{"id":842,"date":"2003-05-15T18:56:37","date_gmt":"2003-05-15T18:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacefold.com\/colin\/blog\/?p=842"},"modified":"2020-08-20T19:08:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T19:08:29","slug":"nz-trip-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacefold.com\/colin\/blog\/2003\/05\/15\/nz-trip-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ Trip – Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I wish I was in Wellington<\/p>The MUTTONBIRDS<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I guess it is given that Muttonbirds songs will be providing the soundtrack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m on the Quantas flight down to Wellington as I write this. Despite many people commenting, “Quantas? They don’t fly around New Zealand,” it seems that yes, they do, and there’s even a sign at the airport saying “Turn Right for the Quantas Terminal”. I figure they used to be Ansett because it’s what I used to know as the Ansett Terminal. Last time I was *there* was when I saw Grandma of as she flew down to Christchurch to see Uncle Kelvin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cornerstone had a morning tea thing this morning, and Sue, Dave, and Paula all showed up to see me. Sue is perky as ever; Dave is looking good; and Paula is just the same. No almond croissants from the bakery, but date scones are a good substitute. We sat around and talked shop for an hour or so. Trudy showed up as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I reserved maybe 30 minutes to talk to Steve about VFP COM objects and ASP pages – it turns out his current project is very similar to some stuff Lisa and I did recently and I wanted to talk over some of the issues with him, make sure he was making good decisions, etc. (I guess you can’t take the Development Manager out of the Boy.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vinessa and Trudy wanted to take me out to lunch before taking me to the airport. I kind of insisted we go to Zarbo’s Delicatessen in Newmarket, which is very much on the way to the airport – except I once again forgot how to get there. There are some one-way streets that make it a little tricky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey, we’re flying over Mt Taranaki and Egmont National Park. I thought at first that it was directly under the plane because I couldn’t see the peak at all, but I just took another look and it’s quite visible, just much further away on the left than I thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a good chance that Mum and Dad are going to meet me at the airport, even though I’ve arranged to pick up a rental car. We’ll see if they’re there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oops – got to turn off the laptop now, the announcement just came over the intercom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later: Mum and Dad did come and meet me at the airport. Dad drove back by himself while I collected the rental car with Mum. It’s a huge Mitsubishi wagon. I’m a bit nervous driving it but it’s got some omph to it so there are compensations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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