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Hi Mags Ashburton That beautiful little town halfway down south Island :) Enjoy your holiday We have a daughter home this week from Aussie first time 10 years 50 years ! celebration

Margaret

Well, there you are then!!.. we're almost best buddies already!!

Did you ever get an exchange tour over here?

Hubby was all set for one to Australia a few years ago, then got sent off to play in Kuwait and Saudi instead, lol I was quite disappointed.. and that was before I found out about Aussie reds! lol I sometimes wonder if we'd ever have come back here. Hubby was a *sought after* trade, so a transfer to Aussie Army was discussed a few times.

Love

Daff xxx

Well there you go- I was in the Army and I used to play hockey too!

My *fosterson* comes from Melbourne, but was in the Army for a while, and seconded over here.. which was how we met. He is the same age as my eldest, and he prefers hockey! lol.. it is my hubby that played all the sport, even though he was the *old man*!!.

I've just popped in for a quick look, but none of the videos will play, so I am gutted! All that lovely talent ;0)) eluding me!!

Oh well, I'll try again in a mo. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

If you live next to a vineyard.. I wouldn't shout too loudly or I might pop over for a visit and a slurp!!

Love

Daff xxx

Hey Daff -I live next to an Aussie vineyard, so I get my reds wholesale! The different footy codes here is a regional thing - Rugby in NSW and Queensland - Aussie rules in Vic, SA , WA & Tassie. but lots of overlap these days.

Lol Mick, I might just do that!! I normally switch off when he and hubby get together and start talking about these things..

I just quietly get on with wrapping myself around his gift of a posh hunky red!!

He introduced me to Aussie reds in 1994. I spent all that Christmas in an alcoholic haze!!

They will be surprised if I get knowledgeable about the Aussie Rules equiv of the offside rule, pmsl.

Love

Daff xxx

Oh, and Hubby is 6ft 2, tall and slim and quite elegant looking, not neanderthal at all. He played rugby for the Army. He's also played Aussie footie, and American. I must ask him which he preferred.!!

oh yeah Daff - Rugby players tend to look like Neanderthals, but Aussie Rules players are usually tall and elegant - I think youse sheilas would go for them. Google "Äustralian Football League" some time. xx Mick

Me, too, Lulli.

I am Welsh, so might get shot for saying this, lol, but it would be nice to see a British team winning the World Cup. I do hope Jonny doesn't get injured though, as I think he is the glue that holds the team together.. even when he isn't playing at his best.

Hello Mick, I'm reliably informed by my Aussie *foster* son that it is a very tough game.

Are the players handsome and rugged, and do they look good in a scrummage? These are, of course, the most important factors!! ;0)))

Love

Daff xxx

Just to say a big "COME ON ENGLAND"

Ahh - who cares? Its not REAL football- only boring Rugby!! Aussie Rules forever!!

wheres you - Margaret

Im South Island too

Never Mind We cant win them all the sun still came out again today in NZ The gloom will soon pass I HOPE
Margaret SI NZ

Thank-you, Mags. xx

Well, hello all.... I thought no-one wanted to play on my thread last night, so I went to bed to read. I am so glad I didn't delete it before I went!! lol

Derek, I was in the conservatory, but I got my telly on the computer sorted.. I didn't watch it all, just kept flicking back in and out.. I do so love to watch all those handsome young men in the ruck!!!

Love

Daff xxx

Well, I am devastated...... and where was Dougie Howlett I ask?

Kia ora Huia,

No i'm not from Bristol - im kiwi born and breed
from top of the south

apology accepted.......

xx

Sorry, but wine is not my cup of tea. And as for football of whichever code, it bores me stiff. In fact stiffer than the eggwhites when I beat them to make a KIWI pavlova.
And you cant beat NZ for scenery or volcanoes! Particularly when they erupt.

lol

**Mags** are you the one from Bristol? If so, was it your fault that Ruapehu erupted recently injuring that nice young man? If so, you should be ashamed of yourself!
Of course if you arent the one from Bristol then I apologise.

Go the Aussies, Rona? Go home you mean I presume.
Best wine? I think you will find plenty of experts throughout the world who would say that is NZ. Or are you laying claim to our winemakers too as you have to a lot of kiwi things?
We have Kiri te Kanawa, Hayley Westenra, Peter Jackson, Ed Hillary, Rutherford, Anna Paquin, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson, just to name a few of our famous people.
Yay for New Zealand.
I forgot to include Russel Crowe in that list.