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Thread: Trans-Tasman Titillation - vol: 27
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Welease Woderwick
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It is just gone midnight so early morning 01.01.2012 in the Chatham Islands so Happy New Year to all the Down Under shippies! Here’s your shiny new thread for 2012.
Treat this thread gently, it's only a baby.
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Lothlorien
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Just watched the fireworks from my balcony. Quite a decent view. Had I gone upstairs to roof garden I may have seen the whole bridge as well. Not sure how many were up there.
And a much quicker journey to bed than trying bus or train.
Again, a happy new year to all on board.
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Duo Seraphim
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Happy New Year Everyone! I watched the fireworks on the telly, but I did have a flute of champagne to enliven the experience.
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The Messiah, Peace be upon him, said to his Apostles: 'Verily, this world is merely a bridge, so cross over it, and do not make it your abode.' (Bihar al-anwar xiv, 319)
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Clarence
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2012 salutations to all our Ship friends. May the year ahead be good to you!
FD and I spent the first few minutes of his new employment meeting members of the congregation and watching far distant fireworks on the bay and in the city. It will be an exciting year for us I think!
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Dark Knight
Super Zero
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Fantastic to hear from you Clarence, and to hear of FD. I miss him.
Happy new year, Aussies and Kiwis. And everyone.
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You don't know what I done, what it was, who I lost, or what it cost me - A B Original: I C U
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Rowen
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Happy New Year!
Lovely boozy party at the home of the local police- we all knew how not to drink and drive, lol. It was fun.
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Galloping Granny
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Greetings to all, from one of the less waterlogged parts of NZ – no, we're not currently resident at Matarangi, where the nearest music festival struggled on surrounded by knee-deep mud.
As someone on TV said, may we greet each new day like one unwrapping a New Year's present.
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James the Confident
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A happy and safe new year to all. Went to bed early-ish as I have to preach today. Did have some nice sparkling wine though.
Clarence, my prayer for you and FD is that the new ministry will be all it could be.
I just bought a 1997 Saab 900 S. It is lovely.
![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif) for Christchurch and areas of Melbourne whose Christmas presents were either shaky or extremely wet.
for an end to the various conflicts around the world.
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Lothlorien
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All was very quiet around here this morning, even Parramatta Road was quiet. Woke up, looked at clock and found I had three minutes to be showered, dressed and out the door. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Actually I was behind from the moment of opening eyes. Lift here broke down on 22/12 and it takes much longer to walk down from three floors up, than it does to come in lift.
O--s have a notice on lift doors that it will be fixed as soon as possible. There were four non-public holidays last week. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
I could have gone up to roof garden for fireworks, there's a good full view of bridge. However I looked from my balcony and was surprised ho much I could see. Perhaps not the full detail but could see displays from five or six of the launching sites and much of the finale.
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Dennis the Menace
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Bugga, what a wy to start the year. Noticed a pain in my foot last when walking back to the car after the fireworks. Just thought we had been sitting too long. Woke up this morning and it was agony putting my foot to the ground. Finally went to the Medical Centre to learn that I have damaged a tendon(s), will know more after xray on Tuesday. Meanwhile stay off feet.
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Banner Lady
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Ow, sorry to hear that GOG. Take it easy!
I was in bed and fast asleep by 10.30pm last night. Missed the lot - retrospectives, news, fireworks, parties...but it was lovely sitting tucked up in bed with my five year old grandson reading him funny bedtime stories, while TP watched a war epic with his big brother.
New Years Day began with the fabulously quaint Diocesan Rite service up at the cathedral. It was like being sucked into a time tunnel! I loved it. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Happy 2012 everyone!
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claudine
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It's too hot! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
I mostly slept through last night's celebrations - briefly woken by fireworks and cheers, but not enough to be really disturbed. 2011 felt like one of the worst years of my life (I was mostly screening the drama on Facebook rather than on the ship) so here's to a good 2012.
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Watched the spectacular Sydney fireworks on tv, but now I'm feeling very disturbed at the cost - it seems an obscene amount of money to send up in smoke.
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Evangeline
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I'm always torn on the cost of such community events BIB, all bread and circuses to keep us from getting too upset about our frightful lack of adequate infrastructure, public education and health.
I had plans for NYE but all thwarted when I heard Dad was feeling really dizzy and couldn't walk properly on 30th. Thank God for the A&E at the San in Wahroonga-private so no 10 hour waits. After 2 nights in hospital the neurologist ascertained he hadn't had a stroke. He was discharged today, halleluhah, but after staying with him in emergency til midnight on the night of the 30th and going back the next day, I had a glass of wine at my sister's and went home to bed at 10.30. The boom of the fireworks woke me up at midnight but I rolled over and went back to sleep, dreaming I was on a ship being attacked by canons. Pretty crappy NYE but a great NY to learn that what I thought was the start of a slow decline into multiple strokes (this happened to my Grandmother) was only an inner ear problem, likely caused by him doing too much over the Christmas holiday! Yay.
Happy NY everyone. Now organising for trip to Fiji in a few days.
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Lothlorien
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Great news for you and your dad, Evangeline. Glad it's not a stroke but your Dad has my sympathies as a longtime sufferer of many ear infections.
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Dark Knight
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My Nan, Gladys (I suppose that would make her Gladys Knight around here ![[Biased]](wink.gif) ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif) ) died today in hospital. We are told she likely experienced no pain. As she lived with my Mum after my Dad died when I was a little tacker, I grew up with her. I will miss her very much. Father God has her now. She was 95.
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Galloping Granny
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More big aftershocks in Chch. Are you home yet Huia?
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Banner Lady
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DK: May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
That's tough on you and the family, to begin the year with a funeral.{(hugs)}
Given the situation in Christchurch, I was somewhat gobsmacked to turn the tv on yesterday just in time to catch the movie Earthquake, with Charlton Heston in it. The primitive special effects in the old flop were laughable compared to what we've been witnessing next door to Oz. It did make me wonder what on earth the programmers were thinking, but certainly stirred my thoughts towards Chch.
again.
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Lothlorien
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Prayers for you all, DK. I was very close to one of my grandmothers and still occasionally dream about her. It's hard to see what is an integral part of life move on.
Prayers still continuing for Huia and her city.
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Gee D
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Prayers for DK, his family and Gladys K from all of us.
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Evangeline
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Very sorry to hear about your Nan DK.
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Zappa
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Meanwhile a bloody great Great Dane (something tautologous there ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif) ) has wonderd into our poperty for the thrid time in six months, and is making himself at home (actually he's locked in our laundry).
I'd keep (and neuter) him, except we have two dogs, and may have about ten by the end of the week.
[ 01. January 2012, 22:38: Message edited by: Zappa ]
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James the Confident
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Originally posted by Zappa:
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Originally posted by James the Confident:
I just bought a 1997 Saab 900 S. It is lovely.
I'm suitably Jealous! I'd even forgive it for having an automatic gearbox where you live.
What an assumption! It has a manual gearbox!
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James the Confident
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for DK
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Evensong
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Originally posted by Dark Knight:
My Nan, Gladys (I suppose that would make her Gladys Knight around here ) died today in hospital. We are told she likely experienced no pain. As she lived with my Mum after my Dad died when I was a little tacker, I grew up with her. I will miss her very much. Father God has her now. She was 95.
Sorry for your loss DK.
She sounded like a grand lady from what you posted on FB
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Lothlorien
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Here's one which would horrify Eccles denizens.
I passed a shop today in Leichhardt, also known as Little Italy. It sells very fancy frilly clothing for small children.
There was a list of occasions covered printed professionally on the glass door. One was "Holly Communion."
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Huia
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DK, sorry to hear about your Nan-
Hi everyone - just home. We all got off thr bus and a nasty wee quake hit," Welcome to Christchuch everyone" I said.
I was lucky in missing the 5.7 this morning but came home to find the knife block in the sink. That seems to be the only thing affected because I put the TV on the floor before I left and a lot of stuff is still packed. There are advantages in being a procrastinator!
Wellington was a nightmare, but I have the best brothers in the world, which made it easier.
I would say "Happy New Year" but it feels a bit hollow to me at the moment.
Loth, that brought a laugh - I love the idea of "holly Communion".
Huia
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Uncle Pete
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I have a question: when do aftershocks stop being aftershocks and become earthquakes in their own right?
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Clarence
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DK and family
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Huia
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Pete I really don't know the technical answer to that and tend to use the words interchangeably .
Initially I had thought that location was the key. For example the first (Sept 4 2010) was centred on a previously unknown fault to the west of the city, as were the initial shocks after it, but the there was another event in Nov that year (about mag 5) centred at the Port (to the west) which some seismologists said was on another faultline, so was a seperate earthquake, (and was accepted as such for insurance purposes, but only after being argued in the High Court).
Certainly a magnitude 6 quake will have aftershocks (and apparently a pattern is emerging of the approxmate number and severity), but it is possible to have aftershocks that are of a larger magnitide than the initial quake. (which seems a bit weird to me).
What some seisemologists are saying is that what has happened and is happening in Canterbury is markedly different to other such events, or series of events around the world.
The silly buggers are really excited about this ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
That's unfair of me, as it does help to have an understanding of what is happening, but like many Cantabrians I just want it all to be over.
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Evangeline
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like many Cantabrians I just want it all to be over
I don't blame you, the quakes and aftershocks are so unrelenting. It must be hard to "heal" when you can't just move on and begin reconstruction.
Weather is beautiful in Sydney today, wish I was at the SCG...Hilfenhaus is on a hat trick as I type.
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Lothlorien
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Such a lovely change in the weather, Evangeline. I could live without channel 9 but I'd like to watch the cricket. Son is coming over this week to see if he can fix it. Otherwise, I'll have to dig out paperwork for it.
What's January without the cricket? Especially at SCG.
Edited to add: India all out 191.
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Banner Lady
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Newest grandson is sprouting a Tin Tin hair lick. It's very cute.
New iphone purchased yesterday. BL is now trying to get her head around the technology innit.
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Mr Curly
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BAsking in teh glory of Clarke and Ponting. A great day to go to the cricket!
Another highlight was Bob and Blanche in the crowd near Swarmi Army. Priceless.
Indian cricketers not applauding centuries and double centuries - made them look very bad.
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Welease Woderwick
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...and to me NOT applauding seems to go against the spirit of the game - I am pretty appalled by that.
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
...and to me NOT applauding seems to go against the spirit of the game - I am pretty appalled by that.
I was thinking earlier that you chose a great day for SCG, Mr Curly.
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
...and to me NOT applauding seems to go against the spirit of the game - I am pretty appalled by that.
I was thinking earlier that you chose a great day for SCG, Mr Curly.
Still sulking perhaps after being kept waiting 15 minutes by Julia?
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Mr Curly
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
[QUOTE]Still sulking perhaps after being kept waiting 15 minutes by Julia?
Who do they think they are? Alan Jones? Their bus was early, after all.
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DangerousDeacon
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Had a quiet New Year - absolutely exhausted after spending the week since Christmas Eve with mum in ICU in Sydney - but she has turned the corner and is much better now.
My parish have been very diligent in prayer and supportive in all sorts of ways, and very patient in not expecting too much of their parish priest whilst all this has been going on!
So the New Year starts with prayers answered, and the promise of a steady flow of friends from Melanesia during the year. Happy New Year!
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