Author Topic: STUDY WEEKEND IN NEW ZEALAND 25TH -27TH JANUARY 2008 (Read 16791 times)

David Nicholson · « **Reply #30 on:** January 29, 2008, 07:08:33 PM »

Dave Toole looks an awful lot younger than he does in his Avatar. Having said that he was in his Glasgow Celtic shirt and not in his usual lurex

Maggi Young · « **Reply #31 on:** January 29, 2008, 10:02:14 PM »

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Dave Toole looks an awful lot younger than he does in his Avatar

I was just thinking that he looks like a great big schoolboy! And somehow I thought David Lyttle looked really tall in his avatar yet i see he is shorter than tOOlie....... I love the way our minds create pictures for ourselves... this is almost as good as the radio!!

Susan · « **Reply #32 on:** January 29, 2008, 10:28:37 PM »

Mark, speaking for myself, the further away with the light behind is the best way to view me! I shall try and bring them up closer. It is alright for youngsters like Dave Toole and Fermi etc. Talk about wider, I didn't want to stand beside Ian because he makes anything larger than a shadow look wide.

Flattering Dave about his youthful looks will just make him big headed. Obviously he leads a stress free existence.

Susan

Maggi Young · « **Reply #33 on:** January 29, 2008, 10:41:04 PM »

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Talk about wider, I didn't want to stand beside Ian because he makes anything larger than a shadow look wide.

You can imagine how I feel, then Susan.

$:-\$

I promise you it's not for want of my trying to feed him up that he is so scrawny! The increasing diet must be successful: look what it did to me

Lesley Cox · « **Reply #34 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:20:37 PM »

I've just found this thread after a long chat by phone, with Maggi. That poor lady has been sent out in a howling gale to collect puffins and has had great trouble grabbing them and stuffing them into a bag.

I do have some pictures to send but for some reason though they are there in My Pictures, both the originals and resized, renamed versions, they are NOT there, when I browse to upload. Can't understand it. Will try some later or tomorrow. In the meantime, everyone else keep up the good work.

Anthony Darby · « **Reply #35 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:47:08 PM »

Quote from: Lesley Cox on January 31, 2008, 10:20:37 PM

That poor lady [Maggi] has been sent out in a howling gale to collect puffins and has had great trouble grabbing them and stuffing them into a bag.

What else can you do when the Haggis season ends?

Too early for Gugas!

Maggi Young · « **Reply #36 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:53:23 PM »

Quite so, Anthony, needs must and all that. However, I feel it hasn't done my wheeze much good... hot toddies may need to be taken. Blowing a gale but still dry here so far.
Gugas, of course, are baby Gannets, prized by some as tasty meat in the appropriate season, or salted for keeping $:-\$

Anthony Darby · « **Reply #37 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:42:32 PM »

Quote from: Maggi Young on January 31, 2008, 10:53:23 PM

I feel it hasn't done my wheeze much good...

Neither wonder Maggi. I'd be out of puff in that situation too.

David Lyttle · « **Reply #38 on:** February 01, 2008, 09:30:13 AM »

Ian Young after his pilgrimage to Mt Burns.

Anthony Darby · « **Reply #39 on:** February 01, 2008, 11:55:44 AM »

Very appropriate. He looks out of puff too.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #40 on:** February 01, 2008, 12:00:46 PM »

I don't know about out of puff, Anthony but he's certainly lightly cooked....He was in touch this morning, tells me it was 32 degrees at lunchtime.... I hope those NZers are remembering to turn him over regularly or he be unevenly cooked. I would estimate that at those temperatures and his body weight, another day and he'll be done to a treat. Crikey... what was that he said about being invited to a Barbecue??!!

David Nicholson · « **Reply #41 on:** February 01, 2008, 02:37:56 PM »

Maggi, are you going to tell us why you were collecting Puffins, or just going to let us draw our own conclusions??

Maggi Young · « **Reply #42 on:** February 01, 2008, 09:34:10 PM »

Actually, David, I had been sent on a wild puffin chase. Wild? They were absolutely furious! It was only as I struggled to flatten the little birds and stuff 'em ia the bag that I realises that my instruction had actually been to send Lesley a PRINT of two puffins; one of Ian's colograph prints.... so I fluffed 'em up and let 'em go. All perfectly simple, really.

fermi de Sousa · « **Reply #43 on:** February 04, 2008, 06:44:18 AM »

Okay, Okay, I've only been home 6 days, so I guess it's time to start sharing pics from the Study Weekend!
Firstly, Merv Holland who led the grafting Workshop: