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    Oh you guys are so primitive , and once you are all in for the night and lite your candles so ya can watch the mossi's attack the bats hanging from the rafters , heck who needs television ??? You guys have forgot, if Auckland cut the rope holding you fellas to the Bombay Hills, you would all sink financially . LOL, take that fellas.....
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    Do you write the Tui ads?

    Yeah right!

    There's more product/earnings comes past the Toko tavern on any given day than crosses your harbour bridge in the same time frame!



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    All joking aside John, did you get the bus back from Hamilton and get down to Muscle Car Madness ?? Oh, I will have to do Goggle Earth and find Toko pub so I know where to stop for light refreshments when down your way next.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiplash23T View Post
    All joking aside John, did you get the bus back from Hamilton and get down to Muscle Car Madness ??
    Short answer: No and no.
    Long answer is yet to be ascertained.




    Quote Originally Posted by Whiplash23T View Post
    Oh, I will have to do Goggle Earth and find Toko pub so I know where to stop for light refreshments when down your way next.



    About 25 kms inland (East) from Stratford, heading toward Douglas, Whangamamona and ultimately Taumaranui...'The Forgotten Highway'...a bloody gorgeous scenic drive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiplash23T View Post
    Oh you guys are so primitive , and once you are all in for the night and lite your candles so ya can watch the mossi's attack the bats hanging from the rafters , heck who needs television ??? You guys have forgot, if Auckland cut the rope holding you fellas to the Bombay Hills, you would all sink financially . LOL, take that fellas.....
    Yup,that's a Tui ad alright..lol..It would probably be the other way round,,since most of the ''people'' north of the Bombay Hills dont even know where their gas, oil and most of their cheese comes from..
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    Next time you're heading for our neck of the woods Whip, I really would advise doing the 'Forgotten Highway'.
    It's a very spectacular route.
    Turn off SH 3 at the seven mile junction and head for Taumaranui.
    It's signposted from there to Stratford...fill your fuel tank!

    I've driven a full size (44 seater) bus full of townies through there...a very quiet trip.
    Not from terror; all the comments were "Wow!" and "Look at that!"

    On another occasion I drove a Garden Group out to the Whangamamona pub for tea.
    The trip in was in daylight, but it was around 9:00 pm when I drove them out again.
    That was hard work; one of the toughest jobs I've done.
    It's as black as a bank manager's heart in there; I could see absolutely nothing in my mirrors, so didn't know where my back axle was in relation to the edge of the road.
    So I had to 'exaggerate' every corner to ensure I didn't put a back wheel over a 300 ft drop...or slam it into a papa cliff on the other side.

    When I got to the old Douglas factory I stopped.
    Told them I was going to get out and have a smoke...I'd earned it...they could do what they liked for ten minutes.

    And that one was a Tonka Toy bus...a little 28 seater!

    Wouldn't like to drive a full size one over that road in the dark.

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    I believe you on how tiring driving a bus on that road would be John. I was going to do the Forgotten Highway last time I was down your way but from Stratford up to Taumaranui on the way home from Magoo's first open house day but got as far as Hawera for the night which was to be two as I also wanted to visit a museum just out of town that I have heard is a must see. Well my kidneys decided it was time to play up again so all I want to do was get home as quickly as poss. The Taranaki area is one place I need to get to again and explore further, I have climbed to the top of that hill by the power station and enjoyed the light show at the gardens at night but I sure there is so much more I would enjoy seeing. I have been told that driving the Forgotten Highway from the northeast to the south west is the best way to enjoy it so that is what I will do. My other intention is to drive it in my Bucket as I believe the road is all tarsealed now.
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    That museum you mentioned would be Nigel Ogle's Tawhiti Museum, yep; a must see.
    Allow four hours or more.
    Bloody gorgeous.

    Whoever told you the Forgotten Highway is tarsealed all the way is telling you porkies...it's tarsealed from Stratford to Whangamamona...but from there on...it's metal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnboy View Post
    That museum you mentioned would be Nigel Ogle's Tawhiti Museum, yep; a must see.
    Allow four hours or more.
    Bloody gorgeous.

    Whoever told you the Forgotten Highway is tarsealed all the way is telling you porkies...it's tarsealed from Stratford to Whangamamona...but from there on...it's metal.

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    There's not a lot of gravel road there,though,, and it's not a bad road,otherwise Dave Kindberg wouldn't have taken the purple slug through there last year,on the way to Turangi..
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    I'm born and raised Texan, I tell ya'll they want to do this for all the wrong reasons. Anytime there's a political uprising in Texas, you can bet it's wealthy business men behind it.
    Reasons for Texas to secceed the Union..
    1)Lower the minimum wage, they deserve to work for peanuts.
    2)Open the borders to illegals, we pay too much for minimum wage workers.
    3)We don't like Obama because (insert reason here).
    4)Because Texas did it before and we can do it again.
    5)We believe we have enough oil to barter for imports with our neighboring states.
    Reason they won't do it...
    1)No more federal highway money!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghostlymo View Post
    I'm born and raised Texan, I tell ya'll they want to do this for all the wrong reasons. Anytime there's a political uprising in Texas, you can bet it's wealthy business men behind it.
    Reasons for Texas to secceed the Union..
    1)Lower the minimum wage, they deserve to work for peanuts.
    2)Open the borders to illegals, we pay too much for minimum wage workers.
    3)We don't like Obama because (insert reason here).
    4)Because Texas did it before and we can do it again.
    5)We believe we have enough oil to barter for imports with our neighboring states.
    Reason they won't do it...
    1)No more federal highway money!
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    Not going to comment on your points, but more important welcome to CHR! Glad to have you here. Maybe start a new thread and tell us what you're working on or what lights your fires?
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    in all my 62 years i have never been offered a job by a poor person.

    and the reason for secession is the same as the reason for the revolution against england .
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    The Forgotten Highway mustn't be to bad if Dave drove his car over it as when I was looking at the photos Clive took of it beside some cars at Turangi this year, I was impressed with just how low the whole car is ....Awesome colour too....


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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiplash23T View Post
    The Forgotten Highway mustn't be to bad if Dave drove his car over it as when I was looking at the photos Clive took of it beside some cars at Turangi this year, I was impressed with just how low the whole car is ....Awesome colour too....


    I'll betcha he didn't drive in the wheel ruts...nor would he have travelled very quickly!

    Whip: you mentioned the New Plymouth Power Station a while back, as an aside; I built the chimney.

    Well I carted the concrete.

    Well I drove a Redimixt truck.

    Well I drove one of four Redimixt trucks.

    Well I drove it for one of three eight hour shifts...so I drove 'my' truck once a day.

    Well I had some input!

    One of the most boring jobs ever; eighteen loads/shift over the same half mile...

    Came pretty close to rolling the truck on that job...my own fault...bored, inattentive, excess speed...because of the mud we kept the diff lock in permanently...that was what saved me...I could power it back on to ten wheels again.
    Pretty close though but!

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnboy View Post
    I'll betcha he didn't drive in the wheel ruts...nor would he have travelled very quickly!

    Whip: you mentioned the New Plymouth Power Station a while back, as an aside; I built the chimney.

    Well I carted the concrete.

    Well I drove a Redimixt truck.

    Well I drove one of four Redimixt trucks.

    Well I drove it for one of three eight hour shifts...so I drove 'my' truck once a day.

    Well I had some input!

    One of the most boring jobs ever; eighteen loads/shift over the same half mile...

    Came pretty close to rolling the truck on that job...my own fault...bored, inattentive, excess speed...because of the mud we kept the diff lock in permanently...that was what saved me...I could power it back on to ten wheels again.
    Pretty close though but!

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    No ruts when we went over it last year,,and very few corrugations..
    Micah 6:8

    If we aren't supposed to have midnight snacks,,,WHY is there a light in the refrigerator???

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