Don’t drink and shake

People have different earthquake-coping strategies. I like a glass of wine at dinner time. The difficulty is getting the right balance between being relaxed enough to not freak out for smallish aftershocks whilst maintaining enough coordination to cope with big ones. There was just a small Mag. 4.2 as I was cooking dinner tonight. This is the sort of thing a glass of wine is good for.

We are planning to attempt to sell our house in the next month or so. I was thinking today about features we could put in the real estate listing:
* Portaloo just across the road
* Private water supply in the form of a backyard spring (handy for when the water supply is compromised as has happened three times already)
* Silt – great for children’s sandpits

What else?


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7 responses to “Don’t drink and shake”

  1. Just Me Avatar

    Free amusement park rides, "the wobbler", "the shaker" and "the quaker"

  2. Anonymous Avatar

    Shrubs close at hand when across the road is way too far.

  3. Anonymous Avatar

    On a serious note, I read that the NZ government would be buying up homes in four or five of the worst-hit suburbs. I'm assuming from your post that your suburb didn't rate for a buy-out. Bronnie

  4. Rachel Avatar

    Hi Bronnie,No, unfortunately our suburb is in the green zone which means we can start repairing our home. But there are thousands of other people also wanting to repair their homes and not enough contractors to do the work. It might take years before they even start on our house. Not that I begrudge those people in the red zone. They have had an incredibly tough time and I'm pleased the government has offered them a buy-out based on pre-September 2010 prices.

  5. Nicole Johnston Avatar

    Perhaps you could throw in a few bottles of wine…

  6. MikeM Avatar

    How about a gourmet kitchen floor that has been lovingly marinated in gin

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