Posts by Yamis
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So he was arrested for sitting on his own car bonnet in traffic? I suppose you had to be there but I would have thought that after explaining the circumstances to the police they may have let him off with a warning not to be a plonker.
What are the chances of Auckland getting another daily paper? Anybody ever heard any serious moves being made to do it or is there simply no money in it?
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Hard News: Behaving badly at the bottom…, in reply to linger,
I got called up when I was in Korea, though they mailed it to my NZ address and I found out from mummy. Been called up at least twice more in the past 5 years but it's been at times in the school term when there's been NCEA assessment on and if the poor wee buggars have a relief teacher floundering through a topic they know nothing about and assessment (not really allowed anyway) then goodbye credits. So was let off it each time. I'm quite keen to do it but not when others are going to suffer while I satisfy my curiosity and other public service.
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"I'm pretty much sick of muck-raking and "how embarrassing" stories (we watch E! at home), "
Street cred evaporated in 5 words there. :(
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Been an interesting year for the Jets aye?
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to chris,
Not really Chris. It's just how they go about it in Korea. I should clarify what they film, it's when the family and friends arrive to bow before the coffin and make offerings etc. They are more often than not hysterical wrecks, or at least those are the people that the TV networks are more likely to choose for their audience to view.
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Hard News: Where nature may win, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Imagine my shock when I first started living in Korea and found that it is routine for TV camera's to be invited into funeral parlours to film family and friends in hysterics following the loss of loved ones. This of course only happens for the deaths of famous people or nationally significant deaths such as the 4 killed in the recent N Korean attack. But I found it appalling that people actually want to watch that. Family and friends collapsing to the floor and in tears and a TV camera right next to it all broadcasting for national TV. But I guess that's a big cultural difference that I'll never relate to.
I can't watch people in grief. I think it's an intensely private thing and I can't for the life of me think why people need to witness it who aren't directly connected.
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Deceiving photo though Thrash. I saw what you saw when I first had a look. Then just noticed the faint edge of the footpath and put the rest of it together.
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I'm kinda in both camps on this issue. I think cyclists could do a bit more at times to protect themselves, especially in certain areas. Out beyond Massey is quite a popular area for cyclists to train on the open roads so I always take care getting past them due to the speeds they are I are going at. In suburban areas I think cyclists need to be off the road at every chance they get purely because a lot of our roads are unsuitable for sharing at the moment. It's good to see more cycle lanes being put in and things made safer for road sharing like yellow lining more areas of road adjacent to cycle lanes but they can't do it to every street in the country.
I rode a bike on South Korean streets for years and they have twice the accident rate and twice the fatality rate per capita of NZ so I am always loathe to hammer NZ drivers. I tended to go for rides in the evening so I could use the footpaths at every opportunity. I've been to enough countries to know that we aren't the worst drivers in the world. Not even close.
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Hard News: I'm not a "f***ing cyclist".…, in reply to Thrash Cardiom,
@ Thrash, both cyclists in that photo are on the footpath. The cars you see are parked, the road is about 3-4 metres to the right of the roadside cyclist.
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What do people think about married couples who are both unemployed most of the time but continue to add to their family despite the fact they are already in state housing (3 bedrooms for 8 of them - by choice as it's cheaper) and can't afford to replace the broken windows in their vehicle or put child seats in it?
I'm referring to my neighbours who have six kids under the age of nine and are about to add a seventh. They do a good job of looking after and caring for them in a basic sense but there comes a point in time when the hole gets dug too deep.
I agree with the sentiments of Jackie's original post. I teach kids from all walks of life, parents in prison, parents on drugs, kids on drugs, in gangs, violent bullying thugs, in over crowded houses, who's idea of a holiday would be staying at their cousins house across town, and idea of entertainment is a fight at lunchtime where somebody got knocked out, and the majority of them are essentially nice kids...
Sadly far too many of them are caught in the poverty trap without developing the basic educational tools (academic and behavioural) to fight their way out. By the time Year 11, 12, 13 roll around the ships sailed.