NZFF

Just a quick note to let you know Im still alive,(have a relative missing) but thanks for the calls....sorry i couldnt reply.
House is trashed, 2 rooms with 6" of mud on the floor....cant get to my computer
at the moment(cant get into my room)...but from what i can see she dosent look to good...bugger.

Might be off line for a while....take care all, and thanks for checking on me....i hope all you other chc guys are ok.

Marty

Hi Marty , pleased , got hold off one off your flatmates and mentioned you were over you parents place , a bloody mess .

Think they should be bringing in portable buildings for housing , sure better than stadiums for families .

http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14000&st=60

Good to hear Marty. Fingers crossed re your relative, the whole thing must be awful for you guys down there.
When you get your life back in some semblance or order I've got the finished Air***k panel to send to you, might cheer you up a little

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Feb 24 2011, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Just a quick note to let you know Im still alive,(have a relative missing) but thanks for the calls....sorry i couldnt reply.
House is trashed, 2 rooms with 6" of mud on the floor....cant get to my computer
at the moment(cant get into my room)...but from what i can see she dosent look to good...bugger.

Might be off line for a while....take care all, and thanks for checking on me....i hope all you other chc guys are ok.

Marty

Hey Marty,

Something in the mail, posted on Monday the day before all hell broke loose, so don't know if you will ever get it, but keeping fingers crossed for you and your rellie. We can't believe the chaos, just looking at the pictures and can't begin to imagine how life is for you at the moment.

Regards, Bill

deeknow wrote:

QUOTE (deeknow @ Feb 24 2011, 05:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good to hear Marty. Fingers crossed re your relative, the whole thing must be awful for you guys down there.

Thanks guys....i know all the chc members are the same as me....longing for a shower,and an end too this .All i can say is that its bloody awful. Im still wearing the clothes i was wearing when it hit..my pc is munted(Im on the Mac) Thanks again for the support...it means a lot.

Going to try and sleep now.....hang in there team.

Marty

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Feb 25 2011, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks guys....i know all the chc members are the same as me....longing for a shower,and an end too this .All i can say is that its bloody awful. Im still wearing the clothes i was wearing when it hit..my pc is munted(Im on the Mac) Thanks again for the support...it means a lot.

Going to try and sleep now.....hang in there team.

Marty

Yes, I can vouch for that -- I've just discovered that you can feel a lot better after a quick wash in the sink using a litre of hot water and a cloth -- luxury! Tomorrow I'll need to go and find some more water (we had quite a good stockpile, but didn't plan for longer than 3 days.) Hopefully the tunnel will be open over the weekend, so I can venture into town for some groceries, and see my son, who has been helping with the 'student army' but has come down with a cold. Luckily my daughter was 'evacuated' to her mum's in North Canterbury, and my other son is safely tucked away in Colombia -- when he left for there a couple of months ago I was very worried that it was quite a dangerous place, who would've thought that it'd be more dangerous here...

Some other small things have made life surprisingly bearable -- the wild blackberries up the hill behind my house are ripening, for instance, which takes car of my fresh fruit cravings. Today the dairy in Lyttelton was open, no 'proper' food for a good meal, but bread and milk, plus I picked up some toffee pops, and ate the entire packet. I was also down to my last squeeze of toothpaste, so I was very pleased to buy the very last toothpaste in the shop:)

I'm astounded at the help offered by other countries, watching the SAR folk from all over on the TV working in the city centre makes me feel a lot better for those who suffered the brunt of the quake.

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Feb 25 2011,8:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks guys....i know all the chc members are the same as me....longing for a shower,and an end too this .All i can say is that its bloody awful. Im still wearing the clothes i was wearing when it hit..my pc is munted(Im on the Mac) Thanks again for the support...it means a lot.

Going to try and sleep now.....hang in there team.

Marty

Good to see your all right. I hope we can say the same for your relative.

deeknow wrote:

QUOTE (deeknow @ Feb 24 2011,5:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good to hear Marty. Fingers crossed re your relative, the whole thing must be awful for you guys down there.
When you get your life back in some semblance or order I've got the finished Air***k panel to send to you, might cheer you up a little

Send it through deeknow.. ....got to get the screens flowing again

HamiltonWest wrote:

QUOTE (HamiltonWest @ Feb 25 2011,2:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Cheers Ham.. ..keep snapping those pics, Im going to try and get some from here this week....a lot of interesting visitors at the moment.

Lapun wrote:

QUOTE (Lapun @ Feb 24 2011,8:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey Marty,

Something in the mail, posted on Monday the day before all hell broke loose, so don't know if you will ever get it, but keeping fingers crossed for you and your rellie. We can't believe the chaos, just looking at the pictures and can't begin to imagine how life is for you at the moment.

Regards, Bill

Bill....Im really looking forward to that....mail should start again in about a week....thanks again

toprob wrote:

QUOTE (toprob @ Feb 25 2011,8:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yes, I can vouch for that -- I've just discovered that you can feel a lot better after a quick wash in the sink using a litre of hot water and a cloth -- luxury! Tomorrow I'll need to go and find some more water (we had quite a good stockpile, but didn't plan for longer than 3 days.) Hopefully the tunnel will be open over the weekend, so I can venture into town for some groceries, and see my son, who has been helping with the 'student army' but has come down with a cold. Luckily my daughter was 'evacuated' to her mum's in North Canterbury, and my other son is safely tucked away in Colombia -- when he left for there a couple of months ago I was very worried that it was quite a dangerous place, who would've thought that it'd be more dangerous here...

Some other small things have made life surprisingly bearable -- the wild blackberries up the hill behind my house are ripening, for instance, which takes car of my fresh fruit cravings. Today the dairy in Lyttelton was open, no 'proper' food for a good meal, but bread and milk, plus I picked up some toffee pops, and ate the entire packet. I was also down to my last squeeze of toothpaste, so I was very pleased to buy the very last toothpaste in the shop:)

I'm astounded at the help offered by other countries, watching the SAR folk from all over on the TV working in the city centre makes me feel a lot better for those who suffered the brunt of the quake.

Hang in there Rob....toffee pops!!.....i cant down a whole packet of those....but cameo creams If get the urge for some grapes, Ive got a monster vine almost ready to pick (those big black ones)

connor wrote:

QUOTE (connor @ Feb 27 2011,10:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good to see your all right. I hope we can say the same for your relative.

Cheers Connor....sounds like your doing a great job....take care.

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Feb 24 2011,2:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Marty , pleased , got hold off one off your flatmates and mentioned you were over you parents place , a bloody mess .

Think they should be bringing in portable buildings for housing , sure better than stadiums for families .

http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14000&st=60

Ian your a champ....I'll try and get over this week.