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Lothlorien
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BL, don't forget Book Week is not all that far away! Start thinking.
Perhaps a touch sadistic on the part of the teacher but how long has he known about this? We are not so sadistic as to give so little notice.
Fake pick axe? Teachers must be soft these days. Back in my day...
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I thought it was Lewis Caroll in the Jabberwocky: "O frabjous day, calloo callay!"
Having practically memorised Alice in Wonderland, for some reason I could never get on with Through the Looking-glass at all, so the Jabberwocky* isn't in my mental cupboard.
The expression "O frabjous day" was quoted by Bertie Wooster in one of the Jeeves books, and, not realising where he'd got it, I thought it was just the sort of word he would use.
Thank you for the enlightenment. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
* The computer doesn't seem to mind the word "Jabberwocky" ... ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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Huia
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Well all the frozen soup I have made over the past two weeks is a good start! One of the three, bacon hock soup, is his favourite. I also found some lamingtons at the local supermarket.
Yesterday I bought some shin beef to make a crockpot stew which will be bubbling when we come from the airport.
Apart from that, this brother is fairly flexible so I fully expect to sit back and have him make some meals ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Lothlorien
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That all sounds really good, Huia. That slow cooker dish should smell very welcoming when you arrive home.
Relax, have a great birthday, and enjoy the time together.
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Originally posted by Huia:
Well all the frozen soup I have made over the past two weeks is a good start! One of the three, bacon hock soup, is his favourite. I also found some lamingtons at the local supermarket.
Yesterday I bought some shin beef to make a crockpot stew which will be bubbling when we come from the airport.
Apart from that, this brother is fairly flexible so I fully expect to sit back and have him make some meals
Huia
The first thing my daughter wants when she arrives from Canada is a pie.
Not that a a pie can compete with home cooking, but it's one of the things Kiwis miss. Like Minties and pineapple lumps.
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Banner Lady
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And passionfruit/fejoa fizzy drink!
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Lothlorien
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My friend used to miss chocolate fish. She is back there now, so has a chance to indulge. For a long time there used to be a shop in Ashbury which did mail orders of all things NZ like those fish. I think it is closed now.
My sons loved my mum's pies. The meat would be simmered all day in red wine at the side of the Everhot slow combustion stove in the kitchen. She made her own pastry, ever so much better than bought frozen pastry. My pues were rated by them at 8/10. Hers were 12/10.
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Huia
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I stocked up on Vegemite and Lamingtons, but I'm leaving it to him to pick his own beer, possibly Mac's from Nelson. The off license he used to go to when he was last here is now a building site but there are now two micro breweries within walking distance.
One of the places he worked was a tannery. It is now The Tannery - they gutted the building and now there is a second hand bookshop and some very upmarket cafes and bars. My favourite needlework shop opened there briefly before moving to Nelson ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
It will be interesting to see Christchurch with someone who knew it before the quakes and hasn't seen it since.
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Lothlorien
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My fifteen year old granddaughter was distracted this morning by thoughts of her history exam today. She was on pedestrian crossing on Brisbane Water Drive out of WoyWoy and was hit by a car on the pedestrian crossing. She is not hurt. probably very stiff and sore tomorrow but nothing was broken.
The bus was early and she was not careful. She rolled up the bonnet and smashed the windscreen before falling off. Amazingly she still went to school on the next bus. However, a witness called the school who followed the place etc and found M and called ambulance which took her to Gosford Hospital.. x-rays show that nothing is broken and she managed to avoid hitting her head. I think reality may arrive with a bang tomorrow, but she was upset today about missing exam. Felt she was letting the family down. She is usually vary blasé about school, although extremely bright. Shows what she is like underneath. Son told her exam was low on his priorities.
The driver reported the accident to police when she realised M had still gone to school.
Perhaps BL and I could collaborate on a book about family life.
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Huia
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Loth I am so glad she is OK. As you say the aches and pains often come the next day, but at least she has been checked out.
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Lothlorian, what a horrible experience for your granddaughter! I am so pleased she is OK - it could have been so much worse.
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Yes, what both Huia and Smudgie said from both of us.
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Has she got Arnica cream for her sore bits?
Most relieved that there is no major damage.
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Lothlorien
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Has she got Arnica cream for her sore bits?
Most relieved that there is no major damage.
Not too sure what she has, I know her dad has Hirudoid which helps bruises. Doctors gave her some analgesics at the hospital.
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What a scary thing to happen - and could have been so much worse.
I assume there are provisions for people missing exams in such circumstances, so she shouldn't have to worry on that score.
that she'll be OK.
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Galloping Granny
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Loth, is that the same 'Miss M' that we pray for?
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Lothlorien
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No, it is her cousin. This M is fifteen, very grown up, very blasé about school etc as many teenagers are, but a softie underneath.
We have a special bond as I minded her several days a week when she was much younger while her mum had part time work. We both have good memories of that.
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Banner Lady
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Its funny when you are so focused on an exam that getting through it 'no matter what' is THE priority. I was on my way to an exam when my car was T-boned and totalled. Although I wasn't physically hurt I still insisted I be taken to the exam - of which I have absolutely no recollection. By the time I finished shock had set in and my writing was so shaky I doubt anyone could have read it. (There were essays on the questions). I was accorded "extenuating circumstances" and given a pass.
Probably more than I deserved anyway! May Miss 15 recover quickly and thoroughly, and hopefully the scans have not missed anything.
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I had a meeting in Bright today- western slopes of the Alps.a friend and I drove over.
Much snow, ice, fog, and much much careful driving.
It was worth it, for the meeting was valuable.
We are staying over, in a warm and cosy cabin, to do some exploring tomorrow... And then brave the mountain tops again.
Much winteriness
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Lothlorien
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Checkup has just shown no kidney damage fo M after her fight with a car. She is still stiff and bruised, but the news re kidneys is good.
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Excellent! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Lothlorien
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Thank you. I decided yesterday was Good News Friday. Several assorted pieces of good news all arrived together. It made a pleasant change from the rest of the week.
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Galloping Granny
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I tell people that my winter flowering kowhai starts on June the first. But I saw the first blooms yesterday. Happy day!
Also three tui – Dad and two adolescents? Mum, Dad and one offspring? They'll be around a lot.
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Lothlorien
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She is in year 10. I assume these were half yearlyexams, it is wrong time of year for anything else. School Cert. at the end of the year. This is just about as useful as the antique Intermediate Cert. was before it was done away with.
Unless a pupil has apprenticeship or similar all lined up, they must do the extra two years.
I assume she would be passed. She is very bright but hides it as it is not cool to be bright, especially for a girl.
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Lothlorien
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The travellers arrived home yesterday morning and came here to get keys and his car which had been in my parking spot in basement.
A great start to the return. The battery, over three years old, had died in the nearly five weeks of no use. NRMA took over three hours for battery service and a new one was fitted. Apparently most of Sydney required such service yesterday. The 30 minutes wait forecast was advanced to over three hours very quickly.
I was given some very good mustard from Mont St Michel and a cute little tin plaque with a Renault 4 CV on it. Almost the same colour as Dad's had been. Lots of slogans printed as well. It knew no bad roads and loved mountains. We found that out down here..
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Huia
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I am exhausted. My brother's stay was great - apart from my not having a functioning oven due to an overenthusiastic student job search helper.
This afternoon I went to see
the Hunt For the Wilderpeople and I loved it. An old bloke (Sam Neill) and a young delinquent on the run from social welfare, the police and ultimately even the army ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) It had (to my mind anyway) links to Goodbye Pork Pie, Lord of the Rings, Smash Palace, Starlight Hotel, Second hand Wedding and the old Crunchy Bar a and Hi-lux advertisements I do enjoy the self referential nature of NZ films ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Lothlorien
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Glad you had a great time with your brother. That film sounds ...interesting.
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Huia
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It's based on a book by Barry Crump who was a real hunting, bush bashing bloke. It was filmed in the Coromandel an area of heavy bush and stunning scenery. Like the first film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the NZ bush - which I love - was so prevalent it was almost a character in it's own right.
Also it is the only NZ movie ever to have a cameo role for a huia (courtesy of Weta Workshop).
(and no, it wasn't me, but it was obviously a female )
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What is a huia?
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Piglet
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What is a huia?
According to Wikipedia, it's extinct.
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Originally posted by Piglet:
quote:
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What is a huia?
According to Wikipedia, it's extinct.
Except for our very own personification, of course.
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Indeed.
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Huia
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Huia .
When we were growing up my younger brother D ( the one has just visited) was convinced that there might be some left. To be fair to him, another bird, the takahe, was thought to be extinct too, but a remnant were found it a remote spot in the South Island over 50 years ago by a dentist, Dr Orbell, who was a keen ornithologist. They are now part of an endangered bird breeding programme. On the 50th anniversary Dr Orbell was flown to the spot where he discovered them, picked one up and was bitten by it. "That's what happened 50 years ago," he said. I have never heard someone being so delighted about being bitten .
When it came to choosing a board name I wanted one that announced to other New Zealanders where I came from, without making it obvious to everyone. Of course I outed myself after the quakes as some people knew where I was, and I wanted to reassure them that I was alive and kicking.
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And not only is our Huia not extinct, she makes fine wine in her spare time.
Glad that the visit went so well, such a boost for you.
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...another bird, the takahe, was thought to be extinct too, but a remnant were found it a remote spot in the South Island over 50 years ago by a dentist, Dr Orbell, who was a keen ornithologist. They are now part of an endangered bird breeding programme. On the 50th anniversary Dr Orbell was flown to the spot where he discovered them, picked one up and was bitten by it. "That's what happened 50 years ago," he said. I have never heard someone being so delighted about being bitten .
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Tragically several were shot on an island sanctuary recently by cullers attempting to reduce the numbers of a somewhat dissimilar bird, the ubiquitous pukeko (the Australian swamp hen, in fact) ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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Huia
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Ignorant peasants. They were told to shoot only birds that were flying (takahe can't, pukeko do, albeit badly ).
Well, a friend rang up and offered to shout me to the pictures (movies)... so I have now seen
Hunt for the Wilderpeople twice .
I still loved it. And Zappa, there is an old Leonard Cohen song - The Partisan included.
They also showed the shorts of something so noisy I took my hearing aids out. How do people sit through the kind of noise that vibrates the air around you?
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It's a very long time since I was in a cinema*, and I found the noise level extremely off-putting.
There surely can't be any need for it to be that high.
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* I think the offering may have been Angels and Demons.
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It's a very long time since I was in a cinema*, and I found the noise level extremely off-putting.
There surely can't be any need for it to be that high.
My theory is that they turn the volume up in the hope of drowning out the people who are chatting, talking on their phones, and crackling their candy wrappers.
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The first time I saw it was in a small boutique cinema with two of us in the audience. The second was in a large commercial one.
The small one was best, and I was give headphones to work the hearing loop, but I heard everything clearly with out them.
This was only the second movie I had been to since the big quakes. I will be goig to more of them now.
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Just back from a fabulous weekend in Wellington - botanic gardens and the Gallipolli exhibit at Te Papa yesterday, then Zealandia this morning. Saw the takahe Huia mentions, plus a tui, who sang a repertoire of his own and everyone else's greatest hits. The exhibition is also excellent, but the film they show at the beginning is frankly horrifying (although it needs to be seen).
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Huia
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plus a tui, who sang a repertoire of his own and everyone else's greatest hits.
Kittyville, this sums up tui perfectly. I wish we had them in Christchurch, though it may just be a matter of time because some have been re-introduced to Banks Peninsular and there is a possum trapping programme.
I grew up in a valley near Wellington. There were no tui then, but several years ago on Dad's birthday, there were 17 in the kowhai tree at the back of our section. Mainly due to possum trapping.
I haven't seen the Te Papa exhibition, but Peter Jackson is responsible for the film.
Now I want to go back to Wellington
Huia
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Monday morning and I hope all is well with all. NSW was hit over entire weekend from Friday afternoon till sometime this morning early, by a destructive storm. From the far north of the state to below Sydney. It is apparently weakening and continuing to move south.
Inland areas had welcome rain but not the winds. Very strong winds , torrential non stop rain combined with a king tide to cause a huge surf and massive destruction on the beaches. I haven't checked this morning, but last night there were flood warnings current for almost thirty rivers.
Roads have been flooded and trees brought down. Despite pleas to avoid driving through flood waters, one woman drove through two road blocks and became stranded in flood waters. After being pulled out she was breath tested and charged with drink driving. Some people are idiots, risking not only their lives but also their rescuers' lives.
Some schools are closed, not just in the metropolitan areas and workers have been asked to work from home if possible.
Very small in the overall picture, but I woke up yesterday to one balcony chair blown over and the others blown around on my balcony. In five years, there has been nothing like this. My apartment is in the inside of a L shaped corner. Building behind and to my right usually gives good protection.
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Crikey, Loth - that sounds very scary. for all affected.
I had to Google the Tui - what a beautiful bird. Yet another reason to keep NZ on my bucket list ...
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I just came here because I heard about the horrendous weather in Sydney. I hope everyone I safe.
Piglet tui are lovely, but quite aggressive towards each other (and smaller birds). My mother originally planted a kowhai tree in the hope that tui would be drawn to it (they are nectar eaters). We kids laughed, as in those days sighting a tui was quite rare (as in writing a letter to the local paper if you saw one). I was glad that she lived to see so many, but didn't live to see her kowhai trees chopped down ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
Sorry, I tried to link to the kowhai but it didn't work. Google images has some lovely photos of them though.
Huia
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Hope you're all OK over the ditch. My nephew and his partner couldn't leave their house yesterday - the house was fine but the bottom of the driveway was flooded.
Meanwhile, we're having the most stunning clear days, quite cold, but wonderful. We were at a wedding yesterday in Martinborough, and the photos all show clear blue skies and happy people - what they don't show is that it was around 7 degrees, and the bride and bridesmaids were wearing sleeveless frocks with the side adornment of goosebumps. It was a lovely, lovely weekend.
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Four tui in the tree. Must be whanau (family) 'cause Dad isn't chasing them away. He didn't even bother with a few sparrows let alone a visiting kereru – I don't know that he bothers with them anyway, as I've seen one simply ignore him when he rushed at it.
Lovely clear night skies. Still sunset glow in the west when Jupiter is dominant, Sirius and Canopus are bright, and in an hour or so Mars will be rising bright red as Jupiter sets.
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Just seen the news. If shipmates still have their homes, then for all the folk who are so devastated.
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Our area, which took such a hammering last year, avoided major effects this time. For the most part, the rain was gentle and soaking which pleased the farmers of the parish no end. We seemed to be in the eye of the system for the duration.
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