BEVS

your neighbours are such good friends.

your local venues welcome you with a warm smile and exchange news

you attend the venues with a group of friends

you wake up and think 'my goodness. We are so lucky to be able to do this '

you get used to the idea of ski-ing most weekends over Winter

your husband goes off tramping for a few days with blokie blokes and you get to do girl stuff with all the wives and OHs and --- hey -- you know what --- it's OK.

as above and its multi-national and cultural. So totally cool. We love it. It's like the way it was for us in the UK. Except we never met Chileans before.

You get to overnight with the girlies and the blokes think its cool to look after the kids.

You do it and its an overnight camp

... you get duckings . So cool!

you see your husband every evening and weekend looking so absolutely , totally at peace and happy & you love him for it .

you see your husband every evening and weekend love him to bits - but don't tell him

you accept a leg o wild boar ,or half a deer and think nothin' of it.


you shot it yourself Nope not yet but I may well do

you just tell those that maintain that the UK is all rain and coronation street, cr*p , unsafe and grey , that they are talking total botox and don't know what they are on about.

You especially tell those that have never really been there [uk] except on OE.

You especially tell those that are the boring farts of expats that feel the need to trash the UK simply because.. coz you know what ? That helps no-one.

you really appreciate what was in the UK and can say so.

you feel the need to buy oil heaters

you start scavanging [ sp] for cones, flax leaves and logs to keep warm and find this fun

you give away your avocados, lemons , grapefruit, eggs

you take part in a walk.run for life

you can host folk you never met before, for no other reason than you want to show them what a wonderful place this is to be....

BEVS

Karma coming your way

We spent a month plus in Samoa 1997 :thumbup . Roots Aarrgg! Know them well.

BEVS

Karma mate. Have done this myself

karonious

Kinna is sea urchin - and they put that in their mouths?!!
I used to have a huge collection of sea urchin shells, mostly garnered when we lived near Peterhead. I gutted many of them myself. A sea urchin consists of mouth pieces like budgie beaks around the hole at the bottom and bugger all else really.....? A bit of mucous-y, sponge-y body and that was it........and it is considered a delicacy by Maori.......
DON'T DO IT!!!

sky

Ok

Cava Fizz

can't remember where i was, maybe malaysia or hua hin where white sea urchins are a mega delicacy and very expensive like truffle prices. obv not weight for weight..

dazal

Thats the stuff! I have been too scared to give it a try. A friend of mine tried and said it wasnt that bad but I dont believe her at all.

pottyanne

and you can pronounce them, along with the place names, not just the place up there that begins with "W" - they
ALL begin with W (or P)

Winnie

Some guys from work went diving for these, they brought them back along with Paua and threw them into the sink. The poor buggers were still alive and moving They then set about preparing them to eat and asked me if I wanted some . I told them to throw them back where they came from, it was a pitiful sight.

Apple12

I agree, but I had the ultimate comeback from a kiwi who said "but what about haggis, black pudding and deep fried mars bars!"

Winnie

But thats meat, dried blood with fat(!!) and chocolate covered in batter. Not a comparison really. Mmmmmmm..............black pudding

sky

The sea urchin sounds better

cherry

When you complain about the bills especially the car road tax bill(just got mine) which is only $43 a year than you see the ACC($111) and others that make the total $183 .
Dont you wish car insurance was compulsary :curse:

danny.f

Good call brother

donnaf

The air raid siren ( call out to volunteer firefighters )doesn't make you run for cover.

You go to the pub with friends