Date:         Thu, 16 May 2002 20:42:48 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Molluscs, Grebneffs, Lat 45 and other EnZed delights.
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>Sure wish I had the spare change for all the Porsche brakes and so on that
>you South Islanders seem to fancy.

I bet I'm the only one. And I'm an import myself.

>Hope I didn't offend the Maori with the
>post on axle swapping.

Who, the one packing the CVs with Vegemite?

>But one does wonder
>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0509_020509_belch.html
>what folks do in their spare time down there, what with all the glow worms,

Got 'em right here in Dunedin just past 45* South, in shaded roadside
banks. Who needs to travel hundreds of km to a glow-worm cave?

>Kiwi,

Eat worms.

>  Keas

Eat cars. True!! At least, they'll eat the window & door seals; on
older cars the windshield falls in. Then the Keas eat the interior.
NOT an exurban legend.

>, and luscious sheep.

I HATE HATE HATE SHEEP. Luscious? Some farmers think so...

>What does an Imperial Gallon of RON 91 cost in Dunedin.

About $1.93US, very approximately. It goes up & down like a schoolboy.

>What do normal VW
>Vanagon parts sell for in enzed in $NZ say a viscous coupler.

They don't. None here, new or used. The T3 was never sold here. All
present (total est 50) are private imports.

>  And what does
>a 500g container of Vegemite sell for?

Dunno. I don't eat concentrated fungus juice.

>I have to spend $4US for a teensy little dab in a teensy little jar.

Actually it's not bad spread EXTREMELY thinly on hot buttery toast.
NOT good on Weetabix or in your Sugar Frosted Flakes.

--
Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut