Thread: Trip to the Deep South

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Ya'll are gettin' me misty eyed this morning The hot rodding community in NZ is much more close knit than here, obviously due to the comparable size of our countries and the number of people involved. Just like any family there are all kinds of people, some real "characters" but all in all, Cuzzy Bro's to the end and crash hot as a whole. We met a lot of people at the NSRA Nat's that first weekend, and through our travels touched base with several of the Maverick's, which is a smaller group of hot rod friends through the country. Besides our "base" of johnboy & Rosie, Robin & Lynda we met a lot of people, and "..the lot" were friendly, open and interested where ever we traveled. It amazed both Susan & I that we were tagged as "not from here" after a simple "hello" or "good morning"!! One or two words and the next question was "And where are you from??"

Jerry, the toilet bowls in NZ are a very different design than here with a deeper "pit" in the bottom and they flush with a massive pulse of water jet into the siphon without the increased depth to push the siphon action so no vortex action. Sadly, I never thought to fill a bathtub to watch the drain for reverse spin action The other thing that I missed seeing was the Southern Cross in the night sky. The one night that we remembered to look we found via a star chart that for our date & time it was just above the horizon to the SSW, and the lights of town hid it from our view I guess we'll just have to plan another trip to check out those two phenomena that we've always wondered about.....

Again, heartfelt thanks to all of the people of NZ that made our trip more memorable! You made us Cuzzy Bro's, we enjoyed a cuppa in the arvo breaks, and before we pack a sad and start acting drongo I'd better rack off!! Maybe go to the shop for shark & tatties for tucker?

Originally Posted by rspears

and through our travels touched base with several of the Maverick's, which is a smaller group of hot rod friends through the country.

The Mavericks are even more close-knit than NSRA, and was formed initially by rodders who walk to the beat of their own drum, and so kept getting banned from other web-sites.
You've got to be a bit of a Maverick to be eligible!

Originally Posted by rspears

Again, heartfelt thanks to all of the people of NZ that made our trip more memorable! You made us Cuzzy Bro's, we enjoyed a cuppa in the arvo breaks, and before we pack a sad and start acting drongo I'd better rack off!! Maybe go to the shop for shark & tatties for tucker?

Crikey!
We've even got you speaking the language!