Haven't seen any postings from Ilovespike over the last week and I am worried that at her tender age she hasn't been able to take the long awaited arrival of WoLP only to find Spike isn't in it.

I missed Spike too - let's hope he's in TN4

ps, there's a money spider crawling about on a CD box on my computer desk.

That's lucky for you, isn't it?

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"This was willed where what is willed... can get rather silly."

Oi! I'm over here!

Just finished WoLP and no Spike.... *tear*. But the rest of the book really makes up for it and I'm sure he'll come back sometime (Great Panjandrum willing)!

I returned from my Queenstown hols' (Oh great, now I sound like a Chalet School character) to have a message from DHL on the answering machine about a package, so I rang and then waited for about 5 hours until lo and behold, WoLP has arrived! I'm not so annoyed at Amazon now.

P.S Can you buy money spiders at the pet shop? :)

Probably not. Do otehr nations have money spiders, or are they a UK thing?

For those who don't know, money spiders are tiny arachnids (maybe 5mm across) that are supposed to forecast wealth if they crawl across you.



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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

Me wants money spidees! (In imitation of squalling cousin.)

By the way, good job on the idiots guide PSD!

from me (or is it my evil twin?) :)

p.s i do actually have a twin!

Aha ... an errant Kiwi. Now you're here, I need to know a thing. I shall be visiting NZ for work purposes late September/early October *smug*. Now I do not intend to work the whole time. Oh, no.

I shall be based in Wellington, and what I want to know is, what things are good to see and do in that part of the world? I will have about a week to myself (or to me and Claire, if we can arrange it), so I need to know the don't-misses. I am shamefully ignorant of New Zealand. Educate me.



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There's sheep. Actually, there's trained sheep.



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Not like the infamous commando ewes of the New Forest? They've learnt to get across cattle grids by rolling or forming ovine bridges.

If they get hold of weapons, panic.



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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

(Oh great, now I sound like a Chalet School character)

And you have a twin, you are a Chalet School character, though it would be even better to be a triplet, but not Margot (bleugh!). I love the Chalet School, and it is so full of bloopholes it would be an excellent training ground for JurisFiction agents.

MissPrint, I must say I do enjoy Chalet School books when im not reading something else *embarrased*, that Lavender person sucks!

Dante, don't diss the sheep. I'm warning you. I have a personal army of highly trained mutton, specialising in the banshee like "baaa".

Aaaaaaaannnnnyyyway Jon, the first thing you should do in Godzone, is give me a birthday present (1st of October, yay!) . But, failing that you should

(a) visit Rotorua and (if you're a thrill-seeker) partake in bungy-jumping, free-falling, Swoop™ing (my personal favourite), Zorbing, and if you want feed the lambs and milk cows at the Agrodome

(b) visit Gisborne for a taste of eternal sunshine ( I could be in advertising!)

(c) go walking in Tongarairo National Park (beautiful scenery, and a bit of exercise included)

(d) go to White Island (I think it's the only privately owned volcano in the world!)

(e) go skiing in Queenstown

and if you really just want to stay around Wellington

(1) go to Te Papa (WLGTN's museum) which usually has some quite cool exhibits

(2) don't go to Wellington Zoo, it's terrible and an person affected by a mental illness jumped into the tiget cage and got mauled

(3) go to Shed 5 for dinner, my dad always goes there when he's down for work i.e a lot

Sorry, I've only been to Wellington a couple of times and nothing strikes me as particularly great, but the rest of the country rocks!

Signing off from Sheepworld,

me :)

P.S did you know there is 12 or 14 sheep per person in NZ?

Don't be embarrassed about liking the Chalet School books, lots of people do, and not just middle aged ladies, though there is a definite bias towards that group in the fan base. Two lovely ladies in Bath run the fan club in the UK, and there's one in Aus too. Googling friends of the chalet school should get you there, should you wish to join. We spend a lot of time disentangling plot knots and trying to decide whether Joey Maynard is not just a bit too good to be true. They are reprinting the series in their original form, not the edited/hacked about paperback versions and have started with some of the harder to get ones. They also publish some filler titles written by fans. Lots of jolly good fun, and the nicest bunch of eccentrics and cat lovers to be found. Why is it that book people seem to be cat people too?

Ok, so ilovespike is accounted for, but hasn't it now been quite a while since we last heard from crrbllsweetie?

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Thanks for that, ilovespike - Shed 5 will be visited, certainly! I will be able to get about and see some of the country, but I don't know if Oz is on the menu ... apparently the rugby yawnion are having some sort of competition there in October, and lots of fans from here will be going. Flights and hotels wil be at a premium, while back home anyone wanting any stocks broked will just have to wait til it's all over.



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I am very interested in the Universe. I am specialising in the Universe and everything surrounding it. - E. L. Wisty

I totally agree, rugby is so boooooooring! Whenever it's on tv, my parents (and brother when he cares to come around) always crowd around the box and scream things like "No Carlos, no!", "Oh,if he'd just..." etc. Whereas I go up to my room and read. Not about rugby. And...

where is crrbllsweetie?

from me :)

I wasn't dissing the sheep, honest! My parents were over there about - argh - 8 years ago now, and there were sheep that all walked up onto a podium and sorted themselves out into the right breeds and stuff. I have photos.

Off to look at Chalet School websites, now.



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I used to read the Cahlet School books. All sorts of memories roaming through my head now. Scary.

Ilovespike, your birthday is the same day as my sisters. Of course, she's gonna be 35 (golly, that's OLD!) whereas you'll be a youthful 13. ARRGH! Teenager!

35 is NOT old. It can't be, because I'm older than that.

*ahem* Sorry. *Examines fingernails intently to avoid eye contact*

Hehehe, now I'll actually be ALLOWED to cause my parents all sorts of grief
*rubs hands together* !

Early happy b'day to your sister, kaz.

ILS