Posts by Paul Campbell
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I had this same discussion with the cab driver coming in from the airport on Sat - she blamed it on the local rugby people driving the VIPs around and tour buses - cabs weren't allowed as close to the game as buses were, and the city apparently closed different streets from the ones that they had marked on the maps they'd handed out to the cabbies - she was pretty scathing, the RWC organisation was a complete ballsup as far as she was concerned.
I had no problem getting a flight to the US and back with 0 notice, the planes aren't packed, I got a whole row to myself on the way back, I don't think there's a big rush of extra people coming for the end of the tournament
As someone else pointed out most hotels have to have a high occupancy rate if they want to be profitable - the RWC was never going to make them a lot extra, unless they gouged - the South Island however may be quite screwed here - with the RWC mob moving north (no more SI games now) all our RWC tourists are going too and many of the normal flow of tourists may still be staying away until it's over - my cabbie was quite pessimistic about this
(she still liked Mr Key's smile though)
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BTW I'm in the SF Bay Area at the moment - the media, in particular the NPR stations seem to be all Steve all the time today, it's a bit like a president died
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It's interesting I'm seeing this same argument about how to talk about Steve in other forums, what's appropriate at this point - my (very few) personal experiences of him are, um, somewhat negative - but I wont deny his brilliance. I'm kind of in two minds, he was what he was warts and all and the tech world is a better place.
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Hard News: Guess that Prince thing was…, in reply to Robyn Gallagher,
maybe it's better suited for those of us who aren't really into the game, but yet can't escape the massive role it takes in New Zealand culture.
Yes we can! I'm getting on a plane to the US within an hour .....
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There's a difference between knocking a bowling ball out of the park and knocking it into the crowd
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mmmm - chili chocolate - my old boss used to grow the most wonderful habañeros and bring them into work dipped in chocolate.
Best though is the dark chocolate blocks with the whole raw chilies in them from Mexico, I've never dared to try and bring one back into NZ - anyone got them past customs (after declaring them)?
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well one could argue that christianity is equally a satanic heresy - but yeah satanism needs christianity (or maybe rather an arbrahamic alta-ego of some sort)
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I work with people in China and Taiwan a lot, there typically one chooses an english name from a list when you start english classes ... I've been wondering how to explain to Randy, the engineer I work with a lot, about his name ....
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Up Front: It's Not Sex, and It's Not Education, in reply to BenWilson,
You'll see them gayly gadabout
they love to play and shout
they never have any caresYeah, but that was before HIV ....
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still doesn't answer the questions I had - which were mostly those things one picks up by osmosis from others the same age with kids as they grow (how to sign up for medical stuff, how to sign up at school) - the answers (just choose a doctor/school and go along with your passports) are probably so simple and obvious no one ever bothers to write them down - but if you've ever dealt with the US systems and the myriad associated form filling one expects a lot more