Lambrusco, Lamborghini and the Ark
It all seemed such a good idea. Like most of them. Following the 'Packers Concept' you always need more space to fit all the stuff that you don't need. The principle says that the space available is always filled, which is why my uncle came to New Zealand for a month with all his travelling necessities in a Sainsbury's carrier bag (and that is true)! We wanted a shed to put the grass cutter, alpaca food, gardening tools and bikes in. A lovely concrete floored, 'Napton - on - the -Hillesque' with a coffee machine and velvet lined walls could be built for us for a mere $54000. A little wooden thing could be sent to us from Timaru or Woodloes for $7000. It was a deal not to turn down. The hitch was that we had to have a big tractor with a front fork to get it off the truck and we had to put it together ourselves. Ali being a dab hand at diagnosing poliomyelitis and my enviable technique of getting a perfect x ray of an oblique mandible ...