Posts by Robert Urquhart
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@Emma don't worry, I'm sure there will be opportunity for me to get you to re-sign it with something more appropriate :D I didn't notice myself at the time (cap M, upstroke in about the right place) until you miscalled me to Isabel, which prompted me to check what you had written.
But do you realise how far back through your journal I had to go to find something more helpful than 'son' for Kieran? T'other, not a problem :p
Hope the scan went well.
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Bloody hell, Robert -- that was quick! And very fine photos, too.
I think that this one is practically the best photograph of me ever. It certainly captures David Haywood in his native surroundings.
I may have become quite proficient at getting photos online promptly over the past couple of years ...
Your native habitat has library decor, beer and an attractive woman nearby reading one of your books? Lucky bastard ;D
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Right, few photos from the Christchurch event
It was good to meet some of the esteemed PAers and I promise to try and make a bit more noise in future.
My double identity continues to confuse Emma in amusing ways, but given the pace of the past few weeks she may be forgiven :D
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I before E except after C
, only when the sound is 'ee'
Got me out of a few sticky spelling situations that rule has.
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I was in Dunedin for the weekend, attending an unrelated party. One of my passengers was a 1st year engineer from Canterbury going down to attend the Undy party on the insistence of some girl he knew down there.
He reported that the event was relatively small and the police contained it in Castle street (compared to the multi-street parties of other years). Other reports I have from Canterbury people I know involved in the Undy indicate that things started to get ugly on the Dunedin side as soon as the bulk of the Undy (i.e. 'the excuse') arrived in town, but that's only hearsay.
I was waiting for dinner earlier on the Friday when a badly painted van of very loud Canterbury students passed down George street, and at that moment I might not have admitted to being from Christchurch if asked. But that wasn't actually any different from some of the behaviour I've witnessed on other occasions when I've had the misfortune to be down at the same time as a significant sporting fixture.
Another longtime university friend from Dunedin told me over the weekend that part of town is where the students who are only there to get a degree and don't care about where they live or much else really tend to end up. Having driven Hydes? Street after dropping my passenger off I'd add "In houses owned by landlords who don't care about anything but the money". A couple of bulldozers and some urban renewal could make a huge difference.
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That first link seems to be a little bit broken ...
Ahh, if only I had a higher data cap. Internet TV is prohibitively expensive right now :(
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I was set up with the boring old Post Office, myself. Ironic that Kashin lived longer than that bank.
I still have the PostBank money box in a junk drawer here somewhere, although I broke into it at some point after the ANZ takeover.
It occasionally amuses me that despite bank changes and branch changes and many account type changes my Savings account still retains the full PostBank number. I'm sure that gives someone in the ANZ a headache from time to time :D
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Right, I wasn't trying to say that the specific example fell under the generalisation. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
As long as we're all on the same page I can happily pop out for a couple of hours without worrying about finding my post under a pile of embers when I get back :D
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The fault of unwanted attention is soley on the person giving it.
I believe "The fault of continuing unwanted attention is solely on the person giving it" is a better generalisation. There are plenty of situations where it's either difficult to tell if attention is wanted or previously wanted attention becomes unwanted through no actual fault of the giver (and this applies across all genders).
The assumption in this debate always seems to be that the recipient has made it clear in some way that the (or any) attention is unwanted and we all know that's often not the case. 'No means no' fer sure, but something has to happen to trigger the no.
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I must admit, I'm almost having gleegasms whenever I see Gluckman quoted. The media don't seem to be able to make out-of-context soundbites from his stuff. (Maybe he's so novel that they're not trying yet.)
For Science!