Forum: New Zealand / The Sheep Dip
Yesterday, 8:24 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 427
Re: Any original posters out there ?
Hey. Southerner , good to see your still about , yay .
I used to have Giles , single fins mobile number , but he doesn't reply these days .
Yes there have been some funny and thought provoking...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Yesterday, 3:17 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 204
8 years today .
Well @ 5,20 pm today we landed at Dunedin airport in 2005 , :) enjoyed every day of this challenge , family are all happy and well settled and have our countryside home, are life in uk would have...
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Forum: New Zealand / The Sheep Dip
May 20th 2013, 8:55 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 427
Re: Any original posters out there ?
Awesome. Do you rem a guy called GREY ? He helped us so so much , he moved to oarmaru near waitaki area north otago , would love to catch up with him , I also met a chap who went by the name...
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Forum: New Zealand / The Sheep Dip
May 20th 2013, 6:44 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 427
Any original posters out there ?
I joined this site years ago after frequenting u k 2 n z and old site way back in 03 , joing here there were people like single fin , southerner , are there any of the oldies still out there ?
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Forum: New Zealand / The Sheep Dip
May 19th 2013, 9:03 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 164
Re: Smoggy foggy.
But I would sacrifice a bit of kipper smell living near mapua wharf :thumbsup:
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Forum: New Zealand
May 17th 2013, 11:19 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 333
Re: importing car to NZ
Come here And buy a ford falcon XR6 straight 6 cylinder , better to spend your money on motor here , to much hassle bringing one in .we started off with jap cars , had 4x4s and now got swift and a...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 17th 2013, 8:27 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 525
Re: On the move again
We love queenstown for a break as we are near Dunedin and I absolutely adore central otago especially in autumn , it's beautiful , hope things go well for you in qt ? There are resident groups and...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 16th 2013, 8:00 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 562
Re: I'm back
Yes I'm still at corrections and still enjoying my job after 4 years , love the variety , every day is different and even the crims are not that bad .
Well I'm back because its time to report on...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 15th 2013, 7:43 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 562
I'm back
:well after a long time away from this site I have returned , especially now autumn has struck down south , I will post a detailed update as we have been here over 8 years now and into our 9 th ,...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 15th 2013, 7:40 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,159
Re: Advice for a Scot please!
Private message me , I have worked in otago prison over 4 years , I am also helping another British officer to move here , have put him up at our house during a visit and an interview at otago...
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Forum: New Zealand
Jun 20th 2012, 3:31 am
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Replies: 47
Views: 2,938
Re: Crike, it's freezing.
Twas - 6 on the Taieri plains last week , good job i put the truck in the garage as the suzuki was like a block of ice in the morning , still it was toasty warm in our house , over 25 in the lounge...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
Jun 20th 2012, 3:20 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,211
Re: 7 years gone and into our 8th
An update because !
A few weeks back myself and collegues from our Prison attended a funeral of one of our family , a collegue , she " Di " had a great presence at work and even in those last days...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
May 30th 2012, 9:31 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,211
Re: 7 years gone and into our 8th
The funny thing is about having moved 12k miles and started a new life , is that i believe that once you have done that, you can just about do anything else !
I started my own small business up from...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
May 30th 2012, 4:41 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,211
Re: 7 years gone and into our 8th
I think going back to UK can do 2 things for you , 1 it will make you want to go back and 2 it will reinforce why you left :lol: For me it was a mix of the 2 lol I think because it was such a short...
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Forum: New Zealand / NZ Update
May 25th 2012, 9:47 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,211
7 years gone and into our 8th
Where the hell did that time go ?? anf did we realy live in UK ?:unsure: As of a few days ago we completed our 7 years in NZ , OMG TBH its been awesome, made some mistakes along the way, and made...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 22nd 2012, 4:33 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,029
Re: cold last night?
Love those crispy mornings , makes me laugh you lot are on the NI we are way down south , Double glazing and HRV to keep the windows from crying , awesome , plenty of firewood, thats one thing we...
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Forum: New Zealand
May 20th 2012, 10:16 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,813
Re: help - condensation
And when you get your own house, get a HRV fitted, we have just had one installed , and no more crying windows, eben though we got double glazing the aluminium still sweats and slightly misty...
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 21st 2012, 9:46 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 944
Re: cluster flies
Get some chooks , they love them , we open our sliding doors and one of our chooks comes in and cleans them all up :thumbsup:
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 20th 2012, 9:02 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 944
Re: cluster flies
The prison i work at in Otago has had them for 5 years now, the units and wing landings used to be covered in them, they get into the lights and any cavities they can squeeze into , its like crunch...
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 20th 2012, 8:58 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,890
Re: Dunedin, what's it like?
Double glazing is still a new concept for Kiwis to get their heads around !! Most house here have log burners ,which some times are connected to wet backs which in turn heat the water in a cylinder ,...
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 20th 2012, 8:54 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 604
Re: HRV system
Not had a power bill yet , there is noheating element like the one we had in town, the kids played with the controller on the wall and put the heat setting on max, our bill went from $100 to $380...
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 20th 2012, 9:20 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 604
HRV system
Just had a twin system fitted and withing 2 days we have bone dru double glazing, even the aluminium is dry , and the tempature has evened out throughout the whole house and at 220m3 thats awseome,...
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 20th 2012, 9:17 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,890
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Forum: New Zealand
Apr 7th 2012, 8:59 pm
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Replies: 407
Views: 37,575
Re: So embarassed about where we live.
Get hold of the local Bikey gang or Mob , send them around to have a word !!!! Shame as your area is soooo beautiful , that wee wharf area and the inlet is stunning .
We had shite nieghbours for a...
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Forum: New Zealand
Jan 20th 2012, 8:12 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,289
Re: Cor ! What a lovely warm evening.
Bevs ,
Had a Ploughmans at the Square and Compass at Worth Mattravers in the Purbecks few years ago , beautiful place and food , mind you i recon if on a sunny eve you went down to that gorgeous...
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