penfold Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 I knew it du allways lands on d bloody feet, du'll no see much o NZ now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky13 Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Good ta hear dooz alive Pooks. Is junior Pooks fun onny Maoris yet? Hope da sun shines and da beers cool aa da time your awa. Enjoy it while so can, day o absolute sh~t here. Bony yesterday tho. 1 day a month no bad likly. Hear fae you soon. Jammy B'stard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Sent you an email Spooky. Peerie Pooks is doing good. Terrorising the Bay of Islands at the mo I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickers Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Heard a definite Shetland accent in front of me at the top of the Auckland tower (tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere) in New Zealand a couple of weeks ago. I would definitely have said "hiyi", were it not for the fact that I was poised to take a photo of my brother and my friend jumping off the top of said tower, albeit with a harness attached to their backs. They only dangle them in front of the observation deck for a second or two to allow photo-taking before sending them hurtling to the ground. I would have struck up a conversation with the gentleman, but I did not want to be distracted from my phototaking duties. Ach well. Also met Pooks in his Whakatane bar, but that was kind of planned - still a fair bit away though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dixierebel Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Sitting on a plane in Memphis waiting for aa body to get aboard for take off,I was watching someone holding up the passangers while trying to get a huge box in the over head thingy, only to realise it was a fellow shetland buddy!!! once we landed in Aberdeen um er not too sure too many drams but made the plane hame. hicup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Also met Pooks in his Whakatane bar, but that was kind of planned - still a fair bit away though!! Aha! My accommodation finding colleague! Bumped into a bloke that was posted in Unst a while back while I was in NZ, does that count? Apart from that, met a couple of Shetlanders at Heathrow on the way back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahorse Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Met a lerook lass in a gift shop in Cambridge - New Zealand. It wiz affel fine, she was a bit miffed wee da lass she wis travelling with and I wiz on me aen so we geed oot fir mitt dat night n got sloshed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigstan Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 I work on oil rigs and the last rig I was on was my first rig in the Mediterranean (off the coast of Egypt - still there, on another rig). The first time I got on board, I did the usual rig induction and then went in search of my cabin. When I found it, the door was blocked by a large man and I had to squeeze past him. When he turned around, I recognized him as a Shetlander I hadn't seen for years - you travel thousands of miles to work on a lump of steel in the Med and the first person you bump into is a fellow Sheltie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Met a Shetland girl in the gents (not what it sounds like ) at Pure in Edinburgh one Hogmanay many moons ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepshagger Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 I met my next door neighbours uncle who emigrated to Australia surfing at wiakiki beach in Hawaii, and the best man from my cousins wedding in the middle of the Syrian dessert. watch oot for a convoy of campervans pooks dirs aboot 10 shelties drivin aboot NZ eeno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 Are they of the amphibious type? Haven't been in NZ since February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepshagger Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 should of checked the dates on the post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING OF AUSTRALIA Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 I have met a few Shetlanders here in Melbourne,but 2 stories stand out.the first was when i was working in an old folks home,the receptionist recognised i had an accent,i told her i was from Shetland,she took me through to an old womans room.It was a 93 year old woman who had left shetland when she was 16,she was originally a Sutherland from the Ness.the other time was when i met a Dalziel boy in the Queue for the rugby,out of 80,000 people he was in the Queue behind me,i recognised the face but he didnt recognise mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeAyBee Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 I got in a cab in San Francisco just off Union Square and the guy asks where I'm from - funny accent and all that, so I said that I lived in Burra and the cabbie replies "That's great, my wife's a Shetlander". I wonder one day if I step out on the surface of Mars there'll be a Magnie clad pipe smoker sat on a rock telling me to avoid the sassermeat in the local cafe because it's not as good as he gets at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_brain Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 just found this thread i walked into a bar in Portugal, sat on a bar stool.. ordered a drink.. looked to my right, did a bit of a double take only to find a good pal of mine from Shetland sitting on the bar stool next to me!! SMALL WORLD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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