Happy Hr
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Tue 30 Sep 2008 07:52
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Hi Folks,
A day of running about with fuel, gas which was
very amusing , as most of you know I worked in the oil and gas industry for many
years and have been to quite a few gas filling plants , the "Tongan way though
was a revelation in H & S , all the safety signs were up ! we arrived with
our gas bottles , a guy on a stage with a high pressure gas hose was
connecting all the US gas bottles and gassing them up , when it
came to the French and Brit bottles a piece of cardboard was cut out placed over
the hole and the nozzle pushed against it ! gas pissing out from everywhere but
the bottles were filled ! don't strike a match or start your car .. the cars
were just next to the filling station with there engines running , all the
safety signs looked real good though .
We then went off to the fuel station , its a
pound a litre here too !
It was then a mad dash back to the boat to get
ready for Gail and co, off to meet them at 14:30 as it turns out the flight was
delayed as the carrier pidgins had a wing down, it turns out that the guys
arrived in Nukaloafa at 09:00 in the morning, and waited till 14:00 to get the
transfer pidgins ... they had been on the go since 4 o/c that morning and
the kids were all knackered , at the mention of the pool they revived, we went
off to the bar , and that was the end of that day , it was great to see Gail
and Devyn after so long and was a bit emotional for all of us
.
We all ended up in the Aquarium bar/resturant and
got back home by 10:30 , straight to bed, a lot of snoring I believe
..
A tired crew with bags under there
eyes
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