Posts by Martin Lindberg
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From the GlobeSmart section on New Zealand (sorry, payment required for access):
Key Points:
New Zealanders are sociable and fond of small talk.
Appropriate topics for small talk include work, hometowns and regions,
family (without getting overly personal), travel, sports, recreational
activities, and film.
Few topics are taboo for discussion; politically controversial subjects
should be avoided.
New Zealanders tend to dislike being compared to Australians or grouped
together with them in conversation.
Note that New Zealanders are generally quite happy to hear foreigners
refer to them as "Kiwis.
Humor is highly valued in New Zealand; backslapping or boisterous
laughter is unusual, while irony, satire, self-deprecating humor, and dry
wit are appreciated in business settings. -
Do you think I'll ever get this thread back on topic?
Let's try:
I want my VDSL2. I believe it will start to be offered as a product sometime in the middle of this year.
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Already been done by some pointy-headed arty-farty foreigner
Those Danes!
Still, it's missing the all-important elimination aspect I demand from any Next Top <whatever>. But I suppose I can get all the elimination I need from Battle Royal
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Why not the best human?
I'm waiting for New Zealand's Next Top Human to hit the screen soon.
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The Fran Wilde Walk is a vast expanse of concrete designed solely for getting a large amount of people the fuck out of the stadium after an event.
That. But it was also a great place for my kids to learn to ride bikes and skateboards.
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The hostility to criticism in this thread is reaching truly heroic proportions.
Too critical?
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A supercity needs a superdisaster!
I want to know which superheroes we can expect.
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Terrible realisation: I apparently think most people in NZ totally suck. Oh dear.
Not just most people in NZ - it's a global phenomenon! ;-)
But no, I can only see nightmare scenarios as well. Most people who want this seem to get annoyed about particular issues where they don't agree with how their taxes are spent. They seem to forget that they may agree with the remaining 95% of tax spend. The effort required to be directly involved with all tax spending would be, well, taxing.
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Q: Anyone wonder why lefty intellectuals get stereotyped as elitist?
A: Is it something to do with wanting the best for everybody?
ROFL! Classic.
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But, leaving Graphic Design to lay people is not, and trust me on this, the same as leaving brain surgery to a plumber.
No, it's not the exactly the same. I'll give you that. I'd still prefer my rates to be spent on the services of a professional designer, not on a New Zealand's Next Top Graphic Designer competition. Although that would be kinda fun to watch on tv.