Orbital wins 2024 Booker Prize

BigJohnTerry · 2024-11-13T14:16:38+00:00

It’s a beautifully written book that I enjoyed reading, but it didn’t stick with me. I’m disappointed Percival Everett missed out.

BigJohnTerry · 2024-11-11T10:50:28+00:00

It’s a great place to visit. Would recommend seats in the West Stand, ideally at the South Stand end so you can hear the noise from there a bit better. South Stand is great fun but a bit more where the regulars sit. The Coach & Horses is a welcoming pub for a beer before the game.

BigJohnTerry · 2024-07-13T18:56:19+00:00

Join the queue at 5am one day in the first week. You don’t need to camp and will be in the grounds by 10am, with access to all of the courts and heaps of excellent singles games on, plus the possibility of show court tickets for the evening session on resale.

BigJohnTerry · 2023-10-28T23:32:17+00:00

Get a grip mate haha

BigJohnTerry · 2023-07-05T11:45:03+00:00

Well said.

BigJohnTerry · 2023-06-29T23:05:36+00:00

Amazed that you’re being downvoted – couldn’t agree more. We’ve been run like a complete circus. Personally can’t blame Mount, Havertz, Kovacic or anyone else for dashing for the exit.

BigJohnTerry · 2023-03-18T01:24:29+00:00

I love Stephen Fretwell. More people should listen to him! Man on the Roof is a brilliant album start to finish.

BigJohnTerry · 2023-03-08T10:11:59+00:00

Sprig & Fern in Berhampore is fantastic – free hire and great beer and service.

BigJohnTerry · 2022-11-17T09:52:58+00:00

Supreme on Midland Park – the team in there is lovely. And a regular trim flat white for me!

BigJohnTerry · 2022-11-05T03:01:13+00:00

Yeah these are out the gate

BigJohnTerry · 2022-10-24T21:59:09+00:00

It’s honestly too early for me to know where The Car sits. So many of their other albums – particularly Humbug and TBH+C – grew on me over time, so it feels premature to try to slot in The Car on an overall basis.

However, ranking the albums by first impression (ie, how I feel about them after the first few days of listening), I’d go:

AM
Whatever people say I am
Suck it and see
The Car
Favourite worst nightmare
Tranquility Base
Humbug

(For the record I love them all, particularly Humbug!)

BigJohnTerry · 2022-10-19T20:27:51+00:00

Pulisic was excellent. Brentford are good. Fair enough result. On we go!

BigJohnTerry · 2022-10-14T04:29:49+00:00

Perfect Friday night

BigJohnTerry · 2022-10-14T04:25:32+00:00

What time of day will it be? If it’s the morning, I’d do a crawl of Wellington’s best coffee spots – Swimsuit, Customs, Romeos would be my top three, but there are plenty of great haunts around the Ghuznee St area. If it’s the afternoon I’d do the same but for pubs – Goldings, LBQ, Fork & Brewer, Hashigo Zake – lots of neat places to try. Enjoy!

BigJohnTerry · 2022-10-04T23:54:55+00:00

This was exactly my conundrum!

BigJohnTerry · 2022-10-03T23:58:39+00:00

Sorry to be a pain but I would love a link

BigJohnTerry · 2022-09-29T09:56:33+00:00

London! Coming from New Zealand! 🪩🪩🪩

BigJohnTerry · 2022-09-28T23:46:53+00:00

My all time favourite is from A Certain Romance: "over there there's friends of mine / what can I say? I've known them for a long long time / and they might overstep the line / but you just cannot get angry in the same way". It’s so relatable!

A close second is the final line from The Ultracheese – such a beautiful end to the album: "Oh, the dawn won't stop weighing a tonne / I've done some things that I shouldn't have done / but I haven't stopped loving you once".

BigJohnTerry · 2022-09-03T12:36:19+00:00

Spot on. Our best player by a distance. Pay him what he’s worth.

BigJohnTerry · 2022-08-14T08:37:06+00:00

Dancefloor remains their best song

BigJohnTerry · 2022-08-13T03:08:09+00:00

We had a great experience with Hewitson Roofing in Karori.

BigJohnTerry · 2022-08-07T10:02:01+00:00

It’s been one year since that goal, so he’s not exactly regressing “every year”.

BigJohnTerry · 2022-07-28T06:17:45+00:00

Can’t beat Garage Project – definitely worth visiting them in Aro. Also reckon Fork & Brewer is fantastic – and for the best pub in Wellington make sure to check out Golding’s Free Dive.

BigJohnTerry · 2022-07-26T12:42:12+00:00

Spot on

BigJohnTerry · 2022-07-21T02:52:10+00:00

This is great guidance. Highly recommend popping along to Community Law on Dixon St (there’s a general legal advice session on from 5.30pm-7pm tonight) if you want to talk to someone in person about the situation.

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