Sweet Divine Davey
I can't believe you've been navigating again;
i've had to take several days off work.....
i have also phoned the Gardai- an international arresty warrant has been issued
Mick

when is the world going to end Paddy? can you put it in your next blog, thanks, Mike

Hi Jon,

Firstly this blog is actually hosted in Ireland ;) But the email alerts get sent to my gmail account.

I would be 99% sure that the issue is with your email address.

Easy to test.

Both of you set up gmail accounts (gmail.google.com) and test

1) him sending to your new account
2) you sending to his new account
3) both sending via gmail (or hotmail, whatever you want to use)

I'd imagine that'll show that it's probably your individual email addy that's not working. Do you have a strange reply-to on your email?

Good luck.

Hi Patrick. I live in Maine (USA) and have been to NZ 2X and can't wait to return. I have a good friend in Pukekohe (North Island)who receives my emails but his replies to my address keep coming back. Can you please reply to this message to help us figure out whether the problem stems from my internet service provider or his. Thanks.

Hello buddy!

Great pics of all your adventures, a blog is a really cool idea, like a public diary...without the real secrets! hehe

Hope you are all set and ready for your birthday bash that I am unfortunately going to miss :( but no doupt will be there in spirit.

Keep well.

Miss ya
x

Come on Patrick, is it not about time you updated your blog ?

Are you going to use any of the pics Moslem Salehi can give you on his website ?

Oh took a pic of the Southern X and Orion's belt with me new cam. Pretty chuffed :)

hi sir
i am moslem salehi from iran
i am photographer
i have many picture about my country and my inviroment
do you want using my pictures in your site?
i waiting for your answer
this is my web log HTTP://KINGXERXES.BLOGFA.COM
best wishes
moslem salehi

Hi Patrick,
Great blog, I liked the photographs very much. I happen to have also a blog about New Zealand, you are welcome to check it out and tell me what you think.

http://www.nztramping.com

Thank you,
Greg

How come David gets newest blog site and I don't even feature on the list? ..... I'm off to find a beach to cry on :P I hope it snows heaps and is really, really cold in Chch at the moment!

Hello Nati, how're things :)

hii

Patrick, great to see those pictures of Milford, Wanaka, and the rest... Thank god this does not catch me at work...but on holidays in Costa Rica...wonderful place...you should def get on this continent some day. happy times, Laura

Put your message in here
Dear Patrick,
the photo of you with Kathie and Patrick is wonderful.

You all inherited wonderful genes from Mum and Dad. They look young and happy to be with you, having adventures and meeting your friends in CC and along the trail.
Mary Joy

Happy Birthday P!!!! Hope you have a great day my friend and don't get too drunk. See you when you're back at work but only on a Mondays and Fridays. xxx

There was a young man from limerick
who fancied himself mentally quick
he'd rhyme line with line
but when mugged for a dime
(given that poetry is little defence against a shank of metal, especially in a region known for its ferociousness, he should have known better)
he was done in by a blade in the stomach

happy new year paddy.

any more moustache pictures? you must be the spitting image of salvatore dali by now

Hah, I love this blog! Nice to read your stories. Hopefully you will be around in January so we can catch up then?

xx Sylvia

try harder. perhaps i should prescribe you some minoxidil or phenytoin; that may do the trick

worst tash ever as it stands. i want to see some adolf action. can't you water it or something!

Hi Blanky,

If you mail me your details (name, email address phone etc) I will pass them on to Luke. My email is patrick dot davey at gmail dot com. (or just leave a message here)

cheers,
Patrick

I'm looking for luke wigram. Any info would be good

Hey up lad! Uganda sounds amazing - pity about the wee incident at the end...life still fab here in Tassie...open invite still in situ, should you feel like a wee break! D

Welcome back to Chch! It was great to see you the other night. Awesome photos! I get itchy feet when I see them.

I hope to catch up with you soon again,

Veronica

OOpsey....I better watch my back then aye!! hehe....you know I really desered it, you spiked the grup so I wopuldnt win!!...by the way, I hope your bowel is back to its usual working self again!!hehe...bad dose man. I went white water rafting yesterday to Rangitata with Libby and co......what an awesome experience...up to grade 5 rapids where Libby got thrown out and was lucky to exczape with her life!! Scary man but a great story to tell...for me, the scariest experience was jumping off the 10 metre high cliff into the gorge...NEVER AGAIN...the speed at which I fell nearly gave me heart failure...an experience I didn't enjoy but glad I took the plunge and have the pics to prove it...all the fear is shown on my face too!! hehe
Stay well and happy and away from the Nile too!! hehe.....I have extended my ticket and leave Wednesday 11th April now!
Franny*
Gra mor

HI Pats

How are things? Are you still in Uganda? Are you having a ball? You so have to visit my bros bar in Kampala? His name is Nigel.
When you comin' back to NZ?

Jules
julie@triple0.com

happy davey day!

You're dead meat if you've knicked my Scrabble trophy - especially after the trouncing I gave you ;)

Paddy Irish man...how the hell are ya in Uganda with those wonderful and inspirational parents of yours?? I just had a quick peek at their blog!!!...MAN, they have built a University!!! What amazing people....me, I am good, enjoying my last 2.5 weeks in New Zealand bud...sad really but all good things come to an end and here opens another wonderful and exciting chapter in my life!! :o)...ain't it full of mistery!?!...great to hear you are relaxing, reading, eating lots of mammys great food and most importantly enjoying their company....I hope this helps you with some decisions my friend......by the way, any scrabble games come oyu way?? I went to your house and 'Borrowed' your trophy!! hehehe...:o)
Fran*
xoxoxox

very courageous of you to post that blog entry. my hat is off! bravo!

that can what? :)

hi. do you know the name of a website that can

oh happy birthday. old olde older oldy mouldy scouldy boldy old toady. i am yet still an uneven number. ha hah! at least for another one and a half days.

Ummm.. nope :) can't help sorry!

I am trying to find the recipe for potpourri/celebration cake

has loads of fruit and nuts and wrapped in filo pastry - can u help

Darragh Brady, One who speaks his own language which no one else can understand. Which challenges brilliantly.. but needs to know when to play, pause and eventually cease. :)

epistolary, and he wasn't travelling alone

epistaxis, incontinence in public transport

best way to deal with the spanish, is to leave out some cigarettes in plain sight, and some more further down the corridor, place a trail of cigarettes at 10ft intervals, leading outside and away from the dorms. this trail should end in a faroff spot where you will have already placed a single bottle of coke...... and 15 straws. this should occupy them for the night.

domhnall good job!
patrick, wish you all the best of luck!! probably its a good thing you are not allowed to talk and among strangers when you'll go madder:-)

cardiac, person who knows a lot about cardigans

precipice, push button toilet

high five laura!

all right all right you two...

done..

I agree. the option "will go madder" would def increase voting participation, I am sure...

i think we should use the future comparative superlative, rather than will go mad, it should read, will go madder

catastrophe, feline punctuation

countryside, the murder of ann robinson

potpourri, dutch cake mix

sweet;-)
cya later in ChCh...
laura

perspicacity, see-through bathing costume

sanctity, a french woman with excess of breasts

if it needs to be explained......
listen to the word, its not all in the meaning. skype aint working for me to night, i'm not sure if its your side or mine. but i'll call again.

Ok.. I am slow.. I actually don't get it darragh :)

doo-wop.. yes.. kinda..

casualty... yes.. casual - tea ... informal afternoon beverage..

but how you get from safe->teaching a baby to curse I have no idea!

-----------------

Laura - glad you found the night life fun!.. more late nights eh - you two are trouble :)

-----------
Guusje & Maaike - thanks for the present.. will keep it until Christmas!

variable, more than able

safe, teaching a baby to curse

doo-wop, projectile defecation

Patrick, thx for recommending that hostel next to all those pubs:-) too little sleep... again... anyway...hope you got safe back to ChCh...and yes we are missing you, but I guess you do need some time off from those Germans girls...

Hi Paddy,

We had another touristy day in Amsterdam (if you are in your own country you still have to make sure you enjoy it...) we went to a musuem and drank loads of coffees/beers in wee little pubs. Nice indeed.

We hope you got our parcel, and that your enjoy having it. We had great craic (!) making it anyway! How is the touring coming along?? ;-) Just checking... Keep us updated on the gossip...

xx Guusje and Maaike
ps if you come closer to the screen you might see us waving at you...bye!

virtual, religious

casualty, informal afternoon beverage

what da f#@k?

lymph, to walk with a speech defect

classy, fat aristocrat

bison, what madonna did

hey does anyone want to play a word definition game. simple rules, one word/complex, ie snuff-box, and its definition, ie coffin. you get the picture. thought i would liven this blog up a little patrick, give me something to come back for, i mean i don't come for the writing, obviously.
so let me start:
holiday home, a summer friend

well u could call me if i was reachable. i am however a skype retard. but i shall ring u one of these days. when i am not saving lives. oh the humdrum of it all. i am sadly getting to the age when us men realise we are not possessed with low grade superhero powers, but i haven't reached there yet, not that my interventions can compete against the juggernaut of thousands of cigarettes and a poxy protoplasm, but i delude myself daily nonetheless. but yes this streetwars is fun if you have the time. my first victim fell fowl of the old "stranger in the night" trick. she must have read her bible or koran. no room at the inn, is a better policy. but thats religion for you. but lets not get on that argument, my take, neatly broken down into a digestable simile is, various camps disputing who has the better imaginary friend. there i shall stop before i monopolise the blog space.

Hi Teresa,

I have no idea I'm afriad if Billy is going to play anytime soon in Ireland...

Good luck!

I'm not sure whether to thank you or not ;)

Do you really think my report would require freight? Damn, now I'm worried. Still, if it gets me out of wearing a tie then I'll be happy enough.

And yes, will have to call you about the streetwars game.. sounds excellent.

i'd be more than happy to provide that medical certificate patrick. though tie allergy aside, i may have to include other competing diagnoses; so i guess the final report is going to need some binding, and a large shipping fee. freight i think.

dude, this water assassination game is a blast. you have to play some time!

To be honest, buying a 3-bedroom castle in Rivendell doesn't sound too bad at all... :-)

Put your message in here

Am a big fan and woould like to know if Billy will play in Ireland sometime soon

Darragh... I know where you live too... there must be pics aplenty in enniskerry!

Mind you.. to be honest.. I can't wait for the people who are living in Rivendell to be out of there. From all accounts they're not taking care of the place. But I'm sure that picture, not that it exists mind, is well looked after.

well methinks a short jaunt, pop in an open window at Rivendell, up the stairwell, yank off the wall, and hey presto...captain patrick sailing the WWWaves!

No idea what you're talking about... and no one else will either. There are no pics of me in a sailors uniform at my first communnion? anywhere.

Certainly not on this blog anyway.

nice pic. but what about the one with you wearing a sailor's uniform. is that going to make an appearance? or do we not go there!

The Scrabble crown comment appeared fine - you just need to wait a few secs for the page to load - before it refreshes the comments bit (kinda crap - but there you go).

But no, my commenting system works way better than Micro$ofts ;)

As for scrabble.. bring it on... :)

Hey Glynn and Paddy...yeah, couple of people say they can't put comments up - I thought it was just bad excuses for being crap friends ;-) but it seems a comment I left for Paddy about how he needs to fight me for the scrabble crown won't appear here either! (Paddy - I believe all your talk of scrabble will be much the same as the talk of pool - you only think you are good because the opposition ain't up to scratch!)

Hi Patrick. I havent been in touch in ages. Glad to see you are having a good time though!

Hey Domhnall, ye lord - can't seem to manage to comment on your blog anymore. Anyway, safe travels and glad to see you're in the southern part of the world again!

did you heard that a previously unknown work of charles dickens was recently unearthed. it was a culinary work, called "it was the best of thyme, it was the worst of thyme"

your physio comment is, euphemistically interpreted, interesting. perhaps you should rephrase for posterity

Paddy
hope to be re-broadbanded within about 2 weeks
its been a bit hectic since i moved back to dublin
but will back in touch/skype/mail etc soon
take care of yourself there

sorry my email is tamika_elle@yahoo.com.au

do you know a diane and cherie schaab they lived in new zealand over 20 years ago? if so my email is tamia_elle@yahoo.com.au

Laura! what a question.. as if I'd leave NZ before you arrived?!

Of course I'll be here.. and thoroughly looking forward to taking as much holiday as I can for a road trip (at least a couple of weeks if you're up for it)

To be honest I don't really have any plans to leave this wonderful country :)

booked my flight... November, 26 to Dec, 15...you'll still be around?

forgot to tell you, got a lpg truck, its fuel is 61cents a litre so watch out for me on snow pool, will probley ring up if i have space anyhow. Got the internet on by growling aat the support people and next thing you know...good website aye

And I wasn't on the famous pyjama trip of yore back in the day, but I was in Les Calanques last week, and there was still hushed whispering and pointing on the streets of cassis - there goes a man who knows he-of-the-pyjamas, they mumbled (in French obviously, with much shrugging and boffing and oohlalaing)

yo P Diddy, Dee just sprogged a female and named it sarah, V exciting. all's well in washington.

Jaysus Davey
i am just finished receiving counselling from the last time i saw you in your Pyjamas
i feel a tick coming on
mick

Hey Patrick!
Almost ready to go on skype just gotta get the time- no actually make it! Catch up real soon. Missing Queenstown a little now!

hey,
I wrote on your message board a while back..I'm in Christchurch and am looking to go to Castle Hill for the week(its friday today). Have any tips planned? My friend and I are hoping to boulder for there for my b-day (28th)..drop me a line if you're interested!
-Kat Fountain
kwf2@humboldt.edu

This was just a linux problem for the record!!
removed the directory info from your post, but thanks for the beta testing ;)

And all fixed now :P

Oh dear, I get this warning - which nicely tells me information about maths.tcd.ie that I probably shouldn't know ;)

"Warning: file_get_contents(XXX): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in XXX on line 188"

Where's the source code and what license is it under? ;)

Hope you danced the ceilidh well on Paddy's Day :) Miss the good times at "The Bog"...MB

Paddy, met your bro on the weekend at Eimear's hitchin'..Felt like I had met him before, he looks so much like you! Glynn...happy birthday lad! Will try and give you a call this week. D

A better time to come would be the mid Nov for me - as I'm not quite sure whether I will be heading back around Decish.. but I will try to be around for at least 2 weeks holiday anyway!

Hey paddy, all those posts are really working to get me to book my ticket... I logged in holdiday for the first three december weeks. Will you still be around?

Paddy, It's too flat over here to do some interesting hikes. On top of that there are too many houses that somehow block nice views (if there is anything to be seen at all)...
In addition; I think today I'd prefer some kiwis or wallabees to 30 15-year olds...
take care!

Does that blog stuff really work? How did you manage such a success with your blog? As a member of the Army we get Polly Pros, and the biggest issue with them is they get nasty after a few days. And when you do not have anything to wash then with, it gets real bad.

And it was a friggen tough lead too - just like Mournes rock Domhnall, but with a few more metal bits.

Mick - glad you liked the poly pro :)

Jason - re putting your ads on my site.. I'd really appreciate it if you didn't! If you really want to improve your sites ranking, make a heap of free weblogs and link them all to your site.. but don't go using other ppls messageboards!

And no, I don't have internet access on the rivers & mountains, I'm not that bad.

Paddy
thanks for the polypro mention (Feb 19th)
...on Lord's River...
if ever there was a higher force at work ye lording stallion

Wy couldnt you guys just let me keep my links up ther. I mean, I read your blog and all that. It is a great blog, do you guys have internet access from all those locations? Anways please let me put my links up :) it will help my site move up in the serps!

Wow, what a great set of blog entries from one of the most beautiful places on earth, Stewart Island. Mind if I grab the odd picture for my blog? - crediting you, of course :)

Seeya DaveyP... not sure when our paths will cross again... my guess is it will be in NZ and it won't be long...

Thanks for the bday wishes guys!

Glynn.... I was only beaten by 'Peachy' in Mariokart once.. and it'll never happen again!

Mick... I wear stripey polypro every day now ;)

MB - I wish you could join for pints too!(lots)(of both wishing & pints :)

Wish I could join for pints on the 29th...have fun catching up with everyone again, and say HI from me! :)

Paddy
happy birthday there big man
hope all well
Hope you had some polypro on under that ski gear-i cannot cope with the idea of you exercising without the special material somewhere about your person
mick

Happy Birthday too - sorry, I totally forgot about it. Have been doing a bit of a roadtrip with the others down to Dunedin - river surfing, awesome fun! Will catch up for a pint when you get to NZ! See you next Sunday!

Like ships that pass in the night! Can't believe I will miss you at home, lad! Oh, and Happy Birthday for a few days from now! D

Dude, send my your itinerary otherwise I can't pick you up from the airport! Make sure you bring the blue bottle on your way through too!!! Guusje, long time! Hope all well, and will email sometime in the next couple of months! David, reckon Paddy's looking forward to being beaten by a girl at Mariokart again?!

Home to be whipped at pool again on the 29th Jan I think - but not into work again unil the 7th Feb (After 2 days white water rafting ;) Really looking forward to being back (sorry mum!)

Guusje - sorry to miss Prinsengracht... do the Dutch have any normally spelt words/names ;)

Paddy its been so long, when are you coming home buddy?

Damn, a bit too far away this party in Dublin tonight. However, there is a fancy gig tonight in the Odeon (Prinsengracht) so if you're fancy coming over here ;-)

Way cool! More people visiting NZ - good work Patrick! Nice to see you're coming over Graham and Myra!!

You broke my lovely old bike! CoNoR won't be happy either...

Patrick. Thanks for the invite. I would be delighted to attend!!

Hi Samuel, you can mail me off the webpage (click on the mail me icon). Almost all of the pics are mine, but some are not so if you want to use pics that aren't mine I canna give you permission for them :)

What's your website address anyway?

Hello. My name is Samuel Zavaletta. Who runs this website? Anyways, I was wondering if the owner of this site would mind me using a pic or two on my website I am creating on martial arts and body maintainance. I would of course give credit where credit is due. Just wondering. Thanks for your time.

-Samuel Zavaletta

Man, nice blog entries about Thailand - missing you guys already. Missing the climbing. Missing the ring of fire, dodgy stomachs and naked Dave.

Nice to see you haven't drowned, young Davey! Was wondering if it was a wee bit soggy for you over there!

ummm.. maybe it could be opened first? Or given to glynn to bring over :)

have a formal looking letter from dublin here for you.....burn it?

Rocking - will see you then. Just in the process of finding a new place to live, so hopefully will be all set for extending my flights back from Thailand. Time will tell! Don't forget about your residency stamps if you think about replacing your passport - you'll need them to get back in, if you ever return! :)

bad, my 7a's are bad, shoulder still irritating me and haven't been doing any pull ups or other finger-strengening exercises! still, will try get onto it soon..

Still, really looking forward to seeing you and the other trouble makers in Rai Lay! just over a month now! I'm aiming to be there on the 19th in fact going to look at flights from Chang Mai now!

How's your 7a's bro? Krabi isn't too far away - totally looking forward to it, and can't wait to catch up with you!!

Hello you two,
I have a bit of catching up for you guys, not sure what you know but anyway....
I crashed my glider into a wall, dont worry nothing serious but I was on crutches for a week and now all my climbing training has been lost. Till has agreed to express my training once Im better :)
I have left my job :) I finish on the 21st of october so Im planning on climbing in Krabi for the 3 weeks then travelling arround Asia for a couple of months to return to NZ in Feb. Then keen to glide and kayak in NZ for a while depending on dosh.
I am trying to sell car and move out from Emmas, so cutting all ties and heading to asia baby yeah:)
Oh and Ive ended things with kate so Im thoroughly single too....(sorry paddy I failed mission yxy)
I hope you guys are well and having a fab time, the weblog looks great. So pleased its all working out.
Miss ya both, Dave

Just testing to see if this is working as my bro says it aint!.

Missing you buddy! Very close to booking tickets to Railay - just figuring out the best price and I'll be out there. Probably between 10th-24th November.

hey lad. Great having you (in the non-biblical sense - Mhairi wouldn't let me) and Mhairi to stay... I will think about ye wandering through asia over the next few months with a twinge of envy - good luck. Yer a diamond!

you made me forget why i logged on in the first place... that picture distracted me...

Thanks for the postcard!!!

Declan.

oomph!!!.... jasus man take that picture of your white body down will ya... nearly burnt my monitor...

love the bracelet on your wrist by the way... suits you...

Declan.

sorry - bad day - just felt like being abusive...

Hi Patrick Stefan was surfing the net and found you!! Hope you are well looks like you are having fun my new email is gembanz@gmail.com maybe catch up when you get to Dublin??

Safe trip and all that :)

Jesus Christ! Those fig trees look like they're straight out of the blair witch. Are you sure that you should be hanging out of them? You should probably keep a chain saw handy.

Pat

Niall
hope all well in the East
can ye send me your email address
(mikemckenny at eircom dot net)
cheers
mick

you lucky lucky bastard

'Ey Up lad! You need to give me a call so we can work out how you are going to get into my house in the wee small hours of the mrning of the 19th (I assume you mean you get in at about one thirty in the morning?) My flight gets in a bit later (I think about nine or so), so I reckon I will leave you out my keys somewhere (this is why you need to call me) and you guys can crash until I get home...

Hello you two mad crazy people.
The log is looking great.
Cant wait to see you in Thailand.
Glad to see you having a fab time.
Dave:)

Niall of the haries.. long time no hear! Budapest eh.. (used to be called Pestbuda I believe!) not this trip.. but if you're there for a while will totally drop in..

Fraser, I was devastated to hear Thor didn't thrash you! Ahh well, I'l just have to have another go on the squash court when I get back!

Kedves Sir Davey,

Stumbled upon your website after a long absence, and amazed to see the trip
you're heading off on... should you
find yourself in the region of
Budapest (where I find myself living for the moment and probably a while longer if my dream job comes through...), giz a shout and we'll house
you and your brethren for a couple of
nights. And we'll have classic Eastern European jammies for your collection!

Szia,

Niallofthehairys

PS mick thanks for your left message on
my phone in dublin ages ago, but it
came just after I dandered off to
this neck of the woods

Paddy
good to hear things are going well with you
apologies for lack of mail/skype recently
in middle of moving house and getting ready for exam
but will be in touch soon
mick

Hey Paddy

Loving the website - so your adventures have started- we miss you here I can't bear to look at the empty desk next to me....

I have to agree to agree with Glynn about the polypro - you haven't been sleep walking yet?!

well must go and do some work on my magical white horse

take care

boyley aka mrs moorbyeeeeee

Hey Paddy, Looks like you are having a awesome time already you lucky bugger...played Thor last night and it was 2 all when we had to leave for the next people grrr enjoy Oz!

Hi,
Looks like I have missed you :-) Sorry! Have a fantastic trip and see you back in IRL.

There are *no* hideous pictures of me in polypro.. come on.. ;)

That picture of Lorcan is almost as hideous as you in your polypro. There should be rules about publishing those types of images on the internet.

Well hello brother :) No plans to climb Mt. Cook yet.. well.. not really anyway. I think I'd be more tempted by Mt. Aspiring first. Need to get a lot more confident in the mountaineering environment first!

what a stunning set of photos from your Mt Cook flypast. You can see why Hillary got good practice there for Everest. Any plans to climb it?

Well.. not exactly no ;) It was just quite different to home.. and yes, Mhairi and I came 5th (out of 7 I think!) There were some quality drivers there.. shame you weren't up to the challenge ;)

"I was *way* too clean a driver!" - Is that your way of saying you lost Paddy?

See you this week lad... and check out spaces.msn.com/members/domhnall for a plug of your site...

wow! patrick that is an amazing map... it was very good of you to come up with such an original idea... u didn't copy it from anyone did you?

Declan.

Have to say that Team America World Police was cheese as well - started off so good with the opening blowing up the Eiffel tower and stuff, but failed miserably to keep my attention. Sorry duderino!

Coming home on the 19th December.. well, that's the vague plan at the moment. And will be in Dublin until 10th January. Well, in and around Dublin. Never know really ;)

sorry about the random interruption in your conversation..... when are you coming home patrick boy???

Yes, it is cheese, but that's what makes it good (to me) ;)

Thanks for getting the soup + minstrels, you wonderful wonderful person you.

First 2 pints of speights at pool on me..

It's definitely cheese. Pure cheese.

Minstrels are in the bag, along with your 2 packets of Knorr Minestrone and Knorr Chicken Noodle.

NUTBALL.

Is not a piece of crap! what does anyone else think?

Hope you remembered minstrels ;)

Yo Paddy! Here in the dump that's called Frankfurt airport. Do have a mobile laptop connection, so that's all fine. What do you mean about Store Wars - it's a piece of crap! Just like the recent sequels really. Anyways, on my way home - see you in a few days. Sigh.

Can't think of a better office actually.. twas perfect. Well,would have been nice if the mobile laptop connection had been working.. but then it was probably good for my productivity :)

that sounds way too formal but anyway...glad you liked the 'office' and managed to avoid being distracted too much. see you in chch :)

Salut from France,

Where the rose wine is pouring as i type this ! :) Congrats on the Residency paddy.see you soon. Ciao.

Hello from Paris,
apparently you are definitly addicted to New Zealand (that doesn't surprise me !!). Now that I managed to get your postal address, I can send you the postcard which has been waiting for 5 months !!

i think you are a hottie

Hello as well from Germany (Mannheim)! The chocolate is perfect and keeps me going here in front of my data....
Thank you so much Patrick! Gongratulation to your resident permit/ visa! Florian passed on your "get skype"-kick...After the 15th of june I guess...then I will be back in life...

Hello from the northern hemisphere. Having quite a bit of fun at the conference in Stuttgart, and looking forward to the flowing pints of Guinness in a weeks time. Hope you're rocking.

Hi paddy

if you are in thailand you should go to the full moon party in koh phangan. I went there in summer 2000. Check out http://fullmoonparty-thailand.com/. If you go make sure you get to koh phangan a few days before the full moon party in order to get accommodation

Mel -> When do I plan to be back in Dublin.. what a question.. hmmmm, the very very vague plan at the moment is to leave NZ in about August (after my friends Domhnall and Lorcan have visited) and travel back through Asia (3 or 4 months) and Africa (1 month) and aim to be back in Dublin around about Christmas/New Years.

But I've no real clue. I believe monsoon season is August->Sept in Asia so that might not be the best time to travel. But yes, Dec/Jan is when I think I'll be back. Though to stay I'm not sure.. prob not in Dublin.. but Europe.. maybe.. for a bit.. :) All very much up in the air at the moment.

Hey Patrcik,
When do you plan to go back to Dublin by the way???
Will be here only until 1s of August
Need the sea and the sun BADLY !!!!

Not all that supprised you managed to "loose" your scrabble game ;)

Really should never have let Glynns post stay up on this..

but yes mb, having fun, back in ChCh and trying to avoid marble sized hailstones... all good, though another week on the N.Island would be good too..

Mel - great to hear from you, glad the pcard got through, hopefully catch you in Dublin again sometime.

Domhnall Lad.. cannae wait.. really. Good times ahead methinks.

aha...the famous message board. i should definitely have read this before going camping with you. i guess i found out the freaky way. i wish there was a way i could warn thomas...
just kidding, hope you're having fun :)

Hi paddy

Do you really watch people when they are sleeping? That’s kinda freaking me out - I spent a week on a boat with you - i hope you weren't watching Dave too!

Hello Patrick,

I've received the post card you sent in Marseille from Tailand and I'd like to thank you.
Of course I do remember you (pottery class)!!!!
I can see from your web site that you are having a really good time and that oyu are enjoying yourself a lot ! Lucky you !

I came back in Dublin in February for 6 months of Internship. I've just finished my studies (in Aix en Provence and in Montpellier)but I still don't know what I'll do later on.
We'll see :o)

Anyway, keep in touch !
Take care

Mel. aka Frenchy girl

Hey Paddy...

Just booked two weeks in NZ...4-17th July. Skiing queenstown/wanaka area in the second week of that but fly into ChCh on 5th at 2:30pm... cannae wait!!!

Davey, reckon you should be focusing on some art lessons instead of spending so much time on the dance floor!!

Hi Patty,

Whats this about you watching Glynn sleep? I always knew you were weird but that just takes it to a whole new level of weirdness!!!! hehehe

From your favourite kiwi girl in Aus!

There's nothing to forget! seeing as I've never performed these acts that you speak of.

Now, I've not ignored your post (happy :P)! and now I'm off on a week long road trip in a BMW with Mick and Glynn... canna wait. But hope ya'll have a fun easter :)

Patrick,

Why are you ignoring my post? are you hoping this will just go away - be forgotten about? cause it won't go away until you stop watching people while they sleep...

Declan.

Hey Glynn,

are you really serious about the davey watching you while you sleep? that's so bizarre - cause he used to do the same to me...

it did freak me out a little... but in a sense i kinda liked it... i just felt so safe knowing he was there, watching over me...

Declan.

well which is it? Liable, or Libel? Important difference, MJ!!!

for the record, those peverse vile lies - initially spread by Declan, and now perpetuated by Glynn are just those ... lies. I'd not usually dignify this with a response.. but in the interests of clarity..

esp. with what's going on with Michael Jackson 'n all.. Liable.. that's what this is.. I'm sueing I am.

Good riddance quitter.. never liked you anyway.

(all except the last part is true)

I couldn't stand Patrick watching me while I sleep any longer. Any dreams soon turn to nightmares, and I think those images will haunt me for the rest of my life. I just had to get out and get free.

Thanks Kat, glad you enjoyed (and amazed you found!) the blog..

Liam... you'll need more than luck ;)

Hey, great site. The pictures are amazing and the climbing looks kick ass too. I'm doing a semester in Christchirch and was looking at what climbing the area has to offer and I stumbled on this site. Check out some of my climbing and surf pics from California:
www.katfountain.com
-Kat

After seeing your amazing scores on the pool table, i am getting a little nervious about playing you again, maybe i should shutup, but you know i aint like that patrick :) . You know i will WIN, because the simply and straight fact is that i am seriously LUCKY when i play pool against you.. just like when i play Alan and pot 3 reds straight off :)

You are going to die !!

Patrick...go to www.freechess.org, and register, and I will play you if we happen to be on at the same time. my handle is menTALy...

Patrick!
It's great to see what you are up to as of late. Great pictures and really fun blog! Looks like you are having a wonderful time. Glad life is going well and I look forward to catching up with you some time soon!
LHV

despite what the guides say, I reckon 6a+ is nowhere near 20. 6a+ is about 17/18 or so at the most I reckon...which in my book equates to well protected E1 5b...unless your NZ grades are a bit soft touch!! just my tuppence. Fab place though, eh? Have a fruit shake at the viewpoint for me...

let me know how it is over there...my friend ben and I are thinking of going over and sailing, diving and climbing for ten days later this year... and good luck!!! D

Thanks for all the info Domhnall, your e-mails are printed out (twice) and I'm all set to go! 1 weeks aid work, 1 weeks climbing.. seems like a good balance to me.

from www.8a.nu: Railay has survived the worst of the tsunami - apparently the wave was not quite so big here as elsewhere, and it is thought only a very small number of people in the immediate area were lost...

And if you can climb 8a, you can even do the routes on that overhang!!! That is the view from the bar Verandah at Tonsai, looking back towards Railay West...enjoy it - I tried one 7c+ on that wall just for fun (there are stick clips lying around to get your draws out). I got to the third clip. Then it got steep and the holds disappeared... can't think why.I think there is one 6b that goes up a blobby stalactity bit on that wall, and at the left end is a ladder which takes you up to a few 6a+/6b/6cs etc on the upper deck.... D

Hey Pat
Cool site! I read through you summary of our rafting trip and it seems like it was all a dream! It really did go quickly.
- keep in touch.
Jo

Hey patrick...

Say Hi to Maeve and John from me!!! will give you a buzz soon and catch up...

D

whaddya mean your first mountaineering trip?

what do you call where we went in chamonix??

Love the stuff. Thanks for asking ;)

DO YOU?

I LIKE CHEESE!

Touch Rugby, bbq and beers.. man! what happened to climbing amongst all that! Rugby... bah!

Go on, stay ye lord ye! This place is absolutely fantastic. Completely hassle free and chilled out. Here's to a long summer of touch rugby, bbqs and beers!!!

Thanks for not putting the rainbows on it.. I almost warned the mailroom to look out for it..

yep... a leprechaun is on its way to you now...

of course you made a bit of a mistake in getting me to mail it to your work address... do you reckon the mail room will know who "Blondie" is??... also it was in dull white envelope but i thought i'd decorate it a little... its very pretty now... very pretty indeed... but it's not as if new zealanders have a problem with gay pride anyway...

you should count yourself lucky i didn't decide to throw in a dash of a white powder... or did i?

Dec that would be absolutely amazing if you could send one over.. even if it is a little defiled (though preferably not.. this is for irish supremacy ;) ... he'll feature prominently in the little alcove, doing lots of nasty things to the frog :)

yeah i'll get you a leprechaun...

let me know if you still need it... i can't guarantee he won't be defiled before i send him over though, you know the way i have a thing for leprechauns... maybe i'll get you a nice blond haired one...

Hullllo Patrick!
Looks like you're having a fine time with your black tie dinners and gratis trip to Auckland! I did get your lovely chicken scratch letter that I could decipher most of ;)

This is practically the first weekend that I've spent at home in the past five months (I've spent almost all of my weekends in New York) so that is my excuse for not writing sooner :) I should have time next week to write back. The Republican National Convention is next week, which could make commuting in and out of the city a nightmare, so my boss is putting me up in a swanky designer hotel for a night to avoid my having to deal with traffic and then allowing me to work at home for a few days, yay! So, plenty of free time to pen a lengthy missive.

Oh and if you want to see what I've been up to, check out the photos on www.danbrauer.us :)

Now now.. take it outside ;)

well graham your ass is so big there aint much else around to focus on ;) .

Poor Liam, always focused on my arse. Well you missed your big chance in Stockholm my fine pretty lad.

well grahamie boy, i see you are still the smartass you always were.

Liamo always talked more about his mad skills then showed them. I wouldn't worry none Patrick.

It was great seeing you over in Oz, if only our time together had been so brief.

Dunno dude, I cleared the table in two visits last time.. but I'm sure you will kick my ass on the slopes.

Mostly because you have no fear of breaking your neck (or should that be shoulder ;)

oh oh,, patrick .. another sport we have to compete at.. imagine when you come and visit, first i will beat you at pool and then on the pistes !! .. oh life is so so sweet :) i cant wait to hear your response to this one..

The sign for other bus drivers is rad, truckies have a similar routine, the classic is when you keep your hand on the wheel but just flick your fingers up as the other truck goes past.

Heel toe 'S' turns eh, gee cousin you're going to be a pro soon. Wish I was there to spray you with snow on my way past. How do you like the t-bars? Anyway you should be on skis mate.

I hope the visa extension goes smoothly, remember immigration might be a bit sensitive at the moment with various 'friendly' governments trying to corrupt our passport system...

Catch you later cuz - and it looks like you'll have a place in Cuzco to visit starting January next year...

Yes, one of the best cribs yet Davey...........

Hey Patrick,
nice avi of the house but you have to get out a mop and bucket and clean the place :)
Good luck with the Pink Cocktails, I heard Graham is pretty good for a Cocktail or 2...

Passwords are 'cos I was getting spam to the notice board... amazing really how clever spammers are getting. But I've not had any since I put the password on it.

Totally looking forward to a few choice cocktails in Sydney.. 10 days now..

What's with the passwords you fancy bastard.

Anyway, get your arse over to Oz so we can get drunk. Looks like I'm gonna be in Sydney a little longer than I thought so we should hook up. Pink cocktails here we come!

Have a look Paddy: http://www.irvingandkeenan.com.au/property.asp?pid=50158

It's my new gaff!

So, Paddy, Eliza just climbed a F8b+...thats E bloody massive to you and me...still, she can't be that good, she still needs those little bolt thingies!!! Sorry I missed you other night. Got held up at work for ages by a damn inconvenient sick person....

True Liam... but it certainly doesn't mean I won't win the next time we play either ;)

And hello Sean, great to hear from you.. you're in your own business these days aren't you?! going well I hope :)

just because you new job is getting a pool table, that doesnt mean that you will win the next time we play!
you've been warned Davey! :)

hey paddy, sean b here from engineering. Glad to see all is well, I was wondering why I hadn't seen you around dublin in ages :-) great site, btw.
Good luck... See you in the future.

come see my site at www.HairyMaria.com

:P

Excellent :) well come on over... have possibly sorted out getting a combi-van for touring in! so it's all go here.. drop me a mail - patrick.daveyXX@business.govt.nz (just remove the XX's) have nay heard from you in ages!

Yep paddy that Maurice...met a your mate in trinity the other day and he was tellin g me about the Davey google thing. (very funny) so I decided to look up your web log on der interweb. Wish I were in New zealand Ireland is begining to bore me.
Take it easy and if you can do that take it twice!
Maurice

Maurice as in Maurice of Clonkeen Days? Excellent (if it is you!) Yes, having a great time here... in fact thinking about extending my visa at the moment... have another summer ;)

Nice weblog paddy...hope you are having a great time.....sound like you are. Good luck
Maurice

So, patrick when are you going snowboarding? Will you be driving up in the car ;) It can be rather dangerous on the roads up to the slopes.. you would want someone you *trust* driving .

Check ya later dude.

Life is all beautiful, no point in stressing about things that are not important.

Oh and Grahamo, best of luck in OZ. I have rellies just north of Melbourne, i can set you up with there numbers if you want. (i reckon i am causing trouble there as they are both female(25) ! )

Hey Dec, He seems to have make a comback?
He's in No one spot again.

sorry to hear about your defeat Patrick :P ..

VICTORY!!!

today is a truly momentous day... the blondy haired forces of The Davey have suffered their first defeat... check out who is number one when you type "Patrick Davey" into google...

You'll always be number one in my heart Paddy...

Sorry I haven't been in touch, been up to my eyes with work (as usual). Heading over to Oz June 11th if I don't die before then. Two weeks in Paramatta(sic) and then off to Melbourne. They are getting me a six month visa :) Don't know if I will be there that long. If you can't make it over here maybe I will go over and annoy you there.

Anyway, great to hear your fabulous antipodean regalia.

I want to know what racecar is by the way...

You will be glad to know that your glory will soon fade in Openet as another Go-Cart session is on for tonight and I reckong auld JR will reclaim his never claimed title...

All the best and fuck the rest of ye :)

ha ha, i will write a little script to bang that URL thousands of times in the day, we will see how long Daveys little site stays at the top of google ! ;) ...
patrick, you better let me win at pool next time round !!

Likin your work, Dec, likin your work!

Likin your work! LIKIN YOUR WORK, DEC!

Likin your work Dec, likin your work....

Now now, dont' be silly ;) I mean I might just get all sad and not keep this going any more (and then you'd miss out on all the snow and ice pics which will be happening in a month or so :)

Will be going on a snow skills course quite soon now - kinda like the IMC one that's run in Chamonix.


Though am quite looking forward to getting back and being able to keep up on the next ski trip!

A CALL TO ARMS!!!

ok, it looks like i've been caught... everyone who knows The Davey realises how proud he is of the fact that when you type "Patrick Davey" into Google it is his page which is ranked no.1... me, being the all round nice guy that i am, decided to try and change this... purely to cause the davey psychological damage... so i've been putting links to the current no.2 in all the websites i can... hopefully this will improve the ranking of the no.2 and knock The Davey off his top spot... so now i need everyone reading this to do the same... everyone!!! - opennet people, college people even his own family if possible... put a link to...

http://www.journalism.cf.ac.uk/Student/sjopd1/

on your website... together we can defeat The Davey...

theres a party in koondoola wa at brinckley cr this sat nite

Good question bloodlust... I wonder who Kelis is.. Or Billy Connolly, funny that they all came from the openet-telecom domain ;)

Apologies Cousin Thomas for getting Maruia springs wrong.

And Liam, no, all the bras aren't mine.

Just half of them.

Palindrome: A man a plan a canal Panama.
I think there's a Croat word which is the longest single worder in the world.

So you're taking advantage of ACC now eh? Bludging off my country to get free leg rubs, I bet you're fine you big girl's blouse, or should I say, the biggest pooftah in New Zealand?

By the way it's Maruia Springs, not Maroa, get it right.

That cave, by the way, is near Canaan Downs which is a farm where they used to have this really cool music festival called the Gathering which fizzled out and doesn't exist anymore. But it was really cool. Scary cave.

I suppose this message is too long now.

Where's your swandri? That'll keep you warm. And it's about time you dropped all this silly climbing into holes business and joined a rugby team like everyone else.

milkshakes eh?? who is this mysterious milky monster?

MY MILK SHAKE BRINGS ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARD, AND THEY'RE LIKE, IT'S BETTER THAN YOURS, DAMN RIGHT IT'S BETTER THAN YOURS, I can teach you, but I have to charge

Glad that you enjoyed the show

Patrick, are all those bras yours? you really are starting to shoot in the other direction... i thought you were joking !! ;P

Happy Easter Paddy...and Maeve and Glynn too...

nah, i am well to busy enjoyng myself to be bothered updating a blog for ye guys... however, i will create a site with some photos over the next while, just to tease yaz all a little :) ..
take it easy ,,... i know i will !!

Hi to Liamo as well.
Are you as blogtastic as Mr. Davey?

Padser,
Good to read the latest - see that you got to Billy C in Auckland.
My bro' is regaling me with tales of Ross Noble and Andy Hills (?) down in Melbourne as well.
You antipodean types indulging your comedy fetishes. Should be a law against it ;-)
News at this end is that Pete Edwards left last week, and Eugene is gone as of yy. Drinx last night in Dakota for Eug, but I missed it.
Other than that, it's shoulder/grindstone, shoulder/grindstone
shoulder/grindstone. Repeat to fade.
Over and out,
B

Nah paddy your wrong the longest palindrome is :

TATTARRATTAT is the longest palindrome in the Oxford English Dictionary 2nd edition (OED2). The OED2 is actually a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. Therefore it contains words like Tarrarrattat that are considered "nonce words". In fact, according to OED2 the word was only used once in the history of published literature by James Joyce in his 1921 novel Ulysses: "I knew his tattarrattat at the door."

or more aptly put by myself : "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZ"

paddy, your photo looks a bit like something from Star Trek :P

Good to see your still a gracious loser, padjo..... racecar, paddy, racecar..... let it go :)

Wow Dec, looks like all those months of french practice finally didn't pay off.. Viva la France.. Vive La France... sheesh.

who is this mysterious Scarlet Pimpernal? - Viva la france?

nah, Patrick Davey = nancy girl :P
he's also crap at pool but thinks he is great :) ..

and google is never wrong!!!

that means that the biggest pooftah in new zealand must be patrick davey junior. But i wonder is he also the biggest nancy boy in new zealand? would google say he is the biggest nancy boy in new zealand? the question is does "patrick davey = nancy boy"?

Did you know that if you search google for the biggest pooftah in new zealand you get this website? Well done Paddy
p.s. this posting will reinforce the linkage :)

IN reference to Dec's email...We can still swear on your message board though?? Damn censors..

Fatal Mistake Domhnall, for as long as I want eh.... Right, three months chez toi coming up ;) Seriously though, will get to Perth sometime for sure for sure, climbing and swimming with Dolphins sounds good to me (and snorkelling too!)

I will have a room for you here on your travels too by the way, for as long as you want. Will have a pool then too, and be 1 minute walk from the beach...

Kitesurfing is great - only problem is, gear is expensive, and noone hires it out cos the liability insurance is huge...people get in really nasty accidents involving getting dragged off the water onto roads, into trees, lose the kites, boards etc... and if you are travelling, having your own stuff is hard. Hence, I have gone back to windsurfing cos you can hire the stuff anywhere if you don't have your own!!! Going to climb seaside granite multipitch domes at Peak Head this weekend...I am excited!!!

Hey Paddy, can't wait to here how you get on kite-surfing...I did one day in Oz and was instantly hooked - I actually asked the guy could I buy the kite off him there and then! After calming doen a bit I went to a kitesurf shop and bought a starter kite - it's only 2 sq metres but on a windy day it can pull you round...I then started into the process of upgrading to bigger and better and scarier things...you'll never look back Padsers.

Yup, Oz is in the travel plans, as is Africa for sure - to see my parents in Uganda, and also maybe Asia - but that one depends on cash (as does pretty much everything else ;)

Crashage could be good, but I'm not planning on getting to Oz until Oct/Nov unless I get contract work..

Just a confirmation Patrick but if I do make it down under and you aren't living in the streets you are more than welcome to stay with me in Melbourne/Sydney (depending on where I am at the time) for as long as I am there. I should be there in April/May sometime if it all.

The offer is also open to any desperate/nymphomaniac women who might read this.

You might also want to get in contact with the auld boss and see if they can afford you for some contract work while there is stuff going on down there.

Where you planning on a visit to NZ's little sister? I didn't know Oz was in your travel plans.

Well that's enough out of me.

PS Aerial runway may be the correct term but you are still a pooftah :)

utter shite dec, search on google - ripslide - or rip slide turn up nuffink... Aerial runway is the number one hit for what it actually is (admittedly a scouting website)

And google is the source of all knowledge.

Thanks Domhnall for the PADI info.. reckon I might do the course here... supposedly seals are nice to swim with - and there are loads in Kaikoura..

glynn you are right... it's definitely a ripslide....

only a pooftah would call it an aerial runway... got to go now... my yoga class is starting in a few minutes...

actually as far as i know, Giant Matai trees love the taste of PEE!!! Also maybe it was just a fairly big Matai Tree??? (source: Greenpeace)

Thats not a bad price for your PADI - cheaper than here, and probably better thna the SE Asia ones, which as far as I can tell from the people I have met who have done it there, are crap! Caught a red lipped morwong today spear fishing - whoo hoo!!!

ok ok ok, it is true, I did piss on a very big tree that is true, however, I still refuse to admit that it was *necessarily* the Giant Matai Tree seeing as

a) it wasn't signed.
b) there were still markers leading into the bush.

and as for ripslide... well that's just rubbish as everyone knows - Aerial Runway it is.

Oh yeah, 'aerial runway' my arse. Dude, it's a ripslide. Aerial Runway is some poofty scouting term. Ripslide is the army/mans term. Dec, tell him.

What Patrick failed to mention was that he was busy urinating on a tree when I cried out to him 'DUDE! You're pissing on the Giant Matai tree'. Some people have no respect for history and/or the environment.

Have not gotten engaged Esther, no ;)

Hello you mad thing

How is thing, I was just speaking to Stephen Downey and he told me you also excaped from the scary world of Openet.

Well how is New Zealand. When did you leave Openet, and when did you head to the great down number.

Well I have not news love my new job and the fact that it is so much less traffic. Stephen was telling me about all the people that got engaged in Openet did you do anything mad like that or is just skipping the country the biggest step for now.

Well have to go now, hope to hear you are well

Esther

Ahh, haven't seen as good a photo of me in a long time!!

Hey Paddy, just got the link to this site - didn't actually read anything cos I didn't know where to start. Anyway I'll get the Coyler to give me your e-mail.

My cousin is a great host and is taking good care of us while we are visiting him here in NZ. Thanks Patrick!

Hi paddy. hope ur well in the antipodes.florida was gr8.don;t work 2 hard!cya e

Paddy, the Blog is deadly. All is well here in Mindgames...plans are afoot for the greatest mind control device mankind has ever seen...HA HA HA ...

Hey Paddy...have joined you in the southern hemisphere! spent the weekend on the beach in 38 degrees... too hot to climb, but the snorkelling was good! when you coming to visit???

Actually I thought they looked fairly Sheepish - Ba BOOM! :D

those sheep look fairly foxy... did you get to 'talk' to any of them?

DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY! DAVEY!

Well, Moany Bastard... thing is, I'm not too sure if I can reverse it for a start... and the thing is, if you do it that way, then you have to trawl through pages and pages to get to the place you want to be... see if you just keep up to date ;)

But yeah, my sister said the same thing.. sure if I get round to it I may make a reverso button! :)

Raining here today, first time in months.

Hey Patrick, just because you are on the other side of the world doesn't mean it is cool to make us read things upside-down. Any chance of reversing the order of the blog so we can read in a more logical manner.

Yer auld Pal in the big O.

Ahr, looks like you guys had a rocking weekend - the photos of Castle Hill look dead cool, and I'm jealous that I'm not over there enjoying the rock. We have a birthday boy here tommorrow, so just might get to a local climbing wall for a bit of authentic plastic rock climbing - I took them out for a bit of a swim on Balmoral beach, and a play on the local sandstone boulders but apparently they prefered the real thing. Sydney is a totally awesome place, and I'm pretty hyped about trying to get here after the year's up in New Zealand.

listen Declan, do you not mean meet rather than meat
...you're a dodgy bloke Declan

Put your message in here

Happy Christmas P! Don;t work too had now! Am off 2 florida soon (hee hee hee)-almost as nice as nz (well kinda). Sounds like ur having a superb time. Web log is gr8!back 2 boring ol thesis time 4 moi....cya!

Put your message in here
Paddy sounds like you're having a ball,
am deeply envious, hope you have a brilliant Christmas and talk to you in the New Year

Happy Christmas lad...will try and chat to y'all on New Year's Eve from the hut in Glendo! (it'll be my last time there for many a year, will miss it!)

Ahh Patrick, We miss you so.

Just posting to wish you a Happy Christmas/Hannukah or whatever religious festival you choose to celebrate.

Enjoy this years' end also.

Armin, how wonderfull to hear from you again. I took the liberty of checking what your IP address was (logged it this time). Funnily enough came out as 134.226.86.54. Which is weber.mee.tcd.ie
Looks like it's the Electronic engineering TCD lan to me!

And all the time I thought you were Armin from Germany! Almost had me fooled ;)

As for whether it'll be made available.. well you never know.. It's on a video though (VHS) so not sure how to get that into avi. Any ideas Armin (Declan) :D

will diese office skit video be made available to the public?

yours salivating,
Armin

Hey man, looks like the ol trip to NZ is treating you well. I wont mention the door to door sales though ;) Dont worry, I could'nt give away stuff door to door. Its true, I was in kerry before on a weeks fishing and usually we'd catch too much and offer it as a free-be to other people in the caravan park. Invariably we'd come back with more or less the same amount!
Anyway, keep on rockin!
Oh, on that note(shameless plug coming up) my band Joshua Lane is playing in Eamon Dorans Jan 1st. We're on at 10 but get there early to be suitably enebriated!
Plug over!
See ya!

hehehehehe, was wondering who'd be the first to say that :) should have known I guess!

QUITTER!!!!

It's 'Fush and Chups' dude, 'Fush and Chups'. Just as well you weren't employed in a takeaway ;)

I felt a bit sorry I guess. I employed Patrick, but well, it didn't work out so I fired him ;)

Never knew you'd changed your name Dec...

Hallo Patrick, I came across your website whilst parusing the internet. i have been enjoying your blog and the beautiful pictures. i am hoping to meat you some day. perhaps you will send me emails? my address is arminmeiwes@hotmail.com. I am German Rezident but i am hoping to visit New Zeeland to see where my favourite film the Lord of the Rings was filmed.

Dec, You only know what he was talking about 'cos you're a right wing mass mude....

I've said too much.. *they* might be watching.. :D

Probably are actually. Ahh well, good old land of the free eh.

As for the Sexie tour Ms. Anonymous poster.... yeah, yeah yeah Billys gonna be way better, plus by the time I'm going to see him Eddie will be but a distant memory (though I am still very jealous)

ah come on patrick... leave rummy alone... i know what he was talking about...

by the way, has anyone here heard about patrick and his sleepwalking?

*** EDDIE IZZARD

SEXIE TOUR

V COOL
V SEXY
V WAS THERE....... :)))

WAS BLOODY EXCELLENT!

Patrick
Ohhhh, I remember now- it is my turn. I'll get right on that!
Lanea

Patrick!!! I am so happy that you are off on this adventure! With any luck I will be headed down your way. I recommend going to Roterua (sp.?)for the mud baths...also check out how people cook their food in the vents, very cool! Bring a nose plug though. Hope all is well, take care-
Aleda

I like the moon!!! The on the edge castle hill article...wow!!! have you been there yet???

Liam - I did not steal the code (it'd be much better if I had :)

Lanea - hmm, if you say it's my turn to write!, Australia for Aleda sounds good though, good excuse to visit anyway ;)

Patrick!
The pictures are beautiful:) Sounds like you are having a great time in New Zealand and yes, I am a bit jealous. Have lots of fun and I will check in with you again soon to make sure all is well. Aleda says hi and she may move to Australia in a year!

-Lanea

ps. It is your turn to write next, right? :)

yo paddy,
how is hanging ? I see you finally figured out how to set on of these things up ! .. Where did ya rob the code from ;0) . I reckon you aint going to see Billy at all, i reckon you are going to compete with him !! .. you are a bloody Billy all by yourself sometimes :) ..

anyways, i will check in later with ya.

keep on smiling

Talk to you later

-Liam

Hey Patrick, was going to email (putting it off for as long as possible) but saw that you had so many messages on the board that I thought I would overload it for you.

Hope all is well over there, things are just super fun here at the moment.

Wish I was going to Billy in NZ!

Talk to you soon.

Well, will be going to see him
Performance: BILLY CONNOLLY
Date: SAT 13 MAR 2004 8.00PM
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTR
Section: SBA-2
Row: R
Seats: 6-7
Just incase you do want to... you know it'd be fun! could even do a road trip after maybe ;)

you ARE mad...so, billers in march...I shall have to see if I can meet you for that one!!! unlikely but possible...eddie izzard was on parkinson the other night in a rather fetching pink corset..hilarious