tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45253486899527523112024-03-18T16:03:38.909+13:00You're underthinking itMany times in my life people say to me that I am over thinking things, and for too long I listened to them. Well no more, I am not overthinking things, you my friends are underthinking them....Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-62566038090138541052013-09-24T14:27:00.000+12:002013-09-24T16:01:53.221+12:00Underthinking Australian CoinsAs an unemployed person living in Australia, but working from a NZ bank account for the time being. I find myself living in a world that I thought died out years ago alongside Chatter rings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah, I didn't get the point of them either, Fan of early Mike Myers films.</td></tr>
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And no I am not talking about a world without Internet, how do you think I am writing this if that were the case?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And no I am not writing it as text messages on phone with no SIM and flying them out on a Pigeon. Because I know that's what you were thinking.</td></tr>
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No I am talking about a world of cash, living back home I would be lucky if I had more than $20 in my pocket, everything was done electronically since there were no fees, and I wasn't a drug dealer so I wasn't being paid in cash.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I may have been a drug baron, but I wasn't a drug dealer.</td></tr>
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Since over here, it costs me like $4 a withdrawal, I am living in a world of cash and it is strange and foreign to me, for starters I had to relearn how to use an ATM.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">According to the internet I need to be female between 20-35, and not look at the machine at any point.</td></tr>
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Once I had successfully retrieved my money from the machine I went to put it in my wallet. However having lived in a cash-free society my wallet doesn't really have receptacles for notes anymore.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah you can get your 50 in there smart guy, show me how you get it out.</td></tr>
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When I spent my first note on something, the situation became even more dire. It is exasperated by the fact in Australia they seem to be going for some sort of world record for the world's largest coin.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can barely move it across our coffee table, how am I meant to transport it?</td></tr>
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The best part is it isn't even there most valuable coin, it's the third most valuable coin. So I got worried, if this was only their third most valuable coin, how much bigger do they get, what sort of belt am I going to have to get to keep my pants up carrying all these coins?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even one with metal reinforcing would be no match for these behemoths. </td></tr>
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But it turns out I didn't need to worry the Australian's have built their coins in some sort of pyramid formation with apex, at the 50 cent piece, then they descend in size.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think they realised they got too big with the 50 and had to make some sort of logical pattern.</td></tr>
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Their $2 coin is the same size as their 5 cent piece?! To be fair it is fatter but still. And why do they still have a 5 cent piece? Seriously as an unemployed person I want to know because if there are things in Australia I can buy for 5 cents I want to know what they are.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To be fair there was a time I could probably put a deposit on a house in NZ for Australian 5 cents. But not anymore go NZD!</td></tr>
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There is an upside to this tiny $2 coin though, a couple of weeks ago I went out with $100 in my pocket and after buying a few beers and dinner I only had like $30 in notes in my pocket. I thought to myself I knew this country was expensive but $70? I then put my hand in my other pocket and pulled out a handful of coins expecting them to add to maybe $4.50 (obviously with no 50 cent pieces, I can't even get one of them in my hand). Turns out I had about $20 in $2 dollar coins just in my pocket, so I can imagine cleaning out one's couch or backseat of a car could mean you can pay off the power bill.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or go swimming. (Allegedly)</td></tr>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com243tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-50807157732240186042013-09-20T09:55:00.000+12:002013-09-20T09:55:06.074+12:00Underthinking Melbourne Zoo<br />
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Being an unemployed person affords one a lot of spare time, and I think I finished the internet ( I won't spoil it for you, but let's just say Rick Astley plays a very important part), so I needed to find some new activities.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately we don't have bunks YET, so there is not much room for activities</td></tr>
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One of the reasons Melbourne seemed like a good destination to move to, was the fact it had a Zoo. I figured going midweek would mean we would have the Zoo to ourselves save for some old people, mothers & homeless people seeking shelter in the butterfly enclosure. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am going to need more butterflies if I am going to hide overnight.</td></tr>
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But turns out I picked the day every school in Victoria decided to do a field trip to the Zoo.There were so many school kids there that when we had lunch, we thought we had accidentally taken a wrong turn and were eating at a school canteen.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each of the cliques wore a different school uniform.</td></tr>
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While I am talking about the lunch you would have thought that people at the Zoo would be able to recognise animals.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because whatever animal they killed to make these nuggets, it sure as hell wasn't a chicken.</td></tr>
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Some of the parental behavior at the Zoo, also left a lot to be desired, more then one parent stood idly by while their small child screamed at small animals (and I mean directly at them). I wasn't expecting them to yell or tell the child off, but maybe just explain to them its quite scary when something larger then you makes a lot of noise for no reason.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"What the hell man!"</td></tr>
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My personal favourite parent though, was the lady who decided to dangle her small baby into a deadly animal's cage, and didn't seem to blink an eyelid as the animal within paws reach eyed up the child with great interest. Admittedly this deadly creature was a wombat but still have you seen the claws on those things. </div>
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While I spent over 6 hours at the Zoo, I was able to walk everywhere, whereas the animals are confined to a much smaller area, so I did wonder what they spend the day doing? The Gorillas seemed to be plotting something evil?</div>
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The other Primates on display were given tools to play with, to keep there minds active....</div>
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I also watched with interest as the Zookeepers cleaned the Elephant cage with great care removing the dung and the uneaten cabbages from the last feeding. They took forever to do this while the Elephants waited impatiently at the gate.</div>
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My girlfriend said she would be annoyed if a restaurant took that long to let her in, just to do the final dusting, I pointed out she should be grateful the restaurant let her back in if she had shat all over the place last time she was there. But after all that cleaning, I then observed as the Elephants came in and stood on the new cabbages before eating them, I wondered if the Elephants were that bothered, or if perhaps dirt is to Elephants, what salt is to Humans.</div>
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##Disclaimer: While some of the captions and photos imply the Zoo is not taking care of the animals properly, they are intended for humour purposes only. The Zoo is doing a great job and I highly recommend a visit.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-44995062373960319472013-09-16T13:00:00.000+12:002013-09-16T13:00:00.481+12:00Underthinking it : The Great Australian Unemployment TourSo you might have noticed that since my last entry the Earth has made a full rotation around the sun, and then some, and the question on many (estimations range wildly from 1-100000) people's lips is "Why?"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Due to the large size of Mick Jagger's lips, there are lots of things on them, so it is a safe assumption "Why hasn't there been an Underthinkingit blog in over a year?" is one of them.</td></tr>
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Well truth be told it was a culmination of many things, actually two things, it was a culmination of two things.<br />
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So because I love all of you so much I remedied the situation by becoming unemployed, and then moving to Australia. </div>
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The other benefit of moving to Australia is, there is room for new material. So it is with great pleasure we announce the return of Underthinking it. </div>
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So where to begin, well I have been here for a two weeks now, and I have made a few observations about how my life will be very different. Today I want to look at <b>Beer Sales.</b></div>
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They call Australia the lucky country because of all their mineral wealth, and their ability to win Winter Olympics medals on the back of <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/speed_skating/news/2002/02/16/bradbury_ap/">not falling down</a>. But the thing is they need the wealth to afford to pay for booze, in fact the speed skater probably didn't fall down because he couldn't afford enough beer. I have picked up two errors in their sales of beer.</div>
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<b>1/. The imported beer costs the same as the local beer.</b></div>
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I went to the local IGA....</div>
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...to purchase some beer, I surveyed my options. Just to give some context to this story I am in Melbourne, which is in Victoria, given this I figured that VB would be a cheap option, it was 14.99 for a 6 pack, so I continued to survey. I found Peroni (an Italian beer) was 13.50 a 6 pack, I am not sure what they don't understand about pricing, but surely transport would be a factor, and last time I checked Italy is further from Melbourne then Melbourne is. But just to be sure I ran some tests.</div>
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So either Italy are in possession of some sort of teleporter, that the rest of us aren't, or VB is using some seriously expensive transport.</div>
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<b>2/. The reluctance to sell me a 12 pack</b></div>
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The more astute readers will have noticed I was comparing 6 packs and would have said of course its expensive, you need should buy in bulk. The problem is in Australia the next multiple of beer after 6 is buttloads. </div>
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They have skipped the 12 and went straight to the 24, which would be okay, except I live in a smallish apartment with 4 other people and we don't have storage space for 24 beers. Well I mean we could but then we would have to not eat.</div>
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And if I am heading off to a party I don't want to take 24 beers, nor do I wish to take 6. If I take 24 I have to lug a huge carton around on the public transport, then when the party moves to town, realise I am leaving 11-15 beers behind and well that is just too high a flat tax. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Did you actually take a drink? or did you spit some of the last sip back into the bottle?"</td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-67213635170815474112012-04-11T23:07:00.002+12:002013-09-23T01:13:15.685+12:00Underthinking Twitter's UsefullnessSo today I spotted a headline on that read <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/6723950/Twitter-saves-carjacked-man-stuck-in-car-boot">"Twitter saves carjacked man"</a> this caught my attention, I mean I had heard of someone called Twiggy, but Twitter what an unusual name.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twiggy didn't talk about her brother Twitter that often.</td></tr>
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Having a unusual name is cool, but I don't know if it is new worthy, perhaps this Twitter, was some sort of animal who had thwarted the car-jackers?<br />
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Turns out the story was talking about the website twitter, which is designed to let people send their text messages to everyone in the world instead of to a specific person. I thought this will be interesting maybe the guy tweeted his message and then it got re-tweeted until the car-jacker saw it, and felt bad pulled over and let the guy out.<br />
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Nope wrong again, turns out the guy texted his girlfriend, who tweeted the number plate and told people to be on the look out for that car. Oh that't cool someone saw the tweet and then caught the guys?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Get out of the car, I know its stolen I saw the tweet"</td></tr>
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Not quite, someone, hopefully the girlfriend called the police, who used the man's cellphone to trace the car and arrested the car-jackers and freed the man. This news was then relayed via Twitter. Twitter is then credited with saving this man.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wait, What?!"</td></tr>
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My thoughts exactly Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson, it appears to be that Twitter did nothing in this situation at all it was merely an on-looker in this entire situation that reporter the events as it happened. Remove Twitter from the story the man still gets saved, unless of course the girlfriend didn't ring the police and someone who read the original tweet did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ugh, My stupid boyfriend has been carjacked and I don't know what to do?"</td></tr>
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This is the equivalent of honoring the radio broadcaster who was announcing live how the pilot managed to safely land the jet on the Hudson river. They told you what was happening, but they weren't really implicit in the heroic act.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Here's the real hero, I just landed the plane, she announced it"</td></tr>
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My real question is why did the car-jackers put the guy in the boot, and not just leave him on the side of the road? If you were going to kill him, kill him there, I mean were they planning on dropping him home?<br />
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<span lang="EN-NZ">I always apologise for not writing enough, so I won’t today, but attempt
to win you back with dedicated writing of the blog, also I have been asked by
many people to start it up again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ">So today I have been thinking about this <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6683053/No-work-this-week-for-26m-Lotto-winner">story</a>,</span><span lang="EN-NZ"> where a checkout operator in training in Countdown has
won 26.5 million dollars in the lotto, and has vowed to remain at work. On
first glance this seems like a good decision I mean money shouldn’t change your
life, and sure he has a lot of money now but it could disappear quickly, so
retaining employment is a wise decision, and you don’t want to leave others in
the lurch with your sudden departure. Then I thought a bit deeper about
the situation, firstly it is not like it would be hard to replace him, nor is
his work so specialized its of vital importance for the company to retain him.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Unlike the safety inspector at Chernobyl –who quit the day after he won lotto with disastrous results</span> </td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><o:p> </o:p></span>Secondly it’s not like he needs the job right now, Labour keeps banging
on about the high rate of unemployment, surely he is a position now to step
aside and let a schoolgirl do his job. </div>
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Thirdly he didn’t win $10000 which is handy but not life-changing he won
26.5 millions which if invested wisely is enough that one never has to work
again. At the very least this amount of money gives you a buffer to take a few
years out to retrain in a field with a more stable progression path and one in
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<span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Although on the wise investment front, I am not sure
Trevor is up to it, I mean theoretically he already has no money. On Campbell
live last night he said, and I quote </span><span lang="EN-NZ">"Mate, I could bet you $26.5 million I'll be at that check out
tomorrow morning. The company I work for is just one big family, we all look
after each other. I couldn't ask for a better place to work.". The story
confirms Trevor didn’t show up to work this morning, and in NZ verbal contracts
are binding, especially recorded ones. So I guess this means John Campbell is
$26.5 million dollars richer.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-NZ">Trevor cited the people he works with as a reason to stay in his job, surely at his job it would be frowned upon to just hang out a lot, so Trevor could just arrange to meet his favorite colleagues ever night or every Friday at the local for a drink. Also how much does Trevor actually love his workplace seeing as he brought the winning ticket at a Foursquare, when he works at a Countdown?</span><br />
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Trevor claimed he lived
week-to-week like 90% of people, (I am pretty sure he made up that statistic,
2/3 of people know you can just make up statistics). I am sure on minimum wage
he was tight for cash, but surely asking your mum for $50 for petrol so you can
show her your 26.5 million winning lottery check is really tight. I think
Trevor may have been living day-to-day at best. Surely if you have a guaranteed
26.5 million coming, you could splurge on a tank of gas.<br />
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of this story is where Trevor is described as “NZ most eligible bachelor”,
interesting no source is given, I am guessing his mum said that. I don’t mean
to be presumptuous but I don’t think being lucky enough to win lotto is a trait
women tend to look for in a mate. The type of woman you attract, that have bank
balance at the top of their ideal qualities in a mate are probably not the type
Trevor wants or needs. Incidentally I am pretty sure Cleo just named <a href="http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/news/mount-man-named-nzs-sexiest/1326646/">NZBachelor of the year </a>last week and Trevor wasn’t even in the running.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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First of all the only reason that this was sent to the high court, was a consortium lead by Sir Michael Fay, who bid $40 million dollars less than the Chinese Bid and were upset they didn't win it. <br /><br />
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No, 44th President of the United States Barak Obama, they were offering $40 million dollars less then the winning bid, so they lost.<br />
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Yes, especially since the High Court ruling states that the economic benefit of selling to the Chinese needs to be reconsidered. Well here's a start it's $40 million beneficial to sell to the Chinese then it is to Fay and co. <br /><br />
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Michael Fay's argument is that the land is going to be taken out of New Zealand ownership, which is bad. I see two flaws with his arguement.<br /><br /><b>A/. He is not adverse to selling NZ assets to foreigners. </b><br /><br />In the 1980's to fund his yacht racing habit, as well as embark on a breeding programme to produce a great NZ singer.....<br />
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... Sir Mick decided to buy up NZ rail and sell all the valuable copper to foreigners at a profit. Sounds good, except the copper was quite important for a efficient rail network.<br /><br />
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<br />So I am not entirely convinced he wouldn't buy the farms and then turn around and sell them to some other foreigner. <br /><br /><b>B/. They aren't in NZ hands</b><br />
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Last I checked the Crafers went bankrupt and since they owed most of their money to the Banks, the Banks now own them. Which banks I am not entirely sure, but I do know it's not Kiwibank, and thanks to their little green car, I know the other banks are Australian owned.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little green car of Knowledge as I like to call it.</td></tr>
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So even worse than Chinese people owning it, the Australians do!<br />
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Maybe that's why Russell "Rusty" Norman is so against selling it to the Chinese?<br />
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<br />So I don't think Michael Fay has got a case, in saying that I don't necessarily think its a good thing to sell to the Chinese, but I think the Overseas investment offices rules need to be tightened. The first point should be to check if we can buy land in the country of the person wanting to buy land here. <br />Because as far as I am aware I can't buy Chinese land, so they shouldn't be allowed to buy land here. Do unto others blah blah...<br />
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I guess the biggest flaw I see in this whole thing was the idiot that allowed the Crafer's to put this land into one big parcel, so the receiver is trying to sell it as one. If the farms had remained as 17 independent units it would be easier to sell to Kiwi farmers. <br />So I guess, I can't believe I am saying this, I agree with Winston Peters..<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-37625106484632247492012-02-01T14:28:00.003+13:002012-02-01T14:28:34.854+13:00Underthinking ManlinessSo I have started to notice these strange ads coming out of America, regarding the manliness of his drink choice. Which we have all done before, there are just certain drinks that a man shouldn't drink unless he is on his stag do and it is some sort of humiliation.<br />
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That is fine, especially since the topic of these ads are light beer, which is like real beer but with less calories. And what is more unmanly then counting calories. <br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light beer here. My tushie is getting too big.</td></tr>
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But apparently after watching the ad (below) that wasn't what they were getting at....<br />
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Apparently it is unmanly NOT to drink light beer, say what?! This is would be a pretty good ad apart from the conclusion they are making. <br />So a real man will choose his drink based on the calorie content of it? This doesn't seem right. What's the calorie content of your favourite beer legendary All Black Colin Meads? <br />
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Exactly I thought as much, in fact outside of America how many beers market themselves on calorie content. In NZ, light beer is beer with a lower alcohol content. Not less calories, in fact does anyone know, do we have low calorie beer in this country?<br />
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I think maybe if they had targeted this ad, to suggest that not drinking light beer was 2nd most unhealthy decision today it would have made more sense since watching your calorie intake is more to do with your health than you manliness. <br />
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I guess everyone has differences of opinion of what makes a man a man from wrestling bears for entertainment, to just being a good father.<br /><br />
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But I am pretty sure on anyone's list from Staff Sgt. Max Fightmaster (it's a real name, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/27/iraq/main575441.shtml">see</a>!) to the most feminist of feminists, no one would suggest that drinking a low calorie beer made you manly.<br />
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What frightens me even more is that it wasn't just one advertising agency that took low calories to mean more manly.<br />
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So on my drive yesterday I heard on the radio some boy has been charged on <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10781568">5 counts of endangering transport.</a> At first I thought what the hell was this kid doing that he endangered TRANSPORT? Did single-handedly wipe out all the oil in the world? as well as all forms of alternative energy, and all animals of carrying load? Who is this person?</div>
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Reading on further it turns out the name of the charge that means you did something to endanger a single unit of transport as opposed to all of it.<br />
This kid had been sitting at his house with his laser pointer at planes overhead as well as the police helicopter that was looking for him, because that is how he planned to stay incognito.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look Bill, there are like a million houses down there, we will never find this kid...Oh wait there he is"</td></tr>
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Some of you, are saying big deal, a wee dot isn't going to effect a pilots ability to fly. That is true but by the time that wee dot reaches the plane it is enought to light up the whole cabin.<br />
Presumably that they have achieved the Disco effect for the Richard Simmons in-flight instructional.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Tell that kid with the yellow laser he has got it just right'</td></tr>
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But it actually is really dangerous, I am not saying the prosecution is underthinking. I don't actually understand the motivation of people that point the laser pointers at planes as they fly overhead. The impact on the pilots is horrendous, but from the ground you can hardly tell you have a plane can you?<br />
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How fun can it actually be? If you actually want to have fun with a laser pointer you just point it at the wall and confuse the family cat.<br />
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Haha, hilarious. but I digress. Although that video has 26,000 views maybe I should just change this site, into collection of cats chasing laser videos.<br />
But maybe we misunderstand the miscreant, maybe he was trying to point out a plane flying by to one of his friends, and they just couldn't see it. We have all tried to show someone something in the distance and been exasperated by the experience.<br />
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You get to the point where you feel like grabbing their head and twist it in the correct direction and even then they still manage to not see it.<br />
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The poor kid was probably going through a similar situation and said screw it, I am using a laser pointer because this is getting ridiculous.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-12486282238427401742012-01-23T14:14:00.000+13:002012-01-23T14:14:07.929+13:00Underthinking Awkward questions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I missed Friday's entry sorry about that, was slightly busy being a Doctor. <br /><br />
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So my apologies, in the weekend I was reading an <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/6294745/Kids-questions-parents-fear">article</a> that suggested it had the top 10 most awkward questions asked my kids. I was looking forward to reading this article, to see some cringe-worthy questions. I was expecting "Where do babies come from?", "Why were you and Uncle Francisco wrestling on the bed last night?" and "How long until you give birth dad?"<br /><br /> <br />
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Instead what I got was a list of questions that were reasonably difficult to answer on the spot, but anyone with a normal education should have an educated guess at, or a smartphone could answer in 3 seconds. <br />
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The only thing awkward about these questions was the fact you weren't clever enough to give the answer or know how to find it out immediately. I knew the article was off to a bad start when it listed three question in what it claimed was order of increasing difficultly.<br /><br />1/. "Would a shark beat a dinosaur in a fight?"<br />
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It claimed question 3 was near impossible to answer, where as it is probably the easiest to answer as it has a numerical answer, something do with Newtons laws and what not but a quick trip to the google machine nets an estimate of 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. <br />
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Question 2, I guess slightly more abstract and you can mumble things about the light spectrum and rainbows, until google tells you it is because of the Rayleigh scattering. <br />Question 3. which they claim is simple is probably the hardest of all the questions due to the lack of information in the formation of it. Google was no help at all. First of all what kind of shark and what kind of dinosaur are we talking about. If it was a dogfish vs a Raptor then probably a Raptor as evidenced by these photos.<br />
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Even if you knew the species in the fight, the location of the fight would probably have a large effect on the outcome, on land - Dinosaur, in the deep sea - Shark. In the Shallows then all bets are off. Would the t-rex's short arms prove a hindrance? Would it just be able to fall on the shark? In which case is there even a winner?<br /><br />
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<br />Most of these questions can be answered with some basic knowledge for example, <b>Question 10.</b><span style="font-size: small;"><b> Why are there different time zones on earth?</b>
</span> the earth is spinning on its axis, that creates the day and night, therefore different areas will have the sun rise at different times so we have arbitrarily decided to peg sunrise to about 6-7 am to do this we need split the earth into timezones. How arbitrary are they you ask? Well <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Russia#2011_zone_boundary_changes">Russia decided it had too many so just got rid of 2 of them</a>. <br />
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Some are slightly more zen. <b>Question <span style="font-size: small;">6. Why is water wet? </span></b><span style="font-size: small;">There is no real answer to that. Go try and answer it. - I will concede that one</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Also how old are these kids? If we are talking under 7's - what are they asking how to do long division for? </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Dad I have worked out the average size of a lego block and the size of my castle can you teach me long division so I can estimate the number of legos I have?"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One brightspark suggested all you needed to do to answer these questions was to check out <a href="http://www.anyquestions.co.nz/">www.anyquestions.co.nz</a> which sounded like a wonderful resource where librarians teach kids how to answer questions. And too be fair for how to find out things like selling NZ land it gave good links. <br />For more knowledge based questions it suggested you use "Google" or as a hot tip try using "Wikipedia", because a 10 year old kid wouldn't have tried there first. You could rewrite that entire website, so it was just a landing page that had a link to Google. <br /></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Come here kids, and I will teach you a secret, I don't know anything either. Just google it"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-38999494982895893202012-01-18T13:07:00.000+13:002012-04-12T00:29:45.981+12:00Underthinking SunscreenSo, I am currently thinking 3 a week. Monday-Wednesday-Friday, but we will see how we go. <br />
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So today I was reading about a<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/6272534/Quality-sunscreen-fails-to-protect"> young lad who suffered 2nd degree burns on his shoulders. </a>The first thing that struck my attention was this kid was named Angus Pattie, so I presumed it was a story about a man who burnt his meat patty on the Barbecue and to make the story out of it he gave the patty a name. Because that is my understanding of how journalism works, personalize the story.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh No. Not Angus! He was my favourite.</td></tr>
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Then I thought well hang on a minute Angus is a type of cow, so the media were just alerting people to the danger of burning prime beef patties, because the price of meat and milk and stuff going through the roof.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It's just sickening that a solo mother of 8 can't afford to eat Prime beef every meal of the day in this country, and to top it off it burns more easily."</td></tr>
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But no that wasn't the case, in best case of giving a child an apt name since Alden Cockburn the world famous Urologist.....<br />
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.... a kid who had used the Cancer society approved sunscreen had received 2nd degree burns (or got cooked, get it Angus Pattie got cooked) after allegedly spending 1 hour in the sun. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"What are you doing in there, Angus?"<br />
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I actually believe he was in the sun, and sorry if offended Angus. But what is the cancer society putting their name all over the worst sunscreen that we have? (again allegedly, I have heard from other people aside this story though, that this is the case).<br />
Is the cancer society president an vampire (a real one, not one of those twilight fags), and figures if he can't go in the sun no one else should too, therefore if they think they are using the best sunscreen and still getting burnt, then they should just stay inside??<br />
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Surely if you are the Cancer Society, you should be only lending your name to products you know will protect people using them. So people can say the Cancer society approves it, it must be good. <br />
Did they test it? When did they test it? <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yeah, your not burnt at all, this stuff totally works"</td></tr>
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I mean that was always my presumption. Cancer society says this stuff is good, and they also say the best protection is to stay out of the sun, so this stuff must be incredible, like wearing shade. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bill (middle) had forgot to put the shade on his face.</td></tr>
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I am not sure why the Cancer society would put their name on an inferior product, (I am basing that on the story, where the pharmacist refuses to stock it because it is overrepresented in complaints). Is it to do with price, because surely its better to have people pay more and know they are covered, rather then save money but only think they are covered and take more risks, not wearing t-shirts or seeking shade? <br />
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If you want my recommendation, use the sunscreen that people use to write on themselves with, if it can leave skin underneath pasty white, while the rest burns to a crisp, it must be good!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I wished they had used Cancer society sunscreen then I wouldn't have this burnt into my back"</td></tr>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-11112857080581639652012-01-16T15:52:00.000+13:002013-09-23T01:08:19.722+12:00Underthinking Food LabelsWhat the s**t Azzy! Is what you are all saying right now. You haven't posted in over 2 months and now you want us to just return and read your blog? <br />
The simple answer is Yes, I know it will take a while to restore the good faith of my readers but I will attempt to start blogging regularly again in the hope to help you pass the dreary work day. Hopefully my two month absence coincided with you sunning yourself in the South Island, and relearning how to swim in the North Island.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yeah, just off to the Boxing day sale in Taranaki and you?"</td></tr>
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What have I been doing, well numerous things <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to eradicate Hippies. (apparently I have put on weight and look slightly cartoony)</td></tr>
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I went to Taiwan to attend a Chinese Wedding<br />
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And Misc other things. So why now, why return to my platform of rage against the underthinkers. Well I was watching the news the other day and I saw an<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.3news.co.nz/New-soft-drink-campaign-uses-exercise-hours-as-deterrent/tabid/420/articleID/239171/Default.aspx"> item</a> regarding a plan to place labels on soft drink to indicate to people how much exercise they would have to do to work off the calories in the drink.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stupid special on 2.25 litre coke, now I have to do this All women's aerobics class.</td></tr>
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This is all well and good but like most academics in their ivory towers they have managed to completely oversimplify the situation. (Incidentally I am referring to some one in an ivory tower, as an unworldly dreamer,<a href="http://www.underthinkingit.com/2010/08/video-store-for-overthinker-by.html"> as opposed to the poor princess that gets named Moonchild by that idiot Sebastian</a>.) <br />
All they did was take the calories in the drink and then calculated what sort of exercise would be required to burn them off.<br />
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Good question world famous musician Pink, I am glad you raised it. It is my understanding that doing anything burns calories. <br />
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Sure this isn't enough to burn the 141 calories in a can of coke, but it is a start, using this <a href="http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc">calculator</a>. I discovered just sitting for 30 mins burns 43 calories, so if I just sit for 1.5 hours I have burnt off the can of coke. <br />
The only relevance the 1 hour running for a can of coke, the academics has come up with, is if you are a corpse, who for some reason or another feed a can of coke, and were then re-animated and needed to burn it off. <br />
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If you are like 99.9% of my readership and you are alive, you are burning calories just by your mere existence. <br />
The only other way this equation works is if they start with the assumption people are eating exactly the right amount of calories to cover basic bodily functions every day and that can of coke was on top, in which case you would have to add on the hour run. But how many people are living their lives on such precipice?<br />
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Now I am not saying that drinking Fizzy isn't bad for you, I am just saying that food label is kind of pointless, and oversimplifies the situation quite dramatically. <br />
I mean why not put these labels on all foods not just unhealthy ones? There is a 105 calories in a Banana. <br />
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The difference is of course, in unhealthy foods the calories are unbalanced compared to the amount the food actually fills you up, meaning you will eat more and take in more calories than you require. <br />
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Upshot is if you want to lose weight remember to keep the following equation in the negatives. <br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-85380888986181724622011-11-07T15:03:00.004+13:002011-11-07T15:04:09.857+13:00Underthinking Racist Caddies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where have I been? I have been trying to liberate the town centre from hippies. Unfortunately I am a pacifist and hippies while unemployed and smelly seem to have a encyclopaedic knowledge of NZ legal system and have managed to find loopholes that let them live rent free in the Octagon.<br />
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Seriously do they just discuss legislation during their drum circles? But enough about hippies I am trying to wean myself off talking to them, due to their ability to constantly talk in circles, their conversations last forever.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This hippy died when his wife tried to ask him if he wanted coffee, and he just kept responding I am the 99% and corporate greed. Incidentally his wife never did find out if he wanted that coffee.</td></tr>
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What has perked my interest today is this <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/golf/5919845/Williams-case-closed-but-will-reopen-in-Sydney">story </a>pretty much is what it boils down to his Tiger Woods ex-caddy (read professional bag carrier) Steve Williams ...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am currently on minimum wage + tips, if this was a set of golf clubs I would be on 10% of millions of dollars. I made a poor choice.</td></tr>
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...said he when awarded the prize for best caddy celebration that ''It was my aim to shove it up that black arsehole.''
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Now I know what you are thinking amateur proctology is not the best reason to win an award.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Seriously I thought you were kidding, I could have lived with an Oscar, but a Golden Globe!"</td></tr>
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But apparently people are upset at the racist comment, that I have somehow missed, I know he referred to it as black, but that's not racist. Its not discriminating Tiger woods for the colour of his butt, and remember we are talking about golf, where some people probably would have discriminating Tiger for the colour of his butt in years gone by.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am looking at you Augusta.</td></tr>
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Its not the cleverest or most witty line in history, but bearing in mind what Steve Williams does in his spare time.... <br />
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.. it was probably the best he could come up with, and it certainly wasn't racist. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If I told you to go get the white guy for an interview, I am not being racist, I am being informative</td></tr>
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<i>*Note I am aware in this picture I could have said guy with lanyard or watch. But lets presume I just knew there were two guys one black, one white who were wearing the same t-shirt, but had no idea about the number of accessories they had. </i><br />
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I fear that we are becoming too sensitive in this day and age, just referencing someone's skin colour isn't racist. If I attribute traits to someone because of their skin colour then I am being racist. <br />
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However if I reference someone's skin colour and you call me a racist for doing so, then I can't help but think you have automatically attached negative stereotypes to that skin colour making you the racist one. <br />
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Also before I leave I want to tell you about my 6th form English class we were asked to cast "The Crucible" and when it came to the ministers slave from Barbados, we all thought Whoopi Goldberg would be a good choice. We were told that was just stereotyping, by our English teacher, however he didn't bat an eyelid when we were going through old actors to play the elderly minister<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starring Justin Bieber as the 70 year minster, because we don't stereotype in this class.</td></tr>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-72049662007068646952011-10-18T13:25:00.001+13:002011-10-27T16:06:37.094+13:00Underthinking "The Occupation" Tent saleSo for those of you unaware the DCC has recently had quite a lot of large expenditure. From the Stadium with an identity crisis.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hi my name is Forsyth Barr, except when a world cup is on, then you can call me Otago"</td></tr>
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To a giant I am not sure what, but I am pretty sure its gross.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"What size batteries does this take?"</td></tr>
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To a million traffic lights, seriously was there a sale on these things or something they are everywhere.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eventually Dunedin ran out of intersections for there many traffic lights.</td></tr>
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And people are complaining they are doing nothing but increase rates to pay for these things. Well I think we all owe the DCC an apology, they have rented the upper half of the Octagon to a group of independent tent salesman, to have a massive tent clearance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is it a coincidence, they decided to start their sale at the same time as R & R?</td></tr>
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Its a shame it was raining today because it certainly seems to have lessened the interest in the tent sale. Because when I walked past their was no one looking at their tents at all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interested Buyer.</td></tr>
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Although I am reliably informed some Policemen and private security works have shown a lot of interest in the tents, I hope this tire-kicking has turned into sales.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think that sign in the corner, is veiled threat to R & R</td></tr>
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Now from what I can glean there appears to be several tent companies represented down there. They seem to have formed some sort conglomerate called "The Occupation" to sell their tents.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think its a little harsh to refer to R & R's sale as Corporate greed. But that's the harsh reality of retail.</td></tr>
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Then they have a bunch of signs up above indicating the individual tent salesmen there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had no idea tent sales was such a thriving industry.</td></tr>
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Some of the individual businesses I spied were<br />
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<b>STOP ISRAELS' WAR</b></div>
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<b>NORML</b></div>
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<b>VOTE MANA PARTY</b></div>
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<b>INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANISATION</b></div>
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There were plenty more I am sorry if I had left you out. I thought some of them had strange names for tent companies but what do I know. I did like the International Socialist Organisation's slogan "Sick of Market and Neo-liberal bullshit", because the tent industry has become full of corporate speak, so I will definitely consider them next time I am buying a tent.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am sick of your Market and Neo-liberal Bullshit traditional tent salesman.</td></tr>
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I think this a great initiative to raise money for the new things the Dunedin, and promote the independent tent sales. I do have some concerns though. Although they are trying to put a new face on tent sales, some of the exhibitors should consider a haircut and some sort of bathing to boost sales.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am pretty open minded, but I don't know if i would buy a tent of these people.</td></tr>
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They are <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/books/news/article.cfm?c_id=134&objectid=10759636">saying in the papers </a>this tent sale could go for weeks, now i am not sure about your experience but if you leave a tent up for too long you can kill the grass, so I hope they will be shifting their tents around.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-35219977997685437662011-10-03T13:22:00.001+13:002011-10-03T13:22:19.446+13:00Underthinking Mexican Waves.So last night I attended the Ireland - Italy game in the Otago Stadium, which apparently is located somewhere near Dublin.<br />
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Seriously it was just a sea of Green, and Irish accents were all around. It was awesome although I did feel for the Italians, but many of them couldn't make the trip since they are currently defending their homeland from unwanted intruders.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Oh dear God, they breached the perimeter, we need every man at home to get rid of this pest, before they multiple"</td></tr>
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But last night's match further embedded my belief that the people that start Mexican waves are idiots and don't understand the rules. Now don't get me wrong I don't hate the Mexican wave, and I believe it has its place, but I don't think just because you are at a stadium a Mexican Wave needs to be held. First of all why is it called a Mexican wave? Do Mexicans stand up one by one and raise both hands when a friend enters a room?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hola Miguel"</td></tr>
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Incidentally when I searched Mexican waving on google images all I could find was this.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do Mexicans even wave?</td></tr>
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So perhaps it wasn't this, so I decided to do a bit of research, regarding the nomenclature, apparently despite the Wave existing for many years beforehand the 1986 Mexican FIFA world cup, was when the Wave in its current form was seen by the World outside North America.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Although I think Hitler was toying with a one-armed version as early as 1936.</td></tr>
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But yeah its a bit of fun at the Stadium, my major gripe is when the people who start invariable have no understanding of why you do a Mexican wave, normally extremely intoxicated, and most of the time overweight to the point they don't make supporters jerseys in their size. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yeah, apparently XXXL is the largest size they make. Annoying right!"</td></tr>
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So in my opinion the time for a Mexican wave is when there is a lull in the play on the field, for two reasons. One a whole bunch of people standing up in front of you during an important play is annoying, and two if you want to time your wave correctly you need to be watching it come around so you miss the play when the wave gets close to you. Otherwise you end up being like the kid that claps slightly offbeat from everyone else.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Almost, almost ..."</td></tr>
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So you need to pick the starting point carefully, in Rugby when there is an injury break, in Cricket possibly between overs, tennis between sets etc etc.<br />
But the idiots who start them just do it when they want, showing their ignorance of the game. I found this quote in this <a href="http://www.dailynebraskan.com/2.4043/wave-goodbye-to-stadium-fad-1.1012010">blog about Mexican Waves</a>.<br />
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<b>"It is better to have others think you are an incompetent fan than to do the wave and remove all doubt."</b></div>
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These people will continue to try start waves even when they have already failed 6 times in the last two minutes when the wave hits fans actually watching the game so the wave dies. At which point the knowledgable fan is booed by the wave starts for being dullards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Boo, you paid $250 for your seat, and you are actually watching the game not standing up and sitting down in a methodical manner, Boo"</td></tr>
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I mean what other event does this happen, I haven't been to too many operas (fullstop), plays, movies or concerts when the crowd breaks into a Mexican wave during the central monologue, or pivotal scene. Its actually disrespectful to the players, you are essentially saying what you are doing right now isn't entertaining me in the slightest.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ok sweetie, when the central protagonist goes in for the kiss, I am totally starting a wave"</td></tr>
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The other reason Mexican waves are annoying is that, people normally decide this is the perfect opportunity to get rid of their empty food and drink receptacles by throwing them in the air, which causes a post-wave hazard, as you need to dodge the falling debris.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Unfortunately Mam, there was Mexican Wave, during a Bricklayers Rally"</td></tr>
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Its actually dangerous, and sometimes unhygienic when the empty receptacles have been used in lieu of getting to the loo. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wait a minute, they don't sell Mountain Dew here"</td></tr>
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So folks, just to summarize if you want to start a successful Mexican Wave, wait for a lull in the game, don't throw projectiles. My final word on this is a Mexican wave is an option, not an obligation.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-35820508116174199022011-09-25T11:10:00.000+13:002013-09-27T16:08:51.654+12:00Underthinking Daylight SavingsSo today is only 23 hours long, since in the spirit of spring cleaning we decided to do a tidy up and we decided 2am - 3am was just unnecessary clutter which we weren't really using anymore so we decided to get rid of them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yeah, it's just some old clothes and the hours between 2-3am who needs those"</td></tr>
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We do this every year, and then around autumn we realise we have made a mistake and we pull that hour out and have it twice in a row. So why do we do this? Where did this daylight saving idea come from? New Zealand's own George Vernon Hudson actually.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Vernon Hudson - Father of Daylight saving, and by the looks of it a handy paper plane designer.</td></tr>
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As well as designing paper planes, George was a keen entomologist in his spare time. An entomologist is a bug collector the problem George noticed was that after work there wasn't a lot of daylight for him to find bugs. There was plenty of daylight before work but who wants to go searching for bugs around breakfast.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"WTF! I was sleeping, I like eating bugs as much as the next person, but its 7am!"</td></tr>
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So George figured we could just shift the hours of the day, so that those wasted daylight hours were in the evening instead of the morning. George originally proposed a 2 hour shift, I presume since you need a lot of time to find bugs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It looks like a stick, you aren't going to find that in 5 mins.</td></tr>
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At the same time independantly in England William Willett was getting sick of playing golf in the dusk so came up with the same conclusion as George.<br />
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So it was decided that to increase everyone's leisure time, and save on coal to adopt daylight savings. And everyone was happy and there were no problems. Actually there were problems, for one farmers weren't too impressed. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Milking the cows in the morning light, do do do di di" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"What the hell?"</td></tr>
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Yeah, by shifting the daylight to after work, it means the farmer is now milking the cows in the pitch black, other people were having issues with it too. Theatre owners struggle since its lighter later people are more likely to do outdoor activities than go to the theatre.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Where are all my theatre patrons?"</td></tr>
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So not everyone is happy with this, which has lead to some problems, since not everyone has adapted the policy. This doesn't really affect us in NZ since we aren't in the same time zone as anyone. But in Australia for example NSW observes daylight saving and Queensland does not. Which must cause havoc in towns on the border. People from the New South Wales side must think the Queenslanders are lazy since they are always an hour late to meetings and the such. No wonder Queenslanders keep pummeling NSW, the NSWers are probably ready for bed, by the time the game starts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Has anyone seen the Queenslanders? They said be here at 8, I am sleepy"</td></tr>
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So who is right? Well it really depends on if your a morning person or an evening person, a man of work or a man of leisure. There have been numerous studies from both sides of the arguments citing energy use, both increases and decreases. There are health risks associated with it, in fact the government of Kazakhstan abolished DST due to increased heart attacks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"No more daylight savings. It is good Yes? Jenqui."</td></tr>
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Daylight savings transitions also allow the battery cartels to sell us more batteries by reminding us that it might be time for new batteries in our smoke alarms, and since we don't want to be woken in the middle of the night with a flat battery, we change the battery irregardless of age because we can't remember if we did it last time or not.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Did I change those batteries last time?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"More Money, More Money, More Money"</td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-81810307832235104052011-09-13T16:01:00.001+12:002011-09-13T16:01:26.549+12:00Underthinking Rugby Jersey ManufacturingSo I attended the Argentina vs England RWC match at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. Just for clarity it has been renamed Otago Stadium for the duration of the World Cup, because apparently the fact that this company helped fund its construction does not mean anything. Also its fun to confuse foreigners.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"So there's a Stadium there, but it says Otago Stadium on it, and this map says Forsyth Barr Stadium"</td></tr>
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Seriously I understand that the IRB signs deals with sponsors for a lot of money, but they seemed to have sold things that don't belong to them. My body for a start, I am not allowed to wear clothing to a game that predominately displays a rival sponsors logo on it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which means no NASCAR driver can attend any match.</td></tr>
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But I have digressed my concern was with the English rugby teams jerseys. I don't really care that they are black, although the argument that white and blue striped tops would clash with white jerseys is tenuous at best.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wait, oh crap I thought you were on my team, due to the white. Due to the speed I have chosen to ignore the difference between red and blue."</td></tr>
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I am more concerned with the fact the English numbers wouldn't stay on, at one point Johnny Wilkinson was playing in number 1U, which I thought was quite innovative for a normally traditional RFU.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"GO AWAY, your numbers are a disgrace"</td></tr>
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This coupled with Sonny Bills ripped shirt (I will not be posting pictures of this) and brought back memories of the first time Adidas manufactured the All Black jersey's and they just fell off. I guess they were trying to use revolutionary fabrics.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This scientist wished to remain anonymous after a failed experiment with tissue paper as Rugby jersey's.</td></tr>
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I guess what I want to know is how do these major manufacturers test their jerseys? Perhaps after years of manufacturing soccer jerseys, they are not aware of the rigours a Rugby jersey faces.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Well it looks pretty strong, lets go with it"</td></tr>
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I mean the SBW jersey was a one off, and can be explained away as a defect, but the English numbers and the 1999 AB's Jerseys the whole team had issues.<br />
So that would suggest a lack of testing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perhaps Nike and Adidas should outsource to these guys.</td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-19753962199053263362011-09-07T14:53:00.000+12:002013-09-23T11:45:03.972+12:00Underthinking Fat kids.So today some poor guy named Paul Kramer is taking a lot of flack for writing a <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/5580430/Anger-at-diet-book-for-kids"></a><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/5580430/Anger-at-diet-book-for-kids">book</a> "Maggie goes on a diet".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His brother Cosmo got nothing but adulation for his coffee table book about coffee tables.</td></tr>
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The fuss seems to be that advocating a young child (particularly a young girl) goes on a diet is a dangerous idea. To some extent I agree, a young person should not go a crash diet, but going on a diet doesn't necessarily mean restricting intake of carbs, protein or food altogether.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The no-food diet is not recommended.</td></tr>
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If I change my diet, that might be as simple as only eating McDonalds 7 times a week, instead of the typical 21 times. I think people are skipping the real issue is Paul Kramer really the best person to be offering advice on weight loss?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Those 6 chins indicate the answer is NO.<br />
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Its like when I go to my local gym and see the Zumba instructors, a lot of them appear to be the fattest person in the room.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wait what?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You teach this weight loss exercise? I don't think works.</td></tr>
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The other issue people have with this book, is that it apparently it glorifies people making fun of fat people. Here's my point of view there are multiple major contributors to societies health problems, smoking, drinking and fatties. See if you can pick the odd one out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smoking: Vilified, I can tell you you should stop</td></tr>
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Drinking is halfway, because to some extent the damage drinking does to the body is under acknowledged, but drink-driving is not.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drink Driving: Vilified, I can tell you to stop drinking.</td></tr>
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But fatties, we are told are happy in their body, and we have no right to tell them to lose weight because they are comfortable. I am not saying everyone should have a rippling 6-pack, just I should be allowed to tell the guy who can't fit in an airplane seat to buy a second one, instead of increasing the size of seats to cater to him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wait I can't have an extra 2 kilo in my bag, but you can have an extra 50 kilo in your ass?"</td></tr>
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And I know some fat people have serious disorders that make them that way. But for the vast majority of them, it is as simple as going for a walk, or a run, or for some standing up every so often.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"That chair is like 3ft away, quite a work out"</td></tr>
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And reducing their energy intake, so think about a piece of fruit instead of biscuit, or maybe a cupcake instead of cake for those at the extreme end of the scale.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When your definition of a little sweet is a cake, you know you have problems.</td></tr>
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I mean if you want to lose weight eat less food then you require for your energy output, and if you want to maintain eat the same amount. It's not rocket science.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just ran this simulation and if Energy in < Energy out I lose weight, I am glad I spent 3 years studying this.</td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-16326866709431803082011-08-16T17:27:00.000+12:002011-08-16T17:27:49.271+12:00Underthinking Film remakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnknlckeJNgdSkV82L24YMsqByRCg5l7PFtFh26D7C-HDiPLJr" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>So today well desperately trying to find ideas of what to write about, seriously I think I know why a lot of batsmen go out in the 90's, you start to close in on your 100 (Currently sitting on 96 posts) and things start to change, every run is just much harder to get, I was cruising in the 50's knocking out posts left right and center, now I just can't get the bat on the ball. So to avoid being the blog worlds Stephen Fleming I will press on so I avoid becoming a heat pump spokesperson. <br />
(Translation for those no cricket people, I am struggling with ideas)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Although if Fujitsu do want to pay me my email is on the side ====></td></tr>
</tbody></table>I was reading a story to day about how they are about to remake <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/5451233/Check-out-the-new-Footloose-trailer">Footloose</a>.<br />
Just some background Hollywood in the 80's was run by a powerful Canadian by the name of Kenny Loggins,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The power broker</td></tr>
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and if you wanted to make a movie without one of the big three Seagal, Stallone, or Schwarzenegger in it, you better be using one of Kenny's songs. The list of movies includes Caddyshack, Top Gun, Footloose and CaddyShack II. I am pretty sure they were the only movies without the big 3 in them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And it was a close run thing with caddy shack.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But I digress the reason this story intrigues me, is why are the studios remaking all the old movies we have? Sure, sometimes you look at old movies and are like, with the advances in technology this movie could have looked visually cooler. Although I am not sure how this would have helped Footloose.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You know what we should make the preachy dad a ROBOT!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But for the most part the flaws in movies are what makes them work. Like why didn't Kevin Bacon leave and go to Las Vegas or somewhere where he could dance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wasn't he like 26, what the hell is he doing in the high school?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Because if he did that there would be no film would there. But this isn't the only case of remakes, there are endless number of these films, and they seem to be getting more and more common. I know lots of old movies are just books turned into movies, but at least its the same story told in a different medium.<br />
And when I am talking about remake I am not talking about oh well Star Wars is actually a retelling of some Japanese fairy tale, only difference is the names, and its in space.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT376_fMV80nYCUPZdTXfmAkUDkqazdC4gGyp3hy30ZvTvUdsoMtQ" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="143" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT376_fMV80nYCUPZdTXfmAkUDkqazdC4gGyp3hy30ZvTvUdsoMtQ" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">True Story, if you directly adapt from left: Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>At least George Lucas attempted to discern it, and besides the source material is in Japanese so my remaking it in English at least it opens up a new audience. Just like how Americans remake British shows, and cinema because they can't understand them.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxebuD6tg-Pmrp2_WIikH_8IkIncMq2Pfo6nZP-s50AapM-5yo6w" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxebuD6tg-Pmrp2_WIikH_8IkIncMq2Pfo6nZP-s50AapM-5yo6w" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Why doesn't this have subtitles?"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>At least the office wrote new scripts for the trans-Atlantic relocation. Death at a Funeral just took the same script and redid it. Although lets not just blame the Americans, the Indians did it as well, although they did change the title to Daddy Cool.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously they were 4 years apart!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Which is also a probably cinemas are starting to reduce the period of time between remakes. The original Hulk film was in 1970's , a similar one was released in 2003, then another in 2008. I am sure next time I go to the cinema I will have to choose between two hulk movies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Would you like to go to the 6.30 "The Hulk" or the 8.15? <br />
6.30 is directed by Michael Bay, and 8.15 by M Knight Shyamalan"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Seriously and I am not always convinced the remakes are improvements either, they remade "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory" which focussed the story on Charlie, with "Charlie and the Chocolate factory" which obviously was more focussed on Willy Wonka. Critics raved about how the new one was so much darker, I wasn't convinced.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy is seeming normal but shouldn't be allowed near schools, he is creepy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy is clearly insane, and would be locked up before there was a problem.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So it would seem to me all hope is lost and no one can come up with any new original ideas, to entertain me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A ray of hope??</td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-5403918268402403672011-08-03T18:40:00.002+12:002013-09-21T18:53:29.470+12:00Underthinking Adidas All Black prices.So today the mainstream media has picked up on a story most of us knew about yesterday. Evidently you can purchase one of the new All Black jerseys from a <a href="http://www.worldrugbyshop.com/">website</a> based in Birmingham, Alabama for roughly half the price that it costs to buy in NZ.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whut in tarnation is Rugby? </td></tr>
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That's what I thought you would say stereotypical redneck hick. You may not know what the sport is, but you do know how to sell Jerseys for a cheap price.<br />
If I wish to purchase the new All Black Jersey in NZ, that would cost me $189.00 NZD.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite frankly I think that is a reasonable rate for body-painting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am sure this Young man's body painting cost at least twice that.</td></tr>
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If you go to the aforementioned <a href="http://www.worldrugbyshop.com/">website,</a> you can purchase the very same for $79.99 USD, then it costs you roughly $15 USD for shipping. Now if I consult my forex trader<br />
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She tells me at the current exchange rate those prices convert to $92.90 and $17.42 respectively, now if I reach for my calculator. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little bit retro, little bit modern.</td></tr>
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I discover those two costs together only come to $110.32 NZD. Wait what??! That is around %60 of the cost in NZ. (My abacus isn't so flash for division). That doesn't seem right, I mean I presume the shirts are all manufactured in China? <br />
Are they using bigger boats to transport the shirts to USA, then NZ, cutting down shipping costs?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fred, I am not sure this is the most efficient way to get shirts to NZ.</td></tr>
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Irregardless it seems a little strange it is cheaper to ship something to NZ via the east coast of the USA, than directly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wait. What about GST?"</td></tr>
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Good point generic guy in a suit. I should add GST to my American Jersey to make this a fair comparison. This raises my American shirts price to $126.86, this is still $60 cheaper than the NZ counterpart.<br />
Oh what about about buying power? America is capable of buying more units therefore will receive bulk discount. This makes sense for Apple products or other electronics, but All Black Jerseys?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think the demand for All Black Jerseys in America could be fulfilled in these two boxes.</td></tr>
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Although now the cat is out of the bag about the price of Jerseys in America, I imagine the demand will go through the roof. Our friend in Alabama will probably be able to buy a new pick up truck, or whatever it is people from Alabama spend their money on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lot of Country Western Albums I would imagine.</td></tr>
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I think the real blame though isn't the retailers, it is on Adidas themselves, as they set the wholesale price differently in each region (according to Adidas guy on radio this morning). They claim in this <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=10742659">article </a>it is to protect against currency fluctuations. I know the foreign markets are volatile, but for these prices to match the dollar would have to drop to 67 US cents. A drop of 20 cents, we live in NZ, not Zimbabwe or between World Wars Germany, Adidas. Why are you charging us so much??<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Personally I think they are still trying to pay off Run DMC endorsement.</td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-66411286218683766122011-07-29T21:48:00.000+12:002011-07-29T21:48:07.649+12:00Underthinking Stuff's "What Money can't buy you" listSo today, stuff.co.nz released this <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/5359391/Stuff-Top-10-What-money-can-t-buy">list </a>regarding what money cannot buy. The headline indicated this would be a list of things you cannot purchase in reality what we instead got was an inane list that consisted of 2 things no one could buy, 3 things Graeme Hart (NZ richest man) couldn't buy, and then 5 things that Graeme Hart could argue are purchasable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If Graeme Hart can't afford it. No one can!</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Let's start with the 2 things that Stuff got right.<br />
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<b>1/ The Mona Lisa</b><br />
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You are correct Stuff, since the Mona Lisa is a national treasure of France, it cannot be sold.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't afford me buddy.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> Similarly the Americans can't sell the Grand Canyon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yeah it's nice honey, I just don't think it will fit in the lounge"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>2/. A Property in Antarctica</b><br />
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There is an International treaty stopping anyone owning property in Antarctica, I am not sure why there needs to be a treaty for this, the place is a frozen wastland I am not sure people are queuing up to buy it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It sure would be nice to have a summer home here"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The next 3 thing, money can buy its just Graeme Hart can't afford them with his current wealth.<br />
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<b>1/ Google</b><br />
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Granted it would take a lot of money, but you could conceivably buy Google, it is a publically listed company. Of course to get controlling stake you would have to convince Larry Page and Sergey Brin to sell but it money could buy this.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Do you come with the company?"<br />
"Oh you hehe"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b> 2/. The Soccer World Cup</b><br />
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Despite Sepp Blatter's argument to the contrary, I am pretty sure a lot of money could buy you the Soccer world cup. Just ask Bin Hammam.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Did you sell the World Cup to Qatar?"<br />
"Ahhh, no comment"<b><br />
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</tbody></table><b>3/. The World </b><br />
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The island place in Dubai, well this is just absurd to put on the list, it literally is for sale, for $14 billion dollars, so a lot, but I can go to this <a href="http://www.theworld.ae/index.html">website</a> and buy them. Some have owners so might cost a bit more to get them off, but this is definitely something money could buy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yip pretty sure Real Estate is for sale.</td></tr>
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Then the 5 things that Graeme Hart could afford.<br />
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<b>1/ Richie McCaw</b> <br />
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Granted he could buy him as a human being, slavery got outlawed years ago.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I say, Damn you Abraham Lincoln"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But in terms of a Rugby player Richie McCaw is probably paid only a couple of million dollars maximum by the NZRFU. So if Graeme Hart bought a Rugby Team he probably could afford Richie McCaw.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sorry NZ, Glider parts are really expensive"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>2/. Class</b><br />
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This one is debatable, since being rich doesn't make you classy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stay Classy Lindsey</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But for a lot of money, one could purchase, elocution and etiquette lessons, learn how to play polo, and taste wine properly, and be a regular classy person. I am pretty sure that's the plot of Pgymalion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictured. Learning Class.<b><br />
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</tbody></table><b>3/. Dance Moves.</b><br />
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You can't purchase dance moves? Really stuff? Really?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What the hell is this guy doing then?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>4/. Health</b><br />
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This is very vague. What do you mean health, like being alive? Everlasting life?<br />
There is a direct correlation between <a href="http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQatt6bxkZYinCQlMQ3rdLdQy31HdU58VecgrtT8h8NwahTPcGV">average income and life expectancy</a>. So I am pretty sure you can buy better health.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am pretty sure Ernesto Berteralli bought the America's Cup, selling Health.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>5/. Love</b><br />
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This one is probably the most contentious, sure you can't buy true love between consenting adults. But use your billions to buy a dog, and dog food, you will get love.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Woof, I love you, I love you, Woof"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-2177382129727612432011-07-27T16:02:00.000+12:002011-07-27T16:02:36.085+12:00Underthinking Americas debt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-nbC5xk5XAjbsUQsrAFe-CSbdO339zsNN91OsVq8bYBAOy1E9" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>Just to clarify, I am not dead. Well not completely, I just have had two concussions in the last month, which means that I am lucky to remember what I am doing, let alone try and over think what others are doing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They make me wear a helmet, doing everything now.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So I apologise for this inconvenience and I hope you will all forgive me, and continue to follow underthinking I promise to be more diligent.<br />
So one of the major events happening in the world is the fact that the Americans are very close to defaulting on trillions of dollars worth of loans. Who is giving these loans to start with?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I imagine Barak Obama heading down to Loan shark using Montana as collateral.</td></tr>
</tbody></table> I guess normally countries would borrow money from the world bank, but they are tied up at the moment.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Literally. With Handcuffs.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So where are these loans coming from, well apparently if you are a country, you just borrow money from other countries.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hey China, let me hold a dollar"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>If we go to this <a href="http://www.visualeconomics.com/where-is-americas-debt/">website</a>, we can actually see who the Americans owe the money to. The usual suspects are there, China, Russia, Japan, Switzerland all countries you associate with being relatively rich and able to lend money. <br />
The odd one out in that list to me, is Mexico, America owes Mexico 20 Billion dollars. How does that even work? No wonder all the Mexicans are trying to get into America they are just trying to get their money back.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Okay Pedro, when we get to America, we go to Washington and ask for our $20 Billion back"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>World money always confuses me it seems every country owes every other country some amount of money. Having debt isn't a bad thing, its how people buy houses etc, the problem is when you can't pay the interest payments on your debt.<br />
In the case of some one buying a house, the Bank just repossesses the house and sells it to try and recoup their debt.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't see this happening.</td></tr>
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But America needs to raise some capital to service their loans, how could they do this?<br />
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<b>1/. Presumably USA has debtors, shouldn't they just call in that debt for a start? </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"About that money we lent you George (Greece) we are going to need it back"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>2/. Sell some of their military assets?</b><br />
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I mean they have a lot of weapons, maybe they should sell some off to raise capital.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"...and SOLD! The Blackhawk helicopter goes to the man with funny glasses and weird haircut."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yesh!"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>3/. Sell some of their land assets?</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe it is time to sell Alaska back to Russia</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>I mean they got it for a bargain back in the 1800's, and everyone know property prices have boomed since then, they are sure to back a profit. I guess they are glad Phil Goff isn't charge or World Bank imagine the capital gain tax on Alaska. But who would buy Alaska? <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yip, over here"</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>4/. Sell other assets?</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Thanks for doing this, you will love Yugoslavia"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">America has enough fame-whores, they could sell the fat one off.</td></tr>
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</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-42134262540885055892011-07-04T18:25:00.000+12:002011-07-04T18:25:28.461+12:00Underthinking Runaway brideI should start by saying I am not going to give a blow-by-blow Underthinking account of the delightful 1999 Rom-Com featuring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just delightful</td></tr>
</tbody></table> So if that is what you are expecting , I am sorry to disappoint you, the main reason is the amount of underthinking in that movie would require me to start a new blog underthinkingrunawaybride.com (patent pending).<br />
No I am more intrigued by the reports coming out of Monaco that Prince Albert's new bride had tried to runaway three times before the ceremony.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think the main reason the train is that big, is so she is easier to catch.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Princess Charlene is from South Africa and there are a lot of claims that this is an arranged marriage and she didn't want to have any part of it.<br />
Apparently she first attempted to run away when purchasing her wedding dress in France.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Is everything okay in there Charlene, I though I heard a plane taking off"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>She was caught though, and they took her passport off her, so her next attempt was more ambitious, apparently she tried to escape during the Monaco Grand Prix they don't say how, but I like to think she tried to steal one of the cars.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Have you seen my fiancée, I thought I saw her down in the pit lane?"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But alas she was caught again, most likely while she was trying to reverse the car out of the pit lane.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"She said the wall jumped out at her"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I kid, I kid, I know girls can drive, don't send me angry emails please.<br />
Anyway, I think maybe Prince Albert should have taken the hint the woman keeps trying to escape every chance she gets, I am pretty dense when it comes to trying to figure out what woman are thinking about me. But I would like to think if a woman tried to leave the country instead of being with me I would pick up on that. Actually I might need 2 times, but I would definitely know before the third time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At this point I would think I am still in with a shot.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But why does she not want to be with Prince Albert, is it because he is bald? because he is 53? because he has multiple illegitimate children? Because he looks like this?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"My illegitimate children told me Bling was cool"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I actually think its more to do with the fact that she sat down and realised she would be known as Ms Prince Albert. I am not sure if everyone is aware but a Prince Albert is a particular type of piercing, and it isn't on your face.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a clue to show you a Prince Albert, a man would have to take off his pants</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Yeah just imagine the connotations of being known as Mrs Prince Albert.<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-74575495732449949602011-07-01T17:46:00.000+12:002011-07-01T17:46:44.840+12:00Underthinking Professional SportSo the inevitable has happened, the NBA is going into lockout. The NFL has been in lockout for the last couple of months. And about 5 years ago, an entire season of the NHL was lost due to a lockout. Now this doesn't mean that the sports teams lost the keys to all the stadiums and couldn't play.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"S**t, I thought you had the keys, who is going to tell the fans?"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Essentially what it boils down to is that the players and owners of the teams cannot agree on contracts, most commonly how the revenue is split between them, but sometimes to do with strange clauses.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I SAID I WANTED THESE LINES TO BE YELLOW, I AIN'T PLAYING TILL THEY ARE YELLOW"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So the management lock the players and staff out of the facilities until some sort of agreement can be made. Most often it is the players claiming that their cut of the pie isn't big enough.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"With my current salary I can only afford 2 of these cars"</td></tr>
</tbody></table>These players are making mega-bucks anyway, but they feel they deserve more, since the product as a whole makes a lot more money than its total salary bill. And at the end of the day you can't have sports without players.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well... maybe you can.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This is a valid argument to an extent, except the players don't own the teams or the league. They are merely employees, which means they don't take on the liabilities that the owners take on.<br />
So if its a good season, with plenty of crowds the players get paid, and the owners make money, if it is a crappy season with no crowds, the players still get paid the owners take a bath.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like I need a bath.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>As a side what a ridiculous saying, so if you lose a lot of money it is the same as taking a bath? How is that relevant, unless you lost so much money that you know live like a hobo so you need a bath. But then you aren't so much taking a bath as needing a bath.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They definitely need baths, doesn't mean they get them</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So anyway, my point is the players really have no liabilities in this, whereas the owners do, hence why they take a bigger cut. It is why the CEO of a company makes more money than the guy that builds the product. If the product tanks the guy (hopefully) get paid out his wages, the CEO takes the loss.<br />
So if players want to earn any more then they do they need to increase their risk in the company. I.e have ownership in shares perhaps, that way if the season performs well they make more money, if it doesn't they make less or lose money.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Nets stock just dropped 3 points yo."</td></tr>
</tbody></table>There is no way players would accept those terms, because it is too big a risk. But that is why they are stuck with a low percentage of the revenue, because the owners are taking the risk. Just my thoughts anyways.<br />
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<span id="goog_1031070906"></span><span id="goog_1031070907"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-86264916015676312932011-06-29T15:31:00.000+12:002011-06-29T15:31:32.672+12:00Underthinking breaking my noseSo for those of you unaware, I managed to realign my nose during a social game of ice hockey. Now I play Ice hockey to a reasonably high level, but I normally play in net. This was probably my second game in the field as it were, and I managed to break my face.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Safe areas for Aaron highlighted in Blue.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So with my new found freedom of skating any where I decided to do a little experiment, which is harder my face, or the boards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trial #1 Conducted by Ice Scientician JP Bertrand (right), indicates the boards are harder.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>All though that is not really a robust, trial, I imagine I need to do three replicates at least to be sure. So I had managed to break my nose, and put some pretty good cuts in my head that required stitches, 6 to be precise.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently that is not enough stitches for them to put a bear on my forehead. (I asked)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>So anyway the next day the swelling in the bridge of my nose got to ludicrous levels, and coupled with the fact my eyes went black/blue lead to my teammates/flatmates/random strangers began to ponder outloud whether I or not I was turning into an Avatar (The cat ones, not the last airbender ones that would be racist).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That weird screamy one kept hitting on me.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I went to the Doctor, due in large part to the fact I can't breathe through my nose properly. This is pretty inconvenient, expecially when your mouth is preoccupied eating/drinking/kissing/playing didgeridoo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which is pretty gay, since it is my favourite hobby.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But apparently due to the large amount of swelling that occurs they don't look at your nose for 7-10 days after it occurred. So today was the day, I went down to the fractured nose clinic, apparently noses get fractured regularly enough they need their own clinic, as far as I am aware no other fracture gets its own clinic. I think that's why stuck up people are said to have their nose in the air since its more important than the other fractured areas of the body.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am better than you because my nose has its own clinic.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>From the clinic it was decided my nose definitely had a lean to the left, so they juiced me up with drugs, and the Doctor realigned it. Now this isn't an exact science no measuring or anything, she just figures what side its leaning and sort hangs off you nose on the other side, until it clicks back into place, and you can definitely hear it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Okay, got it son, I am going to drop you and hopefully your weight will pull me back into place.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>And now I just have to be careful with it in the next three weeks. I got given some care advice, most was good, the only one that made me wonder, was the advice not to lie on my nose. Who needs to be told that, surely not putting a lot of weight on the broken nose is pretty much a given.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What do you mean it isn't good for my nose?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4525348689952752311.post-22476071106555736732011-06-27T17:36:00.000+12:002011-06-27T17:36:19.284+12:00Underthinking Penguin surgery.Ok let me caveat this post, by saying I love animals and much as the next man. They are awesome, and despite our belief they rule us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oi, where is my food! You can't hide from me forever!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>But this latest story about the emergency surgery on the <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/5195192/Emperor-penguin-undergoes-more-surgery">penguin </a>has got me thinking at what point should we just leave animals to their own accord, rather than intervening. I mean sure "Happy feet" is a sick penguin, but surely there are hundreds of sick penguins in Antarctica.<br />
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</tbody></table>I guess you could argue that this poor little penguin actually got off his arse, (I presume penguins have arses) and got to NZ for treatment, but perhaps the reason he came to NZ was to die, away from his family?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look after Horicks, I am off to NZ to die.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Or maybe he came to NZ because the illness screwed with his sense of direction?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I could have sworn Fred said to turn right at Scott Base?" </td></tr>
</tbody></table>So why did we decide to save this penguin, and not a dying cow, or sick cockroach? I mean if he got this lost maybe its better for everyone if he is removed from the gene pool?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy feet 2004-2011 - He will be missed, but we are glad he is not breeding</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I mean the guy was eating SAND. That's not really the sharpest tool in the shed.<br />
(As a side, why is that a saying? I mean sure you can rate your tools on sharpness, but how is having a sharp hammer helpful?)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stupid sharp Hammer!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The saying really should be "He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, when you are looking for a tool to cut things" But I guess that doesn't flow as nicely.</td></tr>
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And who is paying for his treatment? If he was a pet, presumably the owner pays for it, but this guy is a freelance penguin, is he covered under ACC? Would he be better off if National had privatised health insurance?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Under ethnicity he has put Emperor, shouldn't that be under title" </td></tr>
</tbody></table>I mean I guess I don't think anyone should let someone/something die, if they have the ability to save it, but wouldn't the cost of rescuing this penguin be better spent, on giving someone a new hip, liver, heart, or hairpiece?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With this new haircut, I now have the confidence to be in Public</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Is it time we sit down as a country and write a priority list? I mean ideally everyone would get treatment when they need it. But with limited funds, things need to be prioritised, like people that need new hearts go first, because well without that they will die, and then just go down the list, with life threatening things at the top, then things that are good for quality of life but not necessarily required to live, like knee and hip replacements.<br />
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If such a list existed where would you put life-saving surgery on animals?(presuming we lived in socialist country where all healthcare is provided.)<div class="blogger-post-footer">3067fd77a834460f9419d058e030cdb0</div>Azzy77http://www.blogger.com/profile/13852090237677604973noreply@blogger.com9