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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 20:48:06 GMT 7
Since 2009 I have got out my Santa suit and bought presents for those less fortunate. Of course it does have its perks as can be seen in this photo. after handing out presents to the children of a charity organisation that I support we headed to a friends cafe for a much needed cool drink of red bull. The girls there made a fuss of Santa and I'll let you into a secret, he didnt mind one bit.  |
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 21:01:28 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 21:06:15 GMT 7
Since 2009 I have got out my Santa suit and bought presents for those less fortunate. Of course it does have its perks as can be seen in this photo. after handing out presents to the children of a charity organisation that I support we headed to a friends cafe for a much needed cool drink of red bull. The girls there made a fuss of Santa and I'll let you into a secret, he didnt mind one bit. Thanks DP, now I have an incentive to grow a beard again. |
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 21:11:15 GMT 7
I left NZ at 20 and after arriving in Sydney the first thing I did was grow a beard so it's 44 yrs old.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 21:19:58 GMT 7
I left NZ at 20 and after arriving in Sydney the first thing I did was grow a beard so it's 44 yrs old. Yes it can get cold there, that's why it's usually a Kiwi's first stop, ( it used to be the other capital of NZ, but I think Brizzy might have taken the title now? ) I went to Adelaide, and grew mine after the first winter, but ironically had to shave it off years later, upon a misguided return to live in NZ .( Found it much easier to get a job without it, apparently the wild and woolly look, was out of fashion in the early 90's in NZ ). |
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 21:24:51 GMT 7
I went to Sydney not out of choice but because thats where the ship was going to next. It cost me $64 in a 4 berth cabin down the bottom of the ship. I was seasick for most of the journey. Flying was hideously expensive in those days.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 21:27:56 GMT 7
I went to Sydney not out of choice but because thats where the ship was going to next. It cost me $64 in a 4 berth cabin down the bottom of the ship. I was seasick for most of the journey. Flying was hideously expensive in those days. Don't you mean 64 Pounds? hahaha |
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 21:29:56 GMT 7
No mate, I think we changed to dollars in 1966.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 21:33:09 GMT 7
No mate, I think we changed to dollars in 1966. Yes, that would have confused the Aussies if you took dollars over there, one of the few times we had the lead on them, but only by months. |
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 21:40:37 GMT 7
Australia changed to decimal currency in Feb 1966 and NZ changed on Monday 10 July 1967
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 21:43:15 GMT 7
Australia changed to decimal currency in Feb 1966 and NZ changed on Monday 10 July 1967 I knew it was one or the other, probably why I don't have any 1967 Aussie coins? |
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 21:49:23 GMT 7
I should've remembered it without going to google as I won the Waikato Savings Bank poster competition. It was a comp for school kids to design a poster for the event. I won our Waikato area but didnt win the national prize for all of NZ. I drew a Mr Dollar man blowing a trumpet and marching down the street. I actually found the old artwork up in the ceiling of the house I grew up in back in Hamilton on one of my visits home. I was a prolific drawer as a kid.
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 21:53:30 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 22:00:41 GMT 7
Great stuff, I had a Mate from Adelaide, who went to the Summernats every year without fail, but he moved to Cairns around 2006, but probably still went. |
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 22:09:43 GMT 7
I ran the wet tshirt comp at the Summernats for 20 plus years. Political correct brigade put a stop to it a few years back but it was fun while it lasted. I still run them at Tamworth Country Music Festival. It will be my 24th year running them in January 2014. Here is a crowd scene.  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 22:19:33 GMT 7
I ran the wet tshirt comp at the Summernats for 20 plus years. Political correct brigade put a stop to it a few years back but it was fun while it lasted. I still run them at Tamworth Country Music Festival. It will be my 24th year running them in January 2014. Here is a crowd scene. They ruin all the fun. We have one here some afternoons, when it rains, the High schools girls always seem to forget their coats?  ? ( Just one more ' hazard ' on the road ). |
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Post by dirtypierre on Dec 12, 2013 22:33:53 GMT 7
That's called being driven to distraction
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? ( Just one more ' hazard ' on the road ).