Posts by Bart Janssen
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me and my old-fashioned "topic" ideas
Stay up to date Russell, topics are soooo February
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add to the consultation on "natural" health products
Um that would be an horrendous threadjack and I kind of think the subject of the thread is too important. One way of summarizing my thoughts is to point out that the hideously painful death of mother and child during birth is "natural" as is Aflotoxin contaminated maize. Aspirin is also a natural compound as is coffee.
Natural means nothing in the context of health IMO. Of course in terms of marketing that's a whole other story.
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cyanide (CN-) contains a carbon atom, it behaves as an inorganic ligand
Carol I was just teasing. I know cyanide is considered inorganic. But I do remember it being "difficult" since there are times when it is organic, sort of.
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Hang on, cyanide is organic
Actually it's inorganic but I know what you mean.
But Copper is "organic"
And Agent Orange isn't.
And Cyanide is a carbon based compound so it is organic too, except when it isn't.
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The worry for me is, will anyone actually remember what National has done this year when it comes time for us to vote again?
This is the National government, it has always been like this and as far as I can see always will be like this, driven by business interests and essentially willing to piss on long term interests of the country for short term profits for their mates. Not all of the party is like that but enough to make a National government quite predictable.
And yet many of the same folks who are horrified today voted for National last election and you know what my bet is they will vote for National again when the time comes because they will have forgotten this year.
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As for the idea of mining conservation lands ... did anyone watch "last chance to see" on Sunday ... you don't get to mine conservation lands AND protect the Kakapo and Kiwi ... it's an either/or equation no matter how much the fat man in the suit might bluster ... send the mining trucks in and the wildlife dies.
Personally, I'll take a slightly lower standard of living rather than lose those lands.
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once he (our son, not my partner) started refusing to sit in the push-chair on walks
so your partner still likes riding in the push-chair?
Reminds me of trying to get insurance to buy a car in the US, needed a car and a social security number before we could get insurance, needed insurance before we could buy or drive a car, needed insurance and social security numbers before we could get a license. In the end the gordian knot was unravelled by confusing the insurance agent long enough with our New Zealand accents and a friend (known for 1 day) loaning us his brand new car to do our drivers test in.
Failed the learners test 3 times over 6 years before nailing it. Truly a warning to the world.
You'd fit right in driving in Auckland then.
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Order of operations error.
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It will have one council.
And how many CCOs?
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There are more irrational numbers than rational ones. Fact.
Dammit Ben, you'll just raise the ire of the Herald with more of your fancy schmancy facts. Surely irrationality is the kind of thing that only a popular survey can really confirm.
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One of the links from the link that Sacha gave led to this which I thought was quite interesting.
It explains New York's problem, which is that any city logo has to compete with the I heart NY image.
I did like the I Amsterdam which of course isn't the city logo.
But if you scroll down to the bottom of the page there is a logo we all recognize which I suspect defines why any new flag debate will fail. No matter how cool a new flag design is it will always compete with the iconic silver fern.
Thanks Amy you are almost certainly right, it was starting to bug me as to what they could be :).