It’s that time of the year again, where the Fish hangs up it’s byeline and heads to the beach for some rest and recreation. Thank you to my remaining readers, of which there are at least 4, or perhaps it is 400, I really can’t tell.

But big special thanks to those who contribute and comment and keep this blog alive, some 15 years after blogs went out of fashion – thanks to 60mPa for being hard as high-strength concrete, to Greenwelly for being everywhere in every forum and always saying sensible things, to Kumara Republic – likewise, i like seeing your comments wherever I go, it takes a lot of energy to be that active online!

to Mr Henry Filth who is adept at a caustic comment and catching cranky old crabs in their off moments, to Alan for being eternally grumpy at me, to Stuart Gardyne who I hear is doing great in rehab and I hope you are still reading this blog – sending you all my best wishes – to Chico who I think knows more than he/she lets on, and will sue the pants off anyone if they say otherwise, to Seamonkey Madness who keeps Wellington on its collective toes, to Julienz who sometimes scares me with her views:

to Stuart Niven who should be lauded for what he has done for Wellington, to Betterbee who really knows how the traffic rumbles, to the wonderful Whanganui-dwelling Starkive who lives in his own urban haven, to Andy Foster who still posts here from time to time and I appreciate that, to Please pay the driver, to Clamobacter, to Jesse, John Rankin, Pedge, AT-AT, Helene Ritchie, Jimmy Fraser, Shaun, Māmari, Roeland, Humanscale, and to all the little fishes:

to Stephen , Janet, Mark, Lurker, Shirley Penfold, Chris H, S Hart, David Cole, Diessoli, Captain Haddock, to those who live by initials alone, JCB, KLK, CLE, DPM, YTC, JCP, ROIDO,

And to John H, who I think I know who he is, and I think he knows who I am too, but maybe not….
Happy Christmas y’all !!

Thank You all. We will be back….




Just what we need at Christmas – some old codger on the roof posting bloody great tuna down the chimney! Humbug!!
Thanks Nemo, I am sure you have more than four readers. Always an interesting read. Not sure why you see me as scary. Happy Christmas.
Happy xmas young Nemo
Wishing all your readers good weather and good company these holidays and of course good company is sometimes no company
May your views be free of croc-wearers, may your hangovers be mild and may you all wake up next to the right people
60
Can’t figure out why a big fish such as yourself hasn’t dived into Whanganui’s genuine (somewhat adapted) 2/3rds Olympic pool yet… perhaps it’s the fruit trees at the deep end?
Anyway, I didn’t grow up in Wellington and I don’t live there any more, but this blog is enough to keep me on its side. It’s a odd place at times, but worth diving deep for.
Happy holidays from a place where the wind don’t blow (much).
Cheers for the name check. You deserve some much needed R&R.
Well, this makes six readers…
Cheers from me, too – and give all fish hooks a wide berth!
Looking forward to more salient saline commentary in the new year – the city/country needs it.
Merry Christmas!
Enjoy the well-earned break. I am very thankful you are still here and doing this important work!
I’d love your take on the Kiwirail Future proposals in 2026! Lots for Wellington and the region, and correlates nicely with a super city approach ;)
Kiwirail Futures? That comment of yours actually sent me down a three day rabbit hole over the break, reading various Kiwirail plans and notices from Peter Reidy – but what I think Kiwirail really needs is a helpful understanding government and an intelligent Minister. Not sure that it has either of those yet.
Couldn’t have put it better…
Damn Spammers !! Caught me with de fences down !
Spam comments now removed. Out, out damned Spots!
Spam is the bane of my life, at times, when the spammers make a breakthrough onto the site, but I really don’t understand why they do it. I deleted 41 spam this morning, with an interesting mix: people purporting to sell a beach holiday in Bodrum, spammers complementing me on how my grammar is so good despite clearly having been written by a bot, someone selling timeshares in Spain, something in Arabic, others touting porn.
Hi ho !
But why do they send random strings of letters? Is it code? Is it AI trying to learn how to send Trump Tweets?
Heaven only knows ! The art of the spammer is a total mystery to me. Is there ever a human involved? Or is it just machines talking to other machines? Do people even know that their computers are infected, pouring out messages of dubious value – sorry, zero value, or negative value – do they really think that anyone will ever fall for their line of bullshit? Although, actually you did…
Oh no you don’t. You can’t catch me twice.