Posts Tagged ‘Fullers’

Fullers are having a run of bad luck, Not only did the Jetraider collide with Devonport Wharf but the same day a couple of their buses came together in shattering style.

Seems that Fullers weren’t finished yet and proceeded to connect the Quickcat with the upper passanger gantry at Matiatia.

Seems Fullers used a little too much force parking the Jet Raider at Devonport Wharf. Passengers were sent scurrying from shattering windows in the downstairs cabin.

Use a little less force Luke

Hot on the heels of the unisex Eau de Fullers, now his and hers fragrances

Another initiative for the Rugby Word Cup is Fullers new fragrance to be sold on board Fullers Sailings. Eau de Fullers is inspired by the fragrant air that commuters experience.

Eau de Fullers

The un-announced use of the JetRaider on the Waiheke run yesterday (QuickCat on charter) saw the 5:00 sailing leave ten minutes late. The Lass on the Tannoy announced that they would be going as fast as poosible to make up the lime. I guess she forgot to tell the skipper as he dawdled down the harbour at 19 knots. Finally managed to get a beer by Emu point and it was warm The final result was 18 minutes late in the door. Fullers – Fail

Again Waiheke Islanders have had a huge rush of blood to the head, a whole lot of chest beating, letter writing and protesting. The first local board has been elected and, like it or not, Faye has control of the helm.

What lessons have we learnt? Well maybe we have learnt that Nobilangelo wasn’t so bad, or perhaps that we shouldn’t have posted so many candidates and allow the toastmasters through?

Maybe we might have learnt that leopards dont change their spots and we should have seen this from Faye Storer, as she has never let go of Denise beating her in the last election.

And maybe we have learnt nothing, and like the  TPI affair, after a couple of months we all crawl back to our grass huts, enjoy summer and get on with our lives.

The one thing that worries me is that, in spite of the unfair process electing the chair and deputy chair, we don’t actually know that this board is going to do a bad job. Even if the board had met correctly the outcome would be the same.

My hope is that Denise perseveres with, that the fourth estate monitors and the island never forgets this board.

Don’t let the bastards grind you down.

Not sure what caused the smell, but man, it was vomitous. The ride home was just like the stench we have to walk through getting off the boat, to the power of ten

I am pleased to see Fullers don’t put a silly little tsunami ahead of profits. A friend on the 8:15 from Auckland to Waiheke tells me that Fullers waited until the ferry had departed before advising passengers of the tsunami and that the Onetangi Beach Rraces were postponed. Good one lads.

In the words of Lady Bracknell (The Importance of Being Earnest) To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

I guess I have been careless, that said, a lot has passed me by and somethings have landed.

I was listening to Mike Hosking ( a momentary lapse of reason) and he was pondering why everyone was so in to this rocket launch. Well Mike, it is a fucken rocket, you know, a rocket, no? No, I guess I shouldn’t expect a Lycra wearing, hair gel using radio announcer to appreciate a rocket. Then on the other hand, those of us who can recognise the smell of methanol, gunpowder, av gas and has had more than his or her fair share of JD’s, or Lion Red, knows their way round Western Springs blindfold, will know, IT’S A FUCKEN ROCKET MIKE …..

Meanwhile I have to laugh at the still vacant Retravision building. The retro visionary of an owner has managed to turn it into an uninviting chasm. Why he didn’t put some windows in it so you could save some electricity and see what is one of the best views on the island is well beyond me.

I got home the other day tofind  a Jehovahs’ Witness pamphlet proclaiming “would you like to know the truth” sitting on the doorstep. Funnily enough I know the truth (apart from the fact their end of world came and went years ago, hence they have well and truly passed their use by date) How could a Jehovas Witness couple abandon their own son on the side of the road in Takapuna after dragging him to a foreign country on the other side of the world. I would have dearly loved to have been here to ask them directly.

Brilliant to see the Fullers spin doctors out celebrating the Kea’s 21st  birthday, woo hoo, aren’t you really saying it is old?

So Fullers have finally conceded that the Quickcat is in fact the Slow Dog and can’t do the run in the touted 35 minutes. Tell a story often enough and people will believe it. Instead of beefing up the horsepower,  or simply opening the throttle, Fullers have decided that in order for the punters meet their connecting bus and trains, wait for it,  the 7:20 will become the 7:15 from early October. Trust Fullers to be on the cutting edge of progress.