Grandmother Goes Down at the Pole

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It's getting awfully crowded down there (or up there, in terms of
latitude). No wonder the folks at McMurdo were so unfriendly to the
Kiwi who dropped in without enough fuel to reach his destination.

Yes, on the other hand they are there as the guests of the taxpayers, and
shouldn't be treating Antartica as their own personal fiefdom.


Why didn't the Australian government spring to his rescue?

By the way they are accountable to taxpayers and shouldn't have to spend
thousands of dollars shipping in fuel (he refused to pay for the fuel he
was eventually offered)


Please show where he refused to pay for fuel??????

He was asked to give money to the Polly whatsit fund which had brought it
in for her flight, but he declined to do so. It cost them $8000 to ship
in their fuel.

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Mainlander wrote:
In article . net,
says...


Mainlander wrote:


In article ,
says...


"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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It's getting awfully crowded down there (or up there, in terms of
latitude). No wonder the folks at McMurdo were so unfriendly to the
Kiwi who dropped in without enough fuel to reach his destination.

Yes, on the other hand they are there as the guests of the taxpayers, and
shouldn't be treating Antartica as their own personal fiefdom.


Why didn't the Australian government spring to his rescue?

By the way they are accountable to taxpayers and shouldn't have to spend
thousands of dollars shipping in fuel (he refused to pay for the fuel he
was eventually offered)


Please show where he refused to pay for fuel??????


He was asked to give money to the Polly whatsit fund which had brought it
in for her flight, but he declined to do so. It cost them $8000 to ship
in their fuel.

Once again show me where????? In fact your story is still wrong it cost them
$12,000 to ship it there.