GKPE 7 - And Still Going! Still Friendly and Still The BEST!

kiwichris wrote in post #8542117
Quite well. Grapes are in trouble at the moment, market is flooded, Maybe some seasonal work available.

Been there with the kiwifruit industry so nothing new. Sound like Te Puke .....
What else is there?

weka2000 wrote in post #8541969
Found a job

http://www.seek.co.nz …land-other/15824210/47/1/

Weird, any clues as to who the company is?

weka2000 wrote in post #8542152
Been there with the kiwifruit industry so nothing new. Sound like Te Puke .....
What else is there?

In Blenheim? Not a lot, most farming in the area, is converted to grapes, and I suspect many are rueing the change. There are still some small holdings farms, I don't think they employ much, the area some years back was mainly sheep farming. I have a foto somewhere of my first job, a pig farm in Renwick, between Picton and Blenheim. It is now just an overgrown property, no production of anything

my wife has agreed but wants to fly up every 2 weeks to see her mum

lance v wrote in post #8542040
haha they somehow forgot to charge import tax or duty or what ever they usually rape you with importing things when i got mine

Until they turn up on your doorstep that is

harroz wrote in post #8538789
Saw the new PW's in action tonight, shooting with a speedlight at 1/8000 f2.8. The new Bowens 500 lights can also shoot at 8000. possiblities!

That's is the big thing that they have over all of the others, the ability to go above the sync speed of your camera & still have full or near full power from the flash.

If they could get the reliability better, they would be fantastic.

weka2000 wrote in post #8542085
Who knows Blenium well? I could go back to horticulture as there are a few grapes down there

Not well, spent 3 months at Woodbourne (basic training). Only bit of Blenheim I really got to know was the inside of a place called Barry's Bar

weka2000 wrote in post #8542085
Both my wife and I have itchy feet

Grans' Remidy or Neat-Feet should take care of that

Went to Harvey Norman and asked for the price on a 5D Mk2.

Left empty handed. I don't need anothe $6K of debt even if it is on 4 years interest free. I was feeling depressed and in need of some retail therapy.........not that depressed!

Waaaaay overpriced!

weka2000 wrote in post #8542606
my wife has agreed but wants to fly up every 2 weeks to see her mum

Flights between the main centres are cheap now, but smallercentres are still pretty pricey to fly out of.

manipula wrote in post #8542906
Waaaaay overpriced!

Yeah.....I figure it would be a bit like paying $1000 in interest ........either way I don't need one and can't justify the cost. It's just a hobby,and I don't use my Mk1 enough as it is.

weka2000 wrote in post #8542152
Been there with the kiwifruit industry so nothing new. Sound like Te Puke .....
What else is there?

bloody good airshow every second easter...


in other news, we has a lightbulb explode today - click, boom! glass bit becomes a projectile and somehow manages to stay intact after hitting the floor. Looks like there's been an arcwelder at work between the bulb & the cap. Them philips bulbs 'aint made the way they used to...

kaypony wrote in post #8542703
Until they turn up on your doorstep that is

ive had them since my bday...

joeseph wrote in post #8542965
bloody good airshow every second easter...


in other news, we has a lightbulb explode today - click, boom! glass bit becomes a projectile and somehow manages to stay intact after hitting the floor. Looks like there's been an arcwelder at work between the bulb & the cap. Them philips bulbs 'aint made the way they used to...

Thats scary.

Isn't that the second light fitting you have had try and kill someone in the house?

joeseph wrote in post #8541616
box looks the wrong shape... the previous models came in more "cube-like" packaging.

It's a poster, not a box