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<blockquote data-quote="Manda NZ" data-source="post: 641688" data-attributes="member: 129968"><p>- Include a photo here if you wish to.</p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10603387_845332088840460_9117431517105549048_n.jpg?oh=35e27a969aaa029b5870e4ddccdc1569&oe=54C97E3B&__gda__=1421450577_8220142ea6cfa48943f2fb990d21abdf" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>- What is your name?</p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><em>Hi I'm Manda </em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">- How old are you?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3">49 (or as I tell my kids 35+GST) </span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">- Are you male or female?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><em>Female </em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">- Which country are you from?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><em>Originally from the UK now live in NZ (the flag avatar might have given that away though) </em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">- Which city/area do you live in?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><em>I live rurally near a place called Rangiora which is just outside of Christchurch (the NZ version that has been plagued by earthquakes since 2011) on the South Island of New Zealand </em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">- Are you religious?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3"><em>Nope I'd say I'm more spiritual</em></span></span></span></p><p>- Pick three words to describe your personality.</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3"><em>Cheerful, Creative, Impulsive</em></span></span></span></p><p>- Do you have any pets?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">Yep...4 dogs, 6 cats, 4 forever sheep and there are unknown amounts of chickens that wander about (and other sheep and cattle that aren't pets if you know what I mean ahem)</span></span></span></em></p><p>- Microsoft or Apple?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">Microsoft</span></span></span></em></p><p>- Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play?</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3"><em>Archery ~ whole family is involved with archery. Hubby and I are both Level 1 coaches and hope to move on through the levels in the future.</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><em>Rugby .... the All Blacks when they do the haka makes the hairs o the back of my neck stand up (sorry I support the boys in black).</em></span></span></p><p>- Do you get angry easily?</p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">Nope not easily but when I do light the blue paper and stand well back lol! </span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">-</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000"> Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?</span></span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">Yep ...2 tattoo's so far on my back ...dragon themed (note I said so far).</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: rgb(89, 0, 179)">Piercings - Yep....ears 3 one side 4 the other, nose and tongue. </span></span></em></p><p>- List your five favourite musicians/bands.</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">Only 5!!! OK then...Foo fighters, Shapeshifter, Queens of the Stone Age, Adele, Mary Lambert.</span></span></span></em></p><p>- What would you say your favourite music genre is?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px">Pretty eclectic really...but I suppose if I was going to HAVE to choose it would be something rock(ish) like the Foo Fighters but it really depends on my mood. </span></span></span></em></p><p>- What is your favourite flag?</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/300px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">It has the Union Jack for my UK roots and the Southern Cross for my now home NZ </span></span></span></em></p><p>- Ever gone camping?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">Heaps...love it</span></span></span></em></p><p>- Ever been in love?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">Absolutely...my hubby and my kids </span></span></span></em></p><p>- Ever used fake tan?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">Nope</span></span></span></em></p><p>- Which countries have you visited?<em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px">France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Turkey ..NZ both Islands as lived on the North Island first...so much to see but I'll need to renew my passport if I want to leave the country now. </span></span></span></em></p><p>- Favourite city?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px">Ooo that's a hard one because I love different cities for different things...still standing ~ Rome...in ruins ~ Pompeii. </span></span></span></em></p><p>- List your five favourite TV programmes.<em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px">Home & Away, Shortland Street, George Clarkes Amazing Spaces, Sons of Anarchy, NCIS . </span></span></span></em></p><p>- List your five favourite films.</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px">Rocky Horror,Blazing Saddles, A beautiful Mind, Drop Dead Fred, The transporter. </span></span></span></em></p><p>- Are you wealthy?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px">Money? Nah comfortable though (and the reason why I don't have more tattoo's <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />)......friends and family...I'm as rich as I could be <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":joyful:" title="Joyful :joyful:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":joyful:" /> </span></span></span></em></p><p>- Do you work? If so, as what?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px">I'm a mental health nurse...been one for the last 31 years...love it! </span></span></span></em></p><p>- List the subjects you study/have studied.</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #5900b3"><span style="font-size: 12px">The usual school subjects (which was a long time ago). Currently I'm doing Maori cultural studies which is helpful with my job and I think I should know about the Maori culture as it's such a symbol of NZ </span></span></span></em></p><p>- What do you like most about yourself?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">My creativity...I love making cakes (the irony isn't lost on me believe me!) - although it's more to do with fondant....I think fondant is like plastercine for grown ups...don't like eating though (which is just as well really). I think I make a good friend, wife and mum. </span></span></span></em></p><p>- What do you like least about yourself?</p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">My ability to fall into rescuing people ...it's stupid and really annoying...and I really need to stop doing it but sometimes it happens before I realise it and then I have to work out a way of not doing it. I can do it at work just not in my personal life <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #5900b3">I can be miserable cow if I'm tired...fortunately for the world I don't get tired very often <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></span></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Manda NZ, post: 641688, member: 129968"] - Include a photo here if you wish to. [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10603387_845332088840460_9117431517105549048_n.jpg?oh=35e27a969aaa029b5870e4ddccdc1569&oe=54C97E3B&__gda__=1421450577_8220142ea6cfa48943f2fb990d21abdf[/IMG] - What is your name? [SIZE=3][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][I]Hi I'm Manda [/I][/COLOR][/FONT] - How old are you? [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3]49 (or as I tell my kids 35+GST) [/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - Are you male or female? [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][I]Female [/I][/COLOR][/FONT] - Which country are you from? [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][I]Originally from the UK now live in NZ (the flag avatar might have given that away though) [/I][/COLOR][/FONT] - Which city/area do you live in? [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][I]I live rurally near a place called Rangiora which is just outside of Christchurch (the NZ version that has been plagued by earthquakes since 2011) on the South Island of New Zealand [/I][/COLOR][/FONT] - Are you religious?[/SIZE] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3][I]Nope I'd say I'm more spiritual[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] - Pick three words to describe your personality. [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3][I]Cheerful, Creative, Impulsive[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] - Do you have any pets? [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]Yep...4 dogs, 6 cats, 4 forever sheep and there are unknown amounts of chickens that wander about (and other sheep and cattle that aren't pets if you know what I mean ahem)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] - Microsoft or Apple? [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]Microsoft[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] - Which sport(s) (if any) do you like/play? [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3][I]Archery ~ whole family is involved with archery. Hubby and I are both Level 1 coaches and hope to move on through the levels in the future.[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#5900b3][I]Rugby .... the All Blacks when they do the haka makes the hairs o the back of my neck stand up (sorry I support the boys in black).[/I][/COLOR][/FONT] - Do you get angry easily? [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=rgb(89, 0, 179)]Nope not easily but when I do light the blue paper and stand well back lol! [/COLOR][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=rgb(89, 0, 179)]-[/COLOR][/FONT][/I][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000] Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If so, where?[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=rgb(89, 0, 179)]Yep ...2 tattoo's so far on my back ...dragon themed (note I said so far). Piercings - Yep....ears 3 one side 4 the other, nose and tongue. [/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - List your five favourite musicians/bands. [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]Only 5!!! OK then...Foo fighters, Shapeshifter, Queens of the Stone Age, Adele, Mary Lambert.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] - What would you say your favourite music genre is? [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][SIZE=3]Pretty eclectic really...but I suppose if I was going to HAVE to choose it would be something rock(ish) like the Foo Fighters but it really depends on my mood. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - What is your favourite flag? [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/300px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png[/IMG] [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]It has the Union Jack for my UK roots and the Southern Cross for my now home NZ [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] - Ever gone camping? [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]Heaps...love it[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] - Ever been in love? [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]Absolutely...my hubby and my kids [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] - Ever used fake tan? [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]Nope[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] - Which countries have you visited?[I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][SIZE=3] France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Turkey ..NZ both Islands as lived on the North Island first...so much to see but I'll need to renew my passport if I want to leave the country now. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - Favourite city? [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][SIZE=3]Ooo that's a hard one because I love different cities for different things...still standing ~ Rome...in ruins ~ Pompeii. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - List your five favourite TV programmes.[I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][SIZE=3] Home & Away, Shortland Street, George Clarkes Amazing Spaces, Sons of Anarchy, NCIS . [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - List your five favourite films. [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][SIZE=3]Rocky Horror,Blazing Saddles, A beautiful Mind, Drop Dead Fred, The transporter. [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - Are you wealthy? [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][SIZE=3]Money? Nah comfortable though (and the reason why I don't have more tattoo's :p)......friends and family...I'm as rich as I could be :joyful: [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - Do you work? If so, as what? [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][SIZE=3]I'm a mental health nurse...been one for the last 31 years...love it! [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - List the subjects you study/have studied. [I][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#5900b3][SIZE=3]The usual school subjects (which was a long time ago). Currently I'm doing Maori cultural studies which is helpful with my job and I think I should know about the Maori culture as it's such a symbol of NZ [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] - What do you like most about yourself? [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]My creativity...I love making cakes (the irony isn't lost on me believe me!) - although it's more to do with fondant....I think fondant is like plastercine for grown ups...don't like eating though (which is just as well really). I think I make a good friend, wife and mum. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] - What do you like least about yourself? [I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#5900b3]My ability to fall into rescuing people ...it's stupid and really annoying...and I really need to stop doing it but sometimes it happens before I realise it and then I have to work out a way of not doing it. I can do it at work just not in my personal life :banghead: I can be miserable cow if I'm tired...fortunately for the world I don't get tired very often ;)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [/QUOTE]
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