Antipodean Life (was Re: St. Pete (was RE: [rescue] Sun Ray Thoughts?))

[Drew Whittle]

On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 11:52, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

> The one most famous here in .us is "20 sheep per person."
> 

and we can't afford to eat lamb often because it's all exported and
whats left is expensive and only good for scrapple/haggis/<put your
favorite entrail here>. (All farmers want to do is export because the
exchange rate is so good)

> And that .nz isn't .au, of course....
> 

Now thats a touchy subject, it's kinda like Americans and Canadians.
It's good for me though because I'm Australian. (except when they lose
in some sport to New Zealand, then I'm a Kiwi, and if they both lose to
England then I'm a pom - I can legitimately claim to be all three)


> Since then, I've learned that phrase is in the NZ national anthem or on the
> flag or something.

Heh, the national anthem is part in English and part in Maori, who knows
what they say in the Maori part.

ObTopic: My newest (and now best) sun machine is a lowly (to you guys)
SS5-110 (when it arrives)

:D