GOSSIP

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 437, 19 May 1992, Page 12

GOSSIP

"Oh, ye'll take the high road" "Hi Mum" "Hello dear, what have you been up to." "Oh, not much. We've just been for a drive up the mountain to take some photos of the sunset on the new snow." "Oh, that' s nice." "Yeah, it was great. Pinatubo has made for some fantastic shows with all that volcanic dust in the atmosphere. We tried out the new four wheel drive in the snow too, that was exciting." "Oh really? I hope you were careful. I want you to look after that daughter- in-law of mine and her baby. She hasn't got long to go you know." "Yeah, well it was OK , but we got a wee bit stuck. The road hadn't been graded and the car bellied on the snow and lifted the wheels up off the ground." "Oh." "It was no problem though, we knew we'd probably be able to get help." "Oh?" "Yeah, I tried to dig the car out with what was in the boot - the jack handle and a pair of secateurs. That didn't work and by this time it was getting a bit dark ..." "...getting dark!!! (cough cough splutter!!). Dear, she's eight month's pregnant!" "Yeah, I told her not to push too hard on the car when we tried to shift it." "F "I went and borrowed a shovel from the ski field blokes and dug it out in no time. Of course we still had to drive down the mountain so we were quite late." "I wish you wouldn't tell me these stories."