NZFF

Posted: **Mon May 18, 2009 4:40 pm**

I'm going to be spending 40 hours in a car this weekend for the 40 Hour Famine from 8pm Friday until 12pm Sunday. If anyone is keen to sponsor me (which would be greatly appreciated) you can do it online by going to www.famine.org.nz/zkvac. Are any other NZFFers doing it?

Posted: **Mon May 18, 2009 7:57 pm**

im goin up to aucks to 'live bush' for the 40 hr famine, not for sponsors or anything (though it is a good cause) i just like camping.

Posted: **Mon May 18, 2009 9:43 pm**

pilot.masman wrote:
QUOTE (pilot.masman @ May 18 2009, 07:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
im goin up to aucks to 'live bush'

lol that sounds like a bit of a contradiction.

I'm going to give up using facebook/internet in general for the weekend. I waste way too much time on both!

Posted: **Mon May 18, 2009 10:37 pm**

Trolly wrote:
QUOTE (Trolly @ May 18 2009, 09:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm going to give up using facebook/internet in general for the weekend. I waste way too much time on both!

Again?

Posted: **Mon May 18, 2009 11:49 pm**

dont we all. one of the reasons im goin bush. im a bit sick of the internet right not with so many 'haters' and stuff

Posted: **Tue May 19, 2009 12:02 am**

Me .. Have a different excuse 'not doing it' never have anyways .. I lost 4.5 kgs in two weeks thanks to a nice bitta flu ... i already look like a chap from Somalia !

Posted: **Tue May 19, 2009 12:22 am**

I may try 40 hours no Work??? How dose that sound?

, I will check my bank tomorrow and then see if I can give you some money!! Try and do my very small part

Posted: **Tue May 19, 2009 12:32 am**

dont worry ian, youll get it back

. darned flu is gettin everyone. im onto my second, my mum was in hostpital (not too sure if that was flu or food poisoning from the bayfair sushi (dont go there) )

Posted: **Tue May 19, 2009 11:08 am**

pilot.masman wrote:
QUOTE (pilot.masman @ May 19 2009, 12:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
the bayfair sushi (dont go there) )

i reckon,

ill give up flying and my motorbike for the weekend,

and the bike is alot harder to give up than it sounds

Posted: **Tue May 19, 2009 6:20 pm**

Was going to give up my cellphone and camera for it then realised "hell no Im off to aucks for a weekend of spotting" however the cellphones I can do cos" Im on holiday so work wont call anyway.

SQ

Posted: **Thu May 21, 2009 8:16 pm**

What the....wasn't the famine supposed to be going without food for X amount of time? They've slacked off a bit.....

Posted: **Thu May 21, 2009 8:27 pm**

I know

Posted: **Thu May 21, 2009 8:37 pm**

nah its giving up anything, the traditional way is food butthey realised theyd get more if they widened the market

Posted: **Thu May 21, 2009 10:23 pm**

A no-food famine is just one of the possibilities, not the only one. World Vision had to enable people that can't go without food for whatever reason (sport, eating disorders etc) to take part as well which is why they started other famines. It now means that we can think up original ideas (such as the car one) to try and get more sponsors, which has worked. The other person with me for the 40 hours has more than $500 worth of sponsorship.. Not bad.

Posted: **Fri May 22, 2009 12:58 am**

Do you remember Richard Hammond and James May spending 24 hours in a car ? It had been advertised as being "as comfortable as your lounge" so they put it to the test. The daytime bits were ok (just driving around), the eating bit was ok (drive thru's), but the bit where they had to use the absorbent gel filled bags that Richard had found somewhere .......

and that was only 24 hours !

Are you taking a break every couple of hours like they let the people who live on billboards to win stuff do ?

Gary

ps good luck going bush for the weekend pilot.masman - are you going to be camping in the paintball area up at Riverhead ?

Posted: **Fri May 22, 2009 1:12 am**

yea im actually taking a mate up and we are going to test our new gear

, 40 hours is just a test run compared to what i want to do in July

Posted: **Mon May 25, 2009 6:37 pm**

Chairman wrote:
QUOTE (Chairman @ May 22 2009, 12:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Do you remember Richard Hammond and James May spending 24 hours in a car ? It had been advertised as being "as comfortable as your lounge" so they put it to the test. The daytime bits were ok (just driving around), the eating bit was ok (drive thru's), but the bit where they had to use the absorbent gel filled bags that Richard had found somewhere ....... and that was only 24 hours !

Are you taking a break every couple of hours like they let the people who live on billboards to win stuff do ?

Gary

ps good luck going bush for the weekend pilot.masman - are you going to be camping in the paintball area up at Riverhead ?

Yep that's where the idea came from

We actually had some of those bags.. They work well but as you can imagine are a bit awkward.. The sacrifices we make aye?