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2017 World of Words Tour: #2 PIRATES OF COSTA RICA

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2017 LOGS #2 PIRATES OF THE COSTA RICAN CARIBBEAN Unfortunately your correspondent only visited Costa Rica for a few days, consequently seeing and understanding very little of a country which is not a ‘top of mind’ aspirational destination among many of today’s travellers except for genuine eco-freaks, or those who pass for hippies these days, or who are leaving some illegal activity and passing through on their way to another illegal activity. Way down the list are those who’ll take on the journey to Costa Rica to visit a family member, only to have their preconceptions of the country mashed like a soft banana. I do know that Costa Rica shares a common border with Panama, which is somewhere in Central America. That means it’s in close proximity to the Canal itself, an area with a climate so evil that it took the lives of 22,000 canal constructors in the 1800’s. The Canal concept brought out the stupidity and greed in investors, Emperors, Popes and Kings alike,,.and attra...
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2017 World of Words Tour: #1 NZ BIZ FIZZ

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Mar 2017 LOGS #1: MR GRUMPY’S NZ BIZ FIZZ Air New Zealand has created a cheeky corporate image for itself. Its recent TV campaign in Australia features a wise-cracking Goose praising the comfort of its long-haul aircraft, especially in Business Class where among other things you score a fluffy mattress - presumably stuffed with Goose feathers - for your International flight. It waddles up and down the aisles between the seats as if passengers won’t for a moment be disturbed by a talking goose spruiking the airline. Given the pristine whiteness of the fluffy mattress the Goose has been toilet-trained. Will Aussies give  a Duck for a Goose? The base and humorous tone of these ads was attractive to me – I’m Australian and therefore expected to be a low-level rebel who doesn’t care for management or authority of any kind. This is a most erroneous belief to hang on to at my age. Life has taught me I am not a rebel, I’m only grumpy. I get grumpy or ‘moodily cross’ as th...
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