On Thu May-25-2017 20:35, Paul Hayton (3:770/100) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 PH> On 05/24/17, Roger Nelson pondered and said...
 PH>  
 RN> I'm surviving thus far, but my desk chair is trying it's darndest to
 RN> disrupt that event.  One of its wheels keeps coming off when I least
 RN> expect it and if I happen to lean in the direction of the missing wheel,
 RN> this Roger is going to go crashing 2.5 feet to the wooden floor below. 
 RN> That should make quite a noise.

 PH> Just because 'Rodger' did lots of stunts during his illustrious
 PH> career. it doesn't mean you need to do the same :)

The only stunts I did when younger was drag racing and trying to stay out of
trouble.
 
PH> If you're dead set on dong some of those crazy things come and
 PH> visit me in New Zealand and I can introduce you to something they
 PH> call Bungy Jumping which was first commercially run here and the
 PH> tourists love it. It involves strapping a rubber cord to your legs
 PH> and jumping off a bridge. I'm sad to say I have done it during my
 PH> younger years - twice :)

I'll have to pass on that, but thanks for the offer.  We saw a bungy jumper
get killed in the Louisiana Superdome years ago.  Apparently someone didn't
measure the length from the top of the dome to the reinforced concrete floor
below correctly and the jumper was killed on impact.

As for coming to the north island, I understand landing at the Wellington
airport is a little dicey.  At least that's what I was told many years ago by
a fellow who lived there.  I also used to exchange mail with a fellow in the
south island who lived in Christchurch.


Regards,

Roger 
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