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    #841
    Underoos and Guests in August

    Hi Missy, Saucy, KT, and all to follow,

    Vaccuming - check.
    Dishes done - check.
    Dusting of bookshelves, piano, and eaves - check.
    Moppage of floorboards - check.
    3 x loads of washing -check. and drying as we speak - check.

    Or was that just a horrible dream?

    'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

    Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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      #842
      Underoos and Guests in August

      Hi Mr G, now thats not my idea of a Sunday....
      Getting out on the bike at all theses days?
      Ethanol is a toxic chemical, why would I drink it?

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        #843
        Underoos and Guests in August

        KTAB - this is most interesting as there is a shit-fight developing in Govt over the CHCH re-build. (which is now expected to take twenty years) Minister of Immigration wants to bring international workers in, but they can only get work permits, not residency or citizenshiop. Minister of Social Development want people on unemployment benefit re-trained to do the re-build. We will have an election before it all gets decided, but my bets are on a very messy immigration policy.

        We are very open to immigration with more than quarter of the workforce has not been born in NZ. I love the diversity of our population, but we are not very good at providing secure employment for immigrants. We are really good at brining in skilled workers and then leaving them to only be able to work in low-skilled and low-paid jobs. And despite the fact that skilled tradespeople are desperately needed, the boyfriend of one of the young women in our office who is a registered Builder had his application for a "work to residency" permit turned down last week.

        And in the mean time, wages in Oz are about a third higher than here. So as soon as they can, people head across the Tasman.

        Having said that, we welcome the Irish with outstretched arms!!! And I'm certainly noticing more of them about!!
        Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

        Harriet Beecher Stowe

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          #844
          Underoos and Guests in August

          KTAB - just looked again at the salary quotes in the article. They are way in excess of what is paid here! (although costs of living are also much lowerI suspect)
          Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

          Harriet Beecher Stowe

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            #845
            Underoos and Guests in August

            myhappyplace;1163206 wrote: Missy, dont you just love having everything organised on a Sunday night? Locusts now ironing and we are making curries for dinner and doing the cake bake for the week...its all goood...

            so nice to see you, and I bet you feel better?? that weekend I was out of the loop coz of the internet was a piece of hell....
            yes, Happy! On all counts!!! :l

            Not having any locausts I wish I could get the cats to iron!!
            Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

            Harriet Beecher Stowe

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              #846
              Underoos and Guests in August

              Missy B that sounds like trouble down the track a brewing. A relative of mine and his gf went over about 18 months ago. They are both skilled professionals but it still took them quite a while to get sorted.

              edit re rates offered, they would be considered decent here now but not a few years ago when costs rose hugely during the boom and some labourers were turning down work and asking crazy money, 1k euros a day not unheard of. Basic greed and look where it got us.
              Ethanol is a toxic chemical, why would I drink it?

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                #847
                Underoos and Guests in August

                KTAB;1163242 wrote: Missy B that sounds like trouble down the track a brewing. A relative of mine and his gf went over about 18 months ago. They are both skilled professionals but it still took them quite a while to get sorted.

                edit re rates offered, they would be considered decent here now but not a few years ago when costs rose hugely during the boom and some labourers were turning down work and asking crazy money, 1k euros a day not unheard of. Basic greed and look where it got us.
                KTAB I think you are very right about trouble brewing. The current govt is way out in front in the polls, but there is lots of stuff happening in the background that many people are very concerned about. Its pretty much a question of whether it implodes before the election in NOvember, or shortly thereafter. However, I would have to say that the economy is basically pretty sound. The arguments here are mostly about the extent to which economic growth should be held up as the be all and end all. But then again I largely mix in left-wing circles, so I don't get to hear the full spectrum of debate!!

                Your comments about greed are very apt. Sometimes I wonder whether having remained a low wage economy might in fact be a good thing for us in the end. But then I'm not an economist either.

                OK - off to watch a trashy DVD!!
                Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

                Harriet Beecher Stowe

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                  #848
                  Underoos and Guests in August

                  Enjoy your dvd, I better get off and do something vaguely important or interesting.
                  Ethanol is a toxic chemical, why would I drink it?

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                    #849
                    Underoos and Guests in August

                    KTAB;1163231 wrote: Hi Mr G, now thats not my idea of a Sunday....
                    Getting out on the bike at all theses days?
                    G'day KT,

                    I haven't been for a ride for awhile, as the weather has been a bit iffy, and i don't ride to work because it's a freeway most of the journey, and i need a new front end before i ride at those speeds consistently. The old girl might fall apart! But been busy and important in my spare time making music and other ventures, so bike has taken a back seat, but that's no excuse. Spring is coming so will fire her up again very soon. Have you been riding? I think i recall you saying a couple of your bikes are running and ridable? Hope you're well mate.

                    I actually hired a couple of cleaners the other week, and i could get used to that idea!

                    Have a marvellous evening everyone. :h

                    'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

                    Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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                      #850
                      Underoos and Guests in August

                      You too Gster!

                      My, the Undies drawer is quiet tonight....will have to choof myself off to bed too shortly - though could spend a little time on Pirates movie before...so love Mr Depp

                      Night all, tuckage not administered as I am the slack housekeeper here, best leave to those who know. Lets just say farm is calm and hugs to self..

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                        #851
                        Underoos and Guests in August

                        myhappyplace;1163278 wrote: You too Gster!

                        so love Mr Depp
                        Reggie's got a bit of the Johnny Depp's about him i reckon.

                        Night Hapster.

                        'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

                        Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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                          #852
                          Underoos and Guests in August

                          I do love the River Cottage series-es-es. (plural) Seri ?
                          Anyway, bloody satisfying night's viewing. Lifestyle Food channel is the business, isn't it ?
                          Ok ...off to roost.....
                          Tomorrow's the day, Undies
                          If your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?
                          Rejoined life 20/5/19

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                            #853
                            Underoos and Guests in August

                            byebyebridgetjones;1163289 wrote: I do love the River Cottage series-es-es. (plural) Seri ?
                            Yep, Seri sounds correct to me, as in the plural of crumpet is crumpi. Geez, those were the days......

                            'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

                            Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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                              #854
                              Underoos and Guests in August

                              Guitarista;1163296 wrote: Yep, Seri sounds correct to me, as in the plural of crumpet is crumpi. Geez, those were the days......
                              That's hilarious...I was thinking of crumpi as I wrote that :H
                              If your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?
                              Rejoined life 20/5/19

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                                #855
                                Underoos and Guests in August

                                Tuckage all yous.
                                Had my pint of Ben and Jerrys. sweet Cream and Cookies. YUM.
                                TV attached to wall, husband still alive, all is well.
                                Beags, I will call you my soul sista, as I see we have a bit in common..
                                Love to you all!
                                Reg and Johnny Depp....hmmmm

                                Ive learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. -Martha Washington

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