Damn it - the things gone wonky
I used to have this neat label-cloud - along these lines
Somehow I broke the system - it just shows the list of all
Hmmmm
PS - Now - today in Nov - I find that when you click on a label - it pulls up - IF you are lucky 5 posts instead the full list of 30 or 50 that have said label - so i really buggered it up good!! Hmmm shall I delete the label thing altogether???? Its no use in its current form!!
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The other day I saw an inspiring news article -
( autumn-colours-in-new-zealand )
Anyhow - as some of you MAY remember - I am a part time photography hobbyist - among other things! And this is just inspiring stuff.
I was not familiar with this particular building so googled (as you do) it and ended up a being a little surprised!
I am sure the colorful image came ex calendar from some time back! Which goes begging the question about the article! I know - it is about inspiring you and getting you to go there and all - its just that the expectations will be very high to go there and see this - and when you actually make it there - well guess what!!!
The one on the right must be a very old picture (again - possibly from an old calendar
shot??) - the one on the left is from the google car (street view) not so long ago -
clearly there are a few (yellow) trees gone missing . . . . urm - so it goes begging the question if the news article was misleading you ????? Imaging going there and expecting lots of yellow only to find . . . . . this!!!!
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Hmmm - yes this will be a bit of a rant - so yeah - it is a serious (or should that be a TRICK) question!!
HOW hard can it be to post a parcel from New Zealand to Austria???? Wanna guess how long it takes???
I am aware that Covid19 and the resulting logistical issues is / has always been used as a way of "explaining" why things to Post - or ship - from anywhere to anywhere in the world, is taking so much longer!! It is accepted that a letter that used to take up to 10 days (to go from NZ to UK ) can now take twice as long - simply because the volume is the same but the regular flights are no longer - urm - regular or better less plentiful (at least to and from NZ) !! Ergo some things have to be in the cue and fly later - no problem there!
B U T -
A (Christmas) parcel we posted to Austria in early September 2021 - eventually made it to Austria (I mean we allowed 4 yes F O U R MONTHS for delivery instead of the usual 2 or 3 weeks ) - and it was promptly returned to us by end of January this year! Seems the local postie over there is unable to read and deliver to the correct address - so naturally instead of using their brain and READ and deliver to the correct address - they send it back here!!
All this while the Austrian Postal services say no postal services to NZ (and a few other places) due to Covid19! Meanwhile other countries like Germany for example have no issues shipping to NZ!! Austrian Post also failed to understand - or better yet is/was unable to explain - how they can ship to Sydney Australia - which at the time had a far stricter lock-down issues then NZ had, just not here!!!
I mean - GO FIGURE!!!!
Anyhow - we repacked said parcel and dropped it back into the Post!! This time we used a Computer and printer to print the Address - c l e a r l y readable - so fingers crossed it should be safely delivered!!!
Right???? Yeah Nah!!!!
I just logged on and did a track and trace on that item and it would seem it was delivered to -- wait for it -- can you guess ? ? ? ?
A U S T R A L I A
Ok they do read similar - but really --- HOW HARD CAN IT BE??????
Sighs
It has been shipped back to NZ / Auckland and hopefully this time it will be on a correct European bound plane - taking no doubt another 4-8 weeks!!!
Actually - it took 41 days from arrival in Melbourne to send it back to Auckland NZ - honestly - a row-boat would have been quicker!!!
There is a question here too - given it is a 4 hour flight and they are going DAILY multiple times, how long did it take a staffer to read and comprehend (that it is the wrong country) and make a decision to send it back to NZ - let alone process that . . . . or even better yet - to FORWARD it onto the next plane Europe bound . . .
By the time it arrives where it needs to be - the item will be a good fit for the GRAND-child . . . . . Never-mind the calendar being out-dated
Watch this space there might be more . . .
From the track and trace website:
With our luck - (it is totally possible) it could end up in Sydney - yes that IS in Australia - again!!! Shall I laugh or cry then ? ? ? ?
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