10.26.06
Posted in Tid's Bits at 3:23 pm by tidders
this is it:
Operation Christmas Child
I’s 60 days till Christmas and only 17days until the collection of these precious boxes….
basically if you’ve got kids you put a selection of the little things listed below the you stick them in a shoe box and label them…copy the labels off this pdf by printing them…
then chuck in a couple of quid..if you give them your name and address you get to see where these go and it’ll break you heart..homeless/orphaned kids living in gas pipes in Serbia etc etc. BUT it’s really what christmas is about..it cost us a couple of hours and £20 each max and our kids love it…
want to know more see www. samaritanspurse,org (link) look for box appeal!
Janine and Neil collect locally and either of the shops will do the collection as long as it’s before 15th November! Leave your name and address and we’ll make sure they’re passed on for feedback!…
Go on guys do something Christmassy the year!
list: the first
1/ Toothbrush for a child
2/Child’s toothpaste
3/Soap
4/Flannel
5/Hat or Cap
6/ Gloves
7/Scarf
8/ A brush or comb
9/ A cuddly toy
10/ Note pad or colouring book
11/ Pencils or pen
12/ Crayons or felt pens
13/ Picture book no words
14/ a small ball
15/ A toy or jigsaw
16/ For boys a small car truck digger aeroplane etc
17/ For girls Jewellery make up hair accessories etc
18/ Sweets well in date for Christmas
19/ A greeting card with a photo of yourself/child
20/ £2.00 postage if possible….
Wrap the box up lid seperately ..and box in bright paper leave it open ..remember no liquids…boxes for 2 to 14 year olds!
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10.25.06
Posted in Tid's Bits at 6:42 am by Sambo
So it’s nearly time for me to come back. And I don’t wanna!
The wind here at Kirra is pretty reliable, if only I could say the same for my ability! Averaging 3-4 sessions a week I guess. Had an awesome 5 hours this morning, down the line on head high rights. Got mashed many times, but came up smiling most of the time. Started to feel like I’m riding like I’d be able to, gybing, bottom and top turning etc pretty reliably now too, so smiles all around.
I am missing riding with mates though, it get’s a bit boring self launching and landing every time, and being the only one out - not that I’m posing at them, but it’s nice to see (a few) others out sometimes. I had a kraut come up to me today, and say something as I was setting up to self launch. I got to the bar, then he started trying to pick the kite up. I was shouting and waving my arms at him, but he didn’t get it. In the end I just shouted loud insults at him until he dropped it and wandered off. I s’pect he was trying to help, but you know how it is!
Home next week, pour me a hot water bottle, and dust off my winter suit!
Have put some pics up for you, but dunno if they show up!
S
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10.21.06
Posted in Tid's Bits at 10:57 am by tidders
My mate Billy..today he handed me his card and I relised his initials were I M Smart…..
nice one Billy’s parents……
Or the roofer M A Leek (saunds like may leek)makes me laugh…..
Stan Slater (real name) roofer…….
and the classic estate agents board reads SOLD by FORCE & Sons
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10.19.06
Posted in Tid's Bits at 3:01 pm by tidders
we all continually get amazed by the inconsistencies we see …..
a politically correct society gone mad: insisting headscarfs are “a question of choice” but banning a crosson a necklace as it may show religious bias etc. etc.
and we probably all feel a little aggrieved about the acceptance of this by all local authorities etc…
So try this one:
My father in law John Parker..a country man through and through- loves to hunt…..has the boys from the Gas pipeline supplier putting a pipe through his fields… He loses a bit of land .. but it’s a good earner…
there in the field diggers men lorries all stopped…now he’s used to this, he also knows they have to pay him more the longer they take so he casually lollops over, pushes back his cap to watch a gaggle of men in muddied site wellies and jackets surrounding a more fluorjacketed clean-welly official..
apparently work has to be stopped (15 men 3 machines one lorrry later) because…. “there is a doormouse hibernating in the area.”
One “expert’” and his team are employed for 4 days to find the little blighter… whilst the men and machinery wait….
eventually a local wanders in from the road holding a poor squashed doormouse by his flattened tail..is this what you’re looking for????
estimated time of death…3 days 23 hours ago..you know the kind of thing….
well the rains beating down i’m off to get mullered at the bay…….I’ll be back to work tommorrow ……………….door mice or not!
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10.10.06
Posted in Tid's Bits at 12:30 pm by tidders
check out these bad boys………………etnies ballet shoes or just some clever knotstuff???
if you want to learn more>>>>www.fieggen.com/shoelace
www.fieggen.com/shoelace
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10.04.06
Posted in Tid's Bits at 4:31 pm by tidders
southcoaters rule in southwesterlies……..
the o club meeting was massive this week remember 2ft on the beach =4ft at the bay!
muff says don’t come unless you paid your subscription!
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Posted in Tid's Bits at 6:57 am by Sambo
So i’ve finally figured out how to post on this site. Things here good. Got ot the gold coast now, and been out on the water a couple of times. Work very laid back about getting out on the water, all the docs here surf too. Bumped into Rob Machado the other day on a shoot for Hurley with the rest of the team. Didn’t speak, but I like to think we had a mutual respect thing going on.
Been riding a 6′0″ strapless in the surf here. A whole lotta fun. Was going well upwind on that with the 11m Tribal when all else were on 16m. Maybe this is the answer to a one kite quiver. Same here as at home, Slings, Naish and Cabrinha everywhere. Peeps have come and spoken to me about F-one (of course I give them the shop number! - number 1 international pimp!), but I haven’t seen any in the air yet.
Hope all well at home, I hear you’ve been having a bit of wind, maybe Blower has remembered how to pump a kite up by now, you never know.
See you guys soon.
S 
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