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Soon to Depart these Shores

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August 21st 2007
A week and a half to wait till my belated OE eventuates. Am writing this as excitement builds for a likely-lads trip with three others to India touring the North Western parts on Enfield motorcycles. Am feeling a bit like a pincuishion at the mo but no lasting effects except the foaming at the mouth from rabies shots, but wait ... that´s my normal state according to my workmates whom I shall miss ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more