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Gee D
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Happy birthday!!!!! (sorry, but I can't change the grumpy face)
[ 27. May 2013, 07:06: Message edited by: Gee D ]
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Vulpior
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Indeed, happy birthday Huia!
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Mr Curly
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Woot! HB Huia!
Chez Curly is in a state of chaos this week with my 50th party here on Sat night. 100+ guests, and friends playing live music.
Off to buy the liquid refreshments tomorrow. Yikes!
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Galloping Granny
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Birthday bubblies to you youngies – Huia 60 wow!! Mr C 50 golly gosh!! May you both have many blessings in store in the next decade.
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Uncle Pete
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Many, many happies, dear Huia! Someday, if you're good, you may be as old as I.
Not that either of us is a patch on GG!
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Huia
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Thanks everyone.
Mr Curly, I don't think I could cope with that many. I'm definitely an introvert.
I forgot to say it's also Adam Pater's bithday as I remember we are ship twins (though some years apart as far as I know).
I am now going to toddle off to bed as the overnight temperature is forecast to drop to 0 degrees celcius here tonight. One happy result of the quakes - and losing my chimneys, is that I now have a heat pump so the house won't be too cold when I wake up. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Huia
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AdamPater
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Bother... too late, I am.
Happies, Huia.
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Uncle Pete
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And to you, Adan Pater. Was thinking of my lovely visit back there in the mists of time.
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Galloping Granny
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Feeling very glad that (1) having returned from Matarangi on Saturday we put the warm sheets and winter duvet on the bed (2) we can batten down the hatches and stay inside all day and (3) as soon as the sun returns I can go out and photograph the first flowers on the winter-blooming kowhai that will continue to have flowers until the others start in September.
GG
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rexory
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Originally posted by Huia:
Rexory, how is the half-time parish actually going to work when now you're doing over 40 hours?
Huia
One of life's great mysteries - they will have to be three Tardis days, methinks! I think I rename myself "Father Who"!
Many happies, too, you young thing ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Evangeline
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Belated birthday greetings to Huia, Adam Patar and Mr Curly, many happy returns
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Huia
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Wow Mr Curly, you really know how to celebrate.
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rexory
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I was just a wee tad grumpy with my head of maintenance this morning when he told me I hadn't booked the chapel for a chapel service. I don't think he expected such a rich vocabulary display in response.
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Why on earth would a chaplain want a chapel for a chapel service. You are so unreasonable, Zappa! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Mr Curly
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The marquee has been raised, but in bad news, my bestie from Perth spent three hours waiting to depart Bogan City for Party City before the flight was cancelled. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
Leaves a big hole in the band!
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Huia
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Originally posted by Zappa:
I was just a wee tad grumpy with my head of maintenance this morning when he told me I hadn't booked the chapel for a chapel service. I don't think he expected such a rich vocabulary display in response.
Goodness, fancy discovering that ordained people are human too ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
He needs to get out more.
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OMG. A frickin hilarious video about Hitler finding out about Rick Smith running for Archbish of Sydney.
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Originally posted by Huia:
quote:
Originally posted by Zappa:
I was just a wee tad grumpy with my head of maintenance this morning when he told me I hadn't booked the chapel for a chapel service. I don't think he expected such a rich vocabulary display in response.
Goodness, fancy discovering that ordained people are human too
He needs to get out more.
A bad day got worse after that - my principal hung me out to dry, as he has hung all my predecessors out to dry, over an unfortunate incident that he decided to amplify (and save his arse). It will make it much easier to tender my resignation, sooner rather than later, but I cannot play that card just yet.
To top it off I got a speeding ticket that day, too. ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif)
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Macrina
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I just thought I'd pop a note on here to say I'm joining you all. From the UK to NZ for at least a year. Gosh so excited and terrified.
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Evangeline
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Oooh how exciting Macrina. What are you going to do in Enzed?
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Macrina
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Nursing. It's a bit of a massive change for me from living basically in Birmingham to a little town of about 40,000 people where I know no one. But I feel that it's one of those things I've wanted to do basically since I first landed in NZ over 4 years ago so...I'm doing it.
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Galloping Granny
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You'll get a welcome if you come our way.
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Huia
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Hey Macrina, if you're anywhere near Christchurch send a PM. most of us natives are friendly.
Huia
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Evangeline
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Good on you Macrina. As they say you NEVER regret the things you do, only the things you don't do. I'm sure that you will have culture shock moving to a small town but it wouldn't be worth doing if you were going somewhere that was too much like home. I've always found New Zealand a really lovely place, with friendly natives Don't forget to cross the ditch and come visit us ozzies sometime.
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Gee D
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Originally posted by Macrina:
Nursing. It's a bit of a massive change for me from living basically in Birmingham to a little town of about 40,000 people where I know no one. But I feel that it's one of those things I've wanted to do basically since I first landed in NZ over 4 years ago so...I'm doing it.
Enjoy yourself Macrina and prayers that your time in NZ is fruitful. Just remember that a town of that size either in NZ or her is not small; a town of 350 is.
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Huia
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Gee D having just re-read Macrina's post I was going to post exactly what you did. It's only in about the last 15-20 years that a settlement of 20,000 (or a Cathedral) was all that was needed for a population centre to become a city.
It's definitely winter now. We had such a warm autumn I wondered when it would happen, but last week we had a sleety blast, followed by a brilliant couple of days, and now the rain. Georgie-Porgy has fallen in love with the heat pump, but I am reserving judgement until I get the power bill .
Huia
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Arabella Purity Winterbottom
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Originally posted by Huia:
Today I am 60, which seems so weird - I don't feel that old.
Slightly late Happy Birthday from me.
I know what you mean about not feeling it - I turned 50 earlier in May, and I'm sorry, but it just isn't computing. My mum, at 79, tells me her head feels about 35 (she thinks her body is around 85) so I have a good example. 35 was a good year, I might stick there too.
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Gee D
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Huia , that used be the rule of thumb here, along with a very vague requirement that the town be an independent centre. That made it hard for large suburbs - such as Parramatta and Liverpool in NSW. These days, it's pretty much population alone. I'd be very surprised if many mayors knew if there were a cathedral or not.
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Huia
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Yay - I have not become suddenly deafer - one of my hearing aids had a cracked tube which I discovered when it finally broke. Even better - it only cost $10 to replace.
It's such a relief .
Huia
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Huia
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Rescuing this from the second page to announce to Aussie snow bunnies that Coronet Peak in Queenstown is open and skiable.
(though why anyone would want to is beyond me ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif) )
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Galloping Granny
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Rescuing this from the second page to announce to Aussie snow bunnies that Coronet Peak in Queenstown is open and skiable.
(though why anyone would want to is beyond me )
I tried once. I kept falling over on the nursery slope and being picked up while my kids whizzed past saying 'Hi Mum!'
But you should see my 7-year old grandson in Canada flying down the slopes and sailing over all the jumps.
Huia, enjoy the heat pump. Ours is set at 18° and goes on for 2 hours every morning, and after that we put it on as required. On a sunny day the room warms up anyway. Did you read about the woman who just left it on 24/7 and got a gigantic electricity bill?
GG
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Gee D
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Evangeline, have you seen Lothlorien lately? I don't like to keep asking her brother.
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Evangeline
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Sadly no GeeD. She's not been at St Docs of late (must be months), unless she's coincidently been there the few Sundays I haven't. I'm going to check up with Minister etc as she doesn't seem to be responding to PMs.
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Huia
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Thanks Evangeline, I've been concerned about her too,
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Uncle Pete
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Thanks TB. What a relief to know that she is still about. Taking a break from the ship, I expect.
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Evangeline
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Ditto
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Huia
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RE Loth - That's good to know,
I am feeling sorry for myself after tripping over an uneven footpath. I have a small lump on my head and have probably bruised ribs and strained wrist muscles. Fortunately it was in a fairly deserted area of town so I didn't have an audience. I watch kids in the playground bounce back really quickly after a fall, but it seems as you get older it takes a bit longer.
Huia
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rexory
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Originally posted by Huia:
I am feeling sorry for myself after tripping over an uneven footpath. I have a small lump on my head and have probably bruised ribs and strained wrist muscles. Fortunately it was in a fairly deserted area of town so I didn't have an audience. I watch kids in the playground bounce back really quickly after a fall, but it seems as you get older it takes a bit longer.
Huia
Sympathies, Huia. Just keep saying "I fell over", not "I had a fall". The latter is only for old people!
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Gee D
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Thank you Tree Bee. We thought we may have seen her at the Coronation Memorial Service at CCSL, but she was not there.
Plenty of rest for you Huia. Take your nurofens, sit with your feet up, a good cup of tea next to you and a book to fall asleep over. Best wishes.
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Galloping Granny
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RE Loth - That's good to know,
I am feeling sorry for myself after tripping over an uneven footpath. I have a small lump on my head and have probably bruised ribs and strained wrist muscles. Fortunately it was in a fairly deserted area of town so I didn't have an audience. I watch kids in the playground bounce back really quickly after a fall, but it seems as you get older it takes a bit longer.
Huia
Sympathy sent from my sore foot (doctor says plantar fasciitis) to your sore bits. It might take a bit longer but hey! we'll get there.
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Gee D
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And prayers for Rowen as her region of Victoria floods.
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