ECW project using For King and Parliament

Started by paulr, 04 April 2018, 06:58:41 AM

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paulr

Leon has, as we have come to expect, been most helpful over the delay in arrival of the parcel

He had even organised to begin recasting before the parcel had 'officially' been declared lost

I spotted that it had 'appeared' in Sydney, I think let him know before they had actually started recasting and before he had wasted too much time on claim forms

It has now cleared Customs in Wellington and is currently awaiting pickup by the local delivery courier :)

Hopefully it will be delivered to my work's mailroom for me to collect tomorrow
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d_Guy

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paulr

The parcel sage continues ~X(

Despite the main shippers site saying the parcel had cleared Customs and it's location was Wellington at 11:12am the local courier's tracking has it having departed Auckland at 8:17pm :-/
I did think unusual for a parcel to clear Customs in Wellington

To add to the 'excitement' the main road from Auckland to Wellington is currently closed due to snow on the Desert Road in the center of the North Island =)

I'll have to see if it turns up at work tomorrow or Thursday :-w :-w :-w
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fsn

Quote from: paulr on 26 June 2018, 09:40:59 AM
... to snow on the Desert Road ...

That part sentence makes my brain hurt.
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paulr

Makes perfect sense to us locals ;D

The Desert Road passes through the Rangipo Desert, a 'barren desert-like' environment on the volcanic plateau in the centre of the north island

The parcel managed to avoid the snow and arrived in the courier's Wellington branch at 6:47 this morning :) :)
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fsn

Intellectually, I get it, but its 32o here.
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paulr

Quote from: fsn on 26 June 2018, 09:26:52 PM
Intellectually, I get it, but its 32o here.
Really :o

A lovely 1o here, I had to de-ice my car this morning
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pierre the shy

So the package is in Wellington - yay

Still waiting for the local courier company to deliver the package to Paul though  :-w :( 



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Techno

Don't talk to me about delayed packages.  >:( >:(

Cheers - Phil

d_Guy

Finally had to breathe but still have fingers crossed.
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paulr

 28 Jun 18     06:42     Wellington     Goods with delivery courier

The parcel is getting closer :!!
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mollinary

Quote from: paulr on 27 June 2018, 08:29:26 PM
28 Jun 18     06:42     Wellington     Goods with delivery courier

The parcel is getting closer :!!

I suspect this is a tease, to distract attention from your lack of progress in painting the order which arrived two weeks ago!   :- :- Once it has 'arrived' what are the odds on the first painted unit appearing within 48 hours?   ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Leman

Unusually for me I got something yesterday and started painting it today - will take more than 48 hours though.
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paulr

It has arrived  <:-P <:-P <:-P

I've got to finish the final 3 units of my AWI project before I can start painting these.

I will be spending a good part of today sorting through the parcel's contents :) :)
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