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5th April 2013, 09:37 AM
#1
Back again
Hi Matt Wilkinson R740402 have been off site for a while but pleased to be back, was an engineer with Ellermans 1960 - 66 originally from the North East now live in Christchurch NZ.
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5th April 2013, 09:43 AM
#2
Must have been some time away mate
Hi Matt
Must have been some time away mate,as offhand i cannot recall you!
Anyway a hearty Welcome home as they say!
Hope you will stay with us a long time now,and as before relax and enjoy what there is on offer here!
Cheers
Doc!
PS Sorry Matt i do recall you now! You like me joined in 2008!
How long have you been AWOL ??haha!
Recognised the Avatar !
Also recall you being trapped in the Coal Mine at some stage!
Being at Sea i am sure was far more pleasant! I know the Gold Mines were also damn awful!
Hope all is well with you now in NZ! YOU ALL HAD A PRETTY ROUGH TIME AT ONE STAGE TOO!
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 5th April 2013 at 09:52 AM.
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5th April 2013, 09:53 AM
#3
Hi Vernon yes been away a while you might have heard we had a little problem called Earthquakes here in Christchurch.
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5th April 2013, 10:14 AM
#4
Yes mate
Hi Matt
Yes mate that is what i was referring to when asking if all is well!
Cheers!
Vernon
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6th April 2013, 06:14 AM
#5
Originally Posted by
Matt Wilkinson
Hi Vernon yes been away a while you might have heard we had a little problem called Earthquakes here in Christchurch.
Yes mate, I stood there Boxing day two years ago when the whole bloody town shook.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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6th April 2013, 06:52 AM
#6
Yes John remember that one too. Still life must go on and we have to be positive and go forward with our lives. Lot of construction now taking place so will soon look a different place.
Last edited by Matt Wilkinson; 6th April 2013 at 06:56 AM.
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6th April 2013, 09:06 PM
#7
Back again
CHCH surehad a bad time with the earthquakes but it will bounce back
But i will stick to living in Dunedin
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