Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • @SamC
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    6 months ago

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    • @DaveOPMA
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      510 months ago

      NZ is a bit weird in that we declare that our seasons are required to follow the months.

      Normal people do it around the solstices and equinoxes so really the last day of winter should be 22 September. But we don’t let the seasons tell us what to do.

    • @eagleeyedtiger
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      10 months ago

      Like Dave said, last day of meteorological winter!

      I fall for it every year and think “September is here time to start planting!” But there’s always a few cold snaps and frosts left to come

      • @evanuggetpi
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        310 months ago

        In the far north where I am it feels like winter has been over for a while though apparently it has been a colder August than usual for NZ. Definitely some anticyclonic gloom hanging around.

        I have a 12m unheated tunnel house for tropical dwarf papaya and they made it ok over winter.

        • @eagleeyedtiger
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          110 months ago

          Where does someone get a dwarf papaya here? My interest is piqued… however I have a couple of mountain pawpaw plants but the get damaged every year from the few cold frosty days in the Waikato.

            • @eagleeyedtiger
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              110 months ago

              Aw they’re out of stock :(

              I’ve bookedmarked it for future, thanks!

              • @evanuggetpi
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                210 months ago

                No worries. Most subtropicals are available to buy when the weather’s warmer.

      • @liv
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        310 months ago

        I’m thinking of getting one of those little mini greenhouses…

        • @eagleeyedtiger
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          310 months ago

          Actually I did get one this year! I’m still hesitant to leave the tomato seedlings in it overnight though…

          • @liv
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            210 months ago

            Hey, neat!

    • @NoRamyunForYou
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      110 months ago

      Did a little bit of driving in between errands yesterday, and the car was showing it went upto 18degrees yesterday in Auckland! That’s the warmest I can remember in a while.

  • @Fizz
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    310 months ago

    Getting out of the house today and going swimming. Going to practice butterfly.

    • @DaveOPMA
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      210 months ago

      Indoor pool, I hope. Though I know there are people in Wellington who have lunchtime swims in the harbour even through winter, so maybe not.

      • @Fizz
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        110 months ago

        Yeah indoor pool. Went there but I didn’t know how to get a lane. It seemed there were constantly people swimming there.

        • @DaveOPMA
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          210 months ago

          I’m not a swimmer, but I think its pretty normal for people to share lanes at busy times. Keep to your left, try to pick a swimmer with a similar speed to share with.

          Might be good to watch what others do.

        • @liv
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          210 months ago

          It’s like cars on a road though. You don’t need your own road/lane.

  • @happy_piwakawaka
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    310 months ago

    Super blue moon is out and super bright! And for once it’s not too cloudy in Wellington to see it. Just took my little one out to see it before bedtime.

    • @DaveOPMA
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      110 months ago

      I was a bit slow at looking out the window so now it’s not clear enough to see 🙁

  • @Ilovethebomb
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    210 months ago

    I’m so glad I’m working up the coast this week, it seems like a bad time to be driving into Wellington.

    On the bright side, the police seem to be getting pretty quick at getting these protestors off the roads.