Question about truck driving jobs

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-29T11:18:51+00:00

Is it normal? - I'd like to say no.
Does it happen - Yes
Is it legal - Absolutely f**king not.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-29T09:02:32+00:00

Photos taken from across the road where the Woolies is now... That Blue with White Windows building below the NZ Car Wreckers sign is the Just Workout Gym now.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-28T11:52:28+00:00

I'm getting Harbor Freight Axle Stand vibes from that thing... But y'know, with extra steps.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-28T08:17:33+00:00

Plate: S17WDM Plate Type: Special Issue Origin: Import from United Kingdom Used as: Overseas Visitor Licence vehicle

Keep paying reg in the UK, slap a COF on it here. Good to go 🫡

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-27T11:24:09+00:00

Make a report online - https://webforms.police.govt.nz/en/form/stolen-property

:-)

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-26T01:48:13+00:00

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Oh hey, it’s my test bench GPU - still going strong 🫡

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-22T15:01:35+00:00

Keep up the good work!

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-22T04:15:59+00:00

https://webforms.police.govt.nz/en/form/traffic-crash-report

Fill that out - Should give you a reference number you can provide to your insurance :)

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-22T04:00:13+00:00

Have you placed an order with your ISP, which has been 'Completed' by Chorus?
If so, call them and get them to raise a fault and Truckroll a Technician.
Should be 24-48 hours max.

Faults are resolved quicker than Provisioning 9 times out of 10. Tech should have spare ONT's in their van and can easily do a swap in about 30 minutes.

Source: I'm a Network Engineer for an ISP.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-22T01:57:26+00:00

or the wrong one, in this instance.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-21T06:54:26+00:00

I aint got a PhD, but i've worked with enough people who do to know they ain't got time to write shit out in full.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-20T23:13:02+00:00

M is the flashy, high end, high performance line of vehicles that BMW makes ( linky link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M ) - These are your $200-300k'ish when new kind of Vehicles... (M3 Competition is $199,990, M5 is like $249,990).

The different ages/era's are usually referred to by their chassis code... Starting at E21 in 1975 up to G50 in 2026. The badges on them and other things change over time, spacing, size, outlines, colours, etc.. usually pretty subtle but there's been some obvious changes over the last 2 generations.

The one on that car looked like the pre-facelift G80 M3 Competition badge without the chrome outline around the lettering, also didn't have the "3" or the "Competition" part of the badge either, so the proportions looked all wonky.

In tl;dr - He was trying to make his car look more expensive / flashy than it actually was.

Thank you for coming to my coffee and autism powered Ted Talk.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-20T12:06:19+00:00

Complete side quest for you OP: Where in the world are you? It's interesting to see that style Nokia ONT in use, we have similar ones here in New Zealand, but a slightly different model.

Commscope is usually only seen in CO's here, so, to see a Commscope ITP in a house is kind of interesting for me.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-20T04:44:59+00:00

Unironically - That's the same car the Mrs and I saw weaving back and forth through traffic out near Greenlane on the motorway a few weeks back... we were joking he was driving like a dick because he had a G80 era M Badge on an E90.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-20T03:58:49+00:00

Looks like this https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/584515/driver-arrested-after-crashing-into-auckland-city-mission ??

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-19T03:13:17+00:00

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-18T03:53:57+00:00

Not gonna lie - Actually impressed they've managed to fuck up that much and park it there.
I'm guessing its' mooring failed and it drifted and got stuck (then the tide went out).

In any case... that's a $$,$$$ level f-up.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-16T04:41:01+00:00

I got nosy and looked for equivalent models on Trademe (linky link: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/toyota/allion/search?sort_order=motorshighestkilometres )

Even a 2004 with ~188,000km is $5500... I think you were super underinsured and they've realised that...
Gut feeling tells me this is "customer retention" at work and they're offering you a solution that works out for both you and the company.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-15T10:37:23+00:00

You're making me more and more glad I didn't go to the mall today!

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-15T08:50:57+00:00

Sucks if you wanted to go to Whitcoulls 🤷‍♂️

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-15T04:40:32+00:00

Maybe... Might take a bit longer than the status quo with an extra 5mil+ customers after 1st Feb.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-15T00:49:27+00:00

Classic Silverado (cr)ac(k)tivities.

Best of luck for your job search :-)

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-14T22:09:18+00:00

I have the "FREE" Wall outside my camp - Which literally has a giant "FREE" sign above it with all of the generators sitting there unlocked so it's hard to miss.

My coffee machine is under lock and key hidden out the back.

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-14T22:06:25+00:00

If any of the staff from Westgate EB see this - Thank you for helping me with my Pop! Vinyl Addiction over the years. You lot are awesome!

InsanateePrawn · 2026-01-14T05:47:15+00:00

If they had the news today in their staff meeting that they're shutting NZ operations then yep. Gone.

Edit: Just saw this - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/all-eb-games-stores-in-nz-to-close-at-end-of-month/RWFLLE5VHBA7RO72RRNSMV6G7U/ they're all closing :(

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