"[Pictured above] is one of numerous sections on Waititi Rd in Rodney District that has been 'repaired' no more than four weeks ago," writes a reader. "You'd hope that the rate collectors at Super City headquarters will hold the contractors accountable for both shoddy workmanship and poor engineering.We have barely had one day's rain in that time, so holes like these on several bends can hardly be blamed on climate change."
They obviously have a sense of humour at Palmers Garden Centre, Pakuranga, says Mary. Photo / Supplied
Trump card missed by supporters and critics
A reader writes: "Donald Trump's supporters and critics both appear to have side-stepped two possible publicity features from his German ancestry. First, the surname Trump is derived from an ancient German word meaning 'That which makes a loud noise' (and is the ancestor of the word trumpet). Secondly, even more alarming, Trump's father, born in 1905, was named Frederick Christ Trump. So the campaigning team could have been tempted to promote Donald as 'the son of Christ'. Thankfully, better judgment seems to have prevailed on that possibility. Perhaps just the implication of his surname - meaning a loud noise - has been sufficient."
Following the release of Apple's yearly financials in October (and based on sales of its iPhone 6), the company announced that, apart from other assets, it was sitting on US$206 billion ($301 billion) in cash - like owning the entire gross domestic product of Venezuela, but all in cash. Another way of expressing it: Using only its cash, it could buy every single NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL team, plus the 20 most valuable international soccer teams - and still have plenty left. Or, as the BGR.com blog also pointed out, it could instead simply give every man, woman, and child in America US$646 (coincidentally, about what a new iPhone 6 sells for). (Source: News of the Weird)
Christmas may be over, but Easter is coming, folks! Photo / Supplied
