DBP:  Sorry I don't 'recall' any of those things.  :)
Helen: Sorry I was so busy working I didn't notice us driving around at
160k to a rugby match.

ohh the honesty :)



This current govt (and generally most) is focused to much on, what will
get the most votes at the next election.  There a major structural
changes reqd in NZ.  Generally speaking National governments have been
better at these things.  (yes I know about the Labour govt in the 80s,
but many would argue they were more like a traditional National Govt).


Rob Martin
Software Engineer

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Neven MacEwan wrote:
> David
>
> Yes I was recalling when I was 10 so 35 years, The 'Record Levels'
> they talk about are post float,
> The rocky time you refer to was probably because we continued in our
> post war boom mode when
> we needed to adapt, and coincided with another control freak leader --
> Muldoon,  so now we have
> a lying manipulative intellectual stalinist zealot, my point was  
> meant to be that we  have a government
> that spins that 'we are living beyond our means' whilst it has chucked
> 50 billion at social programs in the
> last 10 years to no measurable effect (except commercial property
> owners in wellington can't build fast enough
> to house all the bureaucrats), we simply do not have the luxury of
> this (unlike some scandinavian countries, we
> don't have a north sea), its going to difficult to shift them (or
> restructure) because of the percentage of populace we
> have as civil servants or beneficiaries (including everyone collecting
> the Working for Families package)
>
> The churning (ie taxing people so you can give it back to them..ie
> 'Free' early child education) is so bad that
> in my case I pay child support (which doesn't go to my children, goes
> to the Gov to fund the Ex's DPB)
> because I am a bad citizen whilst getting Family Support (because I
> look after my children more than 40% of the time)
> because I am a good citizen (accord to Helen et al)
>
> Rave over
>
> Neven
>
>> [Switching to Offtopic]
>>
>> It's something to do with many things... but the fact is our dollar is
>> fairly high against most currencies at present. The exceptions are other
>> countries which comparatively high interest rates (eg Australia and
>> the UK)
>> and even against them it is pretty high (just not quite at record
>> levels).
>>
>> As for comparing with the exchange level 30 years ago (actually
>> closer to 40
>> years ago I think you mean?) we had a pretty rocky time (think the
>> Titanic)
>> in the late 70's early-mid 80's which explains most of that
>> depreciation!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: delphi-bounces@delp...
>> [mailto:delphi-bounces@delp...] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Peacocke
>> Sent: Friday, 27 July 2007 10:37 a.m.
>> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>> Subject: Re: [DUG] basic question
>>
>> Its nothing to do with our economy. Its to do with the economy of the
>> US wher the dollar is devaluing against all other currencies.
>>
>> What's this got to do with Delphi? ... er ...
>>
>> function NewZealandDollar(USDollar: Currency) : Currency;
>> begin
>>     Randomize;
>>     Result := USDollar - (Random(50) + SizeOf(CullenMouth -
>> HelenDarkLook));
>> end;
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>  
>
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