tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post8734175651043748431..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: Sea Lifttowniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-79975504383460317482009-10-11T17:28:55.526-04:002009-10-11T17:28:55.526-04:00Yep, the ship is the Avataq, was drifting for a fe...Yep, the ship is the Avataq, was drifting for a few days, then in Salluit for a couple of weeks. <br /><br />As far as not loading stuff, it happens every year in every community, you never know until the boat is unloaded what was left behind (or unloaded in the wrong place). "Sorry, next year, how will you be paying for the storage fees" is the usual answer from the shipping companies.<br /><br />As a point, this would apply to all goods coming here, not just from the Northern. I work for the store, and get the same info that everyone else gets, and do not own or operate the sealift boats. I have a lot of irate people in town because (if it comes down to it), I am not going to pay the freight to fly in orders from TSC, Shop4U, but will for the ones from the Northern. "That's between you, NEAS and the company you purchased your dog food from" is not the answer I like to give, but it is the answer. It seems to usually be about dog food, at $3.50+/lb to fly in, with 1600lbs of it for myself this year, I understand why.<br /><br />There are some houses and trucks(for the Hamlet, RCMP, etc) that will not fit inside any planes that are more important right now than the dog food.<br /><br />Jason in IgloolikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-24536194227551174922009-10-06T02:04:35.778-04:002009-10-06T02:04:35.778-04:00Dinner was fantastic!
Domination is inevitable . ...Dinner was fantastic!<br /><br />Domination is inevitable . . . <br /><br /><br />T.B. has one of the greatest iPod's outside of my own!<br /><br />These facts and more, all brought to you by the Command Centre of Northern Blogging.<br /><br />IQALUIT . . . Building: B.L.O.G.Jordan~Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467034218736545947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-33944184932294001362009-10-05T09:33:30.337-04:002009-10-05T09:33:30.337-04:00Anon, is this the boat that had difficulties and i...Anon, is this the boat that had difficulties and is adrift or did they actually forget to load stuff for entire communities?<br /><br />One other lesson about the north. Whenever you get annoyed with a problem you're facing, it's a sure bet that someone else is dealing with the same thing, but in a much worse way.towniebastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-32412733581168711412009-10-04T23:07:35.425-04:002009-10-04T23:07:35.425-04:00The entire sealift went missing from Igloolik, Hal...The entire sealift went missing from Igloolik, Hall Beach and Repulse. Anything sent on NEAS, for the hamlets, stores, construction, not here.<br /><br />A lot bigger issue when there is only one or two ships that come in.<br /><br />Jason on IgloolikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-75557486533668870402009-10-04T22:46:49.775-04:002009-10-04T22:46:49.775-04:00thanks for the heads up, unfortunately its the sam...thanks for the heads up, unfortunately its the same thing in Arviat. we are probably going to go the "down to ottawa and get stuff ready" for next years sealift.Aidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554795865874702432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-70156574598032881862009-10-04T20:11:09.718-04:002009-10-04T20:11:09.718-04:00We do ours through I Shop 4 U and love them. I don...We do ours through I Shop 4 U and love them. I don't know how the service charge compares to Northmart but they are quick, efficient and great to deal with. They will also go to any store you want so you aren't restricted to a list of food. Ikea, Walmart... think of the possibilities.Morenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10308554786875845271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-29927279155447635312009-10-04T20:10:10.113-04:002009-10-04T20:10:10.113-04:00Yah, I know what you mean. I had similar nightmare...Yah, I know what you mean. I had similar nightmares last year, but no where near as bad. <br />It's that "so what?" mentality that just broke me down after awhile in Rankin. I think that very fact that you feel ranty about it still is a good thing: it means you have resisted the urge to join the droves who just shrug their shoulders when things are outrageously unfair. <br />I'm not saying over-reactions are a good thing, but someone speaking up and saying "hey, this isn't right" was a rare thing when I lived there. <br />Ah well. <br />And I say the north mellowed me out. Yah right!Jackie S. Quirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470854932663182657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-22589644336057614062009-10-04T19:57:32.476-04:002009-10-04T19:57:32.476-04:00thank you again for the lovely meal :)
i will retu...thank you again for the lovely meal :)<br />i will return your tupperware asap because needless to say, the cheesecake didn't survive longer than a day.<br />next time dinner is on us!Jordan~Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467034218736545947noreply@blogger.com