Living Abroad

Fluffy & Xmangerm

2008-07-06T11:44:37Z

Fluffy and me this afternoon before the rain came.

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The rain is coming

2008-07-06T18:54:26Z

Today started off very sunny but the clouds moved on in to bring us a tad cooling off period. Thanks Mother Nature:)) How was the weather in your neck of the woods today?

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ANZ Bank: revelations from the executive level

2008-07-05T12:17:56Z

[Cross-posted] If you follow my ramblings, even when they don’t make sense, you know I had my knives out for the ANZ National Bank here in New Zealand for what I think is questionable practice. So it was interesting to meet a few people tonight ...

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In the Counties

2008-06-27T22:41:26Z

Photographed on the way back to Auckland Airport: Counties’ Hunting & Fishing. If it were not for the Japanese truck outside, this could have passed for a similar store in the US, according to colleagues who have been to the southern states. There...

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Oldies, and not all goodies

2008-06-27T09:28:44Z

Not everyone in New Zealand has a brand-new car. At Bristol Motors in Upper Hutt, where I get my car serviced by Stephen Hamilton (one of the rare breed: an honest mechanic, ex-New Zealand Army), there are quite a few classics being looked after. ...

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Not just Audis

2008-06-27T08:45:36Z

Yesterday wasn’t all Audis. Some of my journalist colleagues came in other press cars. There were plenty of jokes being bandied about the BMW X6, the car that blends a coupé roofline with a four-wheel-drive concept. I even joked that someone ha...

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Unseen Architecture: Dynamic Skyscraper (Dubai, Moscow)

2008-06-27T02:59:50Z

David Fisher's company 'Dynamic Architecture' have developed a moving skyscraper! The building will be made up of 80 floors, with an apartment on each floor. The rotating building is made possible by 79 giant power-generating wind turbines. As ...

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Litter control and Anger of the day.

2008-06-23T19:55:11Z

The picture on the right is of a trash can at a local park that contained a "Diet Coke" can and the picture on the right shows a crushed and discarded "Classic Coke" can very close where I live. The problem I have with this is in Germany each alu...

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My tax Euro at work!

2008-06-22T17:17:51Z

One thing that I love about life is when my share of tax Euros are spent well. This redesigned traffic circle island is a good example. Simply beautiful. Hopefully, other voxland members are experiencing similarly supported infrastructure in thei...

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‘Coons’ and ‘gollywog’

2008-06-22T06:41:00Z

Since I posted about the use of the word coon on radio in New Zealand, I did get a reply from the plumbing firm which it advertised. It was very short: It is raccoons the ones in the woods. Of course there is no limit to the number of interpre...

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