Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Seems the arse dropped out of the temperature range unexpectedly, -17 at the house early, -13 official with a wind chill of -21. No wonder the bones is aching.

I have not completed the snow removal in front of the house yet, sidetracked with assisting in the instillation of a new 50 watt transmitter for OKS.
By new I mean a 1980’s vintage that is refurbished, this now replaces the much older 1960 vintage 40 watt job which is now on standby.
It’s not sure how much long either or will last, so hope some one is looking at something more reliable.

What’s so hard about the name names Nain, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador when it comes to shipping companies?
Some people staffing these entities seem to be dysfunctional when it comes to general geography, you would think they would receive some basic general training to perform the job functions a lot better.

Three orders we have made of late have been miss directed or dropped off at the wrong location.

One was a Sears order Fran made, she asked for drop off at the Sears Catalogue store in HV-GB. We received notice it was ready for pick up at the Churchill Falls Sears catalogue store.

Then there is an order I made from Lee Valley in Ottawa. I just checked the tracking number on the Canada Post tracking site. It went to Dieppe NB before being brought back to Quebec City.

When I ordered the back up generator it was shipped by UPS to St. John’s NL before being back tracked into Labrador. Mind you it did do a speedy run from St. John’s into Goose Bay.

3 comments:

Wejitu said...

Try shipping by courier. Up to my last dealings with them a month or so ago none of them know how to get things to the North Labrador Coast.

dannytoro1 said...

Hey Brian,

What kind of transmitter are they using? Is there a type you'd prefer? Electronic parts is my specialty. I may be able to scrouge up something better for peanuts, or if I lean real hard, gulp, maybe free.

Brian said...

Pathfinder,

Send me an e mail at kingurutik@hotmail.com