s e v e n i s a j o u r n e y

We have mentioned our sheep-farming neighbor to the south, Stuart, before. He is a Character. He is also one of those people that apparently you get along with, or you Don’t. I though we were getting along well, and yesterday had a very amusing moment that confirmed the fact.

Phone rings….
“Hello?”
“Hi Stephen, Stuart here, how are you doing?”
“Fine”
“So, anyway, the clue is ‘Archemedies’, and it has six letters.”
“Eureka?”
“Yes! That’s it, thanks!”

Didn’t know he did crosswords. :)

Later that day I ran into him and the grocery store, and we blocked the onions for an hour while chatting. Discovered that he DOES have machine guns- and the licence to own them. He has a “special weapons exemption” gun licence, allowing him mavhine guns, assault weapons…. just about anything. Apparently there is an antique arms auction in Wellington this weekend, with a mint-condition M-60 (never fired) up for sale, along with some other toys. Too bad you need an E-class gun licence to even participate!

But, should civilization colapse and zombie-cannibals start coming over the ridge from Porirua (where else?), at least we are only a few hundred meters away from a friendly face with a basement full of guns!