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Weirdest question

I was thining about the weirdest question I have ever been asked at the reference desk recently...

And the winner goes along the lines of:

Dene: "Hello reference desk Dene speaking".
Caller: "Hello, yes I'm wondering how many people have died".
Dene: Silence........."Pardon? Died where? During a war... The road toll....".
Caller: "No, I was just wondering how many people have died....ever".

But stranger still, a quick Google search managed to find a site that had worked it out based on a long complicated formula. I gave the guy the figure, and he was satisfied.

That brings me to my next weirdest question. The same guy rang back a week later and asked how many people have died in the past week so he could update his figures.

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand have announced that they are substantially cutting flights on the Dunedin to Brisbane route, as planes have been 50-60% full and their margins have been too low.

I have traveled on the Dunedin to Brisbane route more than 10 times in the last 3 years, and there has never ever been a flight that is 50-60% full. On average they have been at least 90%, and mostly full.

I would like to see Air New Zealand provide these figures.

I would also like to see how Air New Zealand justifies the high cost of flights out of Dunedin. They are always substantially cheaper elsewhere, and when sales are on they never include Dunedin.

I also note in another article that unlike QANTAS, Air New Zealands profits will not be majorly effected this year. Please explain why they are cutting flights.

Air New Zealand also say that flights "may return next year". Rubbish. They are softening the blow - THERE WILL BE NO INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.

As hard as (most) of the residents try, Dunedin is looking more and more like a backwater every day.

Air New Zealand needs to change it's name to Air Profit - It is an embarrassment to have a monopoly like this have New Zealand in their name.

QANTAS Slash Jobs

QANTAS slashed jobs today in a bid to protect profit. Apparently they have downgraded their profit forecast to somewhere between $100 Million and $200 Million.

What right do big companies like this have to make multimillion dollar profits like this when everyone else is expected to do it tough?

TV Gap Period

On 612 ABC Brisbane today there was a discussion about television around the Easter period. Apparently the number of viewers dramatically reduces, as everyone is away on holiday, so programmers run repeats and shows that don't rate that well. Basically they put a load of crap on t.v.

So, how is that different to normal programming?

Blogging...

Isn't it funny how blogging is one of those things you never get around to... but when you do, you end up posting several posts all at once... then nothing for a few months.

Banks

Woo-hoo. My bank passed on a 0.10% interest rate reduction. Now what am I going to do with all the extra money - $6.00 a fortnight?

I thought about going out for a meal, but then that's 6 months worth gone right away.

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Global financial crisis hits Hairy Goat Media

That's right, Hairy Goat Media has been struck down by the global financial crisis. As a result all posting had been suspended pending bailout from government authorities.

US President Obama has just announced a 100 billion dollar bailout of Hairy Goat Media. The money arrived in the mail today - Hairy Goat is back!