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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 2h

I had a friend few years ago. He and his wife were wealthy, nothing wrong with that. But one day I was helping the guy with his computer issues (story of my fucking life) and I see this shelf with all these folders, with addresses on. Cut to the chase, this couple owned 23 rental properties […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 3h

New rules for landlords: You can have rental properties but you will pay tax on capital gains when you sell them, and they must be insulated, have efficient heat pumps and must have solar panels. You can claim that setup expense against your tax, sure. Also you can't have more than five houses […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 3h

I'm not watching F1TV on a non-race weekend, haha, who would be that silly. Not me.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 3h

"He's not going to commit, he's just going to play with him from behind" David Coulthard, F1TV, Singapore GP last weekend. Come on, man. No way was that innocent. #F1

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11h

Alright I'm actually importing 300w right now but the dishwasher and washing machine are on too.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11h

I can't believe this shit is free 😳 I mean you gotta pay for the EV and the panels and stuff and I know this is some entitled shit I get it but I can't believe this shit is free

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 11h

🎵 I'm Charging on Sunshine Wo-ooah, I'm Charging on Sunshine 🎵 #EssjaxEV

A charging port, plugged in, on a Geely EX5. Blue sky and green hills in the background. The car looks a bit dirty but that just a reflection of the concrete driveway.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 12h

@beachbum1972 💯 agree. Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 12h

I don't like photographing strangers wihtout their consent, and that goes triple for children, so I tried to get shots without. But the community turned out in their thousands. It was packed full of delighted families and folk of all kinds. They should put up a sign. "Love your new library? […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 13h

Get this: You can just go in there and have a look through 92,000 books and just borrow one or a few, and they don't even charge you. I mean you can also use their 3D Printers and sewing machines and computers and all that stuff, but they also have like a million (92,000) books you can read for […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 13h

Our new library is absolutely beautiful. I've never really felt civic pride, in any of the many towns and cities I've lived in, but this is great. A big investment in things that matter.

The exterior is lit from the top, highlighting sculptural designs

Interior with bookshelves and a distinctive distant window

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 14h

My town had an opening day celebration for the new library and they closed off the street and provided a ton of coloured chalk so the kids could draw on it.

Elevated pic of a street that is covered in chalk doodles

Closer shot of the chalk doodles with shadow of the photographer

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 14h

I was taking a snap of this Boeing A350-900 and it disappeared into Finnair 🪄 #PlanesOfMastodon

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@David last time I was in your town it was 32° in the middle of the night. Can't imagine it chilly.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Started the day in shorts, but that was a tactical error. Cold and windy 'round these parts. Retreating home for a longer trouser. Spring is a menace.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Oh wait I forgot all this escargot business, I take it all back. 🐌

Coquilles d'escargots or empty snail shells for $35

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

You may place commas in that last bit as you see fit.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I know I'm from the UK and I'm not supposed to say things like this, but the French are awesome and we could and should learn a thing or two from them. In many ways, but certainly in how to revolt. The government serves the people, and the French people never let them forget that. Also food wine […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

They say the digestive system is like a second brain, and if so I think my alimentary canal has a split personality. One end really likes the good hot spicy stuff, and the other end really does not. I will elaborate no further other than to say that no, I did not toot this from the WC.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

And you wanted to dance So I asked you to dance Save a Prayer : Dirty Vegas (Duran Duran ofc) music.youtube.com/watch?v=xvP8ISz_X…

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I need a clean copy of this. YouTube Music butchers it.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

The piano on this: the tease, the plateau, the peak. The Rapture Part III: &Me & Black Coffee As good as it gets. 🎧 music.youtube.com/watch?v=KNnzWaehR…

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I assume the power company will one day flip a magic switch and measure my output and gimme dat cash but no rush.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Solar is live and the house is currently pumping many many kWh back into the New Zealand grid for free. 8.2kW flooding out of here when the clouds allow. You're all welcome. The sun isn't mine, I'm happy to share 🌞

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Cancelling my Sky TV account and it got weird. "Thank you for being part of Sky, and we will cherish the moment you had with Sky. Good luck with your future endeavors." I mean, of course you'll cherish the moment(s) we had together, but that's not how you spell 'endeavours'.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

First cruise ship of the season is in. Celebrity Edge en route from Honolulu to Sydney, arriving in a grey and drizzly Tauranga direct from Tahiti. #ShipsOfMastodon

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

The house is silent, and there's a blackbird singing their evening chorus atop the chimney. It's steel. The acoustics are great.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

What does the disaster recovery plan look like when someone blows up all your datacentres? Have they tried turning it off and on again? #russia #InstantNelson

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

How did I get none of this shot in focus wtf

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

@Rainmaker1973 the physics is great fun but the kids' delight is gold

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

These were OK. The marinade was good but the beef quality was terrible. I'm not buying beef from the supermarket anymore, it's always crap.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I need to throw away this old polystyrene, but Mr Noodles has claimed it for loafing on 🙄 #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

An old shaggy tabby happily sitting on polystyrene

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I know this doesn't make any sense but neither does the us president so

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

The US president is giving another one of his awful speeches where he is talking about pillaging the earth again. "Mining is great! Coal is beautiful!" he says. "The democrats want us to mine less, and we won't mine less!" His aide leans in to assist. "Mine fewer" he says, in a stage whisper […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

@Niall I went in one on a trip recently, just to fill my screen washer bottle. It felt like a a crime. Filled up and drove off.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I have to take my EV into the gas station and I will feel very silly. I need another BBQ gas bottle.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

@ErrolNZ I'm just making it up as I go along

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Pāpāmoa Beach is perfect today. Azure blue skies, 22°c with a gentle cool breeze. Its heavenly. There's a volcano erupting nearby but we won't worry about that.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Beer will be discounted when the sun shines #VoteEssjax

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

It's Singapore F1 Grand Prix weekend, so I will be attempting to make my signature beef-halloumi Teppanyaki skewers somehow Singaporean before I sling them on the barbecue. I'm thinking satay sauce with kecap manis marinade, and a side of Tiger Beer. 🤔 Apologies to Singaporeans for generalist […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

If they make it illegal to swear at computer programs I am so fucked. "The defendant asked for 405,000,876 other recent offences to be taken into sentencing consideration" […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I have other policies, before anyone rushes into a public commitment. A racism uttered will be punishable by a (one) slap across the face with a medium-sized haddock (per utterance). A racist action or activity will result in being put in the stocks in your town square where anyone can come and […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Homeopathy should he illegal. I don't mean it should be illegal to drink a bit of stale old water - you do you, what are you, a cat? - but it should definitely be illegal to sell it to desperate sick folk under false pretences. Anyway vote for me and I'll end this nonsense.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#DailyStuff A coffee stop in the Hauraki Plains, NZ

Middle of nowhere, NZ. A coffee stop. Nothing to see.

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I went out and the guys finished up hanging panels and left. I get home and the panels aren't installed in the same places that are in the proposal. Literally zero panels on one roof aspect and more on another. Same number of panels, but less evening generation. I've been here all day, except […]

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essjax @essjax.m.essjax.com.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Many years ago I was in a hotel and went sleep walking in the night. I woke standing in a corridor with dozens of doors and rooms, and no idea which one I was staying in. The doors latch closed, of course. Thankfully I wore undertrunks to bed that night and I wasn't completely stark naked. Still […]

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