[veronica]

Hi, can I have a little gripe please. why are some of you guys so reticent on your profiles. Have you got something to hide. Sometimes I go to reply to someone and can't find out if my reply is going to be relevant 'cos I don't know where they're from. and its a hassel trying to go through old posts to find that info. I mean, I'm not asking for your vital stats or anything really personal, just country/county/state would be a help. OK had me say. Veronica

[Raeven]

LOL, veronica,

I second that motion!!

It is hard when you go to answer a post and suddenly realize, hey, I have no idea if this person is from the US/UK/Canada/Timbuktu -- do I have information that's relevant for them or not??

Posting of nekkid pictures with a map to your home is optional. :laugh

Rae

[jesselyn]

veronica and rae,
sorry :oops: - updated my profile already ;)

jes :angel

[veronica]

thank you. much appreciated. :nice1

[jesselyn]

yvw... :D

jes :angel

[Diny]

Good point !!

I hold my hand up and admit that I am one of those profile retentive members.

Up until now of course, I shall hop over into the profile screen and fill in all relevent details.

I'll even put in vital statistics if it helps (but somehow I feel they would work against me).

Diny

[Mildred]

I didn't use name on purpose when I registered as my first post was to query the professional conduct of the emigration agency I was using and didn't want them to recognise me if they just so happened to log onto this site.

Issues seem to have been sorted so am now happy to drop the "poacher" (the name of bird of prey my husband once owned) and now going under real first name - promise!!

[Raeven]

Hi, poacher,

Goodness, no need to use your actual name -- you don't think I'm really called 'Raeven', do you? :D

The details that are important when trying to reply to someone are mainly where they live. It makes some difference in the process if someone is from the UK or if they are from the US -- such as, "should I bring my pets?" If they are from the UK, the process is completely different than if they are from the US.

But Frances is a very nice name!

All the best, Rae

[Mildred]

That's all right - don't like my name (makes me sound like an oap) but don't mind people on forum knowing who I really am!!!

[jesselyn]

the reason why i didnt indicate my location at first is because i was thinking that it would work against me... umm before i updated my profile, i pmed someone from my own country and you know, that person didnt even reply. :no

good thing, many others here still talk to you even tho they dont know where you are from :clap...

jes :angel

[Moorf]

Done! :oops:

[Ellie]

Yep, quite right veronica - I have no excuse, so have now updated mine too. :nice1

[Dave & Sandra]

Jes

We don't care where you're from, or maybe I should say I don't care, shouldn't speak for everybody else. You have as much right as we do to try for PR in NZ and Good Luck to you. :clap That's what the forum is for, so anybody can get information.

I worked with some Filipinos in Hong Kong and I always found your people to be cheerful and friendly. :D

Sandra

[Annierobrigado]

the reason why i didnt indicate my location at first is because i was thinking that it would work against me... umm before i updated my profile, i pmed someone from my own country and you know, that person didnt even reply. :no

good thing, many others here still talk to you even tho they dont know where you are from :clap...

jes :angel

hi jes, i only saw you in this forum today, am a kababayan too! i thought the phils you wrote meant philadelphia or a uk county, eeek :oops:
am glad to see you're also going for your NZ dream!

sorry to ask, are you a health care pro?

annie

[karltsmith]

Hi Frances (Nee Poacher),

Just as a matter of interest what species was the bird of prey your partner owned? I was a would be falconer you see and I'm nuts about birds of prey........

I knew the late Phillip Glasier when he had just opened his Bird of Prey Conservation centre at Newent in Glos and I have a first edition signed and corrected copy of his book "Falconry and Hawking"

Only thing of note in NZ is the Harrier and the NZ Falcon.

I'mguessing with name like poacher it was either a Goshawk, a Harris Hawk or a Red Tailed Hawk????

BUT I DIGRESS...... :nice1

[Timbo]

Hey Karl, me too. I was really looking forward to having a few raptors in Nz, till I found out that you are not allowed to keep them or practice falconry without a very special license.
I have spent many a happy day with Julian Ford at his centre in Sussex.
Saw loads of birds of prey when in Nz but could not identify them.
It strikes me as the perfect place for falconry, but I guess the indigenous wildlife must come first eh.

[Mildred]

It was actually a Goshawk. He went out one morning and found a fox had managed to kill it. He was so upset he vowed never to have another one.

This was many years before I met him thank goodness, as I'm vegetarian and couldn't cope with a freezer full of dead chicks!!! Weird thing is hubby has also now gone veggie :roll:

[jesselyn]

Jes

We don't care where you're from, or maybe I should say I don't care, shouldn't speak for everybody else. You have as much right as we do to try for PR in NZ and Good Luck to you. :clap That's what the forum is for, so anybody can get information.

I worked with some Filipinos in Hong Kong and I always found your people to be cheerful and friendly. :D


thank you...
umm i need all the luck i can get :oops:

jes :angel

[Mildred]

It strikes me as the perfect place for falconry, but I guess the indigenous wildlife must come first eh.

Perhaps they could do with a few more rabbits to eat :laugh

[jesselyn]

sorry to ask, are you a health care pro?


:eek oh no! hospitals and me dont match :no. umm blood makes me dizzy. :uhoh

im a bank employee...

jes :angel

[Mildred]

Well some would say that banks bleed you dry

[Annierobrigado]

yes frances, and jes

banks do bleed one dry. i should know, especially in the philippines where they give you only 1% interest for a savings deposit and if you use an ATM, so many fees and charges to pay just to get your money.

and i'm the kind of doctor that has more NC's than PF's. :wah

but, anyway, jes, 2 questions: are you married and do you have kids?

good luck to us!

annie

[jesselyn]

yes frances, and jes

banks do bleed one dry. i should know, especially in the philippines where they give you only 1% interest for a savings deposit and if you use an ATM, so many fees and charges to pay just to get your money.

and i'm the kind of doctor that has more NC's than PF's. :wah

but, anyway, jes, 2 questions: are you married and do you have kids?

good luck to us!

annie

:? sounds like the bank where i work :uhoh :oops: ... good thing if your savings acct is an ATM card umm if it is a regular passbook, the int is only 0.50% :no. reminder: if the said card is international, do not get money from other banks' ATM machine so that there is no extra cost... same bank withdrawal is free of charge. :nice1

im not married and dont have kids - just nephew (he wants to go to NZ) and niece :clap :mrgreen:

jes :angel

[abdul]

Hi Veronica

I agree, and have updated mine

cheers

Abdul

[Annierobrigado]

hi jes,

yeah, i think i've been in a lot of banks to see that they all have the same stuff to tell their clients. aargh.

wonder what banking is like in NZ?

are you bringing your nephew and niece over to NZ?

:nice1

annie

[jesselyn]

hi jes,

yeah, i think i've been in a lot of banks to see that they all have the same stuff to tell their clients. aargh.

wonder what banking is like in NZ?

are you bringing your nephew and niece over to NZ?

:nice1


i think i encountered something about banking, but did not pay attention :no

well, im bringing them unless bro in law will be able to do it first. he is also looking for a job in NZ. :yes

jes :angel

[Pakeha Boy]

OK, hands up how many you you little skinks out there need to do your profiles? :roll:
C'mon now, like Veronica said, even just a country would be nice sometimes? :eek

[Soon2baKiwi]

Ok, I've added a bit to mine too. Frances, I empathise totally with you as regards your name, it's not half as old fashioned as mine though - Norah.

[deebat]

This is probably asking too much, but since we're all updating our profiles anyway... Is there any chance some of you folks from the UK could spell out the names of the cities you live in? Names like "Phils" and "Staffs" don't mean much to those of us not from Blighty! :P

-Dan

[Diny]

Dan

PB and I live in Staffs.

It's short for Staffordshire.

As for 'Phils' ...... no idea .... unless they're talking about our mate Phil who lives in Shropshire :laugh

Diny

[Lil]

Phils = Phillipines

[Diny]

Ahhhh I see (having just encountered a blonde momnt).

Diny

[jo b]

I'd display my statstistics if I could :eek


36 ABCDEF




Take your pick.

Jo

sorry i'm in one of those moods

[xanctus]

Maybe one of the reason many people hide their profile because for a protection...again maybe...not always

[jesselyn]

Phils = Phillipines
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:nice1 :nice1

and i updated again... :oops:


jes :angel

[Diny]

Love the fairy Jess.

Diny

[jesselyn]

thanks, diny!

http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/fairy.gif


i love faeries and frogs... :oops:

[KD17]

We have Fairy Bridge here on the Island. Fairies are said to live in the woods nearby. You have to wave to the fairies as you go over the bridge to ensure safe travel.

You can be sure I'll be doing that as we go to the airport on our way to NZ : :yes

Submitted our EOI 22 Nov, gone to selected already :P :P :P but I'm sure we're in for a long wait though :uhoh

[jesselyn]

:eek @ fairy bridge - cool! :cool umm pls wave for me, too. :oops:

well done on being selected :clap :nice1