Ruth Farmer

English woman in New Zealand (doesn't have quite the same ring to it as Sting's version does it?!)

[Ruth Farmer @ruthf_]

@AucklandCDEM Thanks for the alert 👌🏼 is there any other source to get alerted. I’m keen to come off X but it’s the only place I get my emergency info currently

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@sarajcox I memorised the entire script for Wendy in our school production of Peter Pan & secretly hoped my friend playing her would get sick so I could have a go 🫣
Alas, I remained Lost Boy #4. Still, an upgrade from generic dancer/chorus every other year 😅

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@VanuatuDan ❤️‍🩹 I was there just over a year ago - such a beautiful place, sending love

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@marsthedestroyr @geonet Currently under assessment, check out the civil defence website (it could take 2 hours for it to reach NZ, if it is on its way)

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@sarajcox Last Christmas I was completely unaware that it would be the last one with my Dad ❤️‍🩹

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@feebeeam @sarajcox Yessss, not just me then 🙌🏼

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@sarajcox Oh and another one 🤦🏽‍♀️
Got out of the car at restaurant, friend says “I like your shoes”
I look down to admire them…… “which ones?!”…. 😱
I’ve got odd shoes on!! My lift had arrived whilst I was deciding between them and I’d panicked / left without picking a matching pair 😳

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@sarajcox First day as a paralegal in a swanky Sydney office, age 22. Back in the day of stamping pages with ink. Unbeknownst to me, ink splattered on my face & I only realised at lunchtime. Now I ALWAYS tell people if they have a little something to save them the same embarrassment 😳

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@sarajcox From Lancashire, walk into a pub in New Zealand. Know the bartender - we worked together 20+ years earlier!

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@sarajcox First night of my gap year, in Thailand, met some lads from my town of birth. Turns out one was born on the exact same day as me. My mum recalls there was only one other baby born that day!

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@sarajcox Oh I love these little coincidences.
I’m a Brit in NZ. At my first temp job over here, was chatting with a colleague who recognised my Northern accent. Turns out she & friends lived in London for a while & her mate is married to a guy from my school!

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@ThisisDavina I always felt unwell if I ever back-to-backed my pills. Bloated and sore tummy. But I’m sure it works fine for many others, worth a try anyway!

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@sarajcox “My ice cream smells funny, here, see what you think ”
Goes in for a sniff and gets a nose full of ice cream!
Thanks Auntie Barbara 🤭🍦

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@BindiIrwin @tigertracey14

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@VickyWebbo @SoVeryBritish I was hoping to find this here 👏

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@RichardHills_ Tonnes of people in the water at Takapuna yesterday, despite these signs 🤢

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@geonet A light shove of the bed in Orewa. I was wondering what it was when the alert came through! Sounds much stronger elsewhere, hopefully no more to come 🫣

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@DanielFaitaua I’m with you - absolutely content to let the bus driver tackle the traffic in rush hour 🚌

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@holliejsmith A humanity?

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@daihenwood Thanks for sharing Dai, I really admire your perspective on what you’ve been through and what’s to come. Lots of love to you and your family, who must be so proud 🥰