Maori healing ..ooOoOo!

DavoMan said:
They had testimonials from people claiming to previously be infertile until visiting this 'Papa Joe' guy & his team.
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If a woman had a lot of big sexy men jumping on her with bronzed skin and muscles in a Pacific paradise, it might have an impact on her fertility. Heck, it sounds pretty hot to me! Er... I mean... if I were into that sort of thing... which I'm not... definitely not.:halo::zzw:

Though the 'Papa Joe' part might sort of kill the mood...
 
Look! Up in the sky! It's the OP!

pyewhackett said:
Tich. I know the Kiwi educational system is ficked...but surely not this bad!

I am talking about The Mainland!
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Don't blame NZed. I come from Wyoming, where sheep jokes were invented. Only they weren't originally jokes.

Neither am I going to get into a slanging match with anybody from Oz. I know when I'm outgrossed, excuse me, outclassed.

I'd dearly love to visit Australia, it's just that the plane lands first in Auckland, and what can I do but jump off and french the beloved tarmac? Then I need seven or eight Red Lions to rinse out my mouth, and it's all fuzzy after that.
 
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sackett said:
Don't blame NZed. I come from Wyoming, where sheep jokes were invented. Only they weren't originally jokes.

Neither am I going to get into a slanging match with anybody from Oz. I know when I'm outgrossed, excuse me, outclassed.

I'd dearly love to visit Australia, it's just that the plane lands first in Auckland, and what can I do but jump off and french the beloved tarmac? Then I need seven or eight Red Lions to rinse out my mouth, and it's all fuzzy after that.
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My condolences...to have two social handicaps!

Sheep AND frenching tarmacs? I stand (sit) outgrossed and outclassed.

Try to make the extra two hour distance. We Aussie chicks are better looking and nearly as easy. ;)
 
Don't taunt me, excuse me, tempt me

Nothing would please me more than six months in Oz, and that's not even counting Tasmania. The Nularbor? I'd eat it up. The Western Desert? Sounds like Wyoming South!

Oz grrlz? I hear they ride bareback, crack stock whips, and really love leather. Straight-up chix, just like I like 'em.

Your location reminds me: I attended Berkely for a year, back in the Middle Stone Age. It's okay, but it's a long way from Sydney.
 
Sorry for the massive derail DavoMan!

sackett said:
Nothing would please me more than six months in Oz, and that's not even counting Tasmania. The Nularbor? I'd eat it up. The Western Desert? Sounds like Wyoming South!

Oz grrlz? I hear they ride bareback, crack stock whips, and really love leather. Straight-up chix, just like I like 'em.

Your location reminds me: I attended Berkely for a year, back in the Middle Stone Age. It's okay, but it's a long way from Sydney.
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The Nullabor is not for the average tourist - road kill, 3000kms of narrow, single-lane roads (just from Perth to SA alone), road kill, petrol stations only every 300km with prices that'd make your hair curl! And road kill. The Great Aussie Bight is only 50 metres from the road.

Your description of Aussie chicks makes us sounds Texan. You're in for a shock!

Yep, UCB isn't a bad little institution. ;)

As for San Francisco and the Bay, I call it 'Sydney with guns'.
 
I've known some girls & other types of women from Australia. They impressed me as nice young things and not too prone to shock a gentleman, but god help any yaffer who tried to step sideways. As I say, just like I like 'em.

Texans? Don't make me call Ralph! Where I come from, we have Texans for breakfast, unless we can score some roadkill.

The Nullarbor sounds like the Gas Hills of Wyoming, but nicer because you have the sea.

So: You commute between SF and Oz. You really like to rub it in, don'tcher?
 
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sackett said:
I've known some girls & other types of women from Australia. They impressed me as nice young things and not too prone to shock a gentleman, but god help any yaffer who tried to step sideways. As I say, just like I like 'em.

Texans? Don't make me call Ralph! Where I come from, we have Texans for breakfast, unless we can score some roadkill.

The Nullarbor sounds like the Gas Hills of Wyoming, but nicer because you have the sea.

So: You commute between SF and Oz. You really like to rub it in, don'tcher?
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Hey, I didn't command - go forth from the Antipodes to Detroit!

I mean 'cultural shock', nothing nefarious...maybe...and you're losing me with terminology like 'yaffer' and 'step sideways'.

I want to get to Yellowstone! Which is the best entry point, Cody or Jackson Hole?
 
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pyewhackett said:
Hey, I didn't command - go forth from the Antipodes to Detroit!

I mean 'cultural shock', nothing nefarious...maybe...and you're losing me with terminology like 'yaffer' and 'step sideways'.

I want to get to Yellowstone! Which is the best entry point, Cody or Jackson Hole?
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Yaffing® is my attempt at Oztalk: yakking and laffing, usually over a table strewn with dead stubbies. "Step sideways" is Old Western for "get out of line." I would NEVER step sideways with a nice girl. (There, don't say I never gave you a straight line.)

Avoid Jackson if you can; it's not a nice little western town anymore. Spend a day or two in Cody for the sake of the Buffalo Bill Museum; seriously. It broadened my mind about Bill, and I want you to understand the West.

You might also consider the northern gate to Yellowstone, via Chico Hot Springs in Montana: Beautiful, difficult, sometimes terrible country. DON;T GET OUT OF YOUR CAR TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE BUFFALO!

In spite of the tourists and the crowding, Yellowstone is worth a sojourn. It's a popular attraction for about 1,000 good reasons.
 
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sackett said:
Yaffing® is my attempt at Oztalk: yakking and laffing, usually over a table strewn with dead stubbies. "Step sideways" is Old Western for "get out of line." I would NEVER step sideways with a nice girl. (There, don't say I never gave you a straight line.)

Avoid Jackson if you can; it's not a nice little western town anymore. Spend a day or two in Cody for the sake of the Buffalo Bill Museum; seriously. It broadened my mind about Bill, and I want you to understand the West.

You might also consider the northern gate to Yellowstone, via Chico Hot Springs in Montana: Beautiful, difficult, sometimes terrible country. DON;T GET OUT OF YOUR CAR TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE BUFFALO!

In spite of the tourists and the crowding, Yellowstone is worth a sojourn. It's a popular attraction for about 1,000 good reasons.
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Contextually, I could guess the meanings. I just figured that you coined it, you should explain it. We have 'yabber' but that's more being talkative. We also have 'yack' and 'have a yarn' that would fit your scenario nicely. Maybe 'have a gab' for the sheilas. It's an 'earbash' if it's boring. 'Laffing' is so cockney it hurts!

I've been to Yosemite but a visit to Rotorua a few years ago has instilled in me a deep fascination for thermal activity.
 
Thermal activity

If you like geysers, I hope you have a month to spend in Yellowstone. It's not quaint like Rotorua -- mind you, I like Rotorua heap plenty. (Trying to think of someplace in NZ I don't like. Nope, can't do it.)

An odd thing about Wyoming: It's still not throughly mapped geologically. The thermal areas are not completely understood. You may wind up up taking notes for future study.

It's a looooong way from Y'stone, except maybe by Australian standards, but perhaps you can work in a visit to Thermopolis WY, site of the world's largest single-source hot springs (or some such claim to fame; the wonders of boosterism are not mine to question). You can swim in water hot enough to boil shrimp, and cool off in the Big Horn River.

See that green glow on the NE horizon? That's me, waxing envious.
 
I lived in Dunedin- NZ for about 13 years. Yeah I've had a few scotts tell me that Dunedin is similar. Something to do with all the cold weather & grass & old stone buildings. Norwegians too -although Dunedin doesn't freeze you into a statue.

But as far as accents go - everybody else in the world has a funny accent. Us New Zealanders speak normally. :rolleyes:

To be honest, as racist as it sounds - New Zealand is becoming a new Tokyo. We have a large portion of shops & advertsing & all that in funny asian letters I don't understand. Alot of people have problems with the migrant policies and its generally turned pockets of NZ into racist & violent patches.

I'm always on the look out for some of this racist-psudoscience woo. It likes to pop up its bald head every now & again.
 
Na Zillan tokes gud nuff f' me

DavoMan said:
. . . .Us New Zealanders speak normally. ...
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Well....nobody else on earth would say that, but: I found that after two weeks in-country people's accents improved wonderfully.

I'm sorry to hear that a racially mixed country like NZ is taking a set against Asians. Years ago, I read that NZ is -- was then -- 16% Maori, and that no less than 40%! of NZedders have some Maori blood. Add in other Polynesians and you have a decidedly bi-ethnic country. Multi-ethnic can't be far behind.

I admit that those furriners write funny, but they haven't had our advantages. Give 'em time.

And if I can get behind a plate of gyozu and kimchee, or a nice spread of Kung Pao chicken when I'm in Auck, then I'm damn grateful. NZ cuisine could use some variety.
 
Oh MAN. The FOOOD! If theres one thing I typecast about asians is that they can all cook awesome food.

But anyway I think its because it came on really quickly thus everybody noticed hordes of asian peoples coming in by the bus-load.

From what I can tell theres a huge mix of opinions out there. Some of them violent. Alot of them irrational. Personally I dont care what colour someones head is but I definately am noticing a steady transforming from New Zealand into New Tokyo.

I dunno. Perhaps its just the touristy stuff everywhere.

However New Zealand has its fair share of biggots & all that. We just barely got a civil union bill past allowing gays to get the same rights as married couples. I find it amazing that there is anyone opposed to it.:( The last 6 months have been "Destiny Church Vs Homos". I dunno about you guys but I back the homos 100%.
 
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sackett said:
If you like geysers, I hope you have a month to spend in Yellowstone. It's not quaint like Rotorua -- mind you, I like Rotorua heap plenty. (Trying to think of someplace in NZ I don't like. Nope, can't do it.)

An odd thing about Wyoming: It's still not throughly mapped geologically. The thermal areas are not completely understood. You may wind up up taking notes for future study.

It's a looooong way from Y'stone, except maybe by Australian standards, but perhaps you can work in a visit to Thermopolis WY, site of the world's largest single-source hot springs (or some such claim to fame; the wonders of boosterism are not mine to question). You can swim in water hot enough to boil shrimp, and cool off in the Big Horn River.

See that green glow on the NE horizon? That's me, waxing envious.
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I read somewhere there are over 1000 geysers in the region?!

Rotorua is one of my favourite places; still trying to get the sulfur smell out of a few items of apparel! And DON'T go wearing jewellery in or near the mud baths!!!

Doubt I'd ever get a month off to frolic in WY. Maybe a week or so. When's the best time of year to visit?
 
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I'd admire to read some Maori lore and traditions about the numerous hot springs in NZ. After a hard day beheading enemies, you'd want to soothe out in a nice 122 F pool.

1,000+ geyers in Yellowstone? Could be; as I say, the area isn't as well mapped as you'd expect. I can remember seeing a tiny geyser erupting in the middle of a paved road, way back when I was a kid. By now, the road has probably been drastically re-routed. Ain't much you can do about it when Mother Nature decides to take a leak.

July is the best time for Y-stone. January is the second-best time IF (big if) you like winter sports: skiing, snowshoeing, dogsledding, and other near-death amusements. Geysers erupting into minus-40 air as the sun sets over the Rockies: bring your fanciest camera.

Mind what I said about the buffalo.
 
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sackett said:
I1,000+ geyers in Yellowstone? Could be; as I say, the area isn't as well mapped as you'd expect. I can remember seeing a tiny geyser erupting in the middle of a paved road, way back when I was a kid. By now, the road has probably been drastically re-routed. Ain't much you can do about it when Mother Nature decides to take a leak.

July is the best time for Y-stone. January is the second-best time IF (big if) you like winter sports: skiing, snowshoeing, dogsledding, and other near-death amusements. Geysers erupting into minus-40 air as the sun sets over the Rockies: bring your fanciest camera.

Mind what I said about the buffalo.
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Yellowstone claims to have 75% of the world's geysers, or something like that.

They are, well, ubiquitous.

Mapping isn't the issue. The landscape changes, sometimes daily. Geyser here today, hotspring tomorrow. Hotspring today, geyser tomorrow, black smoker on thursday. And geyser again on sunday.

July and August are both good for Y'stone. I haven't been there in January, I would like to do that sometime, and, yes, take my 6x7 and lots of film, although I'd have to consider black and white for that kind of CONTRAST I suspect. (But 6x7 ASA50 B&W film does enlarge to house-size very nicely, now that I think a bit.)

And, yes, the Yellowstone Bison are murderous. They can outspeed your car in the short term (their accileration is, well, rapid) and I did get to see one gore an SUV.. Just was trotting along the road, the guy in the SUV revved his engine, the buffalo turned around and casually gored the side of it and kept going. Nearly rolled the SUV, too.
 
Buffalo: it's not just for lunch

A warning sign I once saw on the fence of a buffalo pasture. A big windy, but to the point:

Before you cross this fence
Be sure you can cover a quarter-mile
In 19 seconds.
A buffalo can do it in 20 seconds.
 
Ahhh! Man, you guys are making me feel like I live in an island paradise & all I do is complain about it.

Well I guess thats true. :( But every place has their problems I guess. I wouldn't mind starting a thread asking everyone where they live around the globe. I reckon that'd be real interesting.
 
Somewhere in this wilderness of a forum there is or was a thread for people to post pictures of their home towns.

I'd like to see a thread about medical and therapeutic experiences where you live. I wonder how many of us have tried quackery at one time or another?

OF COURSE NEW ZEALAND IS AN ISLAND PARADISE! Everybody knows that. The occasional 3-meter snowstorm or exploding volcano can be disregarded.

I wish Captain Cook had just stayed home. Hell, I wish Maui had stayed home, and Ao Te Aroa was my personal secret, shared with nobody.
 
Island paradice eh? :D

Most of Stewart Island is off limits to most people unless you get a permit or something. Probably because its a breeding colony full of endangered species.

I've never been there, but I've had a friend who did. He said it was amazing. Strange colourful birds everywhere singing & even hanging around him not scared. He said one sat on his shoulder even.

Lots of penguins & sea lions & kiwis & all kinds of rare beasties hang out at Stewart Island. It is a special place. Somewhere that I definately have to go to. Although I would bring a packed lunch. I don't think theres many Burger Kings there.

If any of you guys get a chance to visit me in New Zealand - get your asses to Stewart Island. Its the little island below the South Island. ....its the south south island ;)
 
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