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.
@sundogplanets No drip coffee... might be a problem.
@sundogplanets Roundabouts are useful, but you can have too many of them. NZ hasn't reached that stage yet.
https://youtu.be/eYuNAle69Ws?si=k1_fjrihJzxQkDWn
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Let me chip in as a fairly recently immigrated kiwi who lived in 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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But then how will they know the magic of Swindon?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)
@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 regarding the road signs - I still vividly remember the road signs saying " the faster you go, the bigger the mess" - are those still around?
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Guess what SIX means in NZ? 😲😳🤣😂🤣
@sundogplanets wellingtonians are incredibly proud of their coffee. I’d be careful with them there drip coffee words down there
@sundogplanets in Australia we change that sign to "party cliff" by adding bottles and a boombox
@sundogplanets To be fair, there is genuinely good specialty filter/drip coffee these days (keywords: "pourover", "V60"). But if you mean the cheap over-boiled and continuously reheated stuff, yeah no thanks.
@sundogplanets Why would you want drip (filter) coffee when you can have a Long Black?
@sundogplanets Wow, this could be a great advertisement for moving to NZ. No drip coffee and competent drivers? Sign me the hell up.
@sundogplanets wait, if you are in NZ... who il caring the goats?
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Fun observations! Look forward to some more. 😁
@sundogplanets OK, but why would you want drip coffee when you could have espresso? I don't understand.
@sundogplanets Fun to follow your progress through our country.
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Wait until you hit Australia.
@sundogplanets btw nice pic of Mr Ngauruhoe
Why would you want drip "coffee" when you could have coffee as intended?
@sundogplanets “I know the difference between margarine and butter,
I can say Saskatchewan without starting to stutter…”
TIL what drip coffee is! (Thank you Wikipedia.)
Not sure what we call it here in UK... percolated coffee?
Not sure why anyone does drip coffee or Nescafe.🤷
Please don't mention International Roast 🤢
@sundogplanets Federal Delicatessen in Auckland has good proper brewed coffee. Owned by Al Brown and uses coffee from a roaster in Wellington
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That Cliff guy really is a bastard, isn't he.
@sundogplanets there's a cafe in Newtown Wellington calked "Black Coffee" and they serve good drip coffee if you need a hit
@sundogplanets I thought New Zealand was a paradise until I heard about the coffee thing. Wow.
@sundogplanets I get that. I’ve done that myself, but not in a public forum.
Go well
You might like to rethink how it sounds, surprise at a person of colour being up with modern trends.
@sundogplanets when you said “hand gestures” I had a vivid image for a moment of kids doing a 6 7 haka at boomers and Gen Xers.
