Posts by GLaird

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  • Hard News: RT: Eyjafjallajokull,

    You have to love the English and their dark sense of humour. Here's a joke lifted from an English mate's facebook page:

    Dear Iceland, we said "Send Cash".

    Thanks for the simulation of the volcano in Auckland harbour. It scared the crap out of my son when his grandparents took him to the museum last time we were in NZ. No wonder its pretty scary! I think stranded tourists will be the least of our concerns if that ever happens.

    AK • Since Oct 2009 • 12 posts Report Reply

  • Discussion: Closer to Home?,

    I'm a kiwi ex-pat too having lived in Sydney for the last 3.5 years, 8 years in and out of London and a year in NY during that time since I've been away.

    I now have two children and would come home tomorrow if I could find a job to fit my skills. That's the major thing that keeps me in Australia. I left NZ to experience a much bigger industry. I did that and was very successful in my chosen field, and now there really isn't any equivalent to what I do at home so I'm stuck in Sydney which is about as close as I can get as I can't work out what I would do if I came home now other than have to completely change my career.

    I am really grateful to Russell and Public Address as you allow me a window on home, or at least that liberal, coffee drinking, free flowing ideas side of New Zealand that I will always think of as home no matter where in the world I may happen to be.

    AK • Since Oct 2009 • 12 posts Report Reply

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