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Log
of S/V High Drama
No.13 Aotearoa: New Zealand
Land of the Long White Cloud
June 2002
G’day,
mates! Kia Ora!
Welcome back to the sailing
vessel High Drama. We are preparing to head to Fiji,
at last. Re-fitting High Drama has been a long
and arduous process. We will miss the down under land of quaint
things that differ from our customs: The light switches go down
to turn on, the drivers sit on the right side of the car and drive
on the left side of the road. The “pokey” is a gambling
machine in a bar, and “Good as Gold” is the word of the
day. When things are great, they are “Ticketty-Boo!”
As always, we enjoy hearing
from you. Please write
to us at:
or:
. Both we can receive by radio, even at sea.
Egg on my face!
In
the last rendition of the Log, this author praised the Maori Television
Network for hiring a well-qualified director over the objections
of militant Maoris who believed that the director should have some
Maori blood. John Davy, the man who was hired claimed to have a
master’s degree from Denver State University, a popular Internet
diploma mill that sounds quite close to the legitimate University
of Denver where my brother Tom attended school. Mr. Davy also claimed
an affiliation with the British Columbia Securities Commission,
but that organization never heard of him. Then he claimed that he
had been hired by the Commission “secret and confidential”
assignment. The local newspaper roasted Davy and the headhunting
firm that failed to screen his credentials. John Davy is now serving
an eight-month prison sentence for committing fraud on his resume.
Some Kiwis think that he has bled them enough by spending an $80,000
salary advance that he cannot repay and that he should be immediately
deported and not remain a guest of New Zealand any longer, even
in jail.
Morrisons Visit
Instead of a boat ride on High Drama, Mike
and Stacy Morrison got a hike in Shakespear Park. Ann and Mike are
pictured below.
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