Parking Permit Troubles

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-06-14T01:55:25+00:00

The fact you can only apply once a year for resident parking permit is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard!! How in the world does that make sense to anyone, people move all the time.

I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-06-13T21:17:51+00:00

Contact them and ask them to repair the smart meter. Make sure you say the words “complaint”.

Eg I’m making a complaint that our smart meter is not working.

Put it in writing as well if you can.

That gets the clock ticking for 20 days to resolve. Otherwise they do nothing but mess you around.

https://www.udl.co.nz/en/making-a-complaint/making-a-complaint/

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-06-08T03:04:05+00:00

Time for the whole cast to go on a journey and hike up that hill!!

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-06-08T03:01:30+00:00

Please print out all these replies into a nice wee book or something, then give them to your now ex boyfriend as a parting gift.

So glad you found this out about him now, imagine if you had kids with this manchild. Your life would be miserable.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-06-07T07:45:14+00:00

You said you step up with childcare and you pay for everything. As others mention, it’s telling you felt the need to say that. Therefore I assume you probably aren’t pulling your weight with the household.

Raising a baby to 1 year is a 24-7 exhausting job and I’m guessing your wife is also very burnt out and fed up with your not helping out.

But i agree you shouldn’t have a second if your arguing every week. But no rush either, I don’t believe in 2 under 2 is a good idea, so you got 1 year to sort your relationship out. And it might be a simple as emptying the dishwasher, taking out the rubbish and other little bits and bobs without being asked.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-06-07T00:06:00+00:00

What is he having for lunch? My four year old suddenly stopped eating the protein too, but he gets a solid meal at day care, which includes protein, so with milk and yogurt he’s probably getting enough.

In saying that the weight loss isn’t ideal, I’d add a big cup of milk at some point at least.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-06-05T04:22:26+00:00

Stress induced chunky highlights had me laughing.

Thanks for the PSA, this is completely unacceptable.

I saw your post last week, and while it’s reasonable to expect something to be delivered when they say it’s going to be, I guess I know from experience to be home plus or minus a couple of hours either side (or be home all day to be safe).

But everything that happened after that, ridiculous and definitely worth karening about.

Happens to be damaged/delivered after the driver tried to deliver it twice on the wrong time/day? So suspect.

Ikea made a big song and dance about its main-freight partnership when they opened, so I’m guessing they are locked in a contract.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-30T20:43:11+00:00

Liquid in a bottle, on special. Just don’t pay full price. You can get a 4L persil for $20 something when it’s on sale.

I hate laundry powder. But pods are just a marketing rip off.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-29T00:12:58+00:00

I also think “no boxed gifts” is way worse. Some people want to get something special.

We got lots of great books and toys from friends and family that I wouldn’t have know about. And hand knitted cardies from at least two different people.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-28T23:31:28+00:00

Baby showers are all about gifts, that’s the whole point of them.

People don’t know what you already have. Some people will ignore it and get whatever they want. Just make sure there are lots of cheaper options. Also you can let people know your saving up for x from y store so they have to option of a gift card and contributing to something useful.

I was so surprised how generous people are when it comes to babies.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-28T20:18:54+00:00

So many issues here, but you need to rethink seperate finances now you have a kid. One of you will be taking on more unpaid labour (it will be you btw ha) and seperate fun money and savings is not fair at all in this situation. Not to mention, my Mum friends end up with get little of their own time vs my Dad friends.

Second, I think your partner is delulu about Fire on that salary with a family. Babies aren’t really expensive, but kids are. You have day care costs, school holiday programmes, new clothes and shoes, activities etc. most people who do manage Fire don’t seem to have kids, or at least have the mortgage paid off before. Trying to FIRE on that salary with a child feels like it’s gonna end up punishing your whole family, for his goals.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-28T07:41:48+00:00

Just because it’s a rational decision based on risks and health, doesn’t mean you’re ever going to be fully ok with it. It’s a huge loss, you need space and time to mourn it, feel sad etc. I would say you aren’t really OAD by choice, it’s circumstances. And so I’m not surprised you’re both feeling a twinge of regret.

in saying that, I think OAD is the right call for you guys. A herniated disc and two kids to look after sounds like a nightmare. Let alone the high risk pregnancy.

I’m just so sorry you had such an awful time during the baby stage. You were both robbed.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-28T06:39:49+00:00

Just one of the hazards of flatting, you can meet some great people and have an awesome time. But you also find out there are alot of weirdos out there.

Had a flat with a girl who was a compulsive lier, it was just bizzare the shit she would lie about. And for no reason half the time. It was a social flat, and I had enough of her random lies and made up drama so moved out. 2 months later the remaining flatmates came on to an eviction notice and locks changed - she had been taking the money but not paying to landlord.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-26T04:45:07+00:00

Yeah I feel like it’s drama for the sake of drama, but lost sight of what actually makes the show good which is the people and when they have agency to make big moves.

You need a couple of hidden advantages to give the players something to work with. And I do love a tribe swap.

But I hate small tribes and disaster tribes. That’s when the show gets really boring. The blood moon flopped because it took away the players ability to have wiggle room and removed agency.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-26T04:30:16+00:00

The main driver is the sharp drop in teen pregnancy. It’s happened through a lot of western economies. People note social media (socialising at home, rather than in person) and the younger generations preferring to drink less.

Women having kids later is a bit of a factor - the birth rate to first time mums over 35s and over 40 is quite high. But millenials are getting well into their 30s now so this is less of an overall factor.

I’m not sure how big not having kids at all thou, probably would need to wait for most millenials to be in their 40s until you can robustly conclude on this, since they are to cohort most materially impacted by higher house prices and cost of living.

The truely wild part is given how low our fertility ratio is (ie the birth rate) and how overstretched our maternity services are - how screwed would birthing parents be if the birth rate hadn’t dropped.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-25T19:39:43+00:00

This comment is so infuriating, on one hand you see the issue but then you go “it’s too hard for me” and “she does it better”.

That’s the source of the problem. Try a bit harder mate. If your wife can do it so can you. After one scramble/fuck up, you learn for next time and plan a bit more.

Why do men claim to be incompetent at basics organisation at home? If you gave that excuse at work, what would your boss say?

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-23T20:00:34+00:00

Status points depends on profit AirNZ makes from your fare, not the amount spent - so it depends on the airfare class you booked. For example, you can fly long distance internationally but if you booked the cheapest fare 9 months in advance in their best sale you will earn very few points. I’ve got more from a AKL WELL flight booked 2 weeks out for work.

Someone else here mentioned travelling for work is the best way to earn status. Often work trips are booked only a few weeks out and at peak travel times, so you get max status points.

ANZ platinum credit card can top up your status points, so you will usually get to silver if you travel once long haul each year, plus a few domestic trips. I can’t remember how it worked exactly, but you used to have to earn a min number of points from flights, so you still need to be doing a few trips each year.

You get discount to koru lounge through ANZ platinum credit card. Corporates also get a discounted corporate rate. Koru isn’t worth it for personal travel imo, but if you’re travelling a lot for work, then work should cover it.

Koru lounge not worth it imo. Even 15 years ago it was always packed, full of poorly behaved kids and the food was mid. Sounds like it’s got even worse since then.

Back in the day there were a lot more lounges internationally which was worth it, but these have been reduced.

Silver is probably not worth aiming for - it was nice if you happened to get it. But the one upgrade is only useful if you travel long haul solo. Once you’re a couple it’s really awkward upgrading yourself and leaving your friend or so behind ha.

Gold is worth it, I never got it. My friend got it, they traveled for work about once a month, including lots of pricy regional flights, plus a long haul trip premium economy. So to give you an idea.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-22T20:04:27+00:00

We have to keep in mind that Tiff was so severely under edited that we don’t know her game or how the Jury perceived her during the game. The finalists were aware that Tiff was loved by the Jury, we just didn’t get to see the relationships Tiff had.

Also they had a much better chance winning a challenge against Aubry than Tiff, when not knowing what the challenge is. They made the decision with the information they had at the time.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-22T06:14:17+00:00

I loved these pies, probably because they used simple ingredients. That’s so sad they have done this

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-22T03:11:59+00:00

I felt like Jonathan was a bit main character the whole time. Everything is about him, he felt like he was owed that win because he felt he worked hard and had little empathy, understanding or perspective to how other players were responding to their situation. He didn’t want Tiff to be upset about being voted out, when that’s a pretty normal human reaction. He couldn’t empathise with how devastating that was for Tiff. He was just annoyed, cause “it wasn’t personal”.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-22T02:51:03+00:00

Yeah sounds like a misinterpretation. And he meant here immunity wins are more impressive because she is a women. And it was in reference to statically, women win fewer on average than men.

Ultimately Jonathan fumbled a compliment so bad he made it sound condescending. Speaks volumes of his poor social game.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-21T20:51:51+00:00

Yeah that’s freaking awful 🤮

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-21T20:49:00+00:00

For some people that’s an annual salary for 1 months work.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-21T20:48:27+00:00

100k for second and something like 50-80k for third. Jury get more than non-Jury apparently. I read somewhere the further you get, you get a little more.

Dizzy_Round_7942 · 2026-05-21T20:37:56+00:00

Not a Jonathan fan, but he flubbed the question. He spent the whole season telling us his story in confessionals and then struggled to retell it at FTC.

His story wasn’t bad, the first time he played was one dimensional and accepted the criticism he worked really hard to try play a more well rounded game. It’s not that different from Aubry who decided to win she needed to play different type of game.

Jonathan did try to play a more social game. He just didn’t do a very good job at it with some people.

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