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Old Aug 5th 2011, 10:28 pm
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Come round for a glass of wine when we move in ! It's in my nature to be sceptical sometimes. Not helped by the fact that our conveyancer died suddenly yesterday.
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Originally Posted by Jan n Neil
no not being ironic........ if in a restaurant where nothing obvious on the menu, the chef will usually accomodate and be inventive. If something is on the menu, it's usually something quite interesting that I would maybe not have thought of, and I have been veggie 35 years. Chinese Indian and Thai usually have significant veggie menu sections. Better options than the UK, generally, IMHO

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Thats good to know. Ta.

Lots of happy people on this thread. Its ok to say something is good think sometimes we think we are tempting fate if we say things are good just incase they go bad!!
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Thats good to know. Ta.

Lots of happy people on this thread. Its ok to say something is good think sometimes we think we are tempting fate if we say things are good just incase they go bad!!
The Sanitarium Bacon rashers are Fab (do you think they wanted to call it 'Sanitorium' - after all, veggies are a little off the wall). Subway are now doing a veggie patty.

Then again - Mars bar and chips works!
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Old Aug 5th 2011, 11:39 pm
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Pot luck dinners where you only have to make one dish cos everyone else brings the rest.

Also, maggi onion dip with chicken 'chips'. I get them sent over to the UK specially as you can't find reduced cream here. Mmmm.
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Old Aug 5th 2011, 11:45 pm
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Gosh this is such a hard one to answer, there's so much ...

The weather - the sun in particular
The wine
The summer
The wine
The beaches
The wine
The Pacific Ocean
The wine
The scenery
The wine
The people
The wine
The friends I have
The wine
The street I live in
The wine
The fun and laughter I share with my new friends
The wine
The empty roads
The wine
The BBQ's and laid back entertaining
The wine
Xmas
The wine
The kids thriving
The wine
The fact we are so far away from relatives
The wine
Sushi
The wine
Spa pools
The wine
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Old Aug 6th 2011, 12:28 am
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The Sanitarium Bacon rashers are Fab (do you think they wanted to call it 'Sanitorium' - after all, veggies are a little off the wall). Subway are now doing a veggie patty.

Then again - Mars bar and chips works!
Cheeky sod!!
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So, AL, what do ya think about that there NZ wine, eh?
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Originally Posted by Am Loolah
Gosh this is such a hard one to answer, there's so much ...

The weather - the sun in particular
The wine
The summer
The wine
The beaches
The wine
The Pacific Ocean
The wine
The scenery
The wine
The people
The wine
The friends I have
The wine
The street I live in
The wine
The fun and laughter I share with my new friends
The wine
The empty roads
The wine
The BBQ's and laid back entertaining
The wine
Xmas
The wine
The kids thriving
The wine
The fact we are so far away from relatives
The wine
Sushi
The wine
Spa pools
The wine
Hic...Hic....Hic......
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Old Aug 6th 2011, 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by martyc
Pot luck dinners where you only have to make one dish cos everyone else brings the rest.

Also, maggi onion dip with chicken 'chips'. I get them sent over to the UK specially as you can't find reduced cream here. Mmmm.
Disgusting I'm gonna throw up
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Old Aug 6th 2011, 8:51 am
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Disgusting I'm gonna throw up
Lovely!
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Old Aug 6th 2011, 9:24 am
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Originally Posted by Am Loolah
Gosh this is such a hard one to answer, there's so much ...

The weather - the sun in particular
The wine
The summer
The wine
The beaches
The wine
The Pacific Ocean
The wine
The scenery
The wine
The people
The wine
The friends I have
The wine
The street I live in
The wine
The fun and laughter I share with my new friends
The wine
The empty roads
The wine
The BBQ's and laid back entertaining
The wine
Xmas
The wine
The kids thriving
The wine
The fact we are so far away from relatives
The wine
Sushi
The wine
Spa pools
The wine
Agree with most of what you say apart from

The people but maybe thats Wanganui

Kids Thriving, eldest has no friends and never settled, youngest was getting on well but not at the moment as her friends at high school have changed and are all into boys, thought i had got away from that in the uk

Xmas! never got used to it in the Heat!

im sure most of my problems is living Wanganui

I have good friends here and make the most of it, but hopefully change location in the near future
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Old Aug 6th 2011, 11:14 am
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Originally Posted by pricklykina
Flat Whites

The treaty of waitangi

MMP

Feijoas

Beaches

The ubiquitous banana cake

Student Loans

Coffee Group

Plunket

Playcentre

Lack of shops (yep I have become less materialistic)

Bush

Empty main roads

The way it shuts down for 6 weeks from Christmas

2 days off at New Year

Anzac day

Anzac biccies
Being in Welly,, its actually opposite...There aren't many shops here as UK but still there are a few shops that I love too much so... I shop endlessly... its never ending.. (I like things sophisticated but am not a materialistic person)
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Old Aug 6th 2011, 6:35 pm
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I realised today that I love the canopies along high streets here...you can walk from one side of Wellington to the other without getting rained on. Today started off pleasant and then deteriorated.
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Old Aug 6th 2011, 7:27 pm
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I realised today that I love the canopies along high streets here...you can walk from one side of Wellington to the other without getting rained on. Today started off pleasant and then deteriorated.
Oh yeah I love that
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Old Aug 6th 2011, 9:37 pm
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I realised today that I love the canopies along high streets here...you can walk from one side of Wellington to the other without getting rained on. Today started off pleasant and then deteriorated.
How true! This afternoon's hail storm had me sheltering under the canopies as I walked down Cuba Street.
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