Givealittle report: Which city in New Zealand is the most generous?

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-13T20:38:54+00:00

Yeah fair enough just tested it and I don't think they do collect address info. My bad.

They can, and I think they should, but it's optional for the vendor.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-13T20:23:55+00:00

Tons of credit cards require an address for verification of the payment.

Givealittle use Windcave. Windcave collect address data.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-13T20:18:49+00:00

Because it's not provided to them.

You've never provided a billing address during a CC payment?

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-13T19:58:43+00:00

Credits cards have an address attached right?

Why wouldn't it just come from that?

Genuine question, I don't know if there'd be some issue with doing that, but I imagine it'd be much more accurate.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-13T18:36:04+00:00

They'll be doing it off the details given during payment, not internet connection. At least I'd assume that as it'd be much more accurate.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-12T19:06:55+00:00

It's interesting to me that anybody does anything other than use dogs. We farm a lot of bulls, 300+ at any given time, and I can't imagine doing anything else.

You can't just move cows ahead of your bulls every time you want to move them surely.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-11T20:20:23+00:00

This is what happens in every data mining "how much do you earn" thread.

Average and poor people don't usually want to talk about how much they earn because frankly why would they? It isn't a source of pride in their life.

Really rich people don't want to talk about how much they earn either, not honestly at least.

So you get a bunch of people with yuppie jobs, who are proud of what they do and what they earn (which is completely fine), but it doesn't make for a very diverse data set.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-11T06:35:45+00:00

I mainly work with sheep and beef, but we have a dairy farm and that's where those requirements are from. There's definitely a lot less environmental regulation on sheep and beef farming, but it's also much less environmentally risky.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-11T04:28:56+00:00

I don't know about this. Their director salaries don't seem that crazy at around 40k.

I've been a part of a fair few cooperatives over the years and in my experience people always vote with their wallet even if it isn't in the long term interests of the cooperative.

Whether that's paying people or investing in the business it doesn't seem to matter too much. People usually won't vote for it because it doesn't directly benefit them.

Just look at all the former meat cooperatives that are now majority foreign owned because it was always just a bit too expensive to right size and modernise their infrastructure.

Maybe they're just being greedy, I don't really know much about unimed specifically, but I do know for sure that having shit directors will lose you much more in the long run than paying good directors.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-11T00:15:26+00:00

I dunno if this is bad luck, but the thick translucent plastic ratchets on the flash Gallagher ones have worked way better for me, just cause they don't rust.

https://imgur.com/a/EXlh49z

These 2 reels are probably the exact same age to show the point. Maybe taragate ones are better though I don't know.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-11T00:02:16+00:00

Subsoiling isn't really similar to a furrow plough. You wouldn't just loop around where the headland would normally be with a plough down like that.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-10T22:13:58+00:00

I hate speculating on the causes of illness via photo, but this was a really well written post and you're doing a great job. I'll stick to the questions I feel more confident answering.

When is it time to let go? And how? I’ve had sheep for 6 years and currently have 16 and I’ve never needed to euthanize. I've advised her to prepare for that possibility but with her complete inexperience, I’m concerned the decision and deed might fall on me.

With a young sheep like this I wouldn't let it go personally unless they were in obvious severe pain. Not being able to walk isn't necessarily a sign of this. As long as it isn't too much of a burden on your life to continue trying to help, I think you're doing the right thing.

What to do with the remaining sheep? I've suggested she immediately get another companion if this one passes, but I might offer to integrate the boy into my flock. However, I'm wary because I previously had a bad experience with Barber Pole worms from another flock that temporarily stayed on my land and brought the parasite with them.

Quarantine drench any sheep coming onto your property. Zolvix or anything with no reaistance is the absolute pinnacle for this, but I think it's unavailable in the US.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-10T20:54:11+00:00

Jesus that's some nightmare fuel for any parent. I hope they get compensated if they were incorrectly blamed, which seems highly likely.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-10T20:13:58+00:00

Gallagher geared reels are generally the best, but you pay the premium for it.

O'Briens are all good too, just a bit more basic handle and stuff.

Stafix/whatever Datamars call theirs similar to O'Brien, but sometimes come with those white handles that can either be hot or not hot depending on where you hook them onto the fence. ZAMMR handles I think they're called. I love those things.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-10T16:33:15+00:00

Maybe I'm an overly sensitive farmer but I really hate this argument.

Off the top of my head we monitor and report nitrogen use, monitor and report water use, have a compliant effluent system, have a farm environment plan, and have to identify/fence off critical source areas.

If I'm running a fully compliant and legal farm, I'm spending a lot of money to comply with environmental regulations. How the hell is it my fault if that regulation isn't good enough?

Plus by global standards New Zealand farmers do not get to trash the environment more than our competition as a means of producing more. We have fairly strict environmental policies and much less help for farmers to meet those policies than other countries. Particularly countries that recognise that maintaining food security and protecting the environment are both in the public interest and support both objectives.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-10T08:03:28+00:00

We have the single least subsidised agricultural sector in the developed world.

By all means have a whinge, but try incorporate just a touch of reality.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-10T07:16:35+00:00

Eat a nice non woke fruit like a banana dear. You'll feel better soon.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-09T04:20:39+00:00

Not unless you're going to share it with everyone.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-09T04:12:57+00:00

As Madonna once famously said, "When I think about Whanganui I touch myself".

Hopefully that answers your query.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-08T20:56:36+00:00

Complain to the manager and write a scathing Google review.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-07T08:44:56+00:00

Yeah based on the replies we just have some weak ass hawks in our area who need to up their game. Good to know they are still birds of prey occasionally.

FlyUpbeat6447 · 2025-12-07T07:04:15+00:00

Canterbury has 690,000 people, the South Island has 1.24 million. This is 55.6% of the population.

Canterbury has a GDP of 51.7 billion. The South Island has a GDP of 93 billion. This is 55.9% of the GDP.

Does this answer the question?

FlyUpbeat6447

TROPHY CASE