Things NZ has never heard of
May 14th 2016, 1:54 am
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the Sudafed here also doesn't have that ingredient in it so not really worth buying.
I'm not sure if I like the fact that most tradies here do not want any monies up front. I suppose its good if you don't have it at the time, but I have tried a few times to pay some but they always refuse. Mind you we have ordered a spa and I keep popping in and paying a little off it, so the large lump sum at the end shouldn't be such a shock
I'm not sure if I like the fact that most tradies here do not want any monies up front. I suppose its good if you don't have it at the time, but I have tried a few times to pay some but they always refuse. Mind you we have ordered a spa and I keep popping in and paying a little off it, so the large lump sum at the end shouldn't be such a shock
May 14th 2016, 4:24 am
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De-scaler is in Pak n'Save. With the cleaning stuff, where you would expect it to be.
Pamol / Calpol. Same thing, different name. As you might expect in a different country.
Pamol / Calpol. Same thing, different name. As you might expect in a different country.
May 14th 2016, 8:33 am
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I got some hilarious looks when I described a sporting situations as being 'squeaky bum time' had to get Facebook back up that it is a real phrase.
Also 'I'm going to do the pots' is not something people here understand hehe.
Also 'I'm going to do the pots' is not something people here understand hehe.
May 14th 2016, 1:48 pm
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My boss gave me a document to read and I told her I would "take a butcher's". Of course she had no idea what I meant nor did any other Kiwi in the office.
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May 15th 2016, 3:41 pm
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Time to go up the apples and through the rory?
May 15th 2016, 3:57 pm
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Things NZ has never heard of?
*cough* Central Heating *cough*
*cough* Central Heating *cough*
May 16th 2016, 9:38 am
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It has suddenly got worse because Irish Jim MacDonald have popped up again in Coronation St,
and, as far as she's concerned he may aswell be speaking russian
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May 16th 2016, 9:42 am
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Saying that I went home last November to a cold UK winter and found my parents had upgraded the insulation and central heating at their house. I was so hot I was sleeping with the window open in below zero. So maybe you get used to it. What annoys me is when rentals are let with NO form of heating, seems wrong.
May 16th 2016, 9:47 am
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Dont even waste your breath asking for a Full English
May 16th 2016, 9:50 am
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May 16th 2016, 11:30 am
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Coffee
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2 second rule
Gravy
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2 second rule
May 16th 2016, 3:40 pm
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They do not have coffee in NZ ? Come on - pull the other one !
May 16th 2016, 8:00 pm
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Even the worst coffee in nz is better than
the swill they serve in Costa Coffee
the swill they serve in Costa Coffee
May 17th 2016, 10:50 am
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I'm not sure if rhyming slang is actually a thing, met lots of cockneys but none that used rhyming slang.