For all the over regulation you guys have on everything, hard to imagine this even happening.

 

Edited October 13, 20223 yr by JUSTA6

2 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

For all the over regulation you guys have on everything, hard to imagine this even happening.

 

It certainly does mate . 

On 10/7/2022 at 4:05 AM, 64 kiwi boni said:

This is completely off topic , but its gut wrenching for me..

 i run a plumbing business, and have done under this business name for the last 17 years .but that's just a fraction of my 40 years doing what i love 

today ... well lets call them nuckledraggers appeared in my town with MY company name on the side of their vehicle . i had wind of this 2 months ago . i set in place my actions .

but today it was all too real, these, f__ks who are a super big corporation made their mark by sticking a kid in a vehicle with my company logo on the side of it. 

 Short story long... it truly stuffed up my Friday , now all i can think about is what i can do to protect my reputation , that i have worked hard for, for the last 30 plus years. first call was to my lawyer who told me , they can do that... so i am, gutted. truly gutted.

i do have one angle with trasdemarking my trade name but that justA means i have to pay lawyers to justA fy my business name .. another wtf moment. and then i have to take the nuckledragger to court... not easy here in nz. 

so a really happy happy joy joy day. hahaha. 

Justa, pass me that bow and arrow! hahaha

This is horrible kiwi! NZ does have trademarking, so I presume you never trademarked your company name? If not you need to find out if this company has or if they have started the process. If they have not than you need to file immediately! But if they have started the process then you need to find out what the law is in NZ for filing! There are circumstances, depending on the law in a given country, that sometimes can recognize first to file, other counties recognize first to use. Unfortunately your lawyer is probably not well versed in trademarking law so you need to talk to one who is, but you could start with a call to your NZ trademarking government office.

Edited October 14, 20223 yr by Last Indian

3 hours ago, Last Indian said:

This is horrible kiwi! NZ does have trademarking, so I presume you never trademarked your company name? If not you need to find out if this company has or if they have started the process. If they have not than you need to file immediately! But if they have started the process then you need to find out what the law is in NZ for filing! There are circumstances, depending on the law in a given country, that sometimes can recognize first to file, other counties recognize first to use. Unfortunately your lawyer is probably not well versed in trademarking law so you need to talk to one who is, but you could start with a call to your NZ trademarking government office.

all ready on to it Gary, i submitted my applicantion 3 months ago, still waiting for a reply , and i have emailed them again today.

and that was the advice the lawyer gave me .

once i have that, i have teeth !

10 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

all ready on to it Gary, i submitted my applicantion 3 months ago, still waiting for a reply , and i have emailed them again today.

and that was the advice the lawyer gave me .

once i have that, i have teeth !

That’s great to hear! I’ll keep my fingers crossed 🤞! People like that are JustA plain evil. It’s not a mistake, it’s not incompetence! It’s purposeful & calculated!

While there may be nothing we can do, we have your back in any way we can, as Steve said! 

A bit of a unnerving night !

We had a 5.6 earthquake justA before mid night, the boss was not happy at all, and since then we have had another 29 after shocks.

no damage thankfully but a few objects made it to the floor.

We have geonet on our phones and all the shakes where centred 15kms away directly under lake Taupo.

https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake

i guess we have a front row seat if it blows!!

Chris, my first thought on hearing the news this morning was about you and your family, so good news to hear all OK. Will keep fingers crossed that no more big aftershocks. 🤞

Yikes! Hope all is well and stays well

8 hours ago, KiwiStarChief said:

Chris, my first thought on hearing the news this morning was about you and your family, so good news to hear all OK. Will keep fingers crossed that no more big aftershocks. 🤞

Thank you Russel/ Ringo, the boss is still super nervous ! 

i Told her to justA stay home and if the sh-t hits the fan, i would come home... it hasnt !!!

Mind you, i see on the  media part of the lake edge  has dropped away justA down the road from us! thats freaky !

 i have spent all day running around fixing leaks from hot water cylinders that moved around in the shake, breaking seals. etc

great day to be a plumber !!

8 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Mind you, i see on the  media part of the lake edge has dropped away justA down the road from us

Glad you and your family are safe bro.

On 11/30/2022 at 1:55 PM, 64 kiwi boni said:

A bit of a unnerving night !

We had a 5.6 earthquake justA before mid night, the boss was not happy at all, and since then we have had another 29 after shocks.

no damage thankfully but a few objects made it to the floor.

We have geonet on our phones and all the shakes where centred 15kms away directly under lake Taupo.

https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake

i guess we have a front row seat if it blows!!

Anything "accidently" hit the floor that might need new teeth? 

1 hour ago, JUSTA6 said:

Anything "accidently" hit the floor that might need new teeth? 

Awwww know that’s a great idea ! 

Kiwi, I KNOW you have contacted all your regular customers to inform them of the encroaching newbies. If you can keep your regulars and tell them to spread the word, it won't cost you a cent, and should keep you awash in fancy cars.

When the lake blows and it's Hell on earth, can I have the Camaro? Thanks.

3 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

Kiwi, I KNOW you have contacted all your regular customers to inform them of the encroaching newbies. If you can keep your regulars and tell them to spread the word, it won't cost you a cent, and should keep you awash in fancy cars.

When the lake blows and it's Hell on earth, can I have the Camaro? Thanks.

Yes I certainly have already done that mate. I have informed as many of my regular customers as I can ….still a pita !

 

hell yeah of course you can have the Camaro !! 
you will find it in my shed buried under 300m of molten rock and pumis 

along with my scorched carcass !! 

I'm putting my bid in for is Caddy! With that said we will scoop up your ashes and spread them over the Woodward Dream Cruise next year buddy.  

Only trick will be telling what ash is me and what’s from that volcano ! 

JustA checked the lake still has water in it …. Safe as !!! 

It was  Christmas parade day here in Taupo nz 

Our hot rod club has been doing it for over 30 years 

this year we had both our grand kids with us and they just so enjoyed the whole experience 

we had a fun time and the grandies will remember it for a long time....sorry i didnt get much time to get good pictures ! i was baby siting !

As we where leaving the park that we did our little show and shine in, the boss flicked the switch on her window.........

Not good! the window did something weird. i said " stop" !!!

Dont  touch that switch i told the boss... she said why?.... the window is on a funny angle...bad, something has broken in the door !

When i got home i pulled the door trim to find the bracket had broken 

i have pulled the chrome c section off the bottom of the glass and mig welded the bracket back on 👍

 

Edited December 3, 20223 yr by 64 kiwi boni

the 63 year old spot welds on the power window mount bracket had broken.

It was a easy fix, but i was worried it would stuff up the chrome on that "c" section that holds the bottom of the glass..

 i think it came out ok, and the chrome is intact!

i will take the repaired frame and glass to my glazer mate and he can fit the channel back onto the glass.

Edited December 3, 20223 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Nice fix. One day, I started to wind the window down on an old Holden and the glass let go and dropped to the bottom of the door, smashing instantly. Yours might have done the same, except on the way up! Old cars. Can't get enough of this shit!

Had the same thing happen to my drivers door window. The beauty of mig welders is that the heat is concentrated to a small area which helps to save the chrome. 

one of the bad things about classics is that the steel is not nearly as corrosion resistant as the newer blends. But I still plan on driving my 63 to the end. 

Glad your episode had a happy ending.

58 minutes ago, Old guy44 said:

Had the same thing happen to my drivers door window. The beauty of mig welders is that the heat is concentrated to a small area which helps to save the chrome. 

one of the bad things about classics is that the steel is not nearly as corrosion resistant as the newer blends. But I still plan on driving my 63 to the end. 

Glad your episode had a happy ending.

Dwight , I was so pleased I didn’t bugger up the chrome when I mig it !!

and your dead right ! This is one part of our cars that Rots out as the water sits in the channel ! 

1 hour ago, Fitzy said:

Nice fix. One day, I started to wind the window down on an old Holden and the glass let go and dropped to the bottom of the door, smashing instantly. Yours might have done the same, except on the way up! Old cars. Can't get enough of this shit!

Love my old cars mate !! 
I can fix them ! Unlike the new stuff !!! 

It is not just the channel, my left door is starting to show a rust spot just behind the fold where the skin goes on down in the area of the door hinge. When I did the body work and painted it several years ago that spot was not there. There is a reason they call it cancer, if you don't cut it out it just keeps going. When I did the body work I had to fix some repair work done by Jack the ripper at the wheel openings. The right front fender was so bad I started checking around to see if I could find a replacement. There is a Pontiac wrecking yard about two hours east of me and they did not have a right fender or know where one might be. Lots of lefts but no right. I spent the better part of the day with the fender on the welding table rebuilding the supports, anchor points etc before I had something that would work. I have a small Harbor Freight mig welder I keep around just for sheet metal work. It will run .025 wire which works great on thin sheet metal.

But as you say, we love the old stuff because it is fixable. The accursed SL I had you needed a PHD in JB Weld to put the worthless plastic interior parts  back together any time you tried to do anything.

My granddaughter has an 07 beetle. The last time I worked on it both interior door pulls were on the floor. It is so common that there are about 30 vendors on EBAY advertising them. I found some from China made from aluminum. When the Chinese can improve on your design you really need to get your s... together. Are you listening Germany?

Glad the glass is OK.