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    What happens when you don't say EXACTLY what you mean

    English can be very confusing at times... there instead of their, which instead of witch, your instead of you're... I could go on...

    We have just had another MAJOR storm hit NZ, exactly 28 days from the last one and coinciding with a King Tide. It again wreaked major damage around the country. I was intrigued by something i picked up about some cranes (birds) that had been blown down in a suburb of Auckland and were being attended to. Something like this...

    What happens when you don't say EXACTLY what you mean

    Being a lot less mobile than normal I asked a friend in the area who is a budding photographer and engineer, if they could get a photo for me. I told him where to go and he said he'd be happy to! Excellent I thought.

    This is what I got back... Apparently he came across this on the way and got confused... or something...

    What happens when you don't say EXACTLY what you mean
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    Re: What happens when you don't say EXACTLY what you mean

    Haaaa. Lovely. Perhaps he isn't as interested in wildlife and nature as you are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donald View Post
    Haaaa. Lovely. Perhaps he isn't as interested in wildlife and nature as you are.
    I agree, and a bit too much of the engineer too!

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    Re: What happens when you don't say EXACTLY what you mean

    I can see where the error might arise. Probably best to not ask for any pictures of Brown Boobies that might have been blown astray in the storms.

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    Yah!

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    Re: What happens when you don't say EXACTLY what you mean

    Funny.

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    Yeah, I don't get it ... Are you suggesting that's not a crane. Or disputing the fact that it was blown down in the storm? Perhaps it was overturned due to operator error?

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    HA!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!!! All three LOL!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by NorthernFocus View Post
    Yeah, I don't get it ... Are you suggesting that's not a crane. Or disputing the fact that it was blown down in the storm? Perhaps it was overturned due to operator error?
    Whaaaaat!

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    Looks like a brolga. Didn't know you had them in NZ.

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    Looks like a brolga. Didn't know you had them in NZ.

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