Posts by 81stcolumn
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Epic - Sleep well, you've earned it....
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Insider Outsider -
FWIW I work in education; my promotion was to a job that would in effect have doubled my salary and I have lived/worked in several English speaking countries across my career. Though me, her and new arrival are by no means rich, we do okay. Hence I looked for reasons other than money to go. I still feel I have a useful contribution to make to NZ with what I am doing. There are important differences between NZ and Australia that I value greatly. I make this point with the caveat that I and my partner made money overseas which was used to secure our modest comfort here (we own 80%) of our home. I hope this is of some help, if you want a more detailed dialogue just ping my email flag. -
Coke advert vs. Tagging: In terms of cultural vandalism I know which one wins.
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I'll second that. Just been head-hunted for Australia, turned it down....
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<smirk> I presume it would defeat the gesture if you were to fill them with ripped music......
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I confess to being amazed at how loony bile explosions get bigger. I always expect people to run out of hyperbolae(?) but they never do.
As an aside here's a shameful lesson in how nimbyism and affordable housing can really get out of hand: Lets go back to the 20th century to one of England’s most educated cities for the Cutteslowe walls incident. Yep they built a wall across a thoroughfare in order to keep the poor people out. What really gets to me is that the wall stood for more than 20 years. I understand now that certain parts of the council estate are derelict and in the process of being sold to a private developer.......
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Interestingly both the bridge on the right and the Britannia bridge at Menai were both built by Robert Stephenson. I know which bridge I prefer.
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Yeah that was to match this maximum security device behind it; built by Edward I to subdue we the natives.
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I reckon build the glorious new bridge, but don't trash the old one, turn it into a destination, build apartments and markets and shops and stalls. No road access, only pedestrian.
Then you'd miss out on stuff like this.
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Where else are people allowed to consume the product then decide not to pay?
Ahhhh the publishing industry where it is possible for me to create a piece of work, pay for it to be published/distributed and then pay again if I want to use it publicly, digitally or as a part of other work.