tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post8447741395212237930..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Liberal economics and the Panama Canal: hope?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-33214258024091760662008-08-16T08:08:00.000+01:002008-08-16T08:08:00.000+01:00Had a Wiki glance at rock snot: geez, it could at ...Had a Wiki glance at rock snot: geez, it could at least have had the grace to be pretty.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-79054412737060303492008-08-15T19:17:00.000+01:002008-08-15T19:17:00.000+01:00Apols, I got the detail wrong: "rock snot". Worth...Apols, I got the detail wrong: "rock snot". Worth a google. Actually, NZ is pretty wonderful, but they don't warn you about the sandflies, which I found a real pest, especially down in the southwest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-69136185759068126552008-08-15T12:57:00.000+01:002008-08-15T12:57:00.000+01:00Strewth. After Lord of The Rings I thought NZ was ...Strewth. After Lord of The Rings I thought NZ was Paradise on Earth.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-80650472070643542062008-08-15T10:48:00.000+01:002008-08-15T10:48:00.000+01:00The possums were introduced from Oz in hopes of st...The possums were introduced from Oz in hopes of starting a fur industry. Ha! Now they savage forestry. Why the stoats were introduced I don't know, but they, and the possums, and the hedgehogs play merry hell with the indigenous flightless birds. And then there's the organism referred to as "river snot".....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-65135999946360583452008-08-15T07:09:00.000+01:002008-08-15T07:09:00.000+01:00So the analogy DOES work. I didn't know about the ...So the analogy DOES work. I didn't know about the stoats and possums, by the way - how did they get there?Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-6341937129034577662008-08-14T20:31:00.000+01:002008-08-14T20:31:00.000+01:00Yeah, and the rabbits and cane toads in Oz have be...Yeah, and the rabbits and cane toads in Oz have been a huge success. And the stoats and possums in NZ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com