Category Archives: This is Nelson

>I’m very sorry…..

Posted on 27 March, 2009 by jb

> …but you’ve used up too much internet.” Staying at a motel in Richmind that offers WiFi. Good. 10 MB for free and a pittance per MB on top of that. There for 4 days, check the mails each day, … Continue reading →

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Precisely….

Posted on 26 February, 2009 by jb

  I’m having some work done in New Zealand by a quantity surveyor. I found a couple of discrepancies in his initial estimate, so we had a conference call with him and the architect o clarify things and to discuss … Continue reading →

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>And he reckons he’s overworked……

Posted on 18 November, 2008 by jb

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>Only in Nelson

Posted on 17 November, 2008 by jb

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>The WTF headline

Posted on 6 November, 2008 by jb

> I tend to get a bit hot under the collar when I read headlines like this, having friends who are school teachers and who are expected by parents to teach their kids how to brush their teeth. (I kid … Continue reading →

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>True Stories – The House Number

Posted on 3 November, 2008 by jb

> “Well, dear boy those things did happen at various times, in different places, but mainly not to me” Basil Boothroyd “So what’s your house number” asked the guy selling this stuff at the Nelson market? “2231 Wilshire Boulevard” I … Continue reading →

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>Short and sweet

Posted on 30 October, 2008 by jb

>Mapua Volunteer Fire Brigade August-September call-outs Sept 14: SH60 Tasman – Car v pole

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>Only in Nelson

Posted on 23 October, 2008 by jb

> Spoke with our neighbour in Mapua the other day and mentioned that the topographic surveyors would be wandering around taking measurements and generally doing what surveyors do. “So I shouldn’t shoot them, then?” she asked……

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>Only in Nelson

Posted on 27 May, 2008 by jb

>Can’t get much more direct than that, can you… Seen at Monaco

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>Calisthenics

Posted on 15 April, 2008 by jb

> Steve Fullmer is explaining his sleep-inducing calisthenics. “You stretch your legs waaaay out so they touch the door, but you have to keep your bottom on the bed” I do a doubletake and shoot a quick look across the … Continue reading →

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