Posts by Lilith __
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Hebe,
there was a freaking traffic jam from Manchester St down. An inexpressibly weird moment. The city is alive again; sometimes, sort of.
Thanks for sharing this, Hebe.
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Hard News: Who'd have thought?, in reply to BenWilson,
since 90% of body heat is lost through the head, so long as you’re wearing a warm cap, you could go starkers and only be 10% cold.
Yeah, quite! Thus that myth is, uh, exposed. ;-)
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BTW I’m finding all this discussion of seafaring fascinating.
I remember when I read The Runaway Settlers , trying to picture the crossing of the swift Taramakau in small, manoeuvrable Maori craft which I think are described as “canoes”. Might these have been mogi?
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Chris Waugh,
Kilmog is actually a Maori word.
The hill’s name, though occasionally disputed, is widely believed to be a corruption of the Southern Māori word kirimoko, kilimoko or kilimogo,[4] the name of a species of manuka tree used by early Māori for brewing a kind of tea
Huh. Well I can imagine if you were spending much time on the Kilmog, a hot cuppa would be most welcome! Such a chilly spot.
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Hard News: Who'd have thought?, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
they kept the dormitory windows open overnight in winter to Build Character
Fresh Air was also widely thought to protect from respiratory illnesses such as TB.
TB Sanatoria exposed patients to as much fresh air as possible. My Mum recalls the one at Waipiata in Central Otago had the patients sleeping out on the covered verandas all through the winter. Snow would sometimes blow in onto the beds.
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Islander,
There’s a kowhai & a lacebark I planted here, still happily growing…
Mine was a wineberry. The birds loved it even when it was small, and now it’s huge. I don’t live in that house anymore, but I left it with a lot more ecosystem than it had. It started with just roses, now there are tall native trees and also shrubs and grasses. And I can still walk past the fence and giggle about the current owner’s attempts to kill the cabbage trees. Futile. :-)
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Capture: Ice Rink Luck, in reply to JacksonP,
Watch for them thar pirates, on the Pacific coasts…
And there’s no minimum age for pirates. These ones on Quail Island (in the summer!)
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to BenWilson,
Concrete is not really an environmental hazard.
It makes restoring the landscape unlikely in the future. We're stuck with it.
Solar PV is a growing developing technology, but I agree with the statement that banking on what it might be able to make in the future is dangerous. It might also NOT be able to do that. Or it might take another hundred years to get to the point where it’s a viable mass energy source (and who can say what will happen with other technologies at the same time?). The same reasoning regarding fuel cell cars, fusion power, etc. All exciting, all promising, and we might all die waiting.
But my point was if we don't try these things, then they will definitely never happen. I don't see research as an alternative to short- and medium-term planning with the technology we already have. Of course we can't know the future, but we have to strive to make things better, don't we?
I’ll chuck in biofuel as another technology well worth considering for NZ’s energy independence.
Yes, agreed.
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Islander,
*deaths
I first learned that they had died in a carcrash, on this site.
You know, I didn't know him at all, except through his work. But I cried when I heard the news, and went out in the garden and planted a tree. His death was a loss for NZ.
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Hard News: Higgs Live!, in reply to Islander,
There seems to have been connections for at least 2-3 centuries after the first settlements in ANZ.
Far out!! That's amazing!
