Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:
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@sundogplanets
Let me chip in as a fairly recently immigrated kiwi who lived near Milton Keynes, UK which is basically made of roundabouts held together with electrical tape: kiwis are crap at them.
(Ducks)@Hedgewizard Hahaha well, they're WAY better at it than the flatlanders in Saskatchewan who only know how to navigate perfect right angles.
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@sundogplanets I get that. I’ve done that myself, but not in a public forum.
Go well
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@Hedgewizard Hahaha well, they're WAY better at it than the flatlanders in Saskatchewan who only know how to navigate perfect right angles.
@sundogplanets
But then how will they know the magic of Swindon?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)
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@sundogplanets
But then how will they know the magic of Swindon?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)@Hedgewizard oh my god
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@Jakob_Krakel @carey @sundogplanets
Yes, that's it! Thanks
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Thank you.
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Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:
-Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
-Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
-Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
-NZ signs do not play around (see example below)
@sundogplanets No drip coffee... might be a problem.
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@Hedgewizard oh my god
@sundogplanets @Hedgewizard there's also an exit to a car park between the top two roundabouts just for more lols. (I panicked, missed it, and ended up somewhere else!)
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Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:
-Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
-Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
-Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
-NZ signs do not play around (see example below)@sundogplanets I sincerely hope you are enjoying your time in our country. Welcome.
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@sundogplanets @Hedgewizard there's also an exit to a car park between the top two roundabouts just for more lols. (I panicked, missed it, and ended up somewhere else!)
@sundogplanets @jtonline
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Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:
-Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
-Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
-Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
-NZ signs do not play around (see example below) -
Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:
-Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
-Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
-Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
-NZ signs do not play around (see example below) -
@grb090423 @sundogplanets I guess a pour over would be close? Do you have those in the UK?
@mrowe @grb090423 @sundogplanets
They used to be endemic - the Cona coffee machine. Which was filtered to be just about palatable but a bit weak for my taste and then left to boiled dry on the hot plate until it was burnt and unprintable.
I think most hotels favour this style of coffee in their restaurants.
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Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:
-Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
-Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
-Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
-NZ signs do not play around (see example below)@sundogplanets With you on the drip coffee thing. Went through a whole expensive dilettante coffee thing. Found out I lack the early morning patience for pourovers and such. What I like is strong unadorned 10-oz cup of coffee I make for myself at home in a drip aka filter machine that heats the water to the right temperature. (Most machines do not and those that do have ridiculously inflated prices.)
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@DziadekMick @symbology @sundogplanets To be fair to the Americans, this article was from some time in 1943. What passed for "coffee" then was either instant coffee or "coffee essence" (coffee and chicory syrup). Due to international events the coffee situation was very precarious. Coffee culture only really started hitting these shores in the 1950s or later and many of my generation are still used to "long black" and "flat white" coffees (i.e. without milk or with milk).
@Daveosaurus @DziadekMick @symbology @sundogplanets
NZ has s curious history with espresso machines. They began to become popular post WW2 but due to severe government-imposed import restrictions following the Labour Government's "black budget" of 1958 it became very difficult to get parts for espresso machines imported from Italy so they virtually disappeared until returning with vengeance in the late 70s early 80s.
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@rdm@aus.social @sundogplanets@mastodon.social And this one at Kingscliff
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@mrowe @grb090423 @sundogplanets
They used to be endemic - the Cona coffee machine. Which was filtered to be just about palatable but a bit weak for my taste and then left to boiled dry on the hot plate until it was burnt and unprintable.
I think most hotels favour this style of coffee in their restaurants.
@DziadekMick @mrowe @sundogplanets
Oh, I remember those!
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Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:
-Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
-Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
-Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
-NZ signs do not play around (see example below)@sundogplanets Here’s a little experiment (for science, you know?): can you sing “Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi” to them and tell me what their reaction is? Thank you.
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@sundogplanets Here’s a little experiment (for science, you know?): can you sing “Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi” to them and tell me what their reaction is? Thank you.
@dmian Usually it's just joining in. Though there may be sections of society that don't hold with their kids being taught that foreign language
