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<p>I got some plumbing work done today and the plumber couldn't locate my water toby. No, I'd never heard of it either.</p>
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<p>The bloke who came around from the council and found it for us explained that the toby is the valve (what I would have called the stopcock) that is on the boundary by the road, and Irish tinkers used to call the road "the toby" in their secret language, so the valve took on that name. Pretty good etymological knowledge for a 20-something Maori guy from Hastings I thought, so him and his mate got a half-dozen for their troubles.</p> -
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<p>I got some plumbing work done today and the plumber couldn't locate my water toby. No, I'd never heard of it either.</p>
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<p>The bloke who came around from the council and found it for us explained that the toby is the valve (what I would have called the stopcock) that is on the boundary by the road, and Irish tinkers used to call the road "the toby" in their secret language, so the valve took on that name. Pretty good etymological knowledge for a 20-something Maori guy from Hastings I thought, so him and his mate got a half-dozen for their troubles.</p>
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<p>I've had a few run ins with leaking toby's, lots of fun working out where the council 'responsibility' ends and the householder picks up. Interesting to hear where the name came from though</p> -
<p>or adjusting your cold water pressure if it's a bit gnarly!</p>
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<p>How old are you? I'm more surprised someone doesn't know what or where the toby is.</p>
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<p>I had just never heard it called that before. Certainly never heard it in the UK when I lived there.</p>
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<p>As for where it is, the council had no idea either, it wasn't where their book said it was. It took 3 guys 3 hours to find it, a good 2 metres inside the front boundary and 4 metres from the side, and 700mm down. However they also found one just inside my property that doesn't control my supply or anybody else's they could tell.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JC" data-cid="469958" data-time="1422611327"><p>I had just never heard it called that before. Certainly never heard it in the UK when I lived there.<br><br>
As for where it is, the council had no idea either, it wasn't where their book said it was. It took 3 guys 3 hours to find it, a good 2 metres inside the front boundary and 4 metres from the side, and 700mm down. However they also found one just inside my property that doesn't control my supply or anybody else's they could tell.</p></blockquote>
What...no Toby cover or anything? I can't say I've ever heard it mentioned over here and would assume it doesn't exist. I think I've only ever found "the mains" once or twice over here. Not where I'd expect a Toby... -
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What...no Toby cover or anything? I can't say I've ever heard it mentioned over here and would assume it doesn't exist. I think I've only ever found "the mains" once or twice over here. Not where I'd expect a Toby...</p></blockquote>
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We found the mains one day with a digger and it sprayed a fountain of mud and gravel and crap all over the clients car while she was inside the house. She was an awful old shitwitch who whined about tiny little issues real or in her crazed mind but she got in her car without saying a word and drove off with a car that looked it had been driven through a mudslide. I think the digger driver weed a little bit when she came out the door. -
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<p>When it comes to books, if you can make it big in Germany, you're almost set. They are HUGE readers and buyers there. After North American rights, German is the one everyone wants. Then Spanish.</p>
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<p>No bloody point trying to make it 'big' in NZ. Fucking pointless exercise with no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There is just no market here. I look at someone like Nalini Singh, a massive name in <strong>paranormal romance</strong>. I mean massive. Multi New York Times bestseller, RITA (oscars of the romance world) winner etc etc, and here she is 'NZ's best kept secret'. (Auckland Library marketing for a talk she did)</p>
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<p>Overseas, fans line up for blocks to get a book signed or pic taken. It's just insane, the lack of recognition she gets in her own country. Although good I guess to have a bolthole when the celebrity gets a bit much!</p>
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<p>That's the same in many endeavours for kiwis though Mokey. Our market is far too small. There are many bands over the years that have managed to find leverage overseas from one song to earn good money and act like stars in single highly populated countries. It's a case of grabbing the opportunity when it comes.</p>
<p>To a degree you can even argue that sportspeople like Wynton Rufer were unheralded for many years (outside of their sport) until the huge weight of evidence of them being big names elsewhere forced public recognition.</p>
<p>There are many fringe sports where kiwis are much bigger names overseas than here. Most NZers only heard of Jossi Wells last year during the Winter Olympics but he has been one of the biggest names in the Freeskiing world for years at at his peak was pulling in big endorsements including appearing on a billboard in Times Square for Skullcandy.</p>
<p>If you see a chance anywhere, grab it. (the thought of steamy romance in germanic language does seem a bit funny though. "Ve have ways of making your knees tremble")</p> -
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<p>It does make it kind if surprising Lydia Ko has decided to remain a kiwi , I'm guessing that if she decided to base herself on Korea and call herself Korean again there'd be massive potential for advertising deals and sponsorship there compared to here.</p>
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<p>Perhaps keeping the kiwi connection offers more 'uniqueness' for her brand? There are heaps of great golfers coming out of South Korea. So she gets more worldwide opportunities to offset the smaller NZ market.</p> -
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<p>If you see a chance anywhere, grab it. (the thought of steamy romance in germanic language does seem a bit funny though. "Ve have ways of making your knees tremble")</p>
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<p>Ve haf vays of making you pork!</p> -
<p>having seen a fair few of these amazingly talented young Korean golfers about (training & playing) if she had grown up over there, she may have just been 'another' gifted young golfer to emerge amongst the many over there, and not been afforded the opportunities she has in NZ where she has stood out alot more.</p>
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<p>It does make it kind if surprising Lydia Ko has decided to remain a kiwi , I'm guessing that if she decided to base herself on Korea and call herself Korean again there'd be massive potential for advertising deals and sponsorship there compared to here.</p>
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<p>This would only apply if she was actually playing in NZ. She is a global player, with global fame, and her advertising market is everywhere. Yes, her being Korean might make her more money in Korea, but it's not going to make her any more money in the states or Europe than she would get as a kiwi. </p> -
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