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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 18, 2017 8:32:59 GMT
January is pretty much peak season in NZ, Tyred. ...you forgot to mention the Chinese New year..... I actually pick the 'van up on the 31st, so by the time we head South it should be a bit quieter (I hope).
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Post by Humph on Nov 18, 2017 9:06:01 GMT
Just remember if following any instructions, that "left" and "lift" sound exactly the the same when spoken by someone from NZ. As an acquaintance who was learning to fly a helicopter there found out...😰
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 18, 2017 9:21:04 GMT
Just remember if following any instructions, that "left" and "lift" sound exactly the the same when spoken by someone from NZ. As an acquaintance who was learning to fly a helicopter there found out...😰 ....I was advised by an Australian lady cyclist I helped out in Scotland a year or so ago that if I wanted to distinguish between Aussies and Kiwis, I should ask them to repeat the words "fish and chips"........
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Post by Humph on Nov 18, 2017 9:37:24 GMT
Few years ago, I had a rep working for me in the UK that was from NZ, as was his wife. I called his home number one day to speak to him, and his wife told me that he was "out sailing". I was temporarily a bit miffed, until the penny dropped that what she had actually told me was that he was "out selling"...
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Post by bromptonaut on Nov 19, 2017 12:11:52 GMT
Pronouncing E as though an I is pretty diagnostic and saves inevitable offence if a Kiwi is mistaken for and Ozzie.
Years ago I worked with a chap with a double barrel surname the second barrel of which was Best. The wife of one of his cases was a Kiwi who'd phone us on near daily basis to speak to Mr Barrel - Bist about one thing or another. She was a PITA because she'd never accept "he's away from his desk, can I take a message" as a response, demanding to know what he was doing and how long he'd be away. She seemed to seriously believe he was at her beck and call whatever the time of day etc.
Mind you some Saffers have same tic. Another ex-colleague and I both spent what we later agreed seemed a minute or so thinking WTF is he on about when a Consultant employed by our parent department wanted to start a discussion by putting some 'pigs in the ground'.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2017 15:42:32 GMT
>>he was a PITA because she'd never accept "he's away from his desk, can I take a message" as a response, demanding to know what he was doing and how long he'd be away. She seemed to seriously believe he was at her beck and call whatever the time of day etc.
I know someone *exactly* like that. And funnily enough, Kiwi also.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 12:39:57 GMT
I ordered 4 Kindles from Amazon NZ and they sent a Two Ronnie's DVD.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 9:52:46 GMT
Four Candles or Fork Handles?
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Post by tyrednexited on Jan 21, 2018 13:42:46 GMT
...so, just sorting out the final details before shooting off to HK and NZ for a month from next week. As always, packing for that amount of time is a bit hectic, and we have become a little unaccustomed to it given that breaks of that length have invariably been in the motorhome motorcaravan campervan for many years. (It sits just about ready for the off, sans clothes, and is a known entity, so packing is easy - and relatively unrestricted). It's all going reasonably, but hasn't been without its little 'surprises'. We're flying out from Manchester early enough not to want to travel from here on the same day (especially given the risk of snow over the Pennines - it's belting down here at he moment, but looks OK for midweek). Accordingly, booked overnight hotel just off-airport; train from Sheffield at cheapo pre-purchase price, and lift to Sheffield station by my ex-work walking colleague, who lives there..............except, I get a text from his wife a couple of days ago saying he's ended up in hospital because one of his kidneys has blown up/shut down, so the lift is off (just heard he's being thrown out today, but he faces testing to see if the kidney needs to be removed ). OK....fall back is husband of SWMBOs friend who previously offered to take us to the local station 11 miles away, then train to Sheffield to connect - a bit less convenient, and a bit more waiting around, but no great shakes (and certainly not as important as a kidney!). SWMBO has difficulty raising her friend, as it turns out she's at QMC in Nottingham with her husband who has been admitted that day as an emergency, and is now lined up for an aortobifemoral bypass next week (or lose his leg ). So, it's now, hopefully, local taxi to local station and then as above - Though I'm worried about what might happen to the taxi driver now...... TBH, we're heading off to NZ because we've wanted to for years, but never got ourselves into gear. The 'now or never' incentive that finally pushed us over the line looks increasingly relevant now.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 17:40:54 GMT
Remind me never to offer you a lift to the station...
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Post by tyrednexited on Jan 21, 2018 17:54:54 GMT
Remind me never to offer you a lift to the station... ....OK Esp......don't ever offer me a lift to the station..... There you go!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 18:10:38 GMT
If you're going for month forget worrying about what to pack. Take the bare minimum and buy new stuff as you go along.
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Post by tyrednexited on Jan 21, 2018 19:37:28 GMT
...I wasn't really planning a tour of antipodean clothing emporia.
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Post by WDB on Jan 21, 2018 21:53:02 GMT
motorhome motorcaravan campervan ... sans clothes ... Not words that belong in the same sentence. Ever.
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Post by tyrednexited on Jan 21, 2018 22:09:51 GMT
motorhome motorcaravan campervan ... sans clothes ... Not words that belong in the same sentence. Ever. ...funnily enough, one of our favoured Austrian campsites has a (very discrete) FKK (naturist) section, as per the carefully posed picture here: www.camping-rothenfels.at/fkk/index.html....and no, neither of the discretely exposed portions of flesh are mine - we always use the (very separate) clothed area. (In fact, I'm no prude, but I prefer my Bratwurst less rare )
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