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  1. 62_Kiwi

    Viva Las Vegas!

    A big Gidday, Kia Ora and Hello to y'all from Kiwi #62! - currently located in the good state of Nevada - Las Vegas to be more precise. :D It's been a while since I last passed this way on iboats, due to access problems from New Zealand (but that's being sorted out for me by iboats as I speak...
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    Washington DC

    Crab Bait showed me around Washington DC this weekend. Quite a happening place! It was great and I'll post the photos below.<br /><br />My first question - What does "DC" stand for? was easy - "District of Columbia".<br /><br />...but nobody we could find could answer the next logical question...
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    Hey Crab

    Hey Crab...<br /><br /> <br /><br />Thanks for showing me around some interesting parts of Philly, Delaware, Maryland and Washington DC. It was great fun and all really good stuff. I saw and learnt a lot and really appreciate it.<br /><br />We'll have to work out what stories and photos to let...
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    Kiwi back in town

    Hi Everyone I'm back... Wow - I can connect to iboats again! :) :cool: <br /><br />...that's probably because I'm back in the USA (Philadelphia this time) :) ...not trying to connect from New Zealand. I find it impossible to connect to iboats from there these days :( <br /><br />What...
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    ANZAC Day, down under

    It's the ANZAC Day holiday down here today. A day off work for most of us, plus ceremonies and stories of our military heros of days gone by.<br /><br />God bless the old soldiers ...and those that never grew old.
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    Guess who Rolled into town

    <br /><br />I caught the Stones at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland last night. After more than 40 years in the business - they still remember and know how to rock...<br /><br />This was part of their "A Bigger Bang" tour. They played a lot of their older hits, Jumping Jack Flash, Brown...
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    Kiwi Beach for Easter

    This is where I'll be with my family this Easter weekend...at Whangamata, on the East Coast of the North Island of NZ. One of my favourite places... :) <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br />
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    Happy Birthday Crab Bait

    Happy Birthday Crab!<br /><br />What ever you're doing to celebrate - I hope it's a good one! :D
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    Touring the USA

    What do you reckon are the "must see" places of the USA? <br /><br />If you were designing a three or four week tour to see the different sides of the "real America" - where would you go?
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    Beer not PC in Canada?

    Appologies and commiserations to my Canadian friends - I didn't realise things had got this PC up there... :eek: :( ;) <br />
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    Billion Bux

    Hey everyone, next time someone asks you to change a billion dollar note... :D :D ..don't be taken in :rolleyes: <br /><br />
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    Farewell USA

    Well...it's been a fun week (even though mainly business) , but I'm getting near the end of my stay and I'm heading back to the "Land of the Long White Cloud" tomorrow afternoon (Friday). It's a direct flight from San Francisco to Auckland - which takes a mere... 12 hours :eek...
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    How did you get hooked?

    ...on boating that is :D <br /><br />I have my father to thank. He bought our first boat when I was 12 years old. It was a 15' runabout with a 40hp Evinrude - I learnt to waterski behind that boat - as well as fishing and experiencing the general fun of being on the water.<br /><br />A few...
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    Telephone Spam

    Excuse me if I have a rant here... :rolleyes: <br /><br />I'm wondering if this happens anywhere else in the world besides here...but these days I'm getting at least one phone call a night, sometimes two or three - with people (or worse - talking machines) trying to sell me something. Usually...
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    Wine Drinkers

    Does this make me want to drink French whine ? .......nope :D <br /><br /> My tendency is toward "New World" NZ whites and Aussie reds... :D <br /><br />Where does most of your wine come from ?
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    Runaway Fishing Boat

    A difficult and dangerous situation...but it must have looked funny! :eek: :D <br /><br /> <br /><br />A runaway fishing boat gave emergency rescue workers the runaround for nearly an hour on Lake Dunstan on Monday. <br /><br />The out-of-control outboard raced around in circles for...
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    Going to Palo Alto - Updated

    Late last year some of you gave me some great tips and inside info for my business trip to San Francisco. I followed up on many of your suggestions - and all of them were spot on! SF is a fantastic city!<br /><br />Well now I'm going back to California again. :) Another business trip, but...
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    Going to San Francisco - Updated again

    I'm going to San Francisco in a couple of weeks time for a business conference. I'll be there for about a week and will hopefully get some time to look around.<br /><br />I'm planning to do a proper (longer) trip to the USA in a year or so - so I'll leave it 'till then to see a whole lot of...
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    NZ Co. moves factory to USA

    Some refreshing news for those of you concerned about American companies shifting production to outside America... ;) :) <br /><br /><br /> http://www.sharechat.co.nz/news/scnews/article.php/c901d8c2
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    Explosions in London

    I've just seen on CNN that there are multiple explosions in London - definitely terrorism -it looks terrible...at least 90 casualties in the underground :( <br /><br />I'm really worried about my friends in London...
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