>Sheep were really hard hit... most sold off stock in the last 2 years... now there is not enought... good ol kiwi wooly is selling @$130/hd; and will for the next year or two until the breeding herds get the numbers up... price should be @$45/65hd... so you can see how bad it got...
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Wow. And to think my wife took her Angorra blouse and sweater and tossed them in the dryer. Now suitable for an infant - they would be worth a fortune!

>Roger on the grain for cattle... north island and the south were fine... just canterbury/marlborough which had the drought...
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Slight delay while he checks the map - got it.

>Rotorua (sp) is correct. Great place!!! Went up there a few weeks ago on a trip to Auckland (Yuck!!)... Last good steak stateside I had was in Hampton Roads, VA - Steves steak house... 22oz and worth every bite... last good steak I had here, well, was yesterday... lol...
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I hate you.

Interesting, your 'yuck' to Auckland. I would have applied it to Wellington :>)

>One of my apps was written for a major rural service company... I still know all of the field stock agents.. in the winter we go run the stock off the snowpeaks and down to the valleys... good fun that!!! once you get back down the station owner will put on a fine show of dinner... so, I get a 'discount' on the meat now... lol...
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Hey, do you chase them in helicopters? Huh, huh do ya? Gotta be great fun. Took the typical tourist trip around the mountain in Queenstown with a 'Nam vet in one and he scared the s**t out of me. I say "Isn't a bit windy today?". "Not a problem - just hang on." All flights that day were grounded 20 minutes after we fell out of the blasted thing.

>Your passport is in the bottom drawer...

Thanks. Now, can I pay off my credit card in this decade?