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24-08-2018, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by gumbud ->
he was sixteen then fgs!!
So what I have seen recent pics
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
His wife. X
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24-08-2018, 09:53 PM
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I think I was 24. Now I have to eat more, get fatter to lose the wrinkles, and yes, it's a true story.
It's not my fault that I cannot compete with Gumbuds look of Adonis.
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24-08-2018, 09:56 PM
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Excellent poems, Ciderman
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24-08-2018, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Ciderman ->
I think I was 24. Now I have to eat more, get fatter to lose the wrinkles, and yes, it's a true story.
It's not my fault that I cannot compete with Gumbuds look of Adonis.
that's alright little cousin from the minor antipodeas we'll take care of ya like we did when ya was wiv the ANZACS!
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24-08-2018, 10:41 PM
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From my 3 years farming. (No, I don't smoke since 1970)

Harrowing.

I’ve been round this paddock 43 times,
All that’s showing’s me nose and me eyes,
The rest of me ‘s covered in foot thick clothes
Despite all this, me hands are froze!

Me ears are pounding from the tractor’s chug,
And the harrows racket is right in me lug.
There’s a south wind blowing an’ me smokes gone out,
Bang on a foot brake and we turn about.

Big flat paddock with a drain in the middle.
Stop and get off- have another piddle
Light a new smoke and away we go,
Banging an’ a-crashing like an old loco.

Left turn comin’ an another an another,
Not a tree, not a hill, not a damn bit of cover.
From the south comes the wind with the icy clout.
(Bugger it and blast it- me smokes gone out!)
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24-08-2018, 11:06 PM
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ya telling the brits about farming??
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24-08-2018, 11:07 PM
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Love this thread. xxxx
I need help mind if I am to make my own wine.
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24-08-2018, 11:18 PM
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I used to run Hobby winemaking night classes at the local High School (not for students- for adults). I found that out of a class of about 30 25 had made wine already and 5 had there own stills. They had made wine out of everything from grass clippings to 2nd hand tea leaves. I suggested it might be a good idea to bring a sample of their wine for next weeks class. The class was held in a laboratory room because it had sinks and taps etc. We all ran over time before staggering out of the double doors, although some missed the hole and hit the door frame.
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24-08-2018, 11:22 PM
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I used to run Hobby winemaking night classes at the local High School (not for students- for adults). I found that out of a class of about 30 25 had made wine already and 5 had there own stills. They had made wine out of everything from grass clippings to 2nd hand tea leaves. I suggested it might be a good idea to bring a sample of their wine for next weeks class. The class was held in a laboratory room because it had sinks and taps etc. We all ran over time before staggering out of the double doors, although some missed the hole and hit the door frame.
Ooh, I am starting a thread tomorrow. It should be fun.
It will be in the correct section, and I can't wait for the posts.
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25-08-2018, 01:21 AM
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More real life!

The One Legged Man

My then wife was busy pursuing my then boss,(fruitlessly as it happens), and I was pursuaded to take the two kids on holiday. I took them to the South Island. Over on the interisland ferry and we had a fun time driving and stopping down the rugged West Coast. A place of gold prospecting, old lawlessness but now extraordinary hospitality. Stopping at the Punakaiki rocks with their strange formations laid down 30 million years ago and since eroded by the sea into fascinating patterns and blowholes.
We camped by the roadside, we stayed in cabins and in the car we had camp fires by the beach and cooked fish we had caught. We visited Shantytown, which was once a miners town all, once, of course, under canvas. We explored the Fox Glacier and the Franz Joseph glacier and carefully watched as they crept down their course to the sea at about an inch a minute!
We had a really fun time! The ferry trip back was supurb! The Marlborough Sounds were idyllic and the reputation of Cook Strait was maligned by a smooth crossing. Off the boat we headed for Wanganui on the West coast of the North Island, stayed in cabins and prepared for the drive home the next day. Towards the end of a winding gravel road the kids got bored. I invented a game where I said "The first one to see a....." Wins! We spotted cows with a brown spot on it's back. Pukekos on the road...... at least 10 sheep in a paddock with at least 10 trees in it......A horse that wasn't brown all over.....a house with a red roof........and they didn't seem to tire of it. But I did! Still with an hour to go I said, "The first one to see a one legged man riding a bicycle!"
In less than two minutes! There he was! One leg pumping frantically. I nearly ran him over with shock! "How did you know dad?"
Ah! The faith of children.
 
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