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The Case of the Missing Moderator

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by efusco, Oct 9, 2010.

  1. savrip

    savrip Junior Member

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    I enjoyed a great cheese burger yesterday due to my wife seeing Evan's post on Australian Hamburgers. I didn't do the visual justice of his blog post, but it was one of the best burgers I've had in a long time.

    Facebook Post - What Drives Us to Drink
     
  2. patsparks

    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Austria, what you doing in Austria?
    Do they really all wear them leather shorts over there?



    Is internet expensive in Australia? I would never have known.

    Fosters? What on earth is Fosters? You do realise that no Australian drinks Fosters don't you? I am not even sure it is brewed in Australia any more.

    In South Australia us Crow Eaters drink West End Draught
    In Western Australia they drink Swan Larger
    In Victoria the favored drop is Victoria Bitter
    In New South Wales I think it's Castlemaine
    Taswiegans drink Cascade
    Northern Teritorians drink VB I reckon but the local drop is NT Bitter
    and in Queensland they can't spell beer so they drink XXXX (four ex)
    In the nations capital Canberra the favored drop is a nice Barossa or Chardonnay.
     
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  3. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Is that a budgie in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?

    Tom
     
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    The leather underwear is optional. Unfortunately, the whip and handcuffs are mandatory

    Too funny. WHen I was there, quickly started up conversations with road train drivers. Those buggers will drink anything
     
  5. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

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    With Facebook and What Drives Us updates, it feels like you never left. :)

    Glad to hear everything is going well, sorta. :rockon:
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    I like that! Might have to relocate!


    Yeah, your right but most would rather drink the used sump oil out of their truck than Fosters.
     
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    darelldd Prius is our Gas Guzzler

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    Hey! How come YOU get a thanks from Jayman for MY joke?
     
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    CRACK! Yes ma'am, may I please have another!? CRAAAACKK!!!!

    So I gathered.

    Because I like Tom better, that's why

    Just kidding!
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Some people are just better at telling jokes. :p

    Tom
     
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    If you're on the South side of the south island in NZ, check out Ulva Island(walking bird sanctuary). Gotta go to Invercargill, take a boat to Stewart's Island, then a boat taxi to Ulva Island. Awesome experience.
     
  11. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    Just arrived, today, in New Zealand and am settled into a, er...snug, apartment at a motel in Hamilton. Hope to meet up with Samiam from here at Priuschat tomorrow and visit his farm or let him tour us about in Hamilton.

    They have a beer called Waikato Draught, that is actually a mild bitters, but it's quite good.

    Thanks for the wrap up on the beer Pat, I didn't see a lot of Castlemaine in NSW, seemed to be Toohey's (mostly the new for some ungodly reason). I like the toohey's Old, but the new is just crappy American beer, but very popular. I really like the XXXX and Victoria Bitters. Haven't had a Fosters yet, and just don't see it anywhere.
     
  12. samiam

    samiam Antipodean Prius Poster

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    I can verify to all and sundry that efusco is in fact currently in the fair isles collectively known as Enn Zed. True to his word, he did force his family to walk around our farm paddocks and experience the shoe-scraping delights associated with country life. After that his daughter treated us to a very enjoyable lunch in Cambridge. I look forward to seeing them again :)

    This is because we keep it hidden way out the back. We keep the good NZ stuff inside and cold.

    Reading Pat's earlier post I now realise Evan and I had a miscommunication about Toohey's beer - he couldn't understand why I liked it - which is now very understandable, as I was referring to the far superior NZ brew known as Tui. Homophones but certainly not the same flavours. Order a Tui Evan...

    Pat, I believe Paul Hogan probably still drinks Fosters.
     
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  13. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    Sam,
    Thanks so much for showing us around your beautiful and historic homestead. The kids got a kick out of feeding the lambs, petting the pony, and seeing what a 'real' NZ home looks like. I'm holding you to your word to show me your Prius, can't wait to see the unique features.
     
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    darelldd Prius is our Gas Guzzler

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    Umm... excuse me. We were having a conversation here. You can't just butt in when you please. We have rules!
     
  15. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    Sorry, sir, perhaps these photos from Sam's farm and my visit there will by me a reprieve?

    All the photos: [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/efusco/sets/72157625180103960/"]Hamilton, New Zealand - a set on Flickr[/ame]

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  16. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Good to see you, Sam! How's Bluey? My Zuli seems to be getting smarter by the day, yet more obedient.

    Only shoe-scraping delights? No milking? No cleaning out stalls? Ah, but of course, lunch was on them. ;)
     
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    samiam Antipodean Prius Poster

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    Blooie is featured in a couple of Evan's Flicker stream photos, noteably one with a lamb's tail (surplus to requirements) in his mouth...

    The pleasure was mine, really.

    Count on it.

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  18. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    Back in Oz for the next 3 months. I'm legal to practice medicine here after a long 9 months of dealing with the Aussie Red tape. Spent the past few days in the Cairns (pron. "Cans") area and diving the Great Barrier Reef!
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    I'm curious about what is involved in getting licensed. My late Dad was a physician with a career that extended to pathologist. I'm also interested in medical costs and services. For example, do they have similar chaos of our medical insurance industry ... both patient and physician insurance?

    Thanks,
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  20. efusco

    efusco Moderator Emeritus
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    A bit of a 'bump'
    I've finished the "working sabbatical" portion of our trip and am now on the 'Round the World portion. We're a few days into a 10 day trip through Southern New Zealand (Wellington and the South Island). From here we head to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain and France before finally getting "home" to the US in mid/late April.
    I have a ton of photos posted as well as some interesting blog updates if you have the time and interest to read them.
    Fusco Family Australian Adventure
    Collection: Australia Adventure
    Seek out the New Zealand Tour for the latest shots.

    So, by May 1 I should be back to full duties as your loving and caring moderator!