The thread of learning something new every day
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@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
both of those are very interesting, the carrot thing i had assumed (as well as being a vegetable that rabbits world eat0 was some kind of smoking analogy, cartoon version of a cigar...thread does what it says on the tin
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@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
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@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
well compacted sand is great till it liquefies.
Seriously though, reclamation is hard. Singapore does a bit of it, so do the Netherlands. Dubai is a fascinating place - but I have no urge to visit
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@nzzp said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
well compacted sand is great till it liquefies.
Seriously though, reclamation is hard. Singapore does a bit of it, so do the Netherlands. Dubai is a fascinating place - but I have no urge to visit
Feel exactly the same way
Friends rave over it though
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@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@nzzp said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
well compacted sand is great till it liquefies.
Seriously though, reclamation is hard. Singapore does a bit of it, so do the Netherlands. Dubai is a fascinating place - but I have no urge to visit
Feel exactly the same way
Friends rave over it though
look, if I had enough money to race and crash range rovers in the desert after smashing soft drinks, it'd be great fun - but I just can't get excited. SO I guess I'm not a Sheikh.
I so wanted to make a 'no great Sheikhs' joke, but I didn't
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@nzzp said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@nzzp said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
well compacted sand is great till it liquefies.
Seriously though, reclamation is hard. Singapore does a bit of it, so do the Netherlands. Dubai is a fascinating place - but I have no urge to visit
Feel exactly the same way
Friends rave over it though
look, if I had enough money to race and crash range rovers in the desert after smashing soft drinks, it'd be great fun - but I just can't get excited. SO I guess I'm not a Sheikh.
I so wanted to make a 'no great Sheikhs' joke, but I didn't
Well, you almost kinda just did
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Dubai is mega expensive, but it's a great place to visit.
A few friends who live there certainly enjoy it, but none of them rave about it. Peronsally, it's a little bit perfect for me in that it doesn't really have a soul and reminds me a lot of Macau. It's all sounds a bit cliche, but there's only so many cloudless days, expensive boozy brunches & over priced, fake, sporting facilities that I can take.
Zero tax would be awesome though - not that I can complain after 13 years in Hong Kong!
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@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Civilisational decline
Niue is worse, so many empty buildings. Why? Cos they got access to NZ passports and an airport and 2/3 of the pop left
1950 4,667
1960 4,830
1970 5,130
1980 3,402
1981 3,281 28 September
1986 2,531 29 October
1991 2,239 3 November
1997 2,088 17 August
2001 1,788 13 September
2006 1,625 9 September
2011 1,607 10 September
2017 1,591 9 March
2022 1,564 11 November -
@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Civilisational decline
Niue is worse, so many empty buildings. Why? Cos they got access to NZ pass[ports and an airport and 2/3 of the pop let
1950 4,667
1960 4,830
1970 5,130
1980 3,402
1981 3,281 28 September
1986 2,531 29 October
1991 2,239 3 November
1997 2,088 17 August
2001 1,788 13 September
2006 1,625 9 September
2011 1,607 10 September
2017 1,591 9 March
2022 1,564 11 NovemberWasn't that down to the depletion of their resources (phosphates?) ?
