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My New Zealand photos.
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| Pam Moore 2008-03-15, 5:25 pm |
| I have spent the weekend uploading photos from my New Zealand holiday,
over Christmas and New Year.
I have put them on Flickr. I've never done this before and found it a
frustrating process. If you want to do too much organising you have
to pay extra!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamsnz/
I set up 3 sets but that's all I'm allowed. I cannot work out how to
rearrange the photos in some logical sequence. They've gone in in the
order I uploaded them.
The"Flowers" set speaks for itself, "Christchurch" has the Botanic
Gardens and "Singapore" has a lot from the Orchid Garden.Any Flickr
users who can give private advice, or comments, please email me.
Pam dot moore at virgin dot net
Pam in Bristol
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| 'Mike' 2008-03-15, 5:25 pm |
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"Pam Moore" <NOSpam.moore@NOSPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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>I have spent the weekend uploading photos from my New Zealand holiday,
> over Christmas and New Year.
> I have put them on Flickr. I've never done this before and found it a
> frustrating process. If you want to do too much organising you have
> to pay extra!
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamsnz/
> I set up 3 sets but that's all I'm allowed. I cannot work out how to
> rearrange the photos in some logical sequence. They've gone in in the
> order I uploaded them.
> The"Flowers" set speaks for itself, "Christchurch" has the Botanic
> Gardens and "Singapore" has a lot from the Orchid Garden.Any Flickr
> users who can give private advice, or comments, please email me.
> Pam dot moore at virgin dot net
>
>
> Pam in Bristol
Lovely Pam. Brought back a lot of memories the shots in the Orchid Gardens
in Singapore and Raffles :-)
There were lots of Japanese Art Students in the Orchid gardens when we were
there.
Going to New Zealand and Australia at the end of the year. Cruising NZ then
across to Tasmania and Sydney. :-)
Mike
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| someone 2008-03-15, 8:25 pm |
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"Pam Moore" <NOSpam.moore@NOSPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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>I have spent the weekend uploading photos from my New Zealand holiday,
> over Christmas and New Year.
> I have put them on Flickr. I've never done this before and found it a
> frustrating process. If you want to do too much organising you have
> to pay extra!
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamsnz/
> I set up 3 sets but that's all I'm allowed. I cannot work out how to
> rearrange the photos in some logical sequence. They've gone in in the
> order I uploaded them.
> The"Flowers" set speaks for itself, "Christchurch" has the Botanic
> Gardens and "Singapore" has a lot from the Orchid Garden.Any Flickr
> users who can give private advice, or comments, please email me.
> Pam dot moore at virgin dot net
>
Love your photos. We drove from Dunedin all through South Island about 10
years ago and your pictures brought back memories. We didn't get to ChCh,
but I would love to see the botanic garden there. We will try and make a
trip maybe this year.
My father was born in the small village of Ben Har, south of Dunedin, in
1897, so he is now considered a "pioneer".
someone
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| Peter T 2008-03-16, 9:25 am |
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"Pam Moore" <NOSpam.moore@NOSPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamsnz/
> I set up 3 sets but that's all I'm allowed. I cannot work out how to
> rearrange the photos in some logical sequence. They've gone in in the
> order I uploaded them.
> Pam in Bristol
You have taken some very nice pictures, I believe you would find it much
more satisfying and rewarding to utilise your allocated ISP web space to
design and set up your own website.
It is not at all difficult if you choose to work with one of the HTML
editors that work on the WYSIWYG principal. (What you see is what you get) I
have used Fxexpress for years to make I hope what have been interesting
sites, there is no need to take up time learning HTML language. The site I
have recently completed is to do with a house sale, but could just as well
be used to show a map with leads to points where your pictures are
relative. - http://www.umtali.force9.co.uk/
Think about it arrange your pictures your way, there is lots of help out
there if you have a problem.
Peter T
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| Pam Moore 2008-03-16, 9:25 am |
| On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:39:59 -0000, "Peter T"
<peter@nojunk.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>You have taken some very nice pictures, I believe you would find it much
>more satisfying and rewarding to utilise your allocated ISP web space to
>design and set up your own website.
I think that is beyond me!
Pam in Bristol
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| someone 2008-03-16, 9:25 pm |
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"Pam Moore" <NOSpam.moore@NOSPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:39:59 -0000, "Peter T"
> <peter@nojunk.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> I think that is beyond me!
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> Pam in Bristol
No it isn't! Peter's right, it's really not very difficult at all. And
it's fun to do it, too.
someone
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| Pam Moore wrote:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamsnz/
Pam, thanks for putting these up!
I love the rainforest pics and your pics of the Purakaunui falls.
The Taieri pics have proved valuable already. Nobody believes me round
here that gorse is such a horror in NZ - so I have led certain people by
the nose to the screen. Thanks for the line underneath one of them
where you say they are considered "a weed". Maybe I will now be
believed, though I expect I will continue to hear "Ah, lovely yellow
gorse!" next time we're out in the car! Your Taieri pics are also
appreciated because I lived in Taieri & Mosgiel from the age of 1 to the
age of 4 !
Love your pics of Milford Sound too. They remind me that as stunning as
the fiords of Norway are, they aren't more impressive than NZ's.
Nice to see your pics of Christchurch Botanical Garden too! I always
think of the amazing Water Garden and Rose Garden and forget those
magnificent great trees which you have photographed.
That's rata you've photographed. And gorgeous too! Eeek. I'm getting
homesick!
Eddy.
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| George.com 2008-03-25, 3:25 am |
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"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> Pam Moore wrote:
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> Pam, thanks for putting these up!
>
> I love the rainforest pics and your pics of the Purakaunui falls.
>
> The Taieri pics have proved valuable already. Nobody believes me round
> here that gorse is such a horror in NZ - so I have led certain people by
> the nose to the screen. Thanks for the line underneath one of them
> where you say they are considered "a weed". Maybe I will now be
> believed, though I expect I will continue to hear "Ah, lovely yellow
> gorse!" next time we're out in the car!
Right pain in the arse in gorse in NZ. Curse the immigrants for thinking it
made a nice 'hedge'. Big a pest as rabbits, stoats, ferrets, possums, goats,
thistles etc etc.
rob
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| George.com wrote:
> Right pain in the arse in gorse in NZ. Curse the immigrants for thinking it
> made a nice 'hedge'. Big a pest as rabbits, stoats, ferrets, possums, goats,
> thistles etc etc.
Hi Rob! Nice to hear from someone in NZ! Have you seen that rather
impressive display in The Auckland War Memorial Museum? Downstairs, I
seek to remember. Anyway, a sort of massive table with a "march of the
European immigrant pests" on it! About 20 or so stuffed animals all
marching forwards like a battalion towards or across a map of New
Zealand drawn beneath their feet! You really get the drama of it, of
invaders out to destroy the native creatures, plants and trees. But at
the same time you look at the creatures and half of you is going "Ah,
what a fine looking stoat, ferret, rabbit, . . . " and so on!
Eddy.
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| George.com 2008-03-26, 3:25 am |
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"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> George.com wrote:
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> Hi Rob! Nice to hear from someone in NZ! Have you seen that rather
> impressive display in The Auckland War Memorial Museum? Downstairs, I
> seek to remember. Anyway, a sort of massive table with a "march of the
> European immigrant pests" on it! About 20 or so stuffed animals all
> marching forwards like a battalion towards or across a map of New
> Zealand drawn beneath their feet! You really get the drama of it, of
> invaders out to destroy the native creatures, plants and trees. But at
> the same time you look at the creatures and half of you is going "Ah,
> what a fine looking stoat, ferret, rabbit, . . . " and so on!
not been to the museum for a number of years now & not seen the animals
though iIcan guess what they will be. In a couple of days there will be
several additions of introduced 'english' pests including Sidebottom,
Strauss, Vaughan, Panesar & 'Lord Malfoy' Broad. We could also do you poms a
favour & add G Boycott if you like. If my auntie, visiting from Birmingham,
gloats too much she may join as well.
As for Auckland, here is a gardening piece of bollocks you lot will like.
The "Ellerslie Flower Show" was for some years staged at the Ellerslie ( a
suburb of Auckland) Racecourse in central Auckland. When the event, and
traffic, outgrew the racecourse it got shipped out to the Botanical gardens
in South Auckland which was a good venue with heaps of access. A year or so
ago the Auckland City Council decided to cut back on its funding to the
event so the flower show put the event up for auction. It was won by
Christchurch. So now the 'Ellerslie' flower show is moving hundreds of
kilometres south to Christchurch. The 'Ellerslie' flower show in
Christchurch.
If that is not bizarre enough, the South Auckland council have decided to
stage an annual flower show to replace the one they lost. The Auckland City
Council has also decided to open the ratepayers wallet & hold a third flower
show back at the Ellerslie racecourse. Its enough to make you piss yourself
laughing, its so farcical.
Probably all arranged by our top order batsmen.
rob
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| George.com wrote:
> not been to the museum for a number of years now & not seen the animals
> though iIcan guess what they will be. In a couple of days there will be
> several additions of introduced 'english' pests including Sidebottom,
> Strauss, Vaughan, Panesar & 'Lord Malfoy' Broad. We could also do you poms a
> favour & add G Boycott if you like. If my auntie, visiting from Birmingham,
> gloats too much she may join as well.
Come now, these "pests" were/are invited by NZers to NZ !
> As for Auckland, here is a gardening piece of bollocks you lot will like.
> The "Ellerslie Flower Show" was for some years staged at the Ellerslie ( a
> suburb of Auckland) Racecourse in central Auckland. When the event, and
> traffic, outgrew the racecourse it got shipped out to the Botanical gardens
> in South Auckland which was a good venue with heaps of access. A year or so
> ago the Auckland City Council decided to cut back on its funding to the
> event so the flower show put the event up for auction. It was won by
> Christchurch. So now the 'Ellerslie' flower show is moving hundreds of
> kilometres south to Christchurch. The 'Ellerslie' flower show in
> Christchurch.
Auckland to Christchurch - that's about 500 miles, including a
substantial ferry crossing at Cook Strait. Silly for them to keep
calling it the Ellerslie Flower Show then, isn't it. I remember when I
was a lad Christchurch had its own annual flower festival, as part of
the annual "Pan Pacific Arts Festival". Anyway, to be quite honest I
think Christchurch a far better location for a flower show, the whole
city being botannically more interesting than Auckland. However,
Auckland is one hell of a lot warmer, isn't it, and there are many
plants and trees that grow up in Auckland and beyond which simply won't
have it down in the London-like climate of Christchurch.
> If that is not bizarre enough, the South Auckland council have decided to
> stage an annual flower show to replace the one they lost. The Auckland City
> Council has also decided to open the ratepayers wallet & hold a third flower
> show back at the Ellerslie racecourse. Its enough to make you piss yourself
> laughing, its so farcical.
Farcical indeed, Rob. Auckland City Council should be putting its
efforts into laying on public transport between the airport and
city-centre - not to mention improving public transport throughout
Auckland. The city could also do with a good deal of beautification -
particularly down around the harbour. You'ld think they would be
inspired by what Sydney has done with its coves!
Eddy.
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| George.com wrote:
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> have you met my auntie?
Can you give me a link to a pic of this particular pest, please? :-)
It's obviously quite hardy, and perennial.
>
> sub tropical plants, with a strong pacific flavour in late spring to a
> sub-artic city, with nowt pacific about it and late summer (I think). QUITE
> a big change.
"with nowt pacific about it", you say. Hmmm. Now, few real Kiwis ever
use the word "nowt". Are you SURE you're not really a "POM" yourself,
Rob? :-)
Eddy.
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| George.com 2008-03-27, 9:25 am |
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"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> George.com wrote:
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> Can you give me a link to a pic of this particular pest, please? :-)
> It's obviously quite hardy, and perennial.
its actually an annual, she comes to visit once a year.
>
> "with nowt pacific about it", you say. Hmmm. Now, few real Kiwis ever
> use the word "nowt". Are you SURE you're not really a "POM" yourself,
> Rob? :-)
theres nowt pommy about except for me ma & pa. I blame too many bloody
english gardening newsgroups.
rob
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| George.com 2008-03-27, 9:25 am |
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"George.com" <roblyn@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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> "Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> its actually an annual, she comes to visit once a year.
>
Lets put it another way. Christchurch will bludge off the hard yakka done by
the Jafas. They have done bugger all to build the event up, and left the
Auckland event to cark it. Fair go? Get of the grass.
The jafas have to watch their event go bush down the boohai with some sheep
cockies. No wonder the jafas packed a sad. An event that was grouse and used
to be chocka with pacific influence will now have bugger all. Its a crook
deal, enough to make a joker want to chunder. The cockies will have shit
show of running a similar event.
That said, the jafa council said they were strapped for cash and turned into
a bunch of pikers. They had three fifths of five eights of fuck all one
minute, and then enough money for a flower hooley the next. And not wanting
to send it to the south Auckland wops, the townies have the show in the
original venue. I reckon something is puckeroo here. Got it sussed they
reckon eh? Wouldn't know shit from clay? You are not wrong.
rob
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| George.com wrote:
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> Lets put it another way. Christchurch will bludge off the hard yakka done by
> the Jafas. They have done bugger all to build the event up, and left the
> Auckland event to cark it. Fair go? Get of the grass.
>
> The jafas have to watch their event go bush down the boohai with some sheep
> cockies. No wonder the jafas packed a sad. An event that was grouse and used
> to be chocka with pacific influence will now have bugger all. Its a crook
> deal, enough to make a joker want to chunder. The cockies will have shit
> show of running a similar event.
>
> That said, the jafa council said they were strapped for cash and turned into
> a bunch of pikers. They had three fifths of five eights of fuck all one
> minute, and then enough money for a flower hooley the next. And not wanting
> to send it to the south Auckland wops, the townies have the show in the
> original venue. I reckon something is puckeroo here. Got it sussed they
> reckon eh? Wouldn't know shit from clay? You are not wrong.
Hee, hee, hee! Well done, Rob! As a person NZ-born of British parents,
and with a masters degree in linguistics, I love this exhibition of
very basic NZ vernacular! Well done! I shall cut and save it. It's a
gem! Not many true-blue Kiwis could write what you've written - only
somebody with some what we call "meta-linguistic ability" (in your case
no doubt due to the strong English influence in your life) could do it.
Anyway, let's get back to some civilised New Zealand English, . . . eh,
mate? :-)
Eddy.
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| George.com 2008-03-27, 9:25 am |
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"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> George.com wrote:
>
> Hee, hee, hee! Well done, Rob! As a person NZ-born of British parents,
> and with a masters degree in linguistics, I love this exhibition of
> very basic NZ vernacular! Well done! I shall cut and save it. It's a
> gem! Not many true-blue Kiwis could write what you've written - only
> somebody with some what we call "meta-linguistic ability" (in your case
> no doubt due to the strong English influence in your life) could do it.
Beaut mate, real bonza stuff.
rob
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| On 27/3/08 09:40, in article fsfq2e$vbk$1@lust.ihug.co.nz, "George.com"
<roblyn@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
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> "Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
> news:rPJGj.12356$uX5.778@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
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> Beaut mate, real bonza stuff.
>
> rob
>
Box of fluffies.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| George.com wrote:
> gees wayne, I forgot to add, strewth mate.
Strewth mate, ya did, didn't ya! One of the most used expressions of
all.
Sacha, "box of fluffies"?
Eddy.
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| George.com 2008-03-28, 3:25 am |
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"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> George.com wrote:
>
> Strewth mate, ya did, didn't ya! One of the most used expressions of
> all.
>
> Sacha, "box of fluffies"?
>
> Eddy.
bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy.
rob
ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles.
Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were great.
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| George.com wrote:
> bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy.
A bottler and a blouse in the same go, Rob? Don't quite know how to
take that, mate!
> ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles.
> Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were great.
Great. And chocolate fish? And hokey-pokey ice-cream? Yep, I remember
the little white candy cigarettes (basically solid icing-sugar!) with a
dip of red food-colouring on the end. My parents smoked like chimneys
so I guess that was probably why I always somewhat disapproved of the
candy cigarettes. Anyway, re. the word "candy" (or "sweets"), the NZ
word was always "lolly" or "lollies". On special occasions we had
"lolly scrambles" - which involved a teacher or parent throwing handfuls
of lollies into the midst of a bunch of kids on a lawn and then watching
each child desperately scramble (and fight!) to grab as many as
possible. Very uncivilised and somewhat cruel really.
Had to do an internet search for the meaning of "box of fluffies".
Never ever heard it throughout my childhood and youth in NZ Apparently,
it originated amongst Maori people and is used to describe feeling
great, as in "She's like a box of fluffies this morning", or "I was like
a box of fluffies". There's a suggestion it's close to "like a box of
birds", which suggests it may derive from the image of a box of
newly-hatched chicks.
Eddy.
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| Nick Maclaren 2008-03-28, 9:25 am |
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In article <Xa3Hj.14655$4f4.1001@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>,
Eddy <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> writes:
|> George.com wrote:
|> > bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy.
|>
|> A bottler and a blouse in the same go, Rob? Don't quite know how to
|> take that, mate!
|>
|> > ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles.
|> > Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were great.
|>
|> Great. And chocolate fish? And hokey-pokey ice-cream? Yep, I remember
|> the little white candy cigarettes (basically solid icing-sugar!) with a
|> dip of red food-colouring on the end. ...
I am no longer allowed to post the names of all of the sweets that
used to be popular in my childhood - seriously :-)
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| On 28/3/08 10:05, in article fsiftt$ech$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk, "Nick
Maclaren" <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> In article <Xa3Hj.14655$4f4.1001@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>,
> Eddy <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> writes:
> |> George.com wrote:
> |> > bottler, even if you are a blouse Eddy.
> |>
> |> A bottler and a blouse in the same go, Rob? Don't quite know how to
> |> take that, mate!
> |>
> |> > ps you can still get eskimo pies, trumpets, choc bombs & milk bottles.
> |> > Unfortunately we no longer sell candy cigarettes which I reckon were
> great.
> |>
> |> Great. And chocolate fish? And hokey-pokey ice-cream? Yep, I remember
> |> the little white candy cigarettes (basically solid icing-sugar!) with a
> |> dip of red food-colouring on the end. ...
>
> I am no longer allowed to post the names of all of the sweets that
> used to be popular in my childhood - seriously :-)
>
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
"Ag please Daddy .............."
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| Nick Maclaren 2008-03-28, 8:25 pm |
|
In article <C413157B.68F36%sacha@nowhere.myzen.co.uk>,
Sacha <sacha@nowhere.myzen.co.uk> writes:
|>
|> > I am no longer allowed to post the names of all of the sweets that
|> > used to be popular in my childhood - seriously :-)
|>
|> "Ag please Daddy .............."
All six, seven of us, eight, nine, ten ....
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| On 28/3/08 22:25, in article fsjr8d$gkk$1@gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk, "Nick
Maclaren" <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> In article <C413157B.68F36%sacha@nowhere.myzen.co.uk>,
> Sacha <sacha@nowhere.myzen.co.uk> writes:
> |>
> |> > I am no longer allowed to post the names of all of the sweets that
> |> > used to be popular in my childhood - seriously :-)
> |>
> |> "Ag please Daddy .............."
>
> All six, seven of us, eight, nine, ten ....
>
Only 8 hours....! Poor Daddy!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| George.com 2008-03-29, 3:25 am |
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"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> George.com wrote:
>
> A bottler and a blouse in the same go, Rob? Don't quite know how to
> take that, mate!
fair suck of the sav Eddy. Eskimo pies & choc bombs are bottler/bottla. So
stop being a sheilas blouse about it.
>
> Great. And chocolate fish? And hokey-pokey ice-cream? Yep, I remember
> the little white candy cigarettes (basically solid icing-sugar!) with a
> dip of red food-colouring on the end. My parents smoked like chimneys
> so I guess that was probably why I always somewhat disapproved of the
> candy cigarettes. Anyway, re. the word "candy" (or "sweets"), the NZ
> word was always "lolly" or "lollies". On special occasions we had
> "lolly scrambles" - which involved a teacher or parent throwing handfuls
> of lollies into the midst of a bunch of kids on a lawn and then watching
> each child desperately scramble (and fight!) to grab as many as
> possible. Very uncivilised and somewhat cruel really.
We can also still get jubes, wine gums, topsies, pebbles & smarties, though
not in 10 cent mixtures any more. Hard case eh. The cookie bear seems to
have carked it mind. Ches n dale, those blokes have also shot through. I
have not seen tingles last time I had a squiz in the dairy. That was yonks
ago mind. Might still be able to get some if you have a good root around.
> Had to do an internet search for the meaning of "box of fluffies".
> Never ever heard it throughout my childhood and youth in NZ
box of fluffy ducks. Bobs your uncle mate. Thanks for the yack.
rob
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| On 28/3/08 09:49, in article Xa3Hj.14655$4f4.1001@newsfe6-win.ntli.net,
"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote:
<snip>
>
> Had to do an internet search for the meaning of "box of fluffies".
> Never ever heard it throughout my childhood and youth in NZ Apparently,
> it originated amongst Maori people and is used to describe feeling
> great, as in "She's like a box of fluffies this morning", or "I was like
> a box of fluffies". There's a suggestion it's close to "like a box of
> birds", which suggests it may derive from the image of a box of
> newly-hatched chicks.
>
> Eddy.
>
That's the one! A friend of mine worked as a doc. In NZ for some time with
Maori people. Friend was English and thought he should learn a few of the
local expressions and sayings to integrate better. One morning, he had an
incredibly nervous male patient and as the minutes of the examination ticked
past the patient's nerves made my friend nervous, too. He wanted to say
something cheery to reassure the poor man and knew it involved some kind of
container and some kind of animals. To his own horror and amazement he
heard himself say "No problems, mate. Bucket of fish", whereupon the
terrified patient shot off the couch and legged it as far away as possible
from this obviously deranged medic.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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| George.com wrote:
> We can also still get jubes, wine gums, topsies, pebbles & smarties, though
> not in 10 cent mixtures any more. Hard case eh. The cookie bear seems to
> have carked it mind. Ches n dale, those blokes have also shot through. I
> have not seen tingles last time I had a squiz in the dairy. That was yonks
> ago mind. Might still be able to get some if you have a good root around.
Yikes, thing HAVE changed! I've heard the exasperated expression "Who
do you have to ***** for a drink in this place!" . . . but in order to
get a little paper bag of tingles, Rob? (I'm presuming that the main
meanings of the verb to root in NZ and in the UK are still quite
remarkably different . . . and so let's not go any further on this this
one! :-) - particularly in a group meant for discussing good things
to do in the garden! :-)
Eddy.
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| Sacha wrote:
> That's the one! A friend of mine worked as a doc. In NZ for some time with
> Maori people. Friend was English and thought he should learn a few of the
> local expressions and sayings to integrate better. One morning, he had an
> incredibly nervous male patient and as the minutes of the examination ticked
> past the patient's nerves made my friend nervous, too. He wanted to say
> something cheery to reassure the poor man and knew it involved some kind of
> container and some kind of animals. To his own horror and amazement he
> heard himself say "No problems, mate. Bucket of fish", whereupon the
> terrified patient shot off the couch and legged it as far away as possible
> from this obviously deranged medic.
Interesting tale, Sacha. I wonder if there actually is an expression
"like a bucket of fish" amongst Maori!
By the way, I noticed last night there's a programme on the BBC on
Monday night which you and I may find interesting, regarding recent
revelations about Jersey.
Eddy.
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| On 30/3/08 10:24, in article E%IHj.28021$%N1.11034@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net,
"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote:
> Sacha wrote:
>
> Interesting tale, Sacha. I wonder if there actually is an expression
> "like a bucket of fish" amongst Maori!
>
> By the way, I noticed last night there's a programme on the BBC on
> Monday night which you and I may find interesting, regarding recent
> revelations about Jersey.
>
> Eddy.
>
>
I'll have a look at that. I've heard from my son about some of the personal
in-fighting going on over the politics of this.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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"Eddy" <eddy.bentley@removeALLbutRESTvirgin.net> wrote in message
news:UZIHj.28020$%N1.2791@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net...
> George.com wrote:
>
> Yikes, thing HAVE changed! I've heard the exasperated expression "Who
> do you have to ***** for a drink in this place!" . . . but in order to
> get a little paper bag of tingles, Rob?
whatever way you choose to get your 'tingles' Eddy. Not my place to judge
your lifestyle. I'll get mine in a paper bag, if I can find them.
(I'm presuming that the main
> meanings of the verb to root in NZ and in the UK are still quite
> remarkably different
you are not wrong, but you are. I still love to have a good old root around
from time to time, but my days of rooting around are long time gone. That
said, I am waiting for a load of roots to mature so i can go & dig up my
sweet potatos.
rob
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