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Yes, they always win the rugby, they play it very well.

But going back in time, Australia was colonised by English convicts, many of whom were Irish political troublemakers. History has shown they had a point.
New Zealand was colonised by Scottish immigrants some time later. They had similar issues colonising, but it was a singular nation with a common language, and so they had an agreement with the native ppulation in 1850 or something.

This mostly explains the peculiar accent New Zealanders have, and why the higher social levels of New Zealand society have an English accent rather than the comedic fush end chups accent.

But there has been a lot of mixing and matching along the way, folks from Pacific nations etc,. bringing their own variations and adding to the mix.

One only has to watch an episode or two of Motorway patrol to see the English accent is still something to aspire to in this impoverished Pacific nation. All the police officers that couldn't really cur it back home in England, migrted to New Zealand to book halfwits for trivial things. I think majority of folks migrating from a big country to a small one would have their reasons, but generally not admit them. You're doing so well in England you migrate to New Zealand, oh give me a break...

Fortunately, our migration laws are more strict now New Zealand is no longer part of NSW, and so it is no longer a stepping stone.. Hopefully the grubs will realise this and hopefully our laws are tightened up even more.

We are sending a record number of bikies, paedophiles, and other New Zealand lowlifes back to where they belong, and hopefully we can increase the numbers and get rid of the scum.

Well, not really. It's a contradiction. But who cares since the blogs are already shit...

Flood it, I say!

This is quite possibly the cutest dog I've ever seen.

A Facebook friend of mine asked if anyone had any funny wedding stories to share. Well I have one. About 15 years ago my friends Al and Monica decided to get married after living together for about 15 years. Al asked me to be a Groomsman. I was honored. Then he had a plan and wanted me to participate in a ruse. Since most of Monica's family had never seen Al, he wanted me to pose as him and whenever the Preacher would ask 'If anyone has any objections let them speak up now or forever hold your peace' Al would step up and have an objection that I shouldn't be saddled with that woman. The preacher agreed and we rehearsed it and the next day when the wedding was happening we pulled it off perfectly to the stunned crowd. I wiped my brow and walked to the Groomsman position and the wedding proceeded. To this day I don't know how so many of Monica's relatives never met Al but it happened and we still joke about it today.

Do any of you have a funny wedding story ?

If you had to have a robot built to your specifications:
What will it be and what usefulness, for you alone?
Male or Female?
Built & Looks?
IQ?
Servant or feisty?
What can it do, for you?
You decide!

Be Safe!

Some women do unusual things to be noticed and that includes splicing 3 poses into one photo with some hip contortion that makes them look disfigured. Years ago when I actually responded to messages, one woman wanted my attention and sent a message. I looked at her profile and photo that had an unusual appearance. Her foot was turned inward 90 degrees. How horrible I thought... either she had polio or a stick up her but keeping her from falling over!
So I did the right thing and asked if she had polio. How was I to know she would be offended?




I don't know if there's a name for splicing photos into one... it does get your money's worth as a photo speaks 1,000 words. This one must be 3,000.

I buy Jeans size 36x30 and had that size for years. When my weight goes below 200 pounds, they get too loose and I keep pulling my pants up. I dislike belts and suspenders aren't in this time-zone. Some my my pants with the same size fit differently. Recently, I went through and pulled a few pairs marked the same, but way too tight!

I bought 2 pairs of 36x30 jeans last week and got around to trying them on last night... I could swim in them so they have to be returned and next time, I'll actually try them on in the store to confirm they fit correctly.

Last summer, I wanted to buy some shorts. Real shorts. I've expressed my dislike for the knee length cargo shorts, but sometimes that's all that's available and I go without. I blogged about some worn out white shorts that had holes in them, but that blog disappeared.

Walking by the women's wear, I found shorts that were the length of the tennis shorts I wore years ago. I pulled a size 18, held them to my waist and said, yeah, they should fit, but I was wrong. Too big. Next time back, I bought a size 14 and they were kinda loose. Okay, it's size 12 and that worked, so I went back to buy 2 more shorts in ladies size 12.

I've heard stories where garment manufacturers lie about women's sizes so when a woman who wore size 9 when she got married, is now a size 20, feels 'a whole lot better' about herself if the label is 14 and fits kinda loose. I get that picture.

So forget the number, if the clothes fit, wear 'em...

Enjoy ur day ...................................................

Cartouche... now that's a word that sounds vulgar, doesn't it? Maybe something Freddy Mercury would have shouted to the audience. For the Egyptians, it was an artistic impression or a plaque and not to be confused with dental plaque. In architecture, it's often a medallion with a bunch of scrolly shit surrounding it.
Why the blog?
I'm doing cabinets for a 7 bedroom house that consists of kitchen rework, bar, butlers pantry, laundry, closets and bathrooms. They want to salvage an old wall unit that's floor to ceiling and bout 20 feet long. It's adorned with lots of carvings and cartouches on the doors and panels. Personally, I think it's hideous, grossly outdated and needs to be torn out and replaced.
I wasn't asked to price a replacement. I was asked to remove the cartouches, modify doors and panels and overlap a panel to front mount a 55 inch TV that was designed for 42 inches. No can do. I graciously declined as I have no manpower talented enough to do a miracle.
In a former life, I've transformed basic square niches into 'dome style' cartouche units for statues or waterfalls. Those scrolly things were made from fiberglass and purchased in the right size to fit the openings. The end result would have been called 'timeless' but they had no idea that two generations later, everything would be contemporary.



I'm not expecting that style to come back any time soon.

Do you guys prefer to see women in tights, stockings, tattoos or perhaps bare legs? Or maybe legs that are not exposed at all? Is it a question of what suits the wearer and the length of skirt or dress?

About two years ago I bought my a tiger tote bag to carry my stuff in, including my lunch when I go to work. Of course I had a lot of people like it, and then those that I'm friends with razz me about it calling this my "man purse".



Of course I have a sense of humor enough to just laugh it off, because it was funny. It also had reminded me of an episode of Seinfeld.



But ya know, call it what you want, but it was nice to be able to throw anything I needed into it, just like a woman would do.