Public Address | Cafe | Island Life: Staring into space

Duncan McKenzie

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:40:09 +1300

All this talk about staring at a monitor for a living, and the relative contributions of Aucklanders and farmers to the economy, puts me in mind of my late father-in-law, a man of strong if not entirely logical opinions. Don, a true southern man who never lived north of the…

Raymond A Francis

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:54:09 +1300

Now, now Greg, not many if any subsidies left in NZ farming

And as for jumping to conclusions guess what I did when you used the phrase"unreclaimed externalities " and I checked your address

But I leave this farm in far better heart than it was, with an absolute minimium…

Greg Dawson

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:14:25 +1300

Although I did jump somewhat to a conclusion there. I know there are some farmers in NZ that are working towards incorporating balance to the externalised costs (largely environmental). If you are one of those brave few, then I apologise, and commend you.

Greg Dawson

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:03:35 +1300

Possibly the same place that the subsidies and unreclaimed externalities which make it economically wonderful come from.

Someone didn't get the tonka truck they wanted for christmas.

Raymond A Francis

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:45:52 +1300

Its nothing to do with auckland bashing
But it is simple
NZinc's income comes agriculture,foresty,fishing and tourism
And if you are not in the chain that produces that wealth where the do you think your wage comes from?

reece palmer

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:01:29 +1300

edit shmedit

reece palmer

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:17 +1300

Before we get in to the inevitable 'Auckland is draining the country's economy so lets sort those jafas out once and for all by turning off the power cable north' thing, Figures released by the Department of Statistics state that the Auckland region (pop 1,000,000appx) produces 36% of the nations…

reece palmer

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:59:12 +1300

stephen walker

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:31:11 +1300

have you called 111 yet to report all new zealanders invading your farm and ripping your wealth out of your hands? if you have, when the police arrived, did you help them out by providing the evidence you have of a white-collar crime conspiracy?

4 million people arriving to grab…

Raymond A Francis

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:43:54 +1300

Well i don't know, my idea of work invlves sweat running down my back
On the other hand if we use money as a measure of worth I have made a pot full of money from sitting and thinking, then acting
But I am inclined to view other people doing…

stever@cs.waikato.ac.nz

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:16:48 +1300

Nice analysis. It reminds me of when I was a PhD student and sharing an office with another student. He used to sit at his desk with paper in front of him and a pencil or pen at the side (this was 20 years ago and so no computer on…

merc

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:03:28 +1300

Cyber-pulpit guilt rant with a link to mammon,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammon.
At least pretend to do some work.

Robyn Gallagher

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:22:28 +1300

That space photo with the speech balloon made me laugh so hard. I cannot explain the joke to my international cyber pals.

I spend a lot of the day sitting in front of a computer. At work I toil away, working towards something that will benefit people in ways that,…

Juha Saarinen

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:01:32 +1300

Not much work going on there eh?

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