I’ve come across some weird and wonderful people over the years. So much so, I often wonder if my life isn’t really just a Truman Show style experiment. I’ve come across far too many characters for it to be a random coincidence and often imagine that somewhere out there, two TV producers are high-fiving one another for a job well done. Perhaps I’m just a magnet for colourful characters, or maybe all these  colourful characters, wonderfully whacky and brilliantly bold people are simply meant to be fodder for great blog content. When I left home at 17, I picked the furthest point from my home town to relocate to, the aim was to be as far from home as possible yet still be in the same country. So naturally I ended up in Invercargill, having never been to the South Island before. From the moment I stepped off the train in my Waikato rugby jersey, I basically flew solo into a Wizard of Oz style tornado full also sorts of different people. I clearly wasn’t in Kansas anymore. I’m not sure where or how I first encountered Dave*, he kind of just appeared from nowhere and then continued to appear […]
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