Comments for Perplex Me Not http://perplexmenot.com An Overseas Experience Thu, 17 May 2012 08:08:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on In The Mail by Phil Stewart http://perplexmenot.com/2012/05/in-the-mail/#comment-1367 Phil Stewart Thu, 17 May 2012 08:08:37 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=652#comment-1367 Do you still get mail from the Labour Party? Or have they given up on you. Your Uncle John got mail for decades from the Billy Graham crusades after he ill-advisedly "went up to the front" at a rally here in NZ. Be warned. Oh I guess you already have been Do you still get mail from the Labour Party? Or have they given up on you. Your Uncle John got mail for decades from the Billy Graham crusades after he ill-advisedly “went up to the front” at a rally here in NZ. Be warned. Oh I guess you already have been

]]> Comment on Star Trek and Sealife by Danielle http://perplexmenot.com/2012/04/star-trek-and-sealife/#comment-1352 Danielle Wed, 02 May 2012 21:05:18 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=628#comment-1352 You were in the same room with Uhura. NERDSPLOSION! You were in the same room with Uhura. NERDSPLOSION!

]]> Comment on Cons and Conferences by Danielle http://perplexmenot.com/2012/05/cons-and-conferences/#comment-1351 Danielle Wed, 02 May 2012 21:01:48 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=641#comment-1351 The TSA made me take off *my baby's shoes* on an internal flight between Denver and Houston. Honestly, what could he possibly have been hiding in tiny leather moccasins? The TSA made me take off *my baby’s shoes* on an internal flight between Denver and Houston. Honestly, what could he possibly have been hiding in tiny leather moccasins?

]]> Comment on Star Trek and Sealife by vik http://perplexmenot.com/2012/04/star-trek-and-sealife/#comment-1349 vik Tue, 01 May 2012 06:08:18 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=628#comment-1349 Concur with Rose, nice froggies! Concur with Rose, nice froggies!

]]> Comment on Star Trek and Sealife by Rose http://perplexmenot.com/2012/04/star-trek-and-sealife/#comment-1328 Rose Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:07:52 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=628#comment-1328 Uhura was definitely very cool in Start Trek - and she was already about 40 when she did that? Go science! That aquarium looks so great! Uhura was definitely very cool in Start Trek – and she was already about 40 when she did that?

Go science!

That aquarium looks so great!

]]> Comment on Going South by vik http://perplexmenot.com/2012/04/going-south/#comment-1324 vik Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:46:14 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=622#comment-1324 Hurrah! The pix are back. They say, a good picture is worth a thousand words and though I do enjoy your discursive postings a pix kicks em over the crossbar, between the uprights, for a converted try! More pix please. Hurrah!
The pix are back.
They say, a good picture is worth a thousand words and though I do enjoy your discursive postings a pix kicks em over the crossbar, between the uprights, for a converted try!
More pix please.

]]> Comment on Going South by Phil Stewart http://perplexmenot.com/2012/04/going-south/#comment-1314 Phil Stewart Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:32:20 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=622#comment-1314 Sounds fantastic Lucy - images of a kid in a sweetshop come to mind! It must also be a good opportunity to check out your possible future colleagues. Sounds fantastic Lucy – images of a kid in a sweetshop come to mind! It must also be a good opportunity to check out your possible future colleagues.

]]> Comment on The Stuff You’re Made Of by newenglandkiwi http://perplexmenot.com/2012/04/the-stuff-youre-made-of/#comment-1288 newenglandkiwi Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:01:03 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=613#comment-1288 Right, Pat's my maternal grandmother, Lionel's mother was her paternal grandmother. Her all-Scottish mother gave me (and you, and her, obviously) a mitochondrial haplotype found only in the north and east part of the British Isles - obviously Scottish for some way back! (Or...anywhere in Europe that isn't Ireland, France, Spain, or southern England/Wales, but more likely Scottish.) Right, Pat’s my maternal grandmother, Lionel’s mother was her paternal grandmother. Her all-Scottish mother gave me (and you, and her, obviously) a mitochondrial haplotype found only in the north and east part of the British Isles – obviously Scottish for some way back! (Or…anywhere in Europe that isn’t Ireland, France, Spain, or southern England/Wales, but more likely Scottish.)

]]> Comment on The Stuff You’re Made Of by Rose http://perplexmenot.com/2012/04/the-stuff-youre-made-of/#comment-1287 Rose Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:33:22 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=613#comment-1287 Oops - the relative is Pat's father Lionel Eastabrook. Her mother was all Scottish. I am sure that changes nothing! Oops – the relative is Pat’s father Lionel Eastabrook. Her mother was all Scottish. I am sure that changes nothing!

]]> Comment on Presentations by Rose http://perplexmenot.com/2012/03/presentations/#comment-1275 Rose Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:28:35 +0000 http://perplexmenot.com/?p=608#comment-1275 I was in CHCH recently and was given a small tiki tour of he edges of the red zone - really shocking. A view of only a few tall buidlings left, looking wobbly and like they need to come down. But the feeling in the town was definitely up. Notably in the McDonalds across the road form the clinic I was visiting - it was choca! Hard to believe - normally no one in there much. But with few cafes left people can't be choosy! I was in CHCH recently and was given a small tiki tour of he edges of the red zone – really shocking. A view of only a few tall buidlings left, looking wobbly and like they need to come down. But the feeling in the town was definitely up. Notably in the McDonalds across the road form the clinic I was visiting – it was choca! Hard to believe – normally no one in there much. But with few cafes left people can’t be choosy!

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