Att: Nicky

[Barbara Eia (Brownless)]

 

Happy Birthday Nicky.
Hope you have a good day and can you bottle some of that  grab beach and send it over to England.

Barbara Eia (Brownless)

[georg ruf jr.]

Hi Barbara.
Are you related to Steven Brownless?

[Barbara Eia (Brownless)]

Hi Georg Jnr

Yes i am, he is my jounger brother. Were you at school with him

[georg ruf jr.]

I think he was one year below me. I just remember him being quite popular.
Back in the 70s...

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

Happy Birthday fellow Scorpian. SCORPIO RULES

[georg ruf jr.]

Hi Nicky. Hang over from your birthdayparty?

[Nicky Hodge]

Thanks for the B/day wishes Barbara and Diana. I am sorry to say that it was one of the crappiest B/days I've had in years, with heavy emphasis on the "CRAP" bit.Unfortunately, I picked up a stomach virus of some sort, and have been projectiling from both ends so to speak.( Is this a little too much information?) LOL. It was only a 24 hour thing, but I haven't been able to touch food or drink since Saturday evening. So to answer your question Georg, no I didn't have an actual hangover, but had all the symptoms of one.
So I see you too are a Scorpio  Diana?........ Beware the sting .... Go the Scorps .....

Hey Barbara, what's Steven up to these days? I remember he left for the UK to take up a position with the local constabulary. Did he pursue this line of work? Does he still reside in the UK? Your Dad Stan used to play bridge with my my Dad occasionally. Does he still play?

I would love to have bottled up half our temperature today and sent it over to you Barbara, as it was a real scorcher. We hit 39.8 degrees, which was the hottest November day since 1913 apparently. February is traditionally our hottest month, so a HOT Summer is on the cards guess.

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Looks like a " Scorpio Nest" here

Well .....equal weapons that is   

[Barbara Eia (Brownless)]

Hi Nicky

I am another fellow scorpion. Sorry to here you were not well on you B'day, hope you have recovered.
Steven is still in the UK and so am I. He did not persue that career, he went into be a chef but that got in the way of his rugby......he was a good ruby player, only gave up because of age. He now cycles and has done the 3 peaks 3 times already. He is the manager of a roofing company and doing very well.
Dad remembers your Dad very well, he was his bridge partner. Dad doesn't play bridge anymore, He sends his regards

[Nicky Hodge]

G'day Barbara,
Thanks for that update on Steven. Tell him Howzit when you next see him, and regards to your Dad also.
Avagoodie.

[Michael Alexander]

Hey Nicky, happy birthday mate..... I bought me a case of that Aussie stuff Fosters down in CapeTown, They had a special running a case of 330ml x 24 and 2 free Australian glasses for R104.00...thought it was a bargains at 4.9% alc/vol

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Anyhow I drank one case down there and brought one back for the braai 2morrow....I;ll have one on you then...

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[Julie Vice (Willson)]

Hi Mike, just back in time for Paula, who arrives back in the UK tomorrow. At least you wont have her creeping up on you in the Spar   I beleive the Aussies won't drink Fosters. Is this true Nicky????   

[Nicky Hodge]

Hi Julie and Mike,
How are you both? You are absolutely spot on there Julie, we have lived in Oz now for about 15 years, and I am yet to see an Aussie drink the stuff. They seem to drink anything from VB (Victorian Bitter), Emu to Tooheys and anything in between, but no Fosters. It's really wierd hey, I mean everyone has this perception of an Aussie having a Fosters in one hand, putting a shrimp on the barbie with the other. I actually drink Kilkenny, but was recently told by an Irishman that it is really not that popular back in Ireland .... same story, I guess.

Mike, I hope you enjoy the ales ...

[georg ruf jr.]

Hi Hicky.
Thanks for your mail. Nice family you have. You've been arround.
Give me some time and you'll hear from me too.

[Michael Alexander]

@ Paula....bring it on sister........ As you see I managed to avoid you for a whole week in the shop and even skipped the country when my informed me that you were lurking around the store...

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@ Nicky, what I do when I go on leave, is purchase a variety of foreign beers, take them back to the flat, sit on the balcony overlooking the strand beach and have a few sundowners.... funny enough Killkenny was also in the mix, Mind you so was Guiness and Stella Artois and Kingfischer from India.....  like trying out the foreign Brew Bru.


@Julie ... I braaied today, but lay off the Aussie beer, only had 2 Stella Artois and Some foreign Pilsner, mixed with 2 Indian beers..... i had twinges of gout, so thought it best to lay low.....