Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.
Jul 13th 2008, 10:15 pm
#151
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Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.
and please delete my comments... as though i care
Jul 13th 2008, 10:24 pm
#152
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Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.
Is just this one thread helping you with your views & your decision ?
Perhaps start some more threads about different aspects of NZ life here to get a more balanced picture. Schools ; places to live ; weather ; travel ; cost of living & if you are still concerned about gangs, drugs, being made welcome, race relations and the like, a new thread about these issues may help .
Just a suggestion
Perhaps start some more threads about different aspects of NZ life here to get a more balanced picture. Schools ; places to live ; weather ; travel ; cost of living & if you are still concerned about gangs, drugs, being made welcome, race relations and the like, a new thread about these issues may help .
Just a suggestion
Jul 13th 2008, 10:25 pm
#153
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Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.
Last edited by BEVS; Jul 13th 2008 at 10:30 pm. Reason: clogging the thread
Jul 13th 2008, 10:32 pm
#154
you dewty owld maan!
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Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.
You are most certainly forgiven! Apart from the fact I swear like a trooper i do have great manners, non-kfc skin and a keen wit. Very modest too 
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Not drinking and then driving home would be a good start. However, on the similar subject of poncey people and wine, I attended a party where the nice hostess replaced Veuve Cliquot with Lindauer for one group of guests (she really didn't like them). She quietly poured the lindauer into the bottle behind the scenes and then served it up to them. Kind of evident they had no clue when they started ranting on about how it was much nicer than lindauer. I might add the rest of us were not drinking Veuve either! But at least we didn't pretend to know any better
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Not drinking and then driving home would be a good start. However, on the similar subject of poncey people and wine, I attended a party where the nice hostess replaced Veuve Cliquot with Lindauer for one group of guests (she really didn't like them). She quietly poured the lindauer into the bottle behind the scenes and then served it up to them. Kind of evident they had no clue when they started ranting on about how it was much nicer than lindauer. I might add the rest of us were not drinking Veuve either! But at least we didn't pretend to know any better
the drinking and driving thing was the worry for me as I tended to get persuaded to have a couple of drinks before driving back.
When one of my colleagues made sure that she congratulated me for not driving home after a particulalry big session that ended in the pub I was far more shocked as none of us were in any state at all to drive........
I was brought up on home made wine and cheap plonk so I'm not the real conneseur inspite pf being dragged into the wine-tasting soc. at college - get me on whisky and I'm on firmer ground, but that doesn't seem to be such a big thing here, maybe more so in the Asian community??
Swearing - if you were on the pitch when I got stamped on my left foot for the third time (on the same little toe mind!) at footie on Wednesday night you would be enlightened.............
Jul 13th 2008, 10:37 pm
#155
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Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.
Is just this one thread helping you with your views & your decision ?
Perhaps start some more threads about different aspects of NZ life here to get a more balanced picture. Schools ; places to live ; weather ; travel ; cost of living & if you are still concerned about gangs, drugs, being made welcome, race relations and the like, a new thread about these issues may help .
Just a suggestion
Perhaps start some more threads about different aspects of NZ life here to get a more balanced picture. Schools ; places to live ; weather ; travel ; cost of living & if you are still concerned about gangs, drugs, being made welcome, race relations and the like, a new thread about these issues may help .
Just a suggestion
I get fed up with people whinging on about the bad points of New Zealand thats all....
and the forums are used like a chat room, I noticed and they all seem to be clicky clicky....and if you dont agree with anything they say god help us...
just a point...
I wil stick to chat nicer people ...
and not
narrow minded... that have a sense of humour....
Jul 13th 2008, 10:50 pm
#156
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Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.
I get fed up with people whinging on about the bad points of New Zealand thats all....
and the forums are used like a chat room, I noticed and they all seem to be clicky clicky....and if you dont agree with anything they say god help us...
just a point...
I wil stick to chat nicer people ...
and not
narrow minded... that have a sense of humour....
and the forums are used like a chat room, I noticed and they all seem to be clicky clicky....and if you dont agree with anything they say god help us...
just a point...
I wil stick to chat nicer people ...
and not
narrow minded... that have a sense of humour....
I get fed up with people not being able to tolerate others view points and feelings . It's so simple. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.
If you want to challenge a viewpoint then do so in a respectful way. Start your own threads about NZ life. Help people with their big move. There are many ways to contribute to a forum such as this.
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Jul 13th 2008, 11:02 pm
#157
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Re: Good and Bad points about New Zealand please.
I get fed up with people not being able to tolerate others view points and feelings . It's so simple. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.
If you want to challenge a viewpoint then do so in a respectful way. Start your own threads about NZ life. Help people with their big move. There are many ways to contribute to a forum such as this.
Rule 1
Apologies to all for the OT posts.
If you want to challenge a viewpoint then do so in a respectful way. Start your own threads about NZ life. Help people with their big move. There are many ways to contribute to a forum such as this.
Rule 1
Apologies to all for the OT posts.
Jul 14th 2008, 12:17 am
#158
you dewty owld maan!
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