Posts by recordari
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I, for one, welcome our New Haven (?) overlords, and all their stories. Living in Japan for a year, then being lucky enough to return to Asia several times a year for work (promoting education, in case you wondered) you do find yourself feeling a bit socially isolated at times, and there is a degree to which you need to pick your moments. But most people we know have travelled at some point, and can just be the way in which the discussion goes. If you start any conversation showing off about your week in Florence (I have photographs), then things might not go as you hoped.
I must say on here I just keep thinking about all the conversations I would dearly love to have with people who have shared experiences of foreign lands. Maybe we could have a ‘Sons /daughters for the return home’ party where the theme is the lives we have lead elsewhere. Sounds like a few of us could even do a slide show.
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Bart Janssen,
And no, I do not want to derail this thread honest.
You’d need a train for that, wouldn’t you? Toot toot!
ETA: Oh the puns, the puns! Avert your eyes.
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Lilith __,
And how do you finance a treehouse? Mortgage or hedge fund?
Like Jolisa, I'm hedging my pets.
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Sacha,
smart nanotech might help
They could call them Entwood houses.
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Busytown: Sons for the Return Home, in reply to Lilith __,
I wonder if you could train a tree to be a house
I think you'd have more luck training a house to be a tree. No, I'm not kidding either.
But oh the humble tree house. Monkey Mansion is my favourite. Only $10,450! Or there's this.
The problem with growing a house would surely be the wait? Especially if you wanted one with hardwood floors.
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Ever since reading your post I can't get the Diddy earworm out of my head. Fortunately, I like that song. Weird, eh?
As for schools not being overly enthusiastic about adopting the standards, the one our three go to in Sandringham is holding out pretty well. But, there is news of considerable pressure being applied to recalcitrant schools. There does seem to be a number of principals willing to stretch the limits of the offside line to the maximum though.
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Hard News: Chill out: it's a party, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
it would be really nice if the Herald would engage in some honest self-reflection about whether it adds value to public discourse.
But, according to today's Rugby Herald, it's 'The paper they read in heaven'. Divine status doesn't come with mirrors.
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Hard News: Chill out: it's a party, in reply to Russell Brown,
Moral panic in the wake of this incident inflated it in the popular imagination to a full-scale riot instigated by rebellious young people.
Priceless*. I imagine in years to come we'll be talking about people rioting up Queen Street as Dave Dobbyn took to the stage.
Wait, what?
* Ben had already used classic. Doh!
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Hard News: Towards the Truth, in reply to John Holley,
US Exceptionalism.
Fisk wrote in a related vein recently leading into the 911 memorials.
For 10 years, we've lied to ourselves to avoid asking the one real question. -
Field Theory: Straight for the throat, in reply to BenWilson,
The Irish victory is a windfall for the All Blacks, and for the Northern Hemisphere, it is likely to pit Australia vs South Africa in the quarters. ABs vs the winner, given they beat the pool B runner up (probably Scotland or Argentina).
Ireland vs probably Samoa for the first quarter, which I expect will be a huge game. Probably England vs France for the second quarter.
Just want to dwell on this for a moment. If you tried to put money on this before the tournament, I'm sure they would have politely advised you to come back when you're sober. This really is turning into a fantastic contest. Was quite prepared to jump in the car and drive to Hamilton this afternoon for Samoa Wales, but in spite of what the first page said, 'Allocation Exhausted' came up when I tried to go further.
Looking forward to next Sunday's game. If Samoa win today, it could be another huge one.