Hey Solo, haven't you forgotten about Garbett, lol!
Hey Solo, haven't you forgotten about Garbett, lol!
Yes I thought I would forget some players, sorry to Paul. His last good tournament as far as I know was Queenstown 06, so he'd be around your good self in my list, but you all may need plenty of players to apply to get 5 players who will go so both of you might make the team!![]()
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My public servant employer is still debating whether I can be given paid leave, on the basis of 'representing OZ at an international sporting event'! The age-old argument...Originally Posted by flukey
The solution is simple David, just get a Kiwi passport ...Originally Posted by smurfo
Lol! My boss had no problems with it ... but my work colleagues started saying things like if you get representing NZ leave for chess, can you get it for shopping as well?Originally Posted by smurfo
If you think it would help, I could get an email sent through from my boss explaining the NZ position ...
That'd be great! I think it's going to be fine anyway, as they'll probably just ignore the 'chess as a sport' argument and give me the leave, but it'd be nice for chess players in the future here. I'm one of the few who doesn't think chess should be classed as a sport in Australia, but when I see figures putting the cost of funding each Australian olympic medal at over $15 million, I do get a little disillusioned...Originally Posted by flukey
I think that no sport should be government funded, including chess. Of course, if the government insists on forcibly confiscating my money to pay for sport, then it may as well fund a sport I like, such as the Aussie Chess Olympics team.Originally Posted by smurfo
“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell
One post is probably not going too far astray and Jono's post was related to the post it quoted.Originally Posted by Tony Dowden
But Kiwis are well left of Australian centre (if there is such a thing in this politically polemic landOriginally Posted by Garrett
) so get all stressed out and can't cope with conservative-speak like small government and less tax
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Speak for yourself, Tony. Those concepts don't stress this Kiwi at all. BTW I am still only a Kiwi. Have not found any great argument to take out Australian citizenship.Originally Posted by Tony Dowden
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Then how come the Kiwis got rid of Labour last election while the Aussies elected Labor instead?Originally Posted by Tony Dowden
“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell
It was a nationwide protest at the previous government's appalling record of not funding a single Kiwi Chess Olympiad team despite 4 opportunities. The severest test for the new government is coming in September this year when the nationa will find out where it stands on funding NZ Chess supremacy.Originally Posted by Jono
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I expect the Australian change of Govt was for similar reasons...
Heheh; I'm old enough to remember that the NZ Nationals didn't fund Chess Olympiad teams either.Originally Posted by Qbert
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“The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.”
“There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.”—Thomas Sowell
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