tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post1559733813260029925..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: NZAE Annual ConferenceEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-42822417108977951612012-05-15T13:07:18.092+12:002012-05-15T13:07:18.092+12:00Ok. So Kiwis worried about being confused between ...Ok. So Kiwis worried about being confused between some town near Dunedin and some town north of Wellington, so they put "North" on the latter.<br /><br />Meanwhile, here in Christchurch, we have Lyttelton Road that goes nowhere near Lyttelton, Selwyn Road in Lyttelton that does not lead you out to Selwyn District that borders Christchurch, a different Selwyn Road south of downtown Christchurch that has nothing to do with the Selwyn Road in Lyttelton and that also does not take you to Selwyn. Never mind all the roads that change names a half-dozen times without your ever turning.<br /><br />But having two towns with the same name separated by the freaking Cook Straight would be too confusing?<br /><br />You Kiwis are weird.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-66871308785296051802012-05-14T09:13:11.208+12:002012-05-14T09:13:11.208+12:00Not sure about West Melton etc, but Palmerston is ...Not sure about West Melton etc, but Palmerston is a town near Dunedin and Havelock is near Nelson. The 'North' versions are both of those are in the North Island.Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-21952703173859774722012-05-13T20:21:18.976+12:002012-05-13T20:21:18.976+12:00What's up with all the NZ placenames that have...What's up with all the NZ placenames that have directions in them? West Melton but no Melton or East Milton from which a West Milton would need to distinguish itself; Palmerston North; Havelock North. Are there others?Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-22677166504319702392012-05-13T20:03:57.597+12:002012-05-13T20:03:57.597+12:00@V
It's not austerity, but a two-year-old dec...@V<br /><br />It's not austerity, but a two-year-old decision by the New Zealand Association of Economists to take the conference away from the three main centres for the first time in along time. Downtown PN is a perfeclty nice place to be attending a conference. There isn't much else going on there, but when economists get together, they find the cut and thrust of conference interactions sufficiently entertaining that they have no need of extra-conference attractions!Seamus Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752338906486087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-11754074901461941372012-05-13T15:24:42.975+12:002012-05-13T15:24:42.975+12:00I see austerity has kicked in for economics confer...I see austerity has kicked in for economics conferences. <br />Is the venue a tent or caravan?Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-32795052926989840032012-05-08T19:41:41.446+12:002012-05-08T19:41:41.446+12:00@Peterquixote:
I have been so quiet that when I f...@Peterquixote:<br /><br />I have been so quiet that when I finally do post, you think I am Eric!Seamus Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752338906486087395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-27138010920707033562012-05-08T18:59:37.590+12:002012-05-08T18:59:37.590+12:00I can not understand why you say your blogging is ...I can not understand why you say your blogging is quiet Eric. You are intensive and productive.<br />Please tell wife and children from me that I think you always work too much.<br />They will understandpeterquixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873112816453062068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-83461739955514406112012-05-08T14:59:09.406+12:002012-05-08T14:59:09.406+12:00Lost me with "being held in Palmerston North&...Lost me with "being held in Palmerston North".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com