Posts Tagged ‘Fishing’

To Be or Not to Be a Kiwi Dad in Emergency Situations

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Sometimes I wonder whether I did well when I decided to move to New Zealand. Occasionally I get a hint. Today I went to get my kid from school and, as he was coming from the indoor swimming pool with all his wet stuff tucked randomly in his backpack, a bright red box fell on the footpath. It was a pocket-size waterproof electronic device which combines radio (including two SW bands), LED torch and USB laptop/cellphone charger, a battery-free dual-powered (dynamo and solar) compact emergency unit. Initially, my Romanian-educated instincts made me believe that my son pinched it somehow and I was ready to take it to the ‘lost and found property’ area, then I realized that every single kiddo had one of them. The NZ Red Cross gave every single school-aged child in Christchurch this survival item in the wake of the terrible earthquake we had earlier this year. Yet sometimes I doubt I’ve made a good decision by coming to this country – in the end of the day I didn’t get a bright red solar radio to listen to my cricket when I have my beer pretending that I’m out fishing, boating or camping. This is age discrimination and I should complain to the authorities!

This is no advert, I really like it!

Oh, it seems that the Americans get a fake version of this device. Watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_10KXcTGV4g

only if you have nothing better to do. Mine (my son gifted it to me: ‘you can have it, Dad’) has better features!

Ups!

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

FACT: I stopped 150 meters short of reaching home.

car in river 1

car in river 1

RUMOR: Nobody was hurt.

car in river 2

car in river 2

ACTION: NZ Police sent a rescue diver straight away.

car in river 3

car in river 3

CHARITY AUCTION: Due to the tidal nature of this river (Heathcote Estuary, Canterbury, New Zealand), free test-drives are being offered only at low tide. You may book one by registering on our website.

car in river 4

car in river 4

Internet Fun – Joke of the Day

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

I found this printed somewhere but I’m sure it comes from some email,  thus it qualifies as our joke of the day. I made no changes to it, as it was. Please read and exercise discretion.

Writing About The Sea


1) This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles.. (Kelly age 6)

2) Oysters’ balls are called pearls. (James age 6)

3) If you are surrounded by sea you are an Island . If you don’t have
sea all round you, you are incontinent. (
Wayne age 7)

4) Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily
Richardson . She’s not my friend no more. (Kylie age 6)

5) A dolphin breaths through an arsehole on the top of its head. (Billy age 8 )

6) My dad goes out in his boat, and comes back with crabs. (Emily Burniston age 5)

7) When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the
ocean. Sometimes, when the wind didn’t blow, the sailors would whistle
to make the wind come. My brother said they would be better off eating
beans
(William age 7)

8 ) I like mermaids. They are beautiful, and I like their shiny tails.
How do mermaids get pregnant? (Helen age 6)

9) I’m not going to write about the sea. My baby brother is always
screaming and being sick, my Dad keeps shouting at my Mum, and my big
sister has just got pregnant, so I can’t think what to write. (Amy age 6)

10) Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can
give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I
think they have to plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher age 7)

11) When you go swimming in the sea, it is very cold, and it makes my
willy small. (Kevin age 6)

12) Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Two divers
can’t go down alone, so they have to go down on each other. (Becky age 8 )

13) On holiday my Mum went water skiing. She fell off when she was
going very fast. She says she won’t do it again because water shot up
her fanny. (Julie age 7)..

Internet Fun – Joke of the Day

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

If you travel to Kaikoura, New Zealand, go to Top Ten Holiday Park (which is nice and clean, but unjustifiable expensive), pick cabin #7, relax in the double bed under the bunk and look up:

Mini Grafitti, Kaikoura

Non-Canadians watch out!