just thought I would mention that the weather down here in Hobart at the moment is monumentally ****e. I wanted to finish off my deck and shed this weekend but looks like I will be sitting by the fire and cooking instead. I can't imagine how you chaps in the North Island manage with hail stones the size of bull's testicles and wind and rain, when you are used to such glorious weather, or so the idiot box says.
Graz.
By the way I passed my 500th post, it's only taken me four years.
I must be a slow learner.