KEY POINTS:
Lookalikes: John Key and Stan Laurel.
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At the risk of sounding like another Jafa, Loran writes: "I was genuinely pleased to read the following in the 'Police file' section of the Coastal News in Whangamata recently: 'Police attended a couple of minor parties to address noise complaints. The people concerned were very receptive of the police presence.' Here's another: 'A small pebble went through the bedroom window of a Rangi Ave property at 8pm on Saturday. Police believe it is likely it came from a slingshot or something similar.' The fact that these events made it to the newspaper seems amazing to me, but I would still much prefer to read about this than yet another stabbing in Auckland!"
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To the reader who says, "We all know our postcodes", Helena writes: "Speak for yourself! In my job I'm required to ask people for their address details, including their postcodes. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard as a response, 'Oh ... I don't know', or '09' or even, 'No, I don't have one of those', I'd be a very rich lady. NZ Post has just assigned new postcodes all across the country. I'd take $10K in exchange for memorising my new postcode! As far as the list to every household goes, try the postcode finder on the NZ Post website. It costs nothing and it's a whole lot faster than leafing through a giant book."
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A cheeseburger and democracy to go? Not quite, but politically active Californians have been able to cast election ballots from the comfort of their cars at a one-off drive-through voting booth. The drive-through in Santa Ana, Los Angeles, is part of a push to encourage eligible voters to register and vote ahead of the November 4 polls. The machines used were designed to meet disability requirements, making them a good fit for vehicles, a spokesman said.
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Nearly all American women office workers say they like or love the major player in their lives. But they aren't talking about their partner - they're talking about their computer. An online poll of more than 2600 US adults conducted by Harris Interactive shows women office workers spend nearly three times the amount of time with their computer as they do with their significant other - 9.3 hours with the disk drive and keyboard compared with 3.6 hours with their human partner. And only one in five of the women says she wishes she could spend more time with her partner than with her computer, even if the latter causes them pain, often in the form of carpal tunnel syndrome. Nearly two-thirds spend more time with their computer than they do shopping or outdoors, and four in 10 are with the computer more than with their family. (Source: AFP)
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Today's Webpick: Showing how chemicals interact using a party metaphor. Every science teacher should show this in class. Watch it here.
These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.
