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My old flat.
July 15, 2011 at 8:26 pm
She's seen better days;
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I'd still be living there if not for these damn quakes, it was a quaint little building with a Thai restaurant on the bottom floor, smack in the middle of the city, awesome location and ideal for anyone who likes to get blind drunk and stumble home.
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RE: My old flat.
July 15, 2011 at 8:29 pm
I am still sick with the irony of a place called Christchurch being flattened by one of the nastiest earthquakes in the past decade...
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RE: My old flat.
July 15, 2011 at 8:30 pm
That's so sad 
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RE: My old flat.
July 15, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Don't worry my friend, there are other places to live attached to Asian restaurants.
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RE: My old flat.
July 15, 2011 at 9:51 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2011 at 10:37 pm by The Magic Pudding.)
I thought you guys did so well after the first shake but then the second one came along.
Anyway good luck and thanks for John Clarke, I liked his look at the Greek/European mess this week.
Quote:BRYAN DAWE: Thanks for your time tonight.
JOHN CLARKE: It's very good to be with you. My pleasure. Good evening.
BRYAN DAWE: I understand you're an economist?
JOHN CLARKE: I am an economist. Yes, indeed.
BRYAN DAWE: Right. Do you understand the euro?
JOHN CLARKE: No, I'm an economist. No, you want religious questions, Bryan, you've gotta go and get somebody appropriately qualified. I'm an economist.
BRYAN DAWE: Can you explain to us then the Greek economy?
JOHN CLARKE: Oh, look, Bryan, better value elsewhere, I think. I mean, I wouldn't ...
BRYAN DAWE: Better value elsewhere? What do you mean?
JOHN CLARKE: No, I wouldn't touch it with a pole, Bryan. Don't put your money in there.
BRYAN DAWE: No, no, no; I don't want to invest in it. I'm just asking you to describe it.
JOHN CLARKE: Oh, you're seeking information about it?
BRYAN DAWE: Yeah, information about it. Yeah. 'Cause there's a great amount of nervousness, isn't there ... ?
JOHN CLARKE: Oh, there certainly is, Bryan, and they have, let's face it, very serious structural problems with the Greek economy.
BRYAN DAWE: They're broke.
JOHN CLARKE: They would be if things improved out of sight, Bryan. I think the problem's actually worse than that at the moment.
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2011/s3269873.htm
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RE: My old flat.
July 15, 2011 at 10:10 pm
That really sucks, Void. With pretty much the whole country being an earthquake zone you don't get a lot of choices to avoid it.
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RE: My old flat.
July 16, 2011 at 1:44 am
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Ah, I live in such an apartment.. In the middle of the city centre, top floor with a whole corner to ourselves (only one neighbour on the side and a deaf old man the floor under) and with a Chinese restaurant on the street level, that serves Italian food. It truly doesn't get better than that, I'm sorry for your loss, Void I'm just happy myself that I don't live anywhere near a tectonic plate fissure :p
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RE: My old flat.
July 16, 2011 at 3:38 am
That sucks, Void. Still, I think things turned out alright for you. I mean, your pieces aren't being pulled into the dumpster, right?  I'm just glad you're alive. Now, move to the east coast of the U.S. Then, you only have to worry about hurricanes.
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