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Yes – I’ve discovered a black hole just down the way at Muriwai Beach… Yeah, I’ve got to get back there soon and get a hell of a lot closer – see what’s really going on. Hard to get a sense of perspective, but that hole is at least a couple of metres across and shooting geysers 3-4 metres high. Someone fell in a couple of months ago (epic fail!) and was lucky to be alive by the time rescue was able to get to him.
Thirteen used to be my lucky lucky number, ever since I was 7 and put a dime on the wheel at a church bazaar and it won - and I walked away with a cool $1.30 which was a considerable amount when you think a Nestlé's Crunch Bar cost five cents.
But I've got to rethink it... this year's been crap - troubles, illness, heartbreak... I'm half thinking those half-crazed Mayans might have been half right - though I don't half know about what.
Taking suggestions for sure-fire cures for angst, ennui, hospital stays, strict diets and other people. And any other good advice is always welcome.
Didn't get the palomino I was hoping for in 2012, definitely no Nestle's Crunch in 2013. What do I want from this year??? From the OTHER half of this year...
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Please post follow up…
Lindy Lee
31/10/2012 at 12:25 am
Hi Lindy – I’d love to! Would you like more on the black hole or the hapless sod that fell in?
Titirangi Storyteller
01/11/2012 at 6:31 am
Tee! Hee! Both…
Lindy Lee
01/11/2012 at 2:45 pm
all in good time…
Titirangi Storyteller
01/11/2012 at 3:22 pm
Not too close though !!
Helen Cherry
05/11/2012 at 12:35 am
Another one fell in yesterday! He was fishing and fell in. Fortunately, his companion was able to lower his fishing pole down and he grabbed it and was able to get out. Just in time as there was a massive wave that geysered 4-5 metres high that would have bashed him to his death, just after. The last luckless sod died.
So the Council is going to water blast the rocks (which are covered with sea goo) and put up signs… sad that people can be that stupid… it’s obviously bloody dangerous. If you don’t fall in from leaning over, a geyser could knock you in, and if it doesn’t the receding waters in the image above can make you slip and fall and drag you in… Oi!
I’m going to go back in a few weeks. Hopefully gannet hatchlings will be plentiful then, too…
Titirangi Storyteller
05/11/2012 at 9:41 am
This is intriguing. But why do people have to be so stupid?
poietes
20/12/2012 at 9:15 am
they just can’t help it, I guess… That said, I’ve a tendency to be a bit reckless which scare the bejesus out of my very safety conscious husband… but I would NOT go for a walk on that big rock at high tide! Low tide might be another story…
Titirangi Storyteller
28/12/2012 at 12:24 pm
Once I climbed onto some rocks abutting some falls on a trail because I wanted to get a good shot. My family was aghast, but I got the picture I wanted.
poietes
28/12/2012 at 1:49 pm
Exactly – I don’t know where the line is though between taking a calculated risk to achieving the desired outcome and being a complete idiot… However, I have managed to stay out of the idiot zone, at least most of the time…
Titirangi Storyteller
28/12/2012 at 2:00 pm
When I did it, it didn’t occur to me that it might be dangerous. I was certain I could do it without incurring any injury, and I did. Of course, I was lots more agile then . . .
poietes
28/12/2012 at 4:34 pm
Oh the things we did back when we could do them!
Titirangi Storyteller
28/12/2012 at 7:11 pm