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Try a farm supply store as they often have really big liners (used on farms for dams etc) at a good price. A filter and pump are good but not essential depending on size, depth and shade. Read through here for information on my pond. It has a link to the original build thread too.

Hedgehogs prey on the endangered, endemic giant snails (Powelliphanta), the endemic weta species, and various other native invertebrates. The critically endangered Cromwell chafer beetle (Prodontria lewisi) is threatened due to predation by hedgehogs as well as other introduced species. As well as preying on invertebrates hedgehogs may have contributed to the decline and extinction of up to fifteen bird species!!!! The New Zealand hedgehogs, as with their European counterparts, carry various parasites and diseases. They are a potential carrier of foot-and-mouth disease if it were to reach New Zealand. Contrary to popular belief, hedgehogs dont carry fleas and ringworms are not common but some hedgehogs do suffer from mange. This is caused by a small mite, which is not harmful to humans but can cause enormous suffering to the hedgehog.

I gather they are common as pets in other countries. A bit prickly for cuddles! Fleas love 'em too.

Quiz Night started last night. We chose the name Les Quizerables :thup: We came second and also won the jackpot (which was only $130 being first night) to share bewteen 7 of us :happy1:

Or keep them in an airtight container

That is enough from both of you. Stick to the topic and play nice!!! :roll: :evil:

I confirm he is a MAC member and details were forwarded

We have a problem with idiots releasing rudd and tench into the Taylor dam. They have had to drain it twice now, also killing the other fish and critters that were there :an!gry

The space station has just gone directly over our house! :bggrn:

There is so much of that sort of stuff over there the possibilites are endless! Try Golden Bay Kayaks. Trip Advisor talks about them here Wharariki Beach and Cape Farewell - do a trip to Farewell Spit. Wainui Falls Kaituna Track There are walks and things to do everywhere. Unfortunately, the Salisbury Swing Bridge was destroyed in flooding a wee while ago and the Mapua Aquarium burned to the ground &c:ry .

I can't find it there (which doesn't mean much). It has certainly been reported by a lot of sites. It would not surprise me if it was true though. :fshi:

Still got the cat?

I would not say all sports are played right handed. You get left handed batmen too. A few leftie tennis and ping pong players, inc me, out there. I think polo is one sport you must play right handed so as not to confuse the horses or get whacked by a mallet.

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Exciting! We got a 55" LG (the biggest that will fit in the space available) a couple of weeks before Christmas but it is still boxed up waiting until Grant has time to install the fancy auto swing, remote controlled, wall bracket that finally arrived yesterday :roll: Pickles and Charlie Bucket went to their new home this morning. Neither was impressed with the journey and alternated between burying their heads under the seat and looking out the window trying to attract the attention of passing motorists to free them from their mobile prison van :lol: Poor Denny is wandering around and seems a little lost, calling through the house. I am sure he will get used to it, especially once he realises he does not have to share the food! :happy2:

I think Denny Crane is feeling a little lost as he realises his 2 companions have gone (and not just outside for a while. We managed to find a loving home for them and they were delivered this morning). He is complaining about it a lot and wanting to sit on my knee. if I was in the lounge chair reading this would not be a problem but I am trying to type at the computer. He does not fit between lap and desk and my arms get tired trying to reach over him! Oh well, only until the end of the month then he will have a lovely journey on the Pet Bus down to his own new home in Naseby. Hopefully we will get pics of him in his new home!

It was stuttering here but at least 2 of the cats didn't notice... I think I may have found homes for all 3 cats now :happy1: :happy2: :thup: :dnc1: :f77: :bounce: Fingers crossed our visitor this evening will decide to take both Charlie and Pickles. Denny Crane will soon be heading south as well! :thup:

Welcome. They won't have them for long! I hope they equally like frogs :bggrn:

Because I actually write with my right I am considered right handed but I do almost everything else left handed (except softball. Tennis I play left handed but not softball - go figure). Kicking a ball or jumping over stuff I don't care which foot is used. I learned guitar right handed as it was easier. Had trouble as a child using scissors though as they did not make them usable either way back then. I knit left handed (dad had to teach me as he is a leftie) and, as a Brownie, I had to set a table as part of my Golden Hand badge. I did it beautifully, except left handed. I was passed as the leader said it was the right way around for me. When I first started using a computer mouse I used my left hand but it was such a nuisance switching sides after others had used it I trained myself to use it right handed. When finally getting felt pens (I was 11) I used them right handed but if I was asked to write on the blackboard (no whiteboards in them days either) I often as not used my left. I could also mirror write - that is writing the same thing with both hands at once, starting in the centre and writing one forwards and the other backwards away from each other. Not sure if I can still do it though :dunno: I was never forced to use my right hand (unlike my dad who got the ruler over the knuckles) and actually sat next to another leftie.

Of course we do. It is to show the righties the correct way to do things ;-) I find things like ATM's and swipe card things annoying because they assume you are right handed.

There was a retriever at the vets when I was there today. She did not want to go into the room with the vet! They had to drag her through as she just sat and refused to budge. She looked so sad about it Luckily they have a vinyl floor so sliding her across the waiting room and into the next room wasn't too difficult.

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Now listen up you young ones! I am just having a laugh and a trip down memory lane. My age will really show here. I was reading an advert that offers a pack of 12 felt pens for $1.99. I can remember when felt pens were new, hard to get, and very expensive (and others, yet even older, here will remember using slates and chalk at school :bggrn: ). Only one girl had a pack of felt pens in my class and that was because her dad had gone to the USA on business and brought them back for her. She was the envy of every other kid in the class! That would have been when I was about 7. :dnc1: (I also remember when biros became available. Before that we had to use ink from ink wells. Boys were always doing naughty things with the ink, including dipping girls' long plaits in them. Computers weren't invented either!) wikipedia has this to say about them... Lee Newman patented a felt-tipped marking pen in 1910.[3] However, markers of this sort began to be popularized with the sale of Sidney Rosenthal's Magic Marker which consisted of a glass tube of ink with a felt wick. By 1958 use of felt-tipped markers was commonplace for a variety of applications such as lettering, labeling, and creating posters.[4] The year 1962 brought the development of the modern fiber-tipped pen (in contrast to the marker, which generally has a thicker point) by Yukio Horie of the Tokyo Stationery Company. Ahhhh memories :sage: