Crazy house-truck chick gets moved... [Archive]

Colapop

29th January 2009, 07:47

The operation started at 5 this morning when 2 police officers, a council officer and 2 tow trucks turned up to finally move the woman who lives in her house truck opposite our building site. Living in your house truck isn't illegal until you decide you have an issue with local gubbermint, central gubbermint and anyone else who wears a uniform. She has been parked across from work (back of Vic uni/Wgtn central railway station) since around about Spetember. She hasn't paid for parking, registration or warrant of fitness since then either. So they've decided to tow her truck and kick her out. She has decided they will not move her from inside her wagon...

We're at the point now where the pollies, towies and council guy are helping to unpack her belongings from the truck. She has just emerged from the truck...

Laava

29th January 2009, 07:52

pics, we want pics!

MsKABC

29th January 2009, 08:01

I saw her on telly last year, and she looked like a right cuckoo. Glad they are booting her out!

Colapop

29th January 2009, 08:12

Yeah she's a froot loop alrighty. No arrests, no struggle though. She's just moved to the space between the cafe and the building next door. Went and had a yarn to the towies - they're pissed off coz they've been there since 5 and have missed heaps of other tows! The only thing to see is people milling about doing sweet FA... A bit of an anti-climax really

ManDownUnder

29th January 2009, 08:56

The only thing to see is people milling about doing sweet FA... A bit of an anti-climax really

aaa so the Council is organising it then...

UberRhys

29th January 2009, 09:20

The only thing to see is people milling about doing sweet FA... A bit of an anti-climax really

aaa so the Council is organising it then...

Teehee... :rofl:

Bloody beuracrats... Sometimes ruling with an iron fist is what is needed... :kick::brick::bash:

Big Dave

29th January 2009, 09:21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1CjbcqhGyU

Colapop

29th January 2009, 09:26

They ran out of cones and wanted to borrow ours!!

Beemer

29th January 2009, 09:31

About bloody time too! When I worked on a paper in Wellington there was this woman who was on a 10-minute free parking zone for 11 minutes and got ticketed, and yet this loopy cow has been there for ages, during some of the busiest periods in Wellington, and nothing happened! They should have towed her away the following day or arrested her. Why the hell should Wellington have to put up with a loony like her - it has enough in Parliament anyway!

Hitcher

29th January 2009, 09:40

Her old Morrie on the trailer is probably worth a bit.

Clockwork

29th January 2009, 09:51

... had a yarn to the towies - they're pissed off coz they've been there since 5 and have missed heaps of other tows!

Poor buggers.

idb

29th January 2009, 09:56

She sounds lovely...

Tank

29th January 2009, 09:59

wouldnt a box of matches been quicker, cheaper solution, and made a better pic?

Colapop

29th January 2009, 10:03

She's now set up camp on the footpath around the corner. She's good friends with John Minto so I'm hoping he turns up at some stage...

Mikkel

29th January 2009, 10:06

wouldnt a box of matches been quicker, cheaper solution, and made a better pic?

We missed an oppotunity at Guy Fawkes. Would have been a better response time too if she has indeed been sitting there since September.

Beemer

29th January 2009, 10:17

She's now set up camp on the footpath around the corner. She's good friends with John Minto so I'm hoping he turns up at some stage...

Oh great, he'll turn it into a human rights issue and probably blame the trouble in Gaza for her plight. I say throw both of them in the van and torch it. I'll even supply the matches!

Headbanger

29th January 2009, 10:51

Power to the people.

Woof woof.

SARGE

29th January 2009, 11:07

Wow.. Feel the love here people ..

I dont know the story but it seems like what we have here is a homeless lady with obvious mental issues..alzheimers, dementia..

Right... Burn the bitch out.. She deserves it..

Hopefully that will teach people to conform and not be different or homeless and mentally ill..

Glad im in Auckland

20,000 mles away right now.. my dad is suffering from Vascular Dementia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-infarct_dementia) and is deteriorating fast..used to be strong, cunning and funny.. now he sits in his wheelchair and shits all over himself..

if someone tried to toss him out on his ass they would have a problem shaped like a pissed off 260 pound gorilla with an axe

Colapop

29th January 2009, 11:35

Mikkel

29th January 2009, 11:40

the Coalition for Action Against the Fascist Government

WTF? There is such a thing? :lol:

Hell, now I am really laughing. Unlike the nanny state fascists actually get shit done - if anything it's their only endearing trait.

SARGE

29th January 2009, 11:45

She does not have a dianosed form of mental illness. She has been asked that question. She does have an alternate place to live and has a registered address in Otaki. She chose to move her house truck to the location it was parked to deliberately cause an issue with the council. All they've done is abide by the bylaws passed democratically. There are those that are genuinely mentally ill and need all the assistance that can be offered but there are those whose objective in life is to garner any attention they can to their cause by creating an issue then trying to defend it. As in this case. She's had the Coalition for Action Against the Fascist Government (or some organisation) visit her already. There are those that will complain because they have nothing to complain about

yea... undiagnosed mental illnesses are the worst.. i suffer from a dose of PTSD myself and it wasn't diagnosed until recently (everyone around me just thought i was a dick).. just sat in there since the mid-80's and festered..so until diagnosed .. you cant tell anyone you have bi-polar, schizophrenia, paranoia etc..

sounds like the only uniform the Coalition for Action Against the Fascist Government needs is a tinfoil hat and a pair of jandals

Hitcher

29th January 2009, 12:13

What's the betting that this nonsense is all over the TV news tonight and that talkback radio will be full of it for a day or so.

Beemer

29th January 2009, 14:09

What's the betting that this nonsense is all over the TV news tonight and that talkback radio will be full of it for a day or so.

Yes, I bet you're right.

Sarge, if you think I am advocating ripping into people with a genuine mental illness (rather than just people who are a few tinnies short of a six pack) then you don't know me very well at all. This woman is a John Minto in the making - she doesn't like the government so she deliberately parked there to make a statement. She has been asked to leave and refused. She does not have a mental illness (although I will argue she is nuts) and if she did, someone would hopefully have removed her by now and given her the medical treatment she needed.

Hell, she's probably a bloody vegetarian too!

ManDownUnder

29th January 2009, 14:16

She's now set up camp on the footpath around the corner. She's good friends with John Minto so I'm hoping he turns up at some stage...

Don't be silly - he's so committed to the Gaza issue he's probably bought himself tickets to follow the tennis tour to show the Israeli player he's willing to make a financial committment to getting things changed - and asking her to do the same...

Putting his money on the line -putting up like he always does....

Maha

29th January 2009, 14:24

She's now set up camp on the footpath around the corner. She's good friends with John Minto so I'm hoping he turns up at some stage...

He was at Auckland Airport on the 24th, maybe he's Wellington under cover as a Council Worker???

Colapop

29th January 2009, 14:43

She has moved on.... but left all her shit behind. To care for her crap while she's gone she has what looks like a "rent-a-activist" complete with dyed hair, spotty complexion, surly look on it's face and a crochet blanky...

SARGE

29th January 2009, 15:42

Sarge, This woman is a John Minto in the making - she doesn't like the government so she deliberately parked there to make a statement.

like i said.. severely mentally ill

sorry all.. from the picture she looked like some old fruitcake granny

flustered old folks are a weak point for me.

can someone let me know when this Minto fella is gonna be in Auckland.. i'd really like to meat him

Str8 Jacket

29th January 2009, 15:46

i'd really like to meat him

What if he's a vegetarian? :confused:

wbks

29th January 2009, 15:49

Sarge it's obviously hard to tell when this is all we have to go on, so your guess is as good as mine, but it sounds like she's just a batty old bitch. I know plenty of grouchy, slightly nutty behaving old people but it doesn't mean they have a mental ilness onsetting. TWN, sarge?

Colapop

29th January 2009, 15:54

She's been pretty chirpy all the times I've seen her. I think she just wants to make a point of something (anything) to be noticed.

SARGE

29th January 2009, 15:58

What if he's a vegetarian? :confused:

that wasnt a misspelling...

SARGE

29th January 2009, 15:59

TWN, sarge?

whats a TWN?

wbks

29th January 2009, 16:04

Just a variation of PTSD I've heard of specific to people involved in conflicts i.e a soldier or someone living in London through the 1940's for instance... But you said you only played tuba so that would have to be one hell of a band practice to give you the condition! hahahaha

SARGE

29th January 2009, 16:06

Just a variation of PTSD I've heard of specific in particular to people in conflicts i.e a soldier or someone living in london in the 1940's for instance... But you said you only played tuba so that would have to be one hell of a band practice to give you the condition! hahahaha

yea.. carrying around that Tuba was a motherfucker

Sollyboy

29th January 2009, 16:48

I feel sorry for her , where does she go ? NZ used to look after people like this and she would have somewhere to go , a lot of what i see on the street is something society should be ashamed of

Manxman

29th January 2009, 21:15

She's now set up camp on the footpath around the corner. She's good friends with John Minto so I'm hoping he turns up at some stage...

Give me a shout when he does, and I'll pop over with me baseball bat.:whistle:

nudemetalz

29th January 2009, 21:31

I reckon a 7.62 x 39 would sort him out just as easily.

Beemer

29th January 2009, 21:44

I feel sorry for her , where does she go ? NZ used to look after people like this and she would have somewhere to go , a lot of what i see on the street is something society should be ashamed of

As mentioned by someone earlier, she DOES have somewhere to go, she just chooses to be a pain in the arse in Wellington. I bet she still manages to draw her benefit money though...:2guns:

davereid

30th January 2009, 06:58

According to Stuff

"The council has issued written warnings saying it is illegal to camp on a city street, but Ms Graham has refused to acknowledge the council as a legitimate authority.....Ms Graham was given two hours to remove her possessions including suitcases and cardboard boxes on to the Stout St pavement, where she remained last night, sitting on a cushion and covered by a tarpaulin..."

They would appear to have failed if their goal was to stop her camping. She will now be camping, just without the protection of her vehicle.

No doubt if she is attacked or dies of exposure it will cause ratepayers another headache.

bungbung

30th January 2009, 07:46

Council citizen engagement director Wendy Walker said the situation was far from ideal.

"We don't want Jennifer to live on the street. We are very concerned for her wellbeing. However, the central city is not the place for people to commandeer a number of parking spaces and set up semi-permanent camp."

Council offers to make the housetruck roadworthy and have it warranted and registered, as long as she stopped camping in a public place, had been rejected. Accommodation with the council-funded Downtown Community Ministry was also refused.

It would appear that it's all about the protest

Finn

30th January 2009, 07:55

NZ used to look after people like this and she would have somewhere to go , a lot of what i see on the street is something society should be ashamed of

What you see on the street is choice. Stop giving them money and handouts and they'll soon have to get of their fat useless arses and try working for a living. Scum.

Think before you post. The socialists days are over kid.

Str8 Jacket

30th January 2009, 07:57

Think before you post. The socialists days are over kid.

Some people still have their heads stuck in the sand. I sincerely hope that nothing ever goes so bad for you that you lose everything, including your mind. Karma can be a bitch sometimes.

Finn

30th January 2009, 08:06

I sincerely hope that nothing ever goes so bad for you that you lose everything, including your mind. Karma can be a bitch sometimes.

Well 2008 wasn't exactly rosy and I think caviar will be off the menu this year. Regardless of how bad it gets, I can't see myself becoming a full time motorhomer living off the state and being a public nuisance.

Simple - You've got 2 choices in life. Fight or give up. The later is very easy in NZ.

portokiwi

30th January 2009, 08:07

:jerry: She wont be toooo happy if it rains

Str8 Jacket

30th January 2009, 08:08

Simple - You've got 2 choices in life. Fight or give up. The later is very easy in NZ.

Unfortunately some people need a bit of help not to give up. Life is not black and white. Ever.

Finn

30th January 2009, 08:08

:jerry: She wont be toooo happy if it rains

The surrounding retailers will. Stinky bitch.

Finn

30th January 2009, 08:19

Unfortunately some people need a bit of help not to give up. Life is not black and white. Ever.

But we're talking about a stinky antisocial hippy here.

But lets cut to the chase. If you're talking about depression then there is plenty of help out there that doesn't require society picking up the pieces but the only help that really works is you. Meds are bullshit, womans magazines are worse and the current ads on TV have got half the country thinking they're depressed.

Str8 Jacket

30th January 2009, 08:23

But we're talking about a stinky antisocial hippy here.

But lets cut to the chase. If you're talking about depression then there is plenty of help out there that doesn't require society picking up the pieces but the only help that really works is you. Meds are bullshit, womans magazines are worse and the current ads on TV have got half the country thinking they're depressed.

Not talking about depression alone you have no idea and probably would not even be able to comprehend what some people have gone through. Ive said it before and I will say it again - You cant judge that which you know nothing about. Worry about yourself and hope that nothing truly horrible ever happens to you. You never know when the shits going to hit the fan.

Finn

30th January 2009, 08:28

You cant judge that which you know nothing about.

Ditto sunshine.

Str8 Jacket

30th January 2009, 08:29

Ditto sunshine.

Sunshine you say, I much prefer the moon.....:shake:

Finn

30th January 2009, 08:31

Sunshine you say, I much prefer the moon.....:shake:

Well perhaps you should look at life like I do. Look for brightness not darkness.

Nice arse.

portokiwi

30th January 2009, 08:32

:jerry::jerry::jerry::jerry:

Swoop

30th January 2009, 08:38

To care for her crap while she's gone she has what looks like a "rent-a-activist" complete with dyed hair, spotty complexion, surly look on it's face and a crochet blanky...
I was wondering what happened to Sue Badford.

TerminalAddict

30th January 2009, 08:52

mildly related:
I've spent the last week at Tapotupotu Bay (google it)

Met a couple who lived in a bus, made ornaments from shells (paua mostly) and sold them to the passing tourists.
Had a small inflatable boat to go fish chasing.
They had been doing this for some months, and projected the year would cost them about $7k on top of ornament sales ... they had enough money in the bank to pay for the year from the interest.
Plus they get to live on some of the most spectacular shores of NZ.

The were definitely hippies .. but interesting people to meet nonetheless

Colapop

30th January 2009, 09:01

Does anyone else find it ironic that she is quite happy to draw a benefit but is protesting against central government - she doesn't only just complain about local government. Hmmm... getting paid by the government to complain about the government.

For the record, this woman does not have a mental illness. She is not destitute and living on the street because of any major traumatic experiences. She is trying to create an issue where there was none before.

From Stuff;

"Council offers to make the housetruck roadworthy and have it warranted and registered, as long as she stopped camping in a public place, had been rejected. Accommodation with the council-funded Downtown Community Ministry was also refused."

I wonder if the council will pay for my warrant and rego???

ManDownUnder

30th January 2009, 09:18

Does anyone else find it ironic that she is quite happy to draw a benefit but is protesting against central government - she doesn't only just complain about local government. Hmmm... getting paid by the government to complain about the government.

Yeah - that's in a similar bucket to people on the dole paying tax... which goes into central coffers to hel pay... the dole... which is taxed...

Tis a bit stupid really.

If she's breaking the rules simply hold her accountable. If she insists on breaking the rules... lock her up or get her help as appropriate. It doesn't matter if she recognises a legitimate authority or not. If that authority IS legitimate - her arse is grass!