OT: Welfare Check New Zealand

[swaghauler]

Hopefully, all our forum members in New Zealand are ok after the earthquake. Please give this forum a "shout out" if you are in need. I know there are people here who will help take care of "our own."


Swag.

[kato13]

My girlfriend is in Auckland (700+ km away) and said it felt like the entire complex would collapse, but she and the building are ok.

Odd circumstance though, she needed framing lumber for an unrelated project and it appears that it is unavailable at the moment.

[Targan]

Many of my relatives are in Wellington (where I was born) and the quakes were felt pretty strongly there. I had uncles and aunts and cousins posting during the night about how they'd left their houses and were sheltering in streets or civil defence locations.

[dylan]

It hasn't been great in Wellington - more and more buildings found to be structurally un-sound after quake.

I've been off work all week due to building being out of commission.

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by kato13

My girlfriend is in Auckland (700+ km away) and said it felt like the entire complex would collapse, but she and the building are ok.

Odd circumstance though, she needed framing lumber for an unrelated project and it appears that it is unavailable at the moment.

I have some lumber she could have but, unfortunately, I'm not man enough to brave The Southern Ocean in a 30-year old 26' Trailerable Sailboat with a load of lumber strapped to her deck. :/

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

I have some lumber she could have but, unfortunately, I'm not man enough to brave The Southern Ocean in a 30-year old 26' Trailerable Sailboat with a load of lumber strapped to her deck. :/

If you grow a beard and wear a reflective belt anything is possible.

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

If you grow a beard and wear a reflective belt anything is possible.

I don't care how "bushy" your beard is. Every sailor KNOWS that One should NOT mess around in the "Roarin' Forties" without the appropriate equipment and crew. We won't even discuss the Fierce Fifties or Screamin' Sixties here (although New Zealand does seem to border the edge of the 50's influence).

[Cdnwolf]

Oh god time for them to whip it out and bring on the measuring tape.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

I don't care how "bushy" your beard is. Every sailor KNOWS that One should NOT mess around in the "Roarin' Forties" without the appropriate equipment and crew. We won't even discuss the Fierce Fifties or Screamin' Sixties here (although New Zealand does seem to border the edge of the 50's influence).

LOL.... that was a very U.S. Army Iraqi Freedom joke.... I think I confused you with someone else. Beards refers to SF getting to run around with the locals. Regular rules don't apply is you have a beard. The PT belt refers to any amount of idiocy revolving around the reflective belts... up to and including commanders ordering troops to wear same while on patrols.