What if you lived in Australia?

[Dr Pepper]

Originally Posted by Brian249x

My friends who have visited New Zealand tell me that it is a beautiful country with spectacular scenery. They also mentioned that it much less frenetic and has much better air quality than the urban area where we live in the United States.

My friends did not mention it, but I have heard from other sources that it is an extremely bad idea to antagonize Maori people.

Correct on all counts....take it from a kiwi....

[effCup]

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

Let me introduce you to a splendid new concept: its called 'Google search'...and it will even answer the questions you haven't thought of yet .....and save the rest of us who post here time and effort..

tm wants "conversation" (/controversy?), rather than information.

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by effCup

tm wants "conversation" (/controversy?), rather than information.

I agree. That's what this thread is about.

For instance, I could tell you what living in England is like - it's a small place but I've only ever lived in London and the south. I have no idea what it would be like to live in the Yorkshire Dales, industrial north or Cornwall.

Perhaps NZ differs hugely between north and south island but I don't think a Google search would give you much feel for that.

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by effCup

tm wants "conversation" (/controversy?), rather than information.

I think effCup's being understandably protective of his islands in exactly the same way that I'm not.

Still for a bum like me to have made over $500 in a day only to arrive home and find another $350 from sale of woodcraft items to tourists, I should cut some slack, perhaps.

Tasmania's still Australia's best kept secret, right?

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by blondifan

Tasmania's still Australia's best kept secret, right?

Abso-flippin'-lutely!

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

Let me introduce you to a splendid new concept: its called 'Google search'...and it will even answer the questions you haven't thought of yet .....and save the rest of us who post here time and effort..

As your name is Pepper, shouldn't that be "May I introduce to you..." ?

[effCup]

Originally Posted by bloke57

shouldn't that be "May I introduce to you..." ?

burp! What?

[Dr Pepper]

Originally Posted by bloke57

As your name is Pepper, shouldn't that be "May I introduce to you..." ?

You might think that...but of course I couldn't possibly comment...

[Dr Pepper]

Originally Posted by bloke57

I agree. That's what this thread is about.



Perhaps NZ differs hugely between north and south island but I don't think a Google search would give you much feel for that.

Actually it does.... all you'd have to do is search 'images' rather than general

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

Actually it does.... all you'd have to do is search 'images' rather than general

Ah but how does it feel?. Is the breeze different? Is the animal life equivalent? What birdsong can I hear?

A picture on a screen may tell a thousand words but has no emotion or poetry - no hint of the human experience.

Besides my eyes are shot - double astigmatic and as near-sighted as a bag of bats.