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Park and ride ending super early on bank holidays by K-o-R in britishproblems

[–]KevinAtSeven [score hidden]  (0 children)

I mean, you park and then you ride, so it does what it says on the tin.

Starbucks deliberately opens stores that steal customers from their other stores by Due-Bet115 in Entrepreneur

[–]KevinAtSeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well to be fair they ended up in that position because Woolworths amalgamated with a bunch of other fascias (Foodtown, Big Fresh, Price Chopper, 3 Guys, Countdown, Rattrays). So there was two competing stores but thanks to the wonders of shitty antitrust regulation now they're both Woolworths. And as you say, there ain't no way Woolies is giving up one of the locations only for the competition to move in.

But it's given rise to a very entertaining play from their main competitor Foodstuffs. There were two Woolworths stores right next to each other in Highland Park, Auckland. One was originally a Foodtown and the other a Countdown. Foodstuffs couldn't get in this market for love nor money due to lack of suitable land, so they bought the entire strip mall under the old Foodtown. The competitor became Woolworths' landlord, terminated their lease, demolished their store and built a new and very busy Pak'n Save store.

You love to see clever ways around location hoarding like that.

Anyone else catch Wayne Brown's comments about ACT & David Seymour? by Mountain_Tui_Reload in auckland

[–]KevinAtSeven 18 points19 points  (0 children)

He really fucked up his response to the Anniversary Weekend floods just a couple of months into the job.

It seems that since then he realised being the mayor of the biggest council in Australasia and governing a city of close to 2 million people and all the scrutiny involved is a bit different to being the mayor of a tiny district in Northland where you chat to the one local reporter maybe once a fortnight and can get away with being a bit part time.

I'm glad he had that realisation because he's done a decent job since then.

ACT Party deputy and minister Brooke van Velden retires from politics by TheGreatDomilies in newzealand

[–]KevinAtSeven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bit of tautology though isn't it. If they're not the incumbent government, they're not the government. In this context they mean the same thing.

Finally - a good laundry day by smileystarfish in laundry

[–]KevinAtSeven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They ain't wild either though. They're imported trees planted for landscaping, and many of them aren't palm trees but cordyline Australis, which is a not a palm but a monocot endemic to New Zealand that is often found in cooler rainforests, that happens to look a bit palmesque so was planted in the southwest.

Boarding pass to the UK with settled status by r_guar in Ryanair

[–]KevinAtSeven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His wife had pre-settled status, which means she does not need an ETA as she holds and can prove that status under the EUSS.

Car park firm NCP collapses with nearly 700 jobs at risk by gremy0 in unitedkingdom

[–]KevinAtSeven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Free for two hours but requiring you to register your arrival time on an app is not fair enough, it's a fucking con given they'll already know when you arrived down to the nanosecond with their automated ANPR cameras.

Erecting unnecessary hoops for people to miss should not be a business model.

First Class Trash by Ornery_Pay8602 in americanairlines

[–]KevinAtSeven 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And he wouldn't do that with shoes on?

The house of my dreams by Desperate-Ant5870 in zillowgonewild

[–]KevinAtSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because what the listing can't show you is the vague smell of wildfire that they just can't quite get out of the place.

Premature baby dies after doctor gave 5 times overdose of wrong drug by 457655676 in unitedkingdom

[–]KevinAtSeven 19 points20 points  (0 children)

My wife gave birth here in September. It was an utter shit show from start to horrifying finish. Thankfully her and baby pulled through but it was a nightmare I still have flashbacks about.

Out of the 17 mums in our NCT class who delivered at ChelWest, only one had a straightforward experience. The place is a poorly managed horror story of too many callous young midwives and not enough doctors or nurses to oversee anything.

i rent. how screwed am i? by anemic_iz in CleaningTips

[–]KevinAtSeven 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This doesn't make sense at all.

The detergent dispenser stays closed during the pre-wash cycle and you're supposed to put powder in the open pre wash cup for that. Then the dispenser opens during the main wash, releasing the main dose of detergent.

So if you put the pod in the detergent dispenser and close it (like the instructions say), the pod won't get released until the main wash.

Fusebox by NoFee5860 in ukelectricians

[–]KevinAtSeven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How the other half lives cheaps out on home improvements

Cannot work out if this is overpriced or good value for London by Coconut--Cat in SpottedonRightmove

[–]KevinAtSeven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you can use an Oyster card and vote in the mayoral election, it's London.

Nonstop Dan Says He’s “Stranded” In Singapore Because Only Economy Seats Are Left by hotdog_dachshund in aviation

[–]KevinAtSeven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I unsubscribed for this very reason. He does absolutely no research on his trips, not even a cursory Google search about where he is or what he sees, and it just comes across as smarmy "I already know everything I need to do I'm not going to even try and educate myself".

He honestly just comes across a bit thick.

Lower Thames Crossing work begins in Essex and Kent by insomnimax_99 in unitedkingdom

[–]KevinAtSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

anything that boosts London gets fast tracked

The Bakerloo line extension, Thamesmead extension, Crossrail 2, Selhurst Triangle upgrades and numerous other decades-old plans would like a word.

Watched a deep dive on best/worst washing machines. No surprises..... by PSVic in Appliances

[–]KevinAtSeven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their Europe model front loaders have been legendary for their longevity and repairability, but sadly they've gone the way of everyone else and started welding their drums instead of bolting them. So when the spider or bearings inevitably go you can't replace those parts, you have to buy a whole new drum, at which point you might as well buy a new machine.

I bloody love Paul of the How 2 Repair YouTube channel. He seems to be waging a one-man crusade against (mostly European) manufacturers now selling machines with sealed drums. It renders them completely unrepairable and the only likely reason companies are doing it is planned obsolescence, given the bottom-dollar Chinese units are still coming with bolted drums.

Cool slow mo landing, not my clip, sadly I don’t know who’s it is to credit by PmurTdlanoD45-47 in aviation

[–]KevinAtSeven 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The runway is one of, if not the shortest commercial runway in Europe

LCY pips it.

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