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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 25, 2020 10:43:08 GMT 12
I have been asked to post the following plea by Peter Anderson (Ando, Mustang51) Pukeko Replacement Required
Yesterday I clumsily broke my Pukeko and it really upset/annoyed me. I picked him up in Picton a few years ago in the middle of the best aviation and touring New Zealand holiday we have had hence the annoyance. I am trying to get an exact replacement (or two with a spare..) so that he can take pride of place again in the kitchen. Purchased in a souvenir shop in Picton I think on the western side of High Street when looking south. He is/was about 100/125mm tall and the legs are detachable wire that push into the base. Does not matter if he comes from Picton just that the replacement is the same. Anyone who can assist in this mercy mission shall reap a fine reward. Hope someone can help.  |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Nov 25, 2020 15:34:04 GMT 12
Have you still got the data plate...?
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Post by AussieBob on Nov 25, 2020 15:43:40 GMT 12
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Post by mit on Nov 25, 2020 15:55:04 GMT 12
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 26, 2020 7:27:31 GMT 12
Guys, AussieBob and mit, many, many thanks for the tips. I have sent a 'signal' off to Kevin and am awaiting a reply. I know it sounds stupid being so annoyed about breaking it but it does mean a lot and had pride of place in the kitchen. Hopefully I may have a reply soon with the chance of a couple winging their way across The Ditch. I have always said this is the best 'aviation' forum in the world and now I know that whatever you ask - someone on the forum has the answer ! Watch this space. Cheers Ando
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2020 7:49:05 GMT 12
I guess a pukeko still comes slightly under aviation  It's great to see you have some leads Ando. |
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 26, 2020 9:19:55 GMT 12
They fly but it is as I said. You can ask anything here and someone always comes up with the right answer..........
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 26, 2020 12:52:58 GMT 12
And Mit.....it was the right answer. Kevin got onto the Wings site....recognised his 'offspring" and there are now two of them, AND one in an egg and one sitting plus a Tui and a Kiwi....and a Pohutukawa plate ALL on their way across the Ditch....all thanks to you and the Forum. I need to send you some sort of rewARD FOR FINDING HIM FOR ME
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2020 14:29:03 GMT 12
That's awesome news Ando. The forum triumphs again. This is such an awesome place when we use the 'hive mind' we have here, as you say you can ask virtually anything and someone will know the answer or can assist. I love this wonderful community of people.
It reminds me of in the 1970's in sci-fi TV shows like Doctor Who or Blake's Seven, people would ask a computer any random question and they'd get an instant and accurate answer from an oracle-like computer brain. The latter show's computer from memory was called Zen. And there's also the wonderful Holly in Red Dwarf, and Hal in 2001. Now we actually have that kind of technology, isn't it wonderful?
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 26, 2020 14:45:36 GMT 12
We have Hal in spades on this Forum !
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 26, 2020 14:56:49 GMT 12
and something for you too AussieBob
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2020 17:22:01 GMT 12
We have Hal in spades on this Forum ! "What are you doing, Dave?" "Dave's not here man." |
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Post by Brett on Nov 26, 2020 18:25:52 GMT 12
"The 9000 Series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake, or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, fool-proof and incapable of error." - HAL 9000.
Yep, that sounds like the very definition of an internet forum!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Nov 26, 2020 18:44:28 GMT 12
‘What do you get if you multiply six by nine’...?
Arthur Dent - Scrabble
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Post by baz62 on Nov 27, 2020 15:21:02 GMT 12
Open the Pod bay doors Hal
I'm sorry I cant do that Dave......
uh oh.
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Post by pjw4118 on Dec 1, 2020 16:18:48 GMT 12
I dont understand most of what has been said here but the last one I cooked was bloody awful.
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Post by Mustang51 on Dec 2, 2020 13:24:30 GMT 12
Strange but humourus creatures.......... I rather like them..
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Post by corsair5517 on Dec 4, 2020 8:11:11 GMT 12
I fully understand how this is upsetting; I am something of a disaster area and have previous for breaking pretty much anything vaguely breakable, so finding a repacement pukeko so quickly is a triumph; kudos to the forum!
One of the funniest hunting stories I have is of a pukeko... I was sidling around a swampy part of the farm, looking for something for the pot when I espied a pukeko wandering along, which all of a sudden noticed me and scampered off... it then decided that flight would be more efficacious and took to the wing, only to suffer instant retardation and cessation of flight due to a 7 wire fence that it obviously hadn't noticed!!
I swear that it picked itself up, shook its feathers out... and looked back, over its shoulder in that manner that says "No-one saw that, did they?!?" By now I was fair howling with laughter, and the haughty demeanor of the bird as it stomped off just added to my mirth...
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 4, 2020 9:15:15 GMT 12
Hahahaha that's gold!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Dec 4, 2020 16:20:00 GMT 12
"The road to life is paved with...flat Pukekos"
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