Posts by recordari
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What day is it today? Tuesday. Right so I'm ISFP. I wavered on the ex/in descriptors so much that I suspect if you get me on a Friday, it would be ESFJ (I'm notoriously Judgemental on a Friday).
The SF is pretty fixed though. Whoops, did somebody say Science Fiction?
But seriously, it does strike me that there is a continuum, and, at least for myself, I tend to shift along it fairly regularly. Wait until you catch me near a dancefloor with some old school house music on the decks.
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From the Auckland Trains blog:
How do you find time to read all these blogs? Oh, that's right, it's your job. Carry on...
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Lego House makes a much better ending.
Think I'll get the box set, as the chillin's haven't seen it yet. The Airfix one was so far my favourite. Although Meccano was brilliant also.
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I'm sure there's a logical train of thought on the tracks somewhere
Hey, did you see James May's Toy Stories last night? I love that programme. It is completely mad, and yet wholly enjoyable. The Mayor who got sick of standing around waiting for the damn model train to arrive, and retired to teh pub was priceless.
Must be great for the sales of the old toys of course. Oh no, do I have to be cynical about the motives now?
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Aha, so there is academic support for my argument after all.
Tall Poppy Syndrome: Implications for entrepreneurship in New Zealand.But yes, envy beheadings was a bit inflammatory.
Craig, from Australia;
Low Income Tax Offset
The Low Income Tax Offset (LITO) is a tax rebate for individuals on lower incomes. From 1 July 2009 it provides individuals earning less than $30,000 with a tax rebate of $1,350. The full offset is reduced by 4c for every dollar of taxable income above $30,000, meaning incomes greater than $63,750 do not receive any benefit.[3] The LITO creates an effective tax-free threshold of $15,000 for low income earners.
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But what about the BPA?
Oh well, long term degenerative disease is the least of our worries I guess when the big one comes.
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How about we don't cut taxes?
Actually I think we should, but it should be by making the first 14,000 threshold tax free. And if you want to keep the rich in check, make it means tested so it stays in place if you earn over 70k (the upper threshold). But I have no idea how much that would cost.
Think I better go read some Neocon propaganda, this place is turning me into a bloody Marxist.
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No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
John Donne 1624 -
Sorry to pick this particular quote out of the conversation, but I'd like to point out it's entirely possible to be an entrepreneur (or businessperson, or whathaveyou) without being right wing in the slightest, and I think the tendency we have to conflate the two isn't helpful.
I think the 'or' let's me off the hook? Yes, I'm fully aware of that. In fact the right/left tags generally leave me cold. Just following Peter's lead.
It is actually pretty tough for anyone trying to build worthwhile businesses at the moment. In spite of blowing on it, the pie is shrinking. If you aim to grow your share by investing in service quality, rather than blitzkrieg advertising, it's not actually the cheap option, and, as discussed elsewhere, seems to be a dark art studied in academia rather than enacted in real life. Not convinced anything done in this term, or the last, is going to make things easier.
As for Gio and Craig, speaking of 'Defence against the dark arts', can I make you a coffee, or do you prefer Red Bull?
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You started so well ... but taxes here are not high, and being a "tall poppy" doesn't stop anyone doing business (I'm buggered if I can recall any metaphorical "envy killings" either).
Look, I apologised once already. At least you got it was a metaphor ;-)
Now switching to iPhone for the post I was writing during second coffee... Hold the phone!