:hi: Uppermost in my mind today is the fact that it's my late brother Billy's 67th. birthday - he didn't quite make it to age 22 as he died 2 weeks before Xmas 1970 :( . I doubt he'd have lasted as long as he did if we'd stayed in Ardrossan - the climate where we lived in New Zealand made it possibl...

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. I couldn't read your messages yesterday or the day before as my tempremental laptop refused to connect or open up either my email program or any website on my browser. Just came right a few moments ago - have absolutely no idea what the problem was. I regret ...

PAPER POKE = paper bag. Mentioned the term "paper poke" to an English lady we once knew - she hadn't a clue so had to rephrase. She was from about Kent but her husband was from Ayr.
Bob

Cursing my laptop computer as despite IObIT Advanced System Care 9 PRO repeatedly saying my computer is running well :evil: it isn't as I keep getting "Not Responding" error messages & programs are slow to do what I want. Have run repeated scans for viruses, malware etc. but found noth...

All the very best Ellen for a speedy recovery.
Bob

Never heard or seen any sign of a Wanganui RAMS Rugby Club in Wanganui & I've lived here for the past 28 years. There is or was a large Scottish contingent not exactly in Wanganui but in & around Turakina which is a country hamlet a few miles east of here & is the site of what is one of ...

margb said

I was surprised that it didn't seem to have anything to do with sheep!

I was too as that seemed the obvious solution. Either that or "Royal Acadeny of Music".

Bob

When studying N.Z. political history around Seddon's & Stout's time it's noticeable that a lot of them had very similar beards & were solidly built making clearly identifying who's who a bit awkward. In my all too brief spell at Victoria University in Wellington in 1970 one of my subjects wa...

Just came across this post.I've never heard of the "Wanganui RAM Club" even though I've lived here in Wanganui for the past 28 years. Also the link to the photograph is captioned "Stout" who was another prominent politician here round about Seddon's time. Also googled "Wanga...

:hi: I can relate to how the unfortunate player on the stretcher must have felt. Many years ago before being made redundant I was involved in a Civil Defence exercise at the local racecourse. The incident in question involved me being strapped into a stretcher & lowered from a first floor balcon...

Hughie wrote: I'm thinking that Spring is just a couple of weeks away here in southern Oz Same here in little old N.Z. I'm looking forward to warmer weather for 2 reasons - a) lower power/gas bills through less heater use & b) being better able to get out & about to use my new D.S.L.R. came...

Likewise never seen a hard frost here where I am in N.Z. So far this winter we've only had 4 days where frost has been visible on the grass but that soon vanishes when the sun comes up. I don't think I could stand another Ardrossan winter like the last one (62-63) before we left for N.Z. Thankfully ...