1 00:00:09,093 --> 00:00:11,972 Speaker 1: You're listening to a podcast from News Talk zed B. 2 00:00:12,373 --> 00:00:16,933 Speaker 1: Follow this and our Wide Ranger podcast now on iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:16,613 --> 00:00:18,013 Speaker 2: For those of us who have just tuned in at 4 00:00:18,012 --> 00:00:20,213 Speaker 2: one o'clock, because we get the whole audience come in 5 00:00:20,293 --> 00:00:22,892 Speaker 2: at this point. But mentioned at the at the twelve 6 00:00:22,893 --> 00:00:26,133 Speaker 2: o'clock that I had some news over the holiday, but 7 00:00:26,213 --> 00:00:30,132 Speaker 2: of a milestone, some lovely news, some lovely heartwarming stuff. 8 00:00:30,213 --> 00:00:33,693 Speaker 3: And apparently this lovely heart warming news that you wanted 9 00:00:33,693 --> 00:00:34,893 Speaker 3: to share has been spoiled. 10 00:00:35,293 --> 00:00:36,452 Speaker 4: Yeah, certainly has so. 11 00:00:36,773 --> 00:00:38,533 Speaker 2: I think it was one of the hosts over the 12 00:00:38,533 --> 00:00:40,533 Speaker 2: summer break, maybe Andrew Dickens. 13 00:00:40,732 --> 00:00:41,812 Speaker 4: Who's spilt the beans. 14 00:00:42,412 --> 00:00:44,572 Speaker 2: But the news is that after ten years of been 15 00:00:44,613 --> 00:00:46,772 Speaker 2: with my lovely partner, Mayve I can now call her 16 00:00:47,132 --> 00:00:50,333 Speaker 2: at my fiance, that I finally dropped a knee. 17 00:00:50,092 --> 00:00:52,772 Speaker 4: Dropped anew? Did you actually drop anee? I did actually 18 00:00:52,812 --> 00:00:54,053 Speaker 4: drop ane? Where did you drop it? 19 00:00:54,213 --> 00:00:56,173 Speaker 2: Up? In the Bay of Islands, in a beautiful place 20 00:00:56,213 --> 00:01:00,293 Speaker 2: called Papa Bay, nice and secluded beach. Now, so the setup, 21 00:01:00,293 --> 00:01:02,173 Speaker 2: I've been planning this for a couple of weeks and 22 00:01:03,053 --> 00:01:04,533 Speaker 2: got the ring. And I'll talk about that ring in 23 00:01:04,533 --> 00:01:07,053 Speaker 2: a minute. But when I got up there, I realized 24 00:01:07,093 --> 00:01:09,453 Speaker 2: I didn't actually know too much about the beaches in Northland, 25 00:01:09,533 --> 00:01:11,613 Speaker 2: so I just had to look at a map. She 26 00:01:11,893 --> 00:01:14,133 Speaker 2: found a bay that I thought they looked pretty secluded, 27 00:01:14,292 --> 00:01:16,133 Speaker 2: and hope to god it was a nice beach. 28 00:01:16,173 --> 00:01:17,413 Speaker 4: But she did. 29 00:01:17,453 --> 00:01:19,812 Speaker 3: She get annoyed at you because you were acting weird beforehand. 30 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,292 Speaker 3: Because I've heard a lot of mates of mine that 31 00:01:21,292 --> 00:01:25,133 Speaker 3: have about to ask their partner to marry them, and 32 00:01:25,133 --> 00:01:27,413 Speaker 3: then a huge barney fires off because you're being weird, 33 00:01:27,453 --> 00:01:29,453 Speaker 3: You're trying to make them go to a restaurant at 34 00:01:29,493 --> 00:01:32,452 Speaker 3: a certain time, you're acting odd. They assume you're angry 35 00:01:32,493 --> 00:01:34,372 Speaker 3: at them a whole lot, von and you can flare 36 00:01:34,493 --> 00:01:35,733 Speaker 3: up just before the beautiful moment. 37 00:01:36,173 --> 00:01:38,333 Speaker 2: Percent Yeah, yeah, that must be a common thing. Because 38 00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:40,253 Speaker 2: before we went to the beach and I just said, 39 00:01:40,292 --> 00:01:41,773 Speaker 2: I put on a shirt and she's like, why are 40 00:01:41,773 --> 00:01:43,893 Speaker 2: you wearing a shirt? We're going to the beach And I'm. 41 00:01:43,693 --> 00:01:45,853 Speaker 4: Like, you just put on something comfortable. She said, what 42 00:01:45,853 --> 00:01:48,253 Speaker 4: do you mean by comfortable? Join me to look good? Yeah, no, 43 00:01:48,453 --> 00:01:50,853 Speaker 4: just something comfortable. But I made it way more awkward 44 00:01:50,893 --> 00:01:51,533 Speaker 4: than it needed to be. 45 00:01:51,653 --> 00:01:53,013 Speaker 3: I wonder how many people have pulled out of the 46 00:01:53,093 --> 00:01:56,453 Speaker 3: engagement because of the pre engagement, Barney, because you're acting 47 00:01:56,453 --> 00:01:58,453 Speaker 3: odd and they assume something's going on. They accuse you 48 00:01:58,453 --> 00:02:00,133 Speaker 3: of geting on them or something flows up and you 49 00:02:00,133 --> 00:02:01,213 Speaker 3: don't do an engagement. But no. 50 00:02:01,373 --> 00:02:04,293 Speaker 2: But so anyway, we arrived at this beech beautiful and 51 00:02:04,373 --> 00:02:06,573 Speaker 2: had the dog there with us, so found a nice 52 00:02:06,613 --> 00:02:08,693 Speaker 2: little spot, got the towels laid out, and then I 53 00:02:08,693 --> 00:02:11,173 Speaker 2: said to me, can you just go into the ocean 54 00:02:11,213 --> 00:02:13,893 Speaker 2: with the dog just for five minutes, which I'd never 55 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:14,533 Speaker 2: normally say. 56 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:15,693 Speaker 4: So instantly she's like. 57 00:02:15,853 --> 00:02:17,572 Speaker 3: Can you go into the ocean with the dog? 58 00:02:17,693 --> 00:02:20,013 Speaker 2: Yeah? Just take take Pepper over there into the ocean 59 00:02:20,013 --> 00:02:21,693 Speaker 2: because she needs to swim. It's too hot for Pepper. 60 00:02:21,773 --> 00:02:24,692 Speaker 4: So she needed a weird thing, the how's going wrong 61 00:02:24,733 --> 00:02:25,252 Speaker 4: with you? Tyler? 62 00:02:25,493 --> 00:02:27,453 Speaker 2: Then I set up the little GoPro. So I brought 63 00:02:27,453 --> 00:02:30,653 Speaker 2: the GoPro out of storage and set that up just fine, 64 00:02:30,893 --> 00:02:32,333 Speaker 2: just behind the towels. 65 00:02:32,293 --> 00:02:34,373 Speaker 4: And got the angle just right. But of course she 66 00:02:34,453 --> 00:02:35,013 Speaker 4: turned around. 67 00:02:35,013 --> 00:02:37,412 Speaker 2: It's just like, okay, I see what's going on here, 68 00:02:37,613 --> 00:02:39,573 Speaker 2: So she knew by that point, and then I had 69 00:02:39,573 --> 00:02:41,613 Speaker 2: to call lou back up and got the dog to 70 00:02:41,613 --> 00:02:44,612 Speaker 2: sit down, and then awkwardly dropped. 71 00:02:44,293 --> 00:02:47,013 Speaker 4: The knee stumbled with the ring. The ring fell out 72 00:02:47,053 --> 00:02:48,252 Speaker 4: of my hand at one point and I had to 73 00:02:48,252 --> 00:02:51,493 Speaker 4: pick it back up. But she was crying then laughing. 74 00:02:51,733 --> 00:02:54,133 Speaker 4: She said, I don't care about Yes, yes, she said, 75 00:02:54,133 --> 00:02:55,053 Speaker 4: I don't care about the ring. 76 00:02:55,173 --> 00:02:55,533 Speaker 3: Lovely. 77 00:02:56,093 --> 00:02:58,773 Speaker 2: But about two minutes after that, without a word of 78 00:02:58,813 --> 00:03:02,013 Speaker 2: a lie, Pepper jumped back up, ran down the beach, 79 00:03:02,173 --> 00:03:05,252 Speaker 2: and in front of a lovely family enjoying enjoying a 80 00:03:05,333 --> 00:03:08,093 Speaker 2: nice down the beach, did a massive dump on the beach. 81 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:11,413 Speaker 2: It happen, that will happen so apart from that, super smooth. 82 00:03:11,532 --> 00:03:13,213 Speaker 4: But oh yeah, it's great. 83 00:03:13,252 --> 00:03:15,093 Speaker 3: It's great that it was so lovely. I mean, if 84 00:03:15,093 --> 00:03:17,653 Speaker 3: I put down a blankey and set up a go pro, 85 00:03:18,173 --> 00:03:20,693 Speaker 3: I think my partner would think something else was happening. 86 00:03:20,773 --> 00:03:21,173 Speaker 3: I don't know. 87 00:03:22,933 --> 00:03:24,373 Speaker 4: It was a nice speech. You'll go to say it 88 00:03:24,493 --> 00:03:25,893 Speaker 4: very romantic, beautiful. 89 00:03:25,893 --> 00:03:28,213 Speaker 3: Well congratulations and it only took you ten years, but 90 00:03:28,213 --> 00:03:31,093 Speaker 3: but that's that's very very good. Congratulations, Thank you, Tom, 91 00:03:31,173 --> 00:03:34,293 Speaker 3: well done and bless you. And she's a lovely lady 92 00:03:34,333 --> 00:03:35,933 Speaker 3: and you're a good guy. So I think it's going 93 00:03:36,013 --> 00:03:38,013 Speaker 3: to be it's going to be a great thing. 94 00:03:38,093 --> 00:03:39,093 Speaker 4: We've got a bright future. 95 00:03:39,133 --> 00:03:40,973 Speaker 2: But I did mention the ring and well, actually want 96 00:03:41,013 --> 00:03:43,293 Speaker 2: to even talk about this after three o'clock. Is that 97 00:03:43,493 --> 00:03:45,933 Speaker 2: I went for what you call a placeholder ring. So 98 00:03:45,973 --> 00:03:49,413 Speaker 2: the ring that I actually purchased was it looks good, 99 00:03:50,013 --> 00:03:52,773 Speaker 2: but it's not real. You know, it's it's not proper 100 00:03:52,853 --> 00:03:56,453 Speaker 2: gold ring, the Burger ring or pretty close to it. Actually, 101 00:03:57,093 --> 00:03:59,853 Speaker 2: it's it's tinted with gold, so it's going to you know, 102 00:03:59,893 --> 00:04:01,773 Speaker 2: it's going to rub off pretty easy. And the rock 103 00:04:01,933 --> 00:04:04,613 Speaker 2: is just a cubic zarconia. So it was a couple 104 00:04:04,693 --> 00:04:07,933 Speaker 2: hundred bucks. But the point of the placeholder ring is 105 00:04:07,973 --> 00:04:11,053 Speaker 2: that I'm terrible when it comes to buying rings. I've 106 00:04:11,093 --> 00:04:13,693 Speaker 2: got no idea what maybe is into. So I figured 107 00:04:13,733 --> 00:04:15,693 Speaker 2: I'll just get this so it's nice for the pictures, 108 00:04:15,813 --> 00:04:18,333 Speaker 2: and then me and her can go and buy something 109 00:04:18,373 --> 00:04:19,293 Speaker 2: that she'll actually like. 110 00:04:19,693 --> 00:04:21,452 Speaker 4: But her aunties. So just said, I've never heard of 111 00:04:21,493 --> 00:04:23,933 Speaker 4: that before. Why didn't you just do what normal people 112 00:04:23,933 --> 00:04:25,933 Speaker 4: do and buy a proper ring to start off with? 113 00:04:26,253 --> 00:04:30,733 Speaker 3: The thing is right in my relation, for example, she 114 00:04:30,933 --> 00:04:33,733 Speaker 3: knows everything about what stylish and what looks good like. 115 00:04:33,813 --> 00:04:36,413 Speaker 3: She'll put on My partner will put on a dress 116 00:04:36,413 --> 00:04:38,453 Speaker 3: and come out and say, what do you think and 117 00:04:38,493 --> 00:04:40,133 Speaker 3: then whatever I say it doesn't matter because I don't 118 00:04:40,133 --> 00:04:41,613 Speaker 3: I'm not qualified to really comment. 119 00:04:41,453 --> 00:04:42,733 Speaker 4: Right, spot of is what I know? 120 00:04:42,813 --> 00:04:47,013 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, she knows what's she knows what's sesthetically pleasing. 121 00:04:47,053 --> 00:04:48,293 Speaker 4: Yeah, she's a style expert. 122 00:04:48,333 --> 00:04:51,333 Speaker 3: So it's a huge problem to spend I don't know 123 00:04:51,373 --> 00:04:53,733 Speaker 3: what what did you spend on? What do you planning 124 00:04:53,733 --> 00:04:54,253 Speaker 3: to spin on the ring? 125 00:04:54,253 --> 00:04:54,373 Speaker 1: Now? 126 00:04:54,373 --> 00:04:56,293 Speaker 3: I don't know, but you know, let's just spend thousands 127 00:04:56,333 --> 00:04:58,973 Speaker 3: and thousands and it's not the right thing. Yeah, it 128 00:04:59,013 --> 00:05:01,453 Speaker 3: seems to make perfect sense to have a placeholder. 129 00:05:01,013 --> 00:05:02,253 Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, that's what I would have thought. 130 00:05:02,333 --> 00:05:04,053 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you want to marry someone that doesn't look 131 00:05:04,053 --> 00:05:07,453 Speaker 3: at the ring? Yes, very true, because if they say 132 00:05:07,533 --> 00:05:08,933 Speaker 3: yes before they look at the ring, you don't want 133 00:05:08,973 --> 00:05:11,373 Speaker 3: someone to look at the ring put a picture on 134 00:05:11,413 --> 00:05:12,493 Speaker 3: Instagram in the insight years? 135 00:05:12,533 --> 00:05:15,253 Speaker 1: Is that a real rock? Here for more from News 136 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:18,453 Speaker 1: Talk st B. Listen live on air or online, and 137 00:05:18,653 --> 00:05:20,973 Speaker 1: keep our shows with you wherever you go with our 138 00:05:21,013 --> 00:05:22,773 Speaker 1: podcasts on iHeartRadio.