tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post8175062405439639756..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: AotearoaQuiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-31349410404205843342014-08-26T10:49:01.964+01:002014-08-26T10:49:01.964+01:00Thanks Flaxen Saxon, just made it to Singapore as ...Thanks Flaxen Saxon, just made it to Singapore as I'm writing this. Drinking iced tea and sweating in the 22 degree heat :-)Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-17296166585770910902014-08-26T01:39:19.323+01:002014-08-26T01:39:19.323+01:00Have fun in Auckland. Great place except for the t...Have fun in Auckland. Great place except for the traffic... Lived there for 5 years before moving to sunny Wello. If you need any advice re living in NZ etc, get in touch. I moved here 14 years ago with my family- best thing I ever did. Good luck. Flaxen Saxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03431645401478120921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-157844464051567812014-08-25T08:34:08.904+01:002014-08-25T08:34:08.904+01:00Damn, just missed you again. Safe flight.Damn, just missed you again. Safe flight.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-91268877183938501242014-08-22T11:26:17.622+01:002014-08-22T11:26:17.622+01:00Thanks - it is always a relief to know that someon...Thanks - it is always a relief to know that someone has made the jump successfully. Do not underestimate how important it is to hold up a beacon of hope.<br /><br />My very best wishes for your and yours in your new life. Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-9206734043408570512014-08-21T06:27:56.025+01:002014-08-21T06:27:56.025+01:00I'll look into the problem, it's probably ...I'll look into the problem, it's probably a bit of code I've added to enable editing.Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-31733295823690171012014-08-20T19:50:14.281+01:002014-08-20T19:50:14.281+01:00Hi QM. A message from Flaxen Saxon in Wellington :...Hi QM. A message from Flaxen Saxon in Wellington : He says he can't access your blog for some reason but would like to say hello one expat to another expat to be!<br /><br />His blog is at http://flaxensaxon.blogspot.co.uk<br /><br />His email address is fancymcclean@gmail.com<br /><br />Dioclesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139646438543954337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-25679234894402199542014-08-20T05:48:18.546+01:002014-08-20T05:48:18.546+01:00All the very best, QM. And thanks for your blog ov...All the very best, QM. And thanks for your blog over the years - a beacon of good old common sense & straight talking. After a few weeks, what is happening to the UK may well seem like a terrible dream from which you have had the good fortune to awake from!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-53453270025211086242014-08-19T22:35:22.759+01:002014-08-19T22:35:22.759+01:00I wish you all the best. I tried to get a visa to ...I wish you all the best. I tried to get a visa to retire to NZ but thanks to the points system the only way I could get in was to start up a business that employed at least two locals. As I was looking to give up work not start again, they wouldn't have me. Can't say I blame them really.<br /><br />I'm ver there myself in November. Start off with a couple of days in Auckland then on a circumnavigation on one of my favourite ships, the Caledonia Sky, Hoping to say hello to Flaxen Saxon in Wellington on the way.<br /><br />I'd say good luck, but you already had that by getting in. Wish it was me...Dioclesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139646438543954337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-91536162032185676712014-08-19T13:16:08.911+01:002014-08-19T13:16:08.911+01:00Very best of luck.Very best of luck.Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-39305117139543164162014-08-19T12:17:42.475+01:002014-08-19T12:17:42.475+01:00All the best for the future Quiet Man. I would lov...All the best for the future Quiet Man. I would love to say that you're wrong and this country will get better, but I'm afraid I can't. For those like me, with family and age against moving somewhere like NZ, all we can do is try and stem the flow for as long as possible.<br />PenseivatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-30373619520923846302014-08-19T11:09:41.254+01:002014-08-19T11:09:41.254+01:00Good luck for the future QM. In '96 I took ear...Good luck for the future QM. In '96 I took early retirement from my job and applied for, and was granted, NZ residence status. I went there with good intentions but chickened out, and came back home. I guess at the time there wasn't enough difference to persuade me to make the move. Now, nearly 20 years later, I have family commitments preventing me jumping ship, and age is working against me anyway. <br /><br />I do hope you will continue to post, even if only occasionally, just to let the rest of us know how things are working out. And don't forget to see the South Island - the scenery is far more breathtaking than you'll find around Auckland!microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-67192671799622259412014-08-19T09:56:57.873+01:002014-08-19T09:56:57.873+01:00Good luck and enjoy your wonderful new life :)
&qu...Good luck and enjoy your wonderful new life :)<br />"A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted."<br />you will be much missed.<br /><br />Kath Lissendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040464740166167943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-9589663071336005602014-08-19T09:52:12.587+01:002014-08-19T09:52:12.587+01:00Thanks for all your work mate, and good luck.
I w...Thanks for all your work mate, and good luck.<br /><br />I will miss your postings. For what little it is worth, I once thought that I was alone. I have seen radical change where I live, and it has not been all for the better. And I am not blaming the 'Johnny come latelies' either. My local council has gone from being a half decent Conservative one, to a near bonkers Lefty ;o(<br /><br />I'd love to come and join you but, I have commitments here I cannot break from.<br /><br />NZ seems a really nice place, and the Kiwi's I've met here seem a decent bunch. You'll fir right in there, of that there can be no doubt.<br /><br />Cheers. And once again thank you and good luck.Mr. Mordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658818033526024457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-32528626945529413252014-08-19T09:43:21.940+01:002014-08-19T09:43:21.940+01:00I like the look of the place you will be working -...I like the look of the place you will be working - that will be the centre of London in 10 years time with a minaret!.....<br /><br />Laurie -StourbridgeRantBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425410359312882937noreply@blogger.com