Hm. *puts on glasses*jyng1 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:39 pmSomeInternetBloke wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:22 pmGood. I know some who I don't correspond with anymore but glad to hear they're probably okay unless the 9, 999, 999 ways to die, (I think there are 10 M but could be wrong), run their natural course. Fist full of islands is what I thought but that region is peppered with land masses and natives. How cool, anyway...jyng1 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:08 pmThe last major lockdown started to be lifted in April last year and I personally haven't had any restrictions at all since June last year. We can still travel without quarantine to the Cook Islands and some Australian States. I went out for a pizza and to see Gunpowder Milkshake last night so life is pretty normal. You have to wear a mask on public transport but there isn't any where I live so...SomeInternetBloke wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:36 pmHello, friendly but cynical jying1 lol. Since you live on the other side of dee equation big guy forget to inquire about survival living on an island in the city of Auckland. Forgot to ask the Southern Hemispherians when the hazard levels were adjusted down during resurgences of normalcy - albeit in pockets but you get the point. Did you feel trapped during your lockdown or whatever? Also, do you feel lucky?
I don't know about feeling lucky; we're the last country standing of those that managed to control the outbreak and we're always one community case away from restrictions until the vaccination programme gets closer to completion. We chose Pfizer right at the start and the supply is limited so the rollout is a little frustrating (I received my second dose a few weeks ago).
I see this morning that HMNZS Wellington has just dropped off vaccines to the Tokelau's and is heading to the remote islands in the Cooks so most of our Realm should be fully vaccinated shortly (Nuie is already 97% vaccinated).
New Zealand is about the size of 6 or 7 European countries so most people are just travelling internally instead of going overseas.
What kind of pizza and how was Gunpowder Milkshake er Carla Gugino etc.? Also, are there discernable differences in the photos of those numerous types of islanders in your Realm than what is posted on like google search results or whatever; lol wtf is up with the blonde and dark skin phenotype of some ethnicities?
There are not many discernable differences between Tokelauans, Nuieans and Cook Islanders. They're all Polynesians and are all thought to have migrated through the Pacific probably as far as South America from Taiwan thousands of years ago. Fiji is Melanesian and Indian so a bit different (as is Vanuatu and the Soloman's). Tonga and Samoa are Polynesian but not as close culturally.
Maori migrated from Tahiti through the Cooks so are quite closely linked to those two island groups.
My first wife was from the Cooks... They're the best dancers in the Pacific.
Those hip wiggles. Yeus. I like 'em.
*takes off glasses* This dance most likely predates the twerk. I like this version better. Obvious worldview differences of phylogeny and ontogeny notwithstanding, the restricted gyration of the butt cheeks framed without the rest of the body on screen doesn't leave unconscious/conscious motivation to question. The Tahitian dancing ... now that's subtly sexy, classier, has a pg-13 rating - kinda thing. This leads to