Too nice a day to be inside
November 27th, 2004 at 6:46 pm by David FarrarToday was one of those days, when you love the fact you live in Wellington. As the sun heated up it was far too nice a day to actually stay inside and get through the growing backlog of work.
So a quick call to Miss Ten, who can always be relied on to also want an excuse not to work, and we head out to Otari-Wilton
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November 27th, 2004 at 6:51 pm
A beautiful day alright … Ms Ten is err, well, Hot!
Vote:November 27th, 2004 at 10:41 pm
There are plenty of places in NZ that would easily compete with this. Take the Lakes around Rotorua for instance. Wellington for those of us who live away from it regard it as a neurotic place all caught up with the trivial minutiae of that dreadful Government.
Vote:November 27th, 2004 at 11:51 pm
Looks like a nice day. It was cold enough to snow here yesterday. But I got to have a thanksgiving dinner with the local yanks so all was good.
Vote:November 28th, 2004 at 11:33 am
Tim – there are lots of great places in NZ such as Rotorua. What I like about Wellington is that it has the facilities, shops, museums, theatres etc of a big city, but also such great reserves and parks, the town belt etc.
Vote:November 28th, 2004 at 12:05 pm
Is anyone else wondering if Tim has anything positive to say about anything at all?
Vote:November 28th, 2004 at 3:51 pm
I agree David but so does Auckland and our provincial cities. The point I was making is there is a whole world outside Wellington which seems to be quite unique in its funny little world.
Vote:November 28th, 2004 at 5:09 pm
A grown man drinking Lindauer Special Reserve? Inexcusable!
Vote:November 28th, 2004 at 5:24 pm
Tim – keep seeing that glass half empty, you’ll never be disappointed. Dickhead.
Vote:Millsy – as always DPF’s drinking habits call his man-genes into serious question.
Anna – why weren’t you at work?
November 28th, 2004 at 7:01 pm
Only Real Men (TM) drink wine. Big Girls’ Blouses are the ones that drink oestrogen-laden ales and lagers with only a third of the alcohol concentration. If you drink beer, look no further for an explanation of your man-tits and pregnant-looking belly.
D
Vote:November 28th, 2004 at 8:19 pm
The whig does have a point
Vote:November 28th, 2004 at 10:45 pm
The potbelly is nothing to do beer, it is to do with what is consumed with the beer.
Vote:November 28th, 2004 at 10:52 pm
Yes but is she sleeping with you yet, or is this just all wasted effort?
Vote:November 29th, 2004 at 12:01 am
Heh trust Gordon to lower the tone
Miss Ten has a boyfriend, and I have a girlfriend (well as much as having one living around 12,000 kms away counts) so there is no effort happening, to be wasted!
If Miss Ten should ever become single, potential suitors should know that she requires her future husbands to be at least 5’9″, along with a list of around 20 other criteria involving age, occupation, wealth, intelligence, literary interests, hair length, political views etc.
Vote:November 29th, 2004 at 12:13 am
12,000 miles is definately a different postal code, DPF.
Vote:November 29th, 2004 at 7:58 am
Yeah 12,000 miles is crap. Give her the arse mate. She’s obviously not serious and it doesn’t look like you are either. Re Ms 10 its nice to see that she obviously doesn’t mind short men at 5’9″ but from that list of requirements holy crap talk about high maintenance who could be bothered. I’m reminded of Boz’s admonitions to the women of Ireland and Great Britain
“[Y]ou will in time grow a thing indifferent and perhaps contemptible; unless you can supply the loss of youth and beauty with more durable qualities. You have but a very few years to be young and handsome in the eyes of the world; and as few months to be so in the eyes of a husband who is not a fool.”
I note from her website that she likes Top Gear so perhaps there is something to build on there
I am available for couples counselling and relationship guidance at reasonable rates.
Vote:November 29th, 2004 at 8:23 am
To be fair to GF 12,000 miles away, she is native to Europe, so it is not like we were together in NZ and she moved away.
But yes unless one of us moves, there is limited future. The plan is to get together in Jan/Feb next year and see what is possible. I’d rather not say more, in case she reads this blog
As for Miss Ten being “high maintenance”, I feel I should point out that this was my list of requirements, and she may not be in total agreement with it, but regardless I would categorise it as “selective” rather than high maintenance. Anyway again I should not say more, because I *know* Miss Ten does read my blog
Vote:November 29th, 2004 at 8:23 am
Top Gear is brilliant – no question.
Vote:November 29th, 2004 at 9:30 am
Beer is great, it is the amber of the gods. And there are beers that have high alcohol content, take my home brew as an example.
Vote:The number of higher quality beers on the market today is indicative of the way the beer market is changing today, much like the wine industry changed in the 80′s and 90′s. I prefer to drink half a dozen Mac’s or Monteiths or Tuatara, rather than a dozen Speights/Tui/Export, even though they cost the same. Getting a dozen crap beers is a false economy because they taste bad and you can’t drive home.
November 29th, 2004 at 10:32 am
Gaz, I hope your not referring to the Speight’s craft range as crap (Distinction, Pale Ale, Pilsner, Porter).
Vote:November 29th, 2004 at 12:04 pm
I am presuming the Whig was at least partly tounge in cheek (as I would hope and expect from him).
Even if he does like wine – which is entirely up to him, it’s his “lifestyle choice” – surely he can’t defend Lindauer Special Reserve as being good or manly.
That would be like GPT defending Canterbury Draught – oh wait…
Well, the important thing is that I’ve finally hijacked one of DPF’s comment threads to get a discussion about beer going!
Vote:November 29th, 2004 at 5:50 pm
Anything Lindauer is a bit dodgy, but at least it wasn’t Fraise
S Really, if you’re going for bubbles, nothing beats Daniel Le Bruin. Or, if you must and you’re saving your pennies, Robard and Butler Chardonnay Cuvee.
For the record, I do indulge in Franziskaner Weissbier or DAB Lager on occasion. The Rheinheitsgebot is officially the only form of government intervention which has actually worked. ;o)
Vote:November 30th, 2004 at 8:37 am
Whig – For a wine drinker, you have better beer sense than most beer drinkers!
The Rheinheitsgebot is voluntary in Germany (thanks to the French and the EU) but every German brewery brewing for Germans sticks to it.
It would be interesting seeing brewers around the world explain why they weren’t following it (Bud: “Ummm… I’m sure rice and maize are in there right?”)
Of course, I can’t support it being applied totally – it would knock out those delicious Belgian Trappist beers!
Vote:November 30th, 2004 at 11:23 am
Millsy are you referring to the original Bud from the Czech Republic or the pig swill from USA. Yes those Belgian beers are delicious, some like wine mature if cellared. The law from 1516 should be applied to mass produced pigswill of the USA and in NZ to beers (don’t take the use of beer here too seriously) like Lion Red.
Vote:November 30th, 2004 at 4:49 pm
EDH – The American stuff of course! The Czech stuff can’t call itself Bud anywhere these days. The good news is that there are now plenty of great NZ beers – many of which do meet the old purity laws!
I fact, I think I might head off and sample one or two right… now!
Vote:November 30th, 2004 at 11:47 pm
Not true Bud (Czech stuff) is called that in Germany after a court victory there a few years ago, its also Bud in the Czech Republic.
Vote:December 1st, 2004 at 8:43 am
EDH – I’m pretty sure the Czech stuff is Budweiser in those two countries. The US stuff has to call itself Bud in the countries that it loses the legal battles in.
Vote:December 1st, 2004 at 5:38 pm
In Germany Bud (american swill) can’t even be called Bud as might be confused with a German Beer called Bit.
Vote:December 1st, 2004 at 5:53 pm
Can still get Budvar in the UK – Budweiser Budvar – great beer. Must get to Czech – supposed to have mint pils there
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