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Wie geht's?
I've struggled to embrace NZ's hot topics lately, things like Prince Harry and his wife, and America's Cup racing.
Although, thankfully, Harry/Megan is no longer part of the news cycle, and America's Cup fever will surely die down now that we have retained it.
After NZ's yacht (named 'Te Rehutai' - the Māori word for sea spray) beat Luna Rossa, Wednesday's TV One 6pm news had only one story! Yes - one!
Thursday's had room for the rest of the world again, and even Covid news made a return with talk of a trans-Tasman flight bubble.
That's how fickle the news is.
That helps explain why I couldn't raise much enthusiasm for Megan and The America's Cup?
Plus, those worlds of royal celebrity gossip, and billionaire yacht owners hold little interest for me.
Airing family grievences to a global audience seems mean spirited to me, especially when it's so one sided and I just don't understand yachting - jibes and foils and such.
It didn't help that I was at work or travelling home when the races were being broadcast (I thought I'd gone to the wrong beautiful house when I walked in and my beautiful wife was watching the race live on TV - I did a double take and said - Jacky? Is that you?).
Sorry, but like skiing and equestrian events, yachting doesn't appeal to me at all. Too much faffing around, too much specialised equipment and too much of a specialised playing surface. And far, far too expensive.
I prefer a football that I can play anywhere at any time.
As a kid, I'd take myself off to Seymour Park with my brother and we'd spend hours kicking a ball around.
Simple things. Less is more. Occam's razor.
I'm still glad we won though and my Royalist sympathies remain intact, in case you were wondering.
Love and peace - Wozza
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