Posts by James Green
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Actually, I've just found an Auckland City Map, and if you look where the rail designation is, it's pretty clear that it would be fucked, if they ever got to building it where they have the land. It doesn't skirt, one edge, but go straight down the middle.
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Snap. You beat me to it Sam. I assume that the advantage of the rail corridor is in part that people have an expectation that something annoying might occur over their back fence, which would save money. Also, it seems like perhaps the Alan Woods Park that they're using is actually most of the rail designation? So I guess the rail would take a little more park....
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The diagram in the NZTA presentation appears to still show the possibility of a rail corridor aligned with the diversion. I'm still intrigued by the apparent money saving.
Also, this might be a n00b question, but to what extent are tunnel borers project specific? I note that the Waterview tunnel was going to have a bespoke machine, and I'm not sure how fast they might wear out or whatever, but it seems that for both road and rail options in the future, having tunnelling machinery and putting it to use round the place would seem like a logical thing to do?
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Being a scientist and former library-minion, I like to put things in order.
Crepe: Flour, Milk, Egg, Salt
Pancake: Flour, Milk, Egg, Salt, Baking Powder
Pikelet: Flour, Milk, Egg, Salt, Baking Powder, Sugar
Gems/American Pancake: Flour, Milk, Egg, Salt, Baking Powder, Sugar, Butter.
Tho of course the consistency changes, and my grandparents venerable Edmonds suggests butter as an optional add to the Pikelet. I only ever make pancakes, and I've long since forgone a recipe. -
the "B" rating
While I can't comment on your specific operation, the difference between an A and a B food rating is mostly in planning. It has very relatively little to do with the cleanliness of the store, but in your ability to do a lot of paperwork, outlining how these ingredients are kept separate form these other ingredients etc. Of course, hopefully this planning does have a positive effect on hygiene, but it may also be for lack of interest in the paperwork.
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Hilary -- surprised you can't get feijoas to grow in wellington. I have two trees down here, and they produce pretty prodigiously <whisper>although about 6 weeks later than every else</whisper>
And I have a suspicion that DB's lawsuit against GreenMan (I mean I'm not suing them), might be a bit of any publicity is good publicity. We were laughing in the supermarket the other day over the large white sticker proclaiming "cyclist" the other day.
Actually, the other day we were watching Parliament TV (hadn't tried it before), and they were discussing the new Patent Bill. Suspect that if its provisions also go as far as copyright, then DB would have no such claim over a name like Radler in future. Actually, seems the Patents Bill is just for patents.
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So, ha ha. I was describing this very blog post in the supermarket tonight (produce section), and happened at that very moment to see my go-to wine guy buying mushrooms.
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Stephen, Amy: you haven't lived until you've had a Southland cheese roll (recipe posted on request).
You mean Southland Sushi?
_____Also, I think its worth noting the buying power of supermarkets. I heard recently that Yellowtail (not that I recommend it), were not prepared to supply at the requested price, so are no longer being stocked (this isn't just applicable to wine). You meet the price the supermarket wants, or they can ditch *all* your products, not just the ones they're demanding a certain price over.
This was thrown into focus recently, with Progressive having a little stoush with the Dunedin City Council. "Progressive started paying its monthly accounts minus a 2.5% discount, an amount staff said was given by all its suppliers".
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Bloody do-gooder politically correct cyclists! If the government knew what was good for them, they'd build a road from Cape Reinga to Invercargill so that all mainstream New Zealanders could drive along it, which is what mainstream New Zealanders do. We don't faff about on bikes!!!!
Unfortunately, that's Garth George, not satire.
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Have you ever met anyone who did an IQ test and scored lower than 140?
Proper IQ tests are ranged. If you sat the most generic one (which I assume the online ones are modelled on), and you reasonably well, then you'd end up sitting successively harder tests. A short test would probably have perhaps one question designed to test at a 130-140 level.
So somewhat in answer to your question, I suspect the pool of people you know (and are prepared to 'fess up) are probably over 120, at which point they should be sitting a different (harder) test, and the results aren't valid.