Copper in your house!

[TiGeR]

A group of Zimboswere chattingin Capetown about the fact that 99.999999999 recurring % of zimbos from ALL economic, religious & ethnic backgrounds had at least ONE item of copper in their home...a fire guard, a clock or "I love Zim/ Rhodesia" etc type artifact in their home...anyone remember what you had in your home?


Ours was a Zim shaped copper shield with engraved/painted info (Vic Falls had the falls logo, Kariba had a tigerfish & the Dam etc) http://zimbo.bounceme.net/Forum/smileys/smiley36.gif

[biffon]

i'd have to say that you will have to refer to these copper lovers as Rhodies man.


zimbo's proper may have seen these artifacts in their parents or grandparents homes but i doubt anyone here has bought one themselves.

my parents had a copper map with the wartime "operations" labelled on them


what were they?


ah yes Thrasher, Hurricane ,Repulse, Tangent, Splinter and Grapple


http://www.stormfront.org/whitehistory/hwr56iv_files/Rhod_map.gif

[TiGeR]

You're right about THAT mate....NO copper in MY house! ha ha ha! Now come on the rest of yous...spill the beans!Edited by: TiGeR

[biffon]

i declare this forum a copper free zone!!

[FerrariSucks]

True, no copper in my house.


My parents had a clock in the shape of Africa with the Falls, Ruins, Mountains and some animals.


I do however have alot of wood carvings and some stone carvings. (anyone else)

[sally]

No cant say we had copper either, i think our generation has more taste?! I do have alot of stone and wood carvings, got to make my place feel a bit like home hey!!!

[FerrariSucks]

Who has a Zim flag in the house then?


I have one in the lounge. Full size proper flag with string and all.

[biffon]

i have two small Aussie flags in the spare bedroom, i think im over posters of naked chicks and flags on the walls.


We do however have two Big Chigure masks on the wall and a number of wood carvings, even some abstract zebra pictures in big frames -

[Greenballs]

I must admit that I have a copper 21st key (which would have been received 1996 I think). No other copper shit though- they were and are still ugly damn things. However, if you still want one go to Kingstons!! Do have a full sizeRhodie flag in my bar! As well as 2003 signed bats from SA, Aus& Zim! Into the sports memorabillia- got signed shirts from John 'the king' Eals as well as Zim suns shirts from the lads ('03) etc

[TiGeR]

Have a rugby shirt signed by Andre Watson after he reffed a St John's College Harare match at a world schools festival 2 yrs ago...have loads of SA rugby & cricket memorabilia (am mates with a few ex Boks from my playing days at uni. & now that i'm a provincial coach am getting to know a few of the future talents of SA rugger so should be able to help you guys score stuff in a few yrs time! Of course when i'm Bok coach you guys can all ask for ANYTHING! smileys/smiley36.gif

[chantillylace]

True and interesting story........


A Greek guy was moving toAthens just after independence andcame up with aningenius way of smuggling US dollars out ofthe country. He went toa coppershop inHarare to order a fireguard as a gift for his sister - as they did overseas deliveries. He told the guy he wanted to take two samples home so that his wife could help to make the final decision. When he got home he took the backing off the one and filled it with about 4 thousand US. When he got back to the showroom the following dayhe toldsalesman which one he had decided onand had them send it off. A few weeks later it arrived in Athens and his sister went to take the money out but it was not there. The guy went screaming round to the showroom to find out what had happened. The manager of the shop told him that the fireguard they had sent went directly from the factory as it was already packaged up and the one he had taken home was just the showroom display. The Greek asked if he could please purchase that one but unfortunately it had been sold a few days earlier as it was a very popular model and they had had no others in stock!


Somebody out there has a very valuable fireguard!

[TiGeR]

Like they say...lifes a BITCH![ (with respect to all the ladies in the house!)

[sally]

wow, when i go back to zim im going round to all the people i know who has those copper thing and im going to search for that cash!!! if that was me, i tell you now that i would be in tears!!!


I do have a zim full size flag, we put it up at the dubai 7s rugby, the falcon boys were playing and we thought we would do the right thing and support!! I alsohave a rhodie rugby jersey that i bought on line!!!

[Greenballs]

From Rhodesiawassuper Sally???


Got a signedJohn Eals shirt!! TheMan of Men!!!

[Greenballs]

Almost forgot to cuss there:


"Typical Greek!!!"

[sally]

hahaha, yes i did get it from there!!! its a good web site to buy all your zim things!!! i even bought the rex tar cd, i can never be bored of that guy!!! just cracks me up every time i hear him!!!smileys/smiley36.gif

[Greenballs]

Have bought a few things from there as well including a DVD of Rhodesia 1880- 1980. It's pretty good. Also some old Rhodie music- it's a long way to Mukambura...


Good site for books as well.

[sally]

you geek!!!

[Greenballs]

settle... getting in touch with my roots!!

[sally]

Almost forgot to cuss there:


"Typical Greek!!!"





just thought i would cuss to!!!

[Greenballs]

Bleak you called me a geek now!

[sally]

ahhh, i dont mean it!!

[Greenballs]

Dry your eyes... got ya!

[Poison]

I have a full size Zim flag in my room.

In our old placeflatting with Shayne and Adam our Dining room/computer room we had all sorts of Zim shit up. There were flags, Zim Cricket shirts and hats and anything to do with Zim. It was great..


But at the mo we have nothing up..

[sally]

you better start putting things back up again hey!!!