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Thread ID: 145996 2018-03-27 20:52:00 Ardern in for sticky ride...How naive can you get ? Terry Porritt (14) PC World Chat
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1447758 2018-03-28 07:00:00 Too late the bed has been overturned and they were exposed and found wanting

The only reason I can think of to send a spy, of any nationality, to NZ is for a bit of R&R. :)

There is nothing they don’t already know about us that’s worth knowing. :D
B.M. (505)
1447759 2018-03-28 07:01:00 I think they come for Tip Top ice cream and of course our pies gary67 (56)
1447760 2018-03-28 07:07:00 I think they come for Tip Top ice cream and of course our pies

And Pavlova testing. ;)
B.M. (505)
1447761 2018-03-28 07:21:00 DSIR for example was wide open, people could walk in off the street and into laboratories unanounced, no gateman, no security.

Can’t argue with that. :D

My dear old Aunt, who I liked to stay with as a kid, was a cleaner there.

Ballpoint Pens were a bit of a novelty back then and I used to score plenty out of the rubbish bins, get them working, and swap them for marbles at school.

A Ballpoint pen was worth a couple of “Steelies” if my memory serves me correctly. :)
B.M. (505)
1447762 2018-03-28 10:52:00 I think they come for [...] our pies

They must have heard how tasty our pies are in espionage/counter espionage circles ... after one of our own spies left his brief case on a park bench somewhere in Wellington. When opened, the brief case was found to contain ... a copy of Playboy - and a cold pork pie.

Does anyone else remember this - mid 60s I think? :lol:
WalOne (4202)
1447763 2018-03-28 17:37:00 They must have heard how tasty our pies are in espionage/counter espionage circles ... after one of our own spies left his brief case on a park bench somewhere in Wellington. When opened, the brief case was found to contain ... a copy of Playboy - and a cold pork pie.

Does anyone else remember this - mid 60s I think? :lol:

There has been a number Wal. :)

Light reading HERE (www.nzherald.co.nz)
B.M. (505)
1447764 2018-03-28 19:06:00 They must have heard how tasty our pies are in espionage/counter espionage circles ... after one of our own spies left his brief case on a park bench somewhere in Wellington. When opened, the brief case was found to contain ... a copy of Playboy - and a cold pork pie.

Does anyone else remember this - mid 60s I think? :lol:

Wasn't that the case of the Spy and the Pie? Would make a great film title
gary67 (56)
1447765 2018-03-29 02:30:00 What? I thought they were all over here scouting to take over to get away from a nuclear war the_bogan (9949)
1447766 2018-03-29 02:49:00 French spies have been more an issue than Ruskies :(
Where were our 'friends' during that ?

Chinese spies: more interested in getting some info before trade deals or to help out Ch companies doing a deals with NZ companies .
Aus spies : stealing our Pav recipe and plans for our secret Butter Satellite
1101 (13337)
1447767 2018-03-29 20:49:00 The police did a great job tracking the Frog terrorists, just a pity as you say that our so-called friends could only offer wet bus tickest to an island paradise for those caught. It was disgraceful. A sad day when embarrasing international politics over rode our laws. Yet again we kow-towed. Terry Porritt (14)
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