Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A chocolate bribe no longer works when it’s been in your pocket for 30 minutes. 031
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 06/10/2026As part of the package, the road will be renamed 17,000 Mill Road. 120
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Me too. Our school principal had prepped us all to vote by inviting the local National Party member to talk to assembly (no-one else). 010
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yes, illegal since the Strongyloididae parasites people caught from garden beetroot harvests near Canterbury dairy farms. Very dangerous. 130
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My mother has managed to pay the rent her whole life through her writing and acting. Never much, but enough. Amazing. Today, the hospital Dr at our whānau meeting told us her cancer is incurable. Her reaction, “So it’s time to write my autobiography.” 150
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m eating a very unusual hot pie for lunch. It seems to be a combination of mince and cheese and shrimp and chowder. The cafe was selling it at half price. 010
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Somehow I got organised this weekend. Among other projects, lunches for the week on the go - from scratch lentil curry and a green curry with naan and rice respectively. Why look forward to 5pm weekdays when you can look forward to 12pms! 030
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We did have our chance for a more distinctive flag. 020
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The easiest way to get low cost but nutritious veges is to become friends with a gardener. 000
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I made a sandwich to take to work today and the two slices my partner had left from the loaf were both crusts. Is this normal behaviour one would expect from a loved one? Nice sandwich though. 010
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Go for it! Lunch is definitely a big budget item if you’re buying every day. I don’t think the profit margin is very high though - rent probably takes a huge slice alone. 000
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It was warning the sea captains this morning as well, very confusing. 010
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Hi, I once flew from Auckland, New Zealand on 25 December to visit family members in Vancouver, Canada. Because Vancouver was 20 hours behind NZ, I got there earlier in the day than when I left. I travelled back in time! I also got two sets of Xmas presents. 040
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Walking the beach in carefully separated bubbles of 2-4. 020
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I based lunch around a crispy baguette from Shelley Bay bakery. Steak sandwich with seasonings, fried onions, lettuce, mayo and steak sauce. For dessert, I had bread crust with lashings of butter and peanut butter. 110
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 15/08/2026You live in Pōneke. This morning, tucked in from the cold, you’ve been watching clips of people eating delicious meals. You’ve had coffee. You now feel compelled to venture through the frozen wastes and bring back an ingredient or two to make a special lunch for two. Budget $15-$20. What will it be? 210
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Definitely gone too far and becoming too popular, driven by immigrants from Australia and the US. With new build homes in NZ it’s becoming standard now for the building firm to offer a bunker room as part of the package. 000
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Which burger Wellington option to go with for lunch. There are so many that it honestly took me hours to narrow one down. 030
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 09/08/2026So far at work, I am better than AI. When managers put my words through AI, the piece becomes longer, repetitive and at odds with organisational culture. AI is actually helping my colleagues appreciate what I can do. It’s fairly good at note taking, but again it misses things I have in my own notes. 180
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Thanks, I’ll check them out next time I’m in the vicinity. 000
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Once I’m done, it’s there as long as the pyramids. Taking my time! 110
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Now and then, I get the urge to buy takeaway fish and chips in Pōneke. On action, I am disappointed. I respect I won’t get a tasty piece of fish any more, so no longer try. I do have a quest to find the perfect potato fritter. Thinly sliced with crunchy batter. And store made chips. That so hard? 120
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Slow but steady progress with my stone terraces that shall one day be a garden. 2.5 of four walls done. I underestimated the volume of rain on weekends this winter. I’m happy to work in the cold, but cold and torrential rain not so much. So it will first be summer garden, not a Spring garden! 🌱🇳🇿 1201
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Tonight is the deadline for making online changes to the electorate you’re listed in for New Zealand’s 2026 general election. If you’ve moved since last election, haven’t updated what roll you’re on but think you may wish to vote, it’s easiest to sort things out today. vote.nz/enrolling/en...vote.nz 000
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 30/07/2026This time of year has the coldest nights but I enjoy the signs of Spring and Summer on their way. These grape canes are about to flower. This specimen was given to me for my new abode by someone growing a vine who got it from someone else who got it from me about ten years ago.🌱🇳🇿 0141
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I crumb them heavily, which I find locks in the primordial juices. If it was still legal, I’d add mountains of veg from the garden to the roast as well. 010
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 24/07/2026On the positive side, science has enabled us to resurrect several types of moa. We haven’t yet managed to get them established in the wild, but the farmed variety is superior to ostrich in my opinion. 120
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 24/07/2026People in New Zealand initially scoffed at the criminalisation of gardening in the 2000s. At first, to make the new laws enforceable, the Government used a scheme called Halt a Hoarder to pay incentives for citizens to dob in their neighbours. The scheme succeeded wildly. Then the executions began. 170
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The Catlins, the MacKenzie country, the Abel Tasmans 110
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Good point, now I’m aware, it can bother me too. Doesn’t happen in the Canterbury or the Otago but def on the West Coast. Not the Taranaki or the Taupō, but certainly Te Urewera. 010
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 10/07/2026From their investors. It’s the dot com bubble again. 000
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I no longer remember a day when the skies were blue and there was no rain. 000
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 06/07/2026There was once a day when the skies were blue and there was no rain. 110
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I forgot to ask why she was blacklisted 50 years ago. 070
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Mum was distressed during my visit today. She says it’s the first time in 50 years she’s been blacklisted by the public library. Got told off for not returning books and now she’s afraid to go back. The dementia told her she acquired the volumes at a book fair. She’s always been a voracious reader. 180
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 28/06/2026That’s insane pricing. I’ve been to the Temuka shop a couple of times recently, and their second-hand section charges six+ times that. 140
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Oh, I’m glad other people have seen it too. I thought I was hallucinating. 010
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Oh oh, we’re getting into one of the top internet war territories, 🐕 v 🐈⬛ possibly being top. 000
Pineapplelump @pineapplelump.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A guerrilla artist has created a work in my neighbourhood. 050
