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Paul T

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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #30 on: January 31, 2011, 02:35:57 AM »
We should also be congratulating Mark S. on his joining of the 10,000 club.  His qualification posting obviously wasn't noted, as he's now 33 past it, but I thought I'd congratulate him here.  8)
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #31 on: January 31, 2011, 06:10:08 AM »
Well done Mark. I'm sorry I didn't notice. It must have been in a snowdrop thread and I'm avoiding those like the plague at present. Who will be next I wonder? ::)
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #32 on: January 31, 2011, 09:02:31 AM »
Never noticed either, congratulations Mark . You should have shouted loud  ;D it's something you should be proud of. I wonder if being in the 10.000 club is like being in the millionaire list  ::) ;D

Angie  :)

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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #33 on: January 31, 2011, 02:18:29 PM »
38 past now. I didnt notice and I'm 100 behind Lesley.
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #34 on: January 31, 2011, 02:21:04 PM »
I just worked it out. It happened in the snadreep thread. I need a job LOL
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #35 on: January 31, 2011, 03:17:34 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on January 31, 2011, 02:18:29 PM
38 past now. I didnt notice and I'm 100 behind Lesley.

Something tells me you have a target in mind, Mark, and will soon overtake Lesley in the posting stakes.

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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #36 on: January 31, 2011, 03:28:15 PM »
Congratulations Mark !
Working hard to join you, but still a long way to go. 8)
At least this posting is +1 for my count.. ;D
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #37 on: January 31, 2011, 08:03:37 PM »
Quote from: angie on January 31, 2011, 09:02:31 AM
I wonder if being in the 10.000 club is like being in the millionaire list  ::) ;D
Angie  :)
Alas Angie, it's nothing like that. Mark will confirm. Now if there were a $100 or even a $50 list, we could identify with those more easily.

We have a sort of top 200 here, of rich list people. I KNOW TWO OF THEM! PERSONALLY!!! One is a very good tenor who sponsors the local amateur opera company but who is also a good keen gardener and propagates and has planted round the city of Dunedin, thousands of rhododendrons and hundreds of thousands of daffodils, so a good millionaire on the whole.

The other is a decent bloke too, (though he is an Aucklander :o) who a few years back bought an old and dilapidated pub at Carey's Bay on the inner side of the harbour. He and his wife did it up superbly and then sponsored international musicians to play there a couple of times a year but it is still the "local" for the bay population as well as a lot of city folks going the short drive for a meal or a drink. Barry's wife died a while back and he later sold the pub but he still visits Dunedin in his little Lear jet. :)
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #38 on: January 31, 2011, 08:18:23 PM »
I have an idea that wouldnt cost much. For every 10,000th forum member a free years subscription or a free weekend  ;D ::) :-*
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #39 on: January 31, 2011, 08:32:46 PM »
You worded that badly, Mark.... the latest Forum member to join is number 1452, I think.... so rather a long time to wait for no. 10,000  :o ::) ;D ;D

 I could send you a Forum T-shirt - doubtless in the wrong size..... I overestimated the girth of the average forumist when I bought the Forum kit  ::) :-[ :-X
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #40 on: January 31, 2011, 08:39:18 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on January 31, 2011, 02:18:29 PM
38 past now. I didnt notice and I'm 100 behind Lesley.

You'll still be posting long after I'm gone Mark. ;D
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« Reply #41 on: January 31, 2011, 08:40:58 PM »
Yes Mark that's a good idea and when you get to 20.000 maybe it could be a weeks holiday of your choice  :-X ;D

Leslie, lucky you I don't know any millionaires or if they are they aren't telling me ;D

Angie :)
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« Reply #42 on: January 31, 2011, 09:15:33 PM »
Well I've not been on the receiving end Angie, but they're both very nice men. I suspect there are quite a lot in Dunedin but down here we are largely of Scottish origin and tend not to be overt about such things, not like in Auckland when the richer you are, the bigger and more exotic the car/boat/plane/house etc, are. I read in a book once (Georgette Heyer) a nice but rather silly and very rich woman said about her large diamonds "well if I don't wear them, who will know I have them?"
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Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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« Reply #43 on: January 31, 2011, 09:50:58 PM »
Lesley I would rather have plants than diamonds. My husband laughs at me when I say this as I have a few diamond rings. These were my late mums rings and I when I wear them I feel she is close to me. But hand on heart if there was a plant that I wanted it would win for sure.
Lesley have you lived in New Zealand all your life.

Angie :)
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Re: The 10,000 Club.
« Reply #44 on: January 31, 2011, 10:21:12 PM »
I think it was the late Mrs Evalyn Walsh McLean, once owner of the famous Star of the East and also the Hope  Diamond,who said.... "my family always know when I am really ill and they need to call a doctor, because I am wearing no jewellery."  
This lady also once owned the 31.5ct diamond ring that Edward bought for Mrs Simpson.
I'm with Evalyn! I love a bit of sparkle and have a real magpie streak when it comes to jewellery.
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