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FoTi said:
Yabut, people who leave Scientology and practice anything outside the church are not called Kiwis.....

Usens on this board are not considered Kiwis....we're considered Squirrels.
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Yabut, kiwis, like some who leave scientology, are fair game to certain predators. Furthermore, kiwis can't fly - somewhat analogous to some ex-scientologists who've been gagged.

Really though Foti, you should know by now - I never miss a chance to fly the NZ flag.

Also, David has virtually promised that a kiwi avatar will one day have its day. I may hold him to that. :coolwink:
 
I have to say - its nice to see Kiwis being spoken of properly on the internet. Most inhabitants think we're round, brown, hairy fruit ; )
 
Infinite said:
I have to say - its nice to see Kiwis being spoken of properly on the internet. Most inhabitants think we're round, brown, hairy fruit ; )
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Seriously? They're ... you're ... not?
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Jachss99 said:
I lived at Bullards and Stonelands.

I thought Bullards as an exec residence was a crap holeo.

I was in the loft with my girlfriend, not very lofty.

Stonelands was slightly better.

There was a fireplace that was said to have a connecting tunnel behind it, that old priests used asan escape route. any knowledge of this Paul?


. Jach
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I lived in the ballroom at Stonelands from 1972-1979, then at Bullards and Brooke House until 1986, mostly Bullards. Bullards was gorgeous when I first moved there in 1979. It was still not bad in 1986 when I moved to LA, although not quite as nice as it had been. At the time is was berthing only, mostly AOSHUK. I heard it deteriorated later on. Brooke House was pretty much always a pit, and (accidentally) burning it down improved it remarkably.

Stonelands was kind of OK in the 70s, if freezing, apart from its inconvenient location. It certainly had character. After 1979 when pretty much all the single people moved out to Bullards and Brooke House, leaving the place to the gangs (mobs of unsupervised kids running amok) during the day, the property deteriorated fast, with lots of windows getting broken and not repaired, and so forth.

I never heard about a secret passage behind a fireplace. Still, the original building dates from c. 1580 (remember that winding staircase next to the kitchen?), so who knows? :)

Paul
 
David Mayo said:
Thank you for this clarification. It has helped clear my fuzzy mind!
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That's the second time you joke about your "fuzzy mind". I remember CBR used, as one of the rare instances where I raised my mental eyebrows on his evaluations, to speak mocking of fuzzy logic.

Do you also think that precise logic is desirable, but one should know that one will never reach it? (Except that one never should think never, of course.)
 
Dulloldfart said:
I lived in the ballroom at Stonelands from 1972-1979, then at Bullards and Brooke House until 1986, mostly Bullards. Bullards was gorgeous when I first moved there in 1979. It was still not bad in 1986 when I moved to LA, although not quite as nice as it had been. At the time is was berthing only, mostly AOSHUK. I heard it deteriorated later on. Brooke House was pretty much always a pit, and (accidentally) burning it down improved it remarkably.

Stonelands was kind of OK in the 70s, if freezing, apart from its inconvenient location. It certainly had character. After 1979 when pretty much all the single people moved out to Bullards and Brooke House, leaving the place to the gangs (mobs of unsupervised kids running amok) during the day, the property deteriorated fast, with lots of windows getting broken and not repaired, and so forth.

I never heard about a secret passage behind a fireplace. Still, the original building dates from c. 1580 (remember that winding staircase next to the kitchen?), so who knows? :)

Paul
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I accessed my bedroom up those winding stairs. It was certainly an escape route - to a (very) few hours of shut-eye oblivion and privacy. And it was damn freezing, but when heating was banned, we cheated by plugging in a low voltage tube heater, the kind you used to use in a wardrobe to stop mildew. Alistair Guy, RIP, came to do inspections one day and commented on how warm it was up there. I mumbled something about heat rising.:eyeroll:

Lately I've thought that, had there been an earthquake, I'd have been killed in an instant by the massive wooden beams up there, and the lathe and plaster that bounced when you pushed your hand against it.:omg:
 
Kutta said:
... Lately I've thought that, had there been an earthquake, I'd have been killed in an instant by the massive wooden beams up there, and the lathe and plaster that bounced when you pushed your hand against it.:omg:
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My understanding is the Britain is not exactly a 'seismically active' zone, ergo the risk seems to have been low.


Mark A. Baker
 
Mark A. Baker,

It's a nice pic identifying you here.

Now you can't be missed. :)

(You posts will be seen from way a far)

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David, Was Sandra Stevens American and her husband's name was Harry? If so, I may be able to contact her for you.
 
Infinite said:
I have to say - its nice to see Kiwis being spoken of properly on the internet. Most inhabitants think we're round, brown, hairy fruit ; )
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I like Kiwis. I befriended several when I lived in America. One Kiwi I knew used to wear a kilt and come to our ballroom to dance. It felt very strange dancing with him.
 
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