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Musings and reflections on life In New Zealand with special reference to gamefishing, pragmatism, small scale engineering and not taking life too seriously

Monday, September 26, 2011

RWC 2011 - a candle's point of view

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Getting up to flying speed now. The AB's gave the Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys the required trousers down, six of the best and pleas...

Friday, September 23, 2011

RWC 2011 - a flag's point of view

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I suppose we had better give some mention to this. If you live in the Land of the Long White Sporting Hype you would have to have spent the ...

Saturday, September 10, 2011

A Dream of White Horses

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It only lasted two summers, well one really, but hell, it was good. Born in Kent in 1967, flowering nicely in 1968, the glorious 1969, the f...

Monday, September 5, 2011

Do as I say and not................

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A chap who's opinions on all sorts of things often hit the mark with me advised a while back that doing less was a good thing when one f...

Friday, August 26, 2011

We drag ourselves into the present

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Away from the keyboard for almost a fortnight as events that I were not expecting washed over me. Details don't really matter but it i...

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Grumpy

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Same old, same old. If you want to know what is in this post, just read what was written three weeks ago. I am again in the darkened skies s...

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Normally of a cheery disposition

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I pen these wafflings for amusement. Mine. Recent events have put a little dent in my normally cheery disposition and I am unsure this mor...

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obaldnz: Auckland, New Zealand; Semi retired gastrointestinal endoscopist with interests in lure fishing for marlin, golf, marine electronics, small scale engineering, pragmatism and staying sane

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