New Zealand friends???

[btd64]

Someone dug up a 2009 thread a few months back, but I don't remember what it was about....GP

[RangerJoe]

There was one on the General Forum that someone dug up that had a wedding on it. That person was advertising dresses.

I reported the other post where he had a link to buy seeds . . . [8|]

[wdolson]

Clicking the Report Post button just sends an empty email to me that says "Enter Message Here". But if someone PMs me as USSAmerica does, I know where it is.

It looks like a hijacked account. Their early posts were game related, but in the last week there have been 3 spam posts. Two of the spams were in other forums where I don't have Moderator privileges.

Thanks for the heads up, off to get my COVID jab...
Bill

[RangerJoe]

Okay, now I know to send you a pm and not use the report button. Or use both if the report button does give you a heads up but I always type a message in it.

[USSAmerica]

RJ, the report button function is broken. No matter what you type, Bill only gets the empty email. PM's are the way to go. [:)]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

RJ, the report button function is broken. No matter what you type, Bill only gets the empty email. PM's are the way to go. [:)]

Thank you.

Of course, that could be used to irritate a moderator . . . [:-]

[btd64]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

RJ, the report button function is broken. No matter what you type, Bill only gets the empty email. PM's are the way to go. [:)]

Thank you.

Of course, that could be used to irritate a moderator . . . [:-]

Yeah, but Bill is our friend....GP

[Ambassador]

ORIGINAL: btd64

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

RJ, the report button function is broken. No matter what you type, Bill only gets the empty email. PM's are the way to go. [:)]

Thank you.

Of course, that could be used to irritate a moderator . . . [:-]

Yeah, but Bill is our friend....GP

« I thought it was a good idea to irritate a moderator »

- Banned member’s famous last words

[:D][:D][:D]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

ORIGINAL: btd64

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




Thank you.

Of course, that could be used to irritate a moderator . . . [:-]

Yeah, but Bill is our friend....GP

« I thought it was a good idea to irritate a moderator »

- Banned member’s famous last words

[:D][:D][:D]

I never said that I would intentionally irritate a moderator . . .

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

ORIGINAL: btd64




Yeah, but Bill is our friend....GP

« I thought it was a good idea to irritate a moderator »

- Banned member’s famous last words

[:D][:D][:D]

I never said that I would intentionally irritate a moderator . . .

In fact, I think that I will shoot myself instead. Then make coffee . . . [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Ambassador



« I thought it was a good idea to irritate a moderator »

- Banned member’s famous last words

[:D][:D][:D]

I never said that I would intentionally irritate a moderator . . .

In fact, I think that I will shoot myself instead. Then make coffee . . . [:D]

Not fair! You are the only guy here who can shoot himself in the foot and not notice the hole! [X(]

[btd64]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Ambassador



« I thought it was a good idea to irritate a moderator »

- Banned member’s famous last words

[:D][:D][:D]

I never said that I would intentionally irritate a moderator . . .

In fact, I think that I will shoot myself instead. Then make coffee . . . [:D]

Have the coffee first, then shoot yourself. Otherwise the coffee will leak out as you drink it [:D]....GP

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: btd64

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




I never said that I would intentionally irritate a moderator . . .

In fact, I think that I will shoot myself instead. Then make coffee . . . [:D]

Have the coffee first, then shoot yourself. Otherwise the coffee will leak out as you drink it [:D]....GP

I would not shoot myself in the foot! What do you think I am?

I would rather shoot myself in the belly.

The coffee will leak out anyway, eventually . . . [;)]

[JeffroK]

I thought it was a renewal of a thread, not the average input from the peanut gallery.

As mentioned in the original post I was in Christchurch 8 days after the big quake. I did a quick recce around town before heading south. In the areas you could access there was limited damage, brick walls and chimneys down, but the main intersections heading to the CBD were blocked by APC and dudes in khaki.
When I returned, after being in Methven during the Japanese tsunami I could get a bit closer and was at RNZAF Museum Wigram when a tremor hit, we were in a hangar and I thought someone slammed the door.

Since then I have been back through CChurch 5 or 6 times since, and have seen the City slowing rebuild, but plenty of vacant blocks in the CBD and a whole suburb where the houses have been removed. Streets are still there but the area not safe to rebuild.

On my last visit I drove to Kaikoura, which suffered a quake a few years ago. The inland route had areas where individual paddocks had 3-4 levels, all flat, where the earth went up or down. The drive back was along the area where the mountains, literally, fell into the sea. Major road and rail works to reopen it.

We were planning to be there around Christmas this year but I'll wait a bit for the cruise industry to prove itself, maybe I'll fly over.

[Ambassador]

ORIGINAL: JeffroK

I thought it was a renewal of a thread, not the average input from the peanut gallery.

As mentioned in the original post I was in Christchurch 8 days after the big quake. I did a quick recce around town before heading south. In the areas you could access there was limited damage, brick walls and chimneys down, but the main intersections heading to the CBD were blocked by APC and dudes in khaki.
When I returned, after being in Methven during the Japanese tsunami I could get a bit closer and was at RNZAF Museum Wigram when a tremor hit, we were in a hangar and I thought someone slammed the door.

Since then I have been back through CChurch 5 or 6 times since, and have seen the City slowing rebuild, but plenty of vacant blocks in the CBD and a whole suburb where the houses have been removed. Streets are still there but the area not safe to rebuild.

On my last visit I drove to Kaikoura, which suffered a quake a few years ago. The inland route had areas where individual paddocks had 3-4 levels, all flat, where the earth went up or down. The drive back was along the area where the mountains, literally, fell into the sea. Major road and rail works to reopen it.

We were planning to be there around Christmas this year but I'll wait a bit for the cruise industry to prove itself, maybe I'll fly over.

You see, this is where the media could be a bit more useful. They’re all eager to announce the catastrophes, keeping the spotlight on the event for a couple of days, but they totally fail to do updates later.

I imagined the damage would have been undone, by now, as it’s been ten years.

Did they change the building techniques, to take future earthquakes in consideration ?

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: JeffroK

I thought it was a renewal of a thread, not the average input from the peanut gallery.

As mentioned in the original post I was in Christchurch 8 days after the big quake. I did a quick recce around town before heading south. In the areas you could access there was limited damage, brick walls and chimneys down, but the main intersections heading to the CBD were blocked by APC and dudes in khaki.
When I returned, after being in Methven during the Japanese tsunami I could get a bit closer and was at RNZAF Museum Wigram when a tremor hit, we were in a hangar and I thought someone slammed the door.

Since then I have been back through CChurch 5 or 6 times since, and have seen the City slowing rebuild, but plenty of vacant blocks in the CBD and a whole suburb where the houses have been removed. Streets are still there but the area not safe to rebuild.

On my last visit I drove to Kaikoura, which suffered a quake a few years ago. The inland route had areas where individual paddocks had 3-4 levels, all flat, where the earth went up or down. The drive back was along the area where the mountains, literally, fell into the sea. Major road and rail works to reopen it.

We were planning to be there around Christmas this year but I'll wait a bit for the cruise industry to prove itself, maybe I'll fly over.

Thanks for the update!

BTW, this wasn't the usual peanut gallery input when it was resurrected. Looks like someone's account was hacked by a spammer and they posted a spam ad as the first post in 10 years.

[BBfanboy]

I had the good fortune to be able to visit NZ in 2015 about a year after the Christchurch earthquake. Our bus tour was supposed to spend several days there but a world Cricket tournament (or was it rugby?) booked up all the hotels so we were only able to get a day there after visiting points south. The earthquake damage was apparent but much progress had been made.

The problem for the city is that the older parts around the port are built on river delta soil - very prone to liquefaction. Just back of that the newer parts of the city are on hills and fared much better. Here is a picture of the cathedral with steel buttresses holding up the front wall :

[geofflambert]

BB is no farmer. He doesn't know about cropping.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

BB is no farmer. He doesn't know about cropping.

I did crop it. But then it was still to big to upload, so I selected the frame and shrank it about 3X. I saved it at that point not knowing that the program would save the entire working frame too! It was not apparent until I uploaded it.

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

BB is no farmer. He doesn't know about cropping.

I did crop it. But then it was still to big to upload, so I selected the frame and shrank it about 3X. I saved it at that point not knowing that the program would save the entire working frame too! It was not apparent until I uploaded it.

I've never done that, honest! [:D] [;)]