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Cujo
August 25th, 2006, 10:33 PM
this is where I've been spending my weekdays for the last while, out in the middle of nowhere with no computer let alone internet conection.
Cujo
August 25th, 2006, 10:37 PM
now in this pic which is taken about 100 yards from where I'm working is showing the last 1/4 mile of the Canturbury plains before the mountains start.
Cujo
August 25th, 2006, 10:44 PM
now heres something that made me laugh...
Cujo
August 25th, 2006, 10:59 PM
and this is the house I've been working on. built in 1914 the concret was added later (and I had to cut off 1800lbs of it so we could get the weatherboards off). thats my boss in the shot with his chainsaw in the side of the pic.
Lord_Spike
August 26th, 2006, 06:11 AM
Damn, Cujo! That place is utterly Beautiful! It looks a lot like how I imagine Gondor would look, to me. I guess we can blame Peter Jackson for that. ;)
Shiningted
August 26th, 2006, 10:48 AM
Its pretty damn gorgeous.

For those who don't know, the entire CONTINENT of Australia has no mountains anywhere near as high as those in NZ (or the Solomons, or New Guinea...)
Cujo
August 26th, 2006, 06:59 PM
thats not to far away from where they filmed rohan - so maybe you're right cos gondor isn't to far from rohan either ;)
Lord_Spike
August 26th, 2006, 07:05 PM
http://www.timefold.com/brosimages/hallofrohan.jpg
Shiningted
August 27th, 2006, 10:47 AM
Off the top of my head, the description was a wall, a dike, and a hall with a thatched roof that seemed from afar to be gold.

NOT a stone fortress ;)
whatsername74
August 27th, 2006, 12:25 PM
Wow.

Can I come and hang out for a while?
Lord_Spike
August 27th, 2006, 08:36 PM
Off the top of my head, the description was a wall, a dike, and a hall with a thatched roof that seemed from afar to be gold.

NOT a stone fortress ;)

"...a great hall of men."

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.designertravel.co.nz/photos/edoras.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.designertravel.co.nz/1/overview/lotr.shtml&h=278&w=270&sz=19&tbnid=OG05jk_1x_-K6M:&tbnh=114&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dedoras&start=2&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=2

In case you like this better.
Shiningted
August 27th, 2006, 09:21 PM
Well yes, yes I do - I thought the set design for Edoras was excellent (though I didn't see the dike, if u take my meaning). Of course it should have been on a hill at the foot of the mountains, not out in the middle of the plain, but you work with what mother nature gives you.
Can I come and hang out for a while?make sure u have your rabies shots - Cujo is not a tame dog.
whatsername74
August 31st, 2006, 10:46 AM
:D I work at a day-care. Of course I have rabies shots XD
Lord_Spike
August 31st, 2006, 04:26 PM
You have 2 jobs? Or is one an occupation & the other a job...:blegh: One's all I can stomach.
Shiningted
August 31st, 2006, 09:43 PM
I also work with kids - i make sure THEY have their rabies shots :twisted: :evil_laug
Cujo
September 1st, 2006, 12:10 AM
well I just got back from another week out there. to be honest I didn't think those pics did it justice - I didn't even take then on a really good day.

@ whatsername74, sure you can come hang out, I promise I wont bite...

...unless you ask me to.
whatsername74
September 1st, 2006, 02:20 PM
well I just got back from another week out there. to be honest I didn't think those pics did it justice - I didn't even take then on a really good day.

@ whatsername74, sure you can come hang out, I promise I wont bite...

...unless you ask me to.

;)

Yes, I had two jobs, sort of. Burger king isall done now, now that school started , and the daycare is a family owned business which I frequently stop in and fill in at.