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Ruth

With Scott and I at Halswell Tavern 27th September 2009 - Our favourit Alcove at the hotel, but mainly in winter. We stay outdoors in warm weather but it was quite cold on this occasion.

Geoffrey and is son

The Godwits

The Godwits are back. I heard on the radio two or three days ago, that a few had arrived back. A couple of thousand more are due back during the next couple of weeks, after their eleven thousand kilometer non stop flight - from around Siberia I think. Apparently, when they leave the Estuary here, they fly North West and stop for a rest in an Estuary in the South China Sea area, and then fly on to their final destination. When they fly back to the South Brighton Estuary, they fly right down the middle of the Pacific Ocean non stop. Amazing.

New Tai tapu house

Coopers Knob

Gibralter Rock

Ruth

Testing the new cell phone - Samsung f480. The damn thing would not send Email. I went back to the shop with everything in the box to be returned (after spending 2 hours on the phone this morning going through settings with a technician). I almost got into an argument with the salesman. He told me he wanted everything back. He wanted the packet the sim card came in and I told him that it had been thrown out in the rubbish. No packet - no return. That did not go down to well. After trying earlier in the day, he suddenly got it working. He was the same guy who sold it to me on Wednesday. He was not sure what he had done - just fiddled with the settings. Could it be that he did something that should have been done on the day of sale?

Ron P.

Taken by me in his kitchen today while doing some IPA work. This will be the last pic sent by me old phone. I bought my new one today and I am now on the new Telecom data plan.

Linux Beauty

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