"Free at last, free at last, praise God Almighty, free at last!"
Whilst not even close to an escape from racial oppression, I have finally managed to escape the clutches of the English weather and made it back to Middle-earth (aka New Zealand)!
It's great to be home, and all I need to now is buy a car, and find somewhere live. Already have a job and gaming club sorted :D
The downside is that here I'm just plain Dave.....
Just in time for winter, good luck.
Having said that still 24 degrees C, bright & sunny in South Australia.
Welcome back to the proper hemisphere.
Cheers
PB
Always good to return to one's homeland "plain" Dave - particularly with a new set of "eyes".
Bon Chance
d_Guy
I hope you weren't in Wellington today Dave, bucketing down but still in the early teens ;)
Welcome back :-h
Was low 20s up here in Kerikeri at lunchtime ;)
Welcome back to what is now my home too
cheers
Ian
Well you'll have to be known as 'English Dave' from now on :D ;). Glad you made it back home and good luck for the future.
Well done for getting home safely, bet your arms ache from all the flapping!
Good luck JustplainDave!
You'll always be KiwiDave, as far as I'm concerned....
Best of luck, Matey.
Cheers - Phil
:)
Good luck Dave! Sent from a balmy Suffolk, sunny, clear blue skies, still 14 degrees at 1900 hours, a chilled Sauvignon Blanc slipping down a treat. I feel so sorry for you! :D :D ;)
Mollinary
Cheers chaps :)
I'm in Auckland, but we had rain yesterday evening. Still warmer here than the UK!
I could call myself "The gamer formerly known as Kiwidave" ... :D
Added that option to the vote too...
Saw that :D
Awwww......I've already voted.
(Can we change the votes ?......I'll go and have a look, in a minute.)
Cheers - Phil
If you are changing your name how about JAFDave ;)
Cheers
Ian
Do you mean JafaDave? Coz I am a JAFA and proud :)
I'd assumed Sandinista meant Just Another F'ing Dave though I may well be wrong!
Quote from: Ithoriel on 06 May 2016, 01:44:29 AM
I'd assumed Sandinista meant Just Another F'ing Dave though I may well be wrong!
You are correct but the second a is for Aucklander....i.e. one who lives north of the Bombay hills ( the ones in NZ not India ☺)
I was suggesting that Sandinista might be replacing "Aucklander" with "Dave" ... there being so many Daves around obviously :)
JAFD ... not to be confused with JAFA ... nor JAFFA (http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/stargate/images/b/bc/Red_Jaffa_(Enemies).jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141231003427)
Quote from: Kiwidave on 06 May 2016, 01:12:55 AM
Do you mean JafaDave? Coz I am a JAFA and proud :)
My name often gets shortened to JAFO, and you really
don't want to be mistaken for me ;D ;D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 06 May 2016, 01:44:29 AM
I'd assumed Sandinista meant Just Another F'ing Dave though I may well be wrong!
You were correct :D
There's nowt wrong with JAFAs - I married one ;) I do miss Auckland especially Galbraith's for the beer, nothing to compare north of Whangarei :(
Cheers
Ian
Reading all this got me to thinking about the how Auckland was named, and whether it was anything to do with Bishop Auckland here in the NE of England.
Might be wrong, but from what I've found on the 'net; Auckland NZ was named after the Peerage of Baron / Earl of Auckland, that being West Auckland County Durham NE England, and belonging to the Peerage of GB. The Auckland Islands were named first, after this peerage, then, later, the settlement of Auckland itself.
West Auckland Town F.C. has the honour of being champions of "The First World Cup", both in 1909 and 1911. This tournament being named the "Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy". However, it wad predated by the Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, which was hosted in 1908 as the first international competition.
Its amazing what wargaming forums teaches me :D
I hope the weather is nice for you all, down in NZ and AUS :)
Lots of places in NZ are named after British aristocrats that never visited here
There are occasional campaigns to restore original Māori names, e.g. Tāmaki Makaurau for Auckland
We also confuse tourist for one week a year by using Māori place names on the weather maps, Māori language week
Kiwi's seem to lack flair when it comes to place names, for example as you drive north from Greymouth you pass
- Seven Mile Creek
- Nine Mile Creek
- Ten Mile Creek
- Nine Mile Bluff :o
- Eleven Mile Creek
- Twelve Mile Bluff
- Thirteen Mile Creek
- Fourteen Mile Bluff
- Fourteen Mile Creek - interestingly about about 1,000 yards north of Fourteen Mile Bluff
- Seventeen Mile Bluff
All while driving along the Coast Road, which of course follows the west coast of the South Island
Nicely escaped, KD, nicely escaped. Hope everything works out for you & yours 8)
Cheers Nik. Hope to see you over here one day :D
Paul, don't forget 90 Mile Beach, whic is about 75 miles..... also, count the number of rivers called Wairoa :)
There are a lot of long rivers, well long if you are walking ;)