Wellington trip (24-26 April)

**Grahameeboy** · 23rd April 2008, 19:33

Originally Posted by skelstar

*whispers* psst ... Nasty is not a 'boy' ...

It's a uni-sex expression, you still in the 60's down there or som'ing

**skelstar** · 23rd April 2008, 19:40

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

It's a uni-sex expression, you still in the 60's down there or som'ing

Maybe we are. Maybe.

**limbimtimwim** · 23rd April 2008, 21:31

I sure am!

**Lissa** · 24th April 2008, 09:05

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Looking forward to meeting you guys and you meeting Nats...

To help you recognise us I will be the one wearing a red carnation...hope that helps...

I will be the one wearing a red poppy...

I bet no one else thinks of that!!!!!

**Grahameeboy** · 24th April 2008, 09:07

Originally Posted by Lissa

I will be the one wearing a red poppy...

I bet no one else thinks of that!!!!!

How about one on each side...kinda like tassles...just to be different.

**Lissa** · 24th April 2008, 09:42

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

How about one on each side...kinda like tassles...just to be different.

We will be in Wellington now matey, (Whooooo) that kinda look might work were you come from, but I got to be on my best behavior when I go over the hill.

**Grahameeboy** · 26th April 2008, 17:02

Well thanks to the guys who turned up...Nats as always took up much of my time so sorry for not chatting to everyone....Skelstar, thanks for playing silly buggers with Nats, making the paper plane she still has and Lisa for the Kinder Eggs... she likes them now.

Well we packed heaps in Friday

Te Papa
Pub
Cable car (battery low so short stay)
Webber's Circus

Sunday am

Said goodbye to the naked man with a small dick standing on the quay side.

Sadly Wellington Airport guys decided to damage the powered chair. I had to actually get off plane and go on the tarmac to see what the problem was.

Silly man who said to me at Gate "We deal with these all the time, will be no problem"...on tarmac "well it has power?"...I said "but it does not move you wally, so much for you saying there would be no problem"...they managed to get it on tarmac onto fork hoist and no idea what they did...plus it did would not fit in door of hold..."well you got it here" I explained...they wanted to put it on it's side...explained the $45,000 price tag...and the batteries...ddeerrr...basically I told them that it was not staying in Wellington as it is Nats legs...just gave them a South London honesty check out.

Delayed plane by 20 mins...

Get to Auckland, silly buggers put the back up manual chair (used to get her to plane)...behind the now buggerd wheelchair...then when powered chair was left for me to collect I discovered the "very nice men" forced the rear frame which holds the seat (which was on manual) inwards to make it fit in the hold...great consideration...annoying "She will be right" approach....brainless nerds did not even have the brains to bend it back to avoid detection...they would have had to really force the bend as the bracket is about 5mm thick and would have need 2 guys to do.

Complaint lodged..Auckland crew were really great and understanding and an hour later we were on our way home.

Nats was funny.."they folded my wheelchair up".

What I think has happened is, when I got home, I noticed the fibre optic cable in a thick sheaf was somehow nicked as there was a gash and shorted something although the fuse was okay...no idea how they managed this as it is well within the wheelchair...

But did not spoil a wondeful time with Nats...

**Scorpygirl** · 26th April 2008, 18:26

That just stinks about the wheelchair mate. Grrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

Hope it's back to its full powered self soon.

Glad you had a great time with Nats in Wellywood though. She will be chatting about it for ages, I bet.

**DingoZ** · 26th April 2008, 18:36

Nice to meet you and Nats yesterday Graeme.

Hope there is some kind of successful compensation from Air New Zealand regarding the wheelchair. That kind of behaviour sucks big time..

**Trudes** · 27th April 2008, 08:54

Was lovely to meet you both! Glad you had a good time in our nation's capital,(apart from the airport), come back anytime!

**Skunk** · 27th April 2008, 09:46

Yep, good to meet you both. Nats is cool!

**skelstar** · 27th April 2008, 17:49

Pity about the wheel chair trouble, good to hear the 'paper plane' made it back and Nats is a cool kid and was funny to joke around with. Good to meet both of you.