Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Sep 29th 2013, 10:18 pm
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Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Unusual stuff I have learnt since arriving here.
How to jump start a tractor.
Getting a forklift drivers license.
Making wine (always a good skill to have).
Being able to stare authority in the face and say "Yeah, nah"
Using a ice pick to kill a fish.
How to jump start a tractor.
Getting a forklift drivers license.
Making wine (always a good skill to have).
Being able to stare authority in the face and say "Yeah, nah"
Using a ice pick to kill a fish.
Sep 30th 2013, 4:08 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Making a wood fire, splitting firewood with an axe.
Sep 30th 2013, 4:45 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Fitting 5 pallets into the back of my Fun Cargo for firewood.
Paua Shell spotting
Fitting a skip full of rubbish into my Fun Cargo to get away with only paying $9 at the tip making sure the top layer is garden waste to get the cheaper tip rate.
Timing it perfect for when the cheap discounted bread gets put on on display at Countdown.
Bartering in shops and playing shops off against each other.
Being able to remember every single pubs 'pint' measure so not to get caught out being charged $9 for a cup of beer instead of a pint.
Paua Shell spotting
Fitting a skip full of rubbish into my Fun Cargo to get away with only paying $9 at the tip making sure the top layer is garden waste to get the cheaper tip rate.
Timing it perfect for when the cheap discounted bread gets put on on display at Countdown.
Bartering in shops and playing shops off against each other.
Being able to remember every single pubs 'pint' measure so not to get caught out being charged $9 for a cup of beer instead of a pint.
Sep 30th 2013, 8:17 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Fitting 5 pallets into the back of my Fun Cargo for firewood.
Paua Shell spotting
Fitting a skip full of rubbish into my Fun Cargo to get away with only paying $9 at the tip making sure the top layer is garden waste to get the cheaper tip rate.
Timing it perfect for when the cheap discounted bread gets put on on display at Countdown.
Bartering in shops and playing shops off against each other.
Being able to remember every single pubs 'pint' measure so not to get caught out being charged $9 for a cup of beer instead of a pint.
Paua Shell spotting
Fitting a skip full of rubbish into my Fun Cargo to get away with only paying $9 at the tip making sure the top layer is garden waste to get the cheaper tip rate.
Timing it perfect for when the cheap discounted bread gets put on on display at Countdown.
Bartering in shops and playing shops off against each other.
Being able to remember every single pubs 'pint' measure so not to get caught out being charged $9 for a cup of beer instead of a pint.
I've always played shops off against each other, here & in the UK. I'm not married to a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply for nothing
Sep 30th 2013, 1:48 pm
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Felling trees, big ones (20m-25m), with a chain saw. 
Sep 30th 2013, 10:35 pm
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Being able to open a coconut from scratch using a stick & a stone.
Oct 1st 2013, 4:27 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Being able to suck a hole through an odd fellows mint
The women understood
The women understood
Oct 1st 2013, 4:39 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Mrs C.
Oct 1st 2013, 5:32 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
You have just reminded me of a rare skill my kiwi friend taught me whereby one nibbles off each end of a Tim Tam and then dunks one of the aforementioned nibbled ends into a boiling hot cuppa. You then suck hard...Tastes delicious plus you get the added bonus of a steam facial
Mrs C.
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Oct 1st 2013, 5:44 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Mr BEVS likes chocolate covered wax. 
The nibble and dunk thing might just slow his speed biscuit eating up a little
The nibble and dunk thing might just slow his speed biscuit eating up a little
Oct 1st 2013, 5:51 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
Singing the NZ National Anthem - every morning at school (I'm getting quite good!)
Oct 1st 2013, 5:55 am
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Re: Skills you have learnt, that would not make sense in the UK
I have learnt how to clip our hen's wings. Mr BEVS won't do it. We've also learnt how to catch them without doing an assault course and then how to dust them all over with Pestene powder for horses, so they remain free of lice and other nasties.
This would not have made sense in the UK as if I was doing this, it may have upset the tourist petting farm or the random fowl about a stately home which I might have been visiting and which urge to clip would have dismayed the owners .
This would not have made sense in the UK as if I was doing this, it may have upset the tourist petting farm or the random fowl about a stately home which I might have been visiting and which urge to clip would have dismayed the owners .
