Posts by John Farrell
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Oh dear..at first glance some of the above posts looked like they were about "tinny houses".
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Envirologue: What has Neoliberalism Done…, in reply to Tinakori,
The removal of overtime payments, encouragement of individual contracts, continual casualisation of work, zero hour contracts....nothing to do with ideology?
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Envirologue: What has Neoliberalism Done…, in reply to Tinakori,
So what you're saying, Tinakori, is that a sample of one is adequate to base your sweeping statement on.
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Envirologue: What has Neoliberalism Done…, in reply to Tinakori,
"Anyone working long hours at a pretty standard labouring or semiskilled job soon found themselves paying tax at the 60% rate."
You will, of course, be able to give a reference for this.
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We were told that phone boxes installed in the 1970s had a new feature - an apron at 45 degrees, a bit below waist height. This was to ensure that those who urinated in them got their own back.
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Hard News: The other kind of phone tapping, in reply to Angela Hart,
Angela - I also worked on rotary - the Dunedin central exchange had both types as well. The oddest system we had was a "trombone satellite" exchange at Ravensbourne. This was the older friction drive type, and the equipment had reputedly been in a trade exhibition in Belgium, and been stored in a bunker until after WW1 ended. It was replaced in the early 1980s.
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Hard News: The other kind of phone tapping, in reply to John Farrell,
And, at the same site, if you look at "exhibits", you can see a video of a crossbar type exchange in action. This was the last type of mechanical exchange installed here.
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The reason New Zealand had a reversed dial
http://ferrymead-nzpostandtelegraphsociety.org/index.php/page/display/86
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I worked in telephone exchanges in the 1970s, and if I came across someone tapping a call (you could tell by the uneven chain of pulses) I would plug the buttinski into the switch and loop it. This stopped the pulses going to the next switch, and even allowed you to talk to the tappers.
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Pohutukawa in Dunedin
