$16 per week as an apprentice mechanic in 1968. Deer sold at about $30 each. Good money.
Liked On: 03-08-2023, 07:59 AM
Greetings XR500, The greatest mistake made by first time vegetable gardeners is to dig up a large area (usually in Spring) and plant the whole lot in one go. As long as they have not lost interest...
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 12:59 PM
nah he cant Andygr cause he is no longer able to post/rant/spout forth ....sad that folks can ...how did moa hunter put it so well a few posts back up page??? be so far down rabbit hole and only...
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 12:58 PM
the weight is skin on and lungs heart and liver all attached to carcass - that offal was required to sell carcass - was checked at factory - much earlier ( 60,s) we could sell what were called pin...
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 12:55 PM
Someone asked a question about this so I looked back at some old pics. I hunted the Ruahines a lot over the winters during the meat hunting era. By myself and with a mate. 45-50 odd years ago. ...
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 10:14 AM
Lurch, I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent and educated person. I read the labels on the food I buy, I have a good relationship with my doctor who has actually taken the time to explain...
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 10:12 AM
I don’t have his number but his email is threelads@xtra.co.nz
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 10:10 AM
Withholding tax must have come in 1974 as there is no tax on this docket. 230174
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 09:01 AM
From my memory it was Piggy Muldoon when he was finance minister about '71/72. I remember sitting on top of 3 stags above to slip up the Aniwaniwa valley, looking down at the landrover at...
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 08:35 AM
I really should get dads photos scanned. He has some neat ones of those days, deer on horses, huts, trout etc. I should see if he has any meat dockets from those days. He probably doesn't. I...
Liked On: 02-08-2023, 08:34 AM
Yep. That one. The ones that know their Great Grandfather thought long and hard before he left his farm in Rai Valley and went off with doubt but belief to Gallipoli and then the Western Front, who...
Liked On: 01-08-2023, 04:25 PM
Lurch et al . . . I have great faith in the "youth of today" to identify and solve the problems of the world. They are a dammed sight smarter and better educated (in critical thinking...
Liked On: 01-08-2023, 04:22 PM
As much as it annoys a lot of people i find these type of threads facinating its interesting seeing all the different views. Im interested how some people arrive at their conclusions but its...
Liked On: 01-08-2023, 04:21 PM
It almost ruined mums sewing machine, making this. 230037 230038 Did a lot of spotlighting off the back of a mates Series 1 short wheel base Landy, and I always had to keep it unbuttoned, as...
Liked On: 31-07-2023, 08:24 PM
Choose where you going to drive over and walk it first.If there been no rain or snow melt for 3 days,you should be fine.Its only 22 ks long,it drains out and fills up pretty quick.
Liked On: 31-07-2023, 08:23 PM