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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Away For A While III #44623 01/18/02 06:41 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales OP old hand OP stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Off to Kalgoorlie for a few days w/c 21 Jan. No doubt my trans-Tasman brethren will use the opportunity of my absence to slander the best efforts of the Aussie cricketers. Could somebody (doc?) please defend the national pride against their slings and arrows? Ta. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Away For A While III #44624 01/18/02 10:28 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass in a similar fashion, Fb, I'm trading in negative deg. C. for +20 deg. C. for several days (Mpls. v. Phoenix) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Away For A While III #44625 01/19/02 05:07 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Could somebody (doc?) please defend the national pride... I'll do what I can, but I'm hoping the national selectors will start to pull their weight too. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Away For A While III #44626 01/19/02 10:58 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England I must admit I'm more worried about NZ playing SA than NZ playing Oz these days ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Away For A While III #44627 02/09/02 08:50 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England I know that you'll all be crying tears of salt when I inform you that I will be absent for a week from tomorrow morning. I'm off to Menton to terrorise the French with my breathtakingly bad French and to suck lemons. I may put up a new contribute to the Travels page on my return, if anyone is interested ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Come back soon! #44628 02/10/02 11:09 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia H hev addict hev addict H Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 477 Sydney, Australia crying tears of salt when I inform you that I will be absent for a week Well personally, I'm devastated that you're not around because we Aussies Hi Doc, Hi stales might have to wait a week to mention the lacklustre performance of the NZ cricket team in the VB Finals . The only exciting thing about the second final - I was there - was the phenomenal hail storm. The SCG was white - it looked like we'd had snow! NZ weren't the only ones to blame for a boring game though. South Africa were equally disappointing, despite winning, mainly because they could easily have won it in style, not in a grinding, slow run meander. (I could hardly describe it as a run chase. That would imply a sense of urgency, of which there appeared to be none.) Anyway - that's enough of my cricket commentary for the time being. Come back soon, CK because I just know you'll have fun telling me that "At least NZ made it to the finals..." ! Hev "no longer a stranger..." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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