  #MondayRandom10 First heard this in a Dentist's waiting room, of all places, and was absolutely indifferent to it until that bassline kicked in. Had to ask one of the Young People™️ there who it was. :) So here's a drum and bass cover... 1️⃣ Who Are You - GOT7 BamBam feat RED VELVET Seulgi (South Korea) 2️⃣ Goodbye - Dakota Staton (US) 3️⃣ Energy - JUNNY (South Korea) 4️⃣ Rosie - Joan Armatrading (St Kitts/UK) 5️⃣ I Hear You're Doing Fine - Breathe (England) 6️⃣ Find Me - ALMA (Finland) 7️⃣ The...

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  Am listening to the first Bookshop Detectives book (Dead Girl Gone), and whoever was responsible for casting decided to go with an Ocker and a Pom as the narrators, which was certainly...a choice...for a book set in Havelock North. So, not only are Maori and Polynesian words being butchered on the regular, so are some of the English ones. And they're not even consistently wrong! Whanau (correctly-ish) one minute, wha-noo the next. I had to literally pause to work out that the narrator...

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  Are our respectives hatches battened for the morrow, @craftygardennz, et al...?

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  Just started to kick off here. Wind at 69kph, gusts in the 90s. 😖

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  #KpopMonday #SignsAndSignal #KPop Signal - TWICE https://youtu.be/VQtonf1fv_s

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  #KpopMonday #Heartbeat #KPop Still miss these kids. I hope they're all doing well... My Heart Skips A Beat - PURPLE KISS https://youtu.be/BV9yAHvHfrc

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  #MondayRandom10 (Edited to correct a spelling mistake) I always forget these guys aren't English. Fun fact: the video is directed by Richard Ayoade, who very much is English. 1️⃣ Bar Code - HAON & Vinxen (South Korea) 2️⃣ Crazy In Love (Beyonce cover) - The Puppini Sisters (UK) 3️⃣ World Gone Mad - Bastille (England) 4️⃣ vai! - Alfa (Italy) 5️⃣ Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend (USA) 6️⃣ Diamanti Grezzi - Clara (Italy) 7️⃣ Between The Wars - Billy Bragg (England) 8️⃣ Feedback - LADIES CODE (S...

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  #TuneTuesday #GemsAndJewels #KPop Diamond - MAMAMOO [audio only] https://youtu.be/SSkyhcr5qPI

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  #ThursdayFiveList #ElementsAndCompounds #KPop Sugar Sugar - LABOUM https://youtu.be/LUqazzQOBbo Iron Boy - WEKI MEKI [audio only] https://youtu.be/hIdxA1nrU18 Oxygen - TWICE [audio only] https://youtu.be/ssAa1Vf3KTQ Acid Dream - Kim Boa https://youtu.be/tr1DQWuBCz0 Sandglass - WANNA ONE [audio only] https://youtu.be/OtvdBLN36PE

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  #MondayRandom10 Some local culture for all y'all from my small corner of the world. :) There's a spoken intro in Maori, then the waiata (song) kicks in at around 1:20... 1️⃣ You're History - Shakespears Sister (Ireland/US/UK) 2️⃣ Pop Star - MCND (South Korea) 3️⃣ Nha Violaõ - Elida Almeida (Cape Verde) 4️⃣ I'll Never Turn My Back On You - Sananda Maitreya (formerly known as Terence Trent D'Arby) (US) 5️⃣ Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana - Te Poho o Hinekahukura (Aotearoa...

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  #KPopMonday #KPopDreams #KPop Nightmare - B1A4 [audio only] https://youtu.be/v0DtC99J9EI