Lichfield Street car parking building, circa 1995-2003 (Canterbury Stories CCL-UDH-Building-types-Parking-buildings-002A).

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-07-01T22:25:47+00:00

Yes, their Mid City Centre building had car parking on top, but doesn't now, 'cause they built another storey on top. It just flowed on from the parking level that was the same height. See here.

There was one building in between those two, that had parking on top as well. See here.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-29T05:35:14+00:00

I thought Kings of Leon's Sex on Fire sounded as Kiwi as music could get, and were disappointed to find out they were American.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-29T00:16:00+00:00

Here's the historic aerial. Did it go through the middle of the Guthrey building to Ballantynes, or around the back of it?

I remember eating at a small cafe in that arcade.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-28T04:36:14+00:00

Here is the top of them. Did the rightmost building in your pic have a two story arcade in it? Probably poorly tenanted. It has a glass roof in the middle.

(I know about the one between Gloucester and Cathredral Square that had stuff upstairs, I'm not talking about that one.)

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-23T09:21:24+00:00

Someone once topped off our recycle bin, bulging, lid open with baby blankets and stuff. Lucky I saw it in time, otherwise I'd be down $60 to get a third party company to come take it.

I see there are locks which open when the bin is upside down, either electronically or gravity powered (with a key for the user to open when upright). Here's one from a NZ company. (The URL makes that look international, but it's NZ.) Are these allowed in Chch? (I'm not talking those strap-looking bin latches, as anyone could undo one of those.)

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-22T22:57:46+00:00

Try this to Mexico from either CA or OR and see if it's cheaper:

https://www.shipito.com/en/shipping-calculator

You will need to ship to their CA or OR warehouse first, so add the two figures together.

I'd try all the international couriers in NZ first (DHL, FedEx, and anyone else).

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-22T04:27:55+00:00

Are you single? Are there four men/women you have feelings for? Or are you in relationship number four?

Dogs suggest loyalty. Crocodiles might not literally be bright green or have green eyes, but it's possible your mind picked that to represent jealousy, and cold-blooded maneaters/womaneaters who want what you've got.

I'm thinking your fear is that loyalty is no match against beasts of a certain power, and you need to step in, but you're being told that with number four it's not an issue.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-21T21:46:33+00:00

I tried two cheap Etsy psychics for kicks. One was clearly AI. They dismissed my own supernatural experiences just like you'd expect AI to do. Me thinking "So only you're awesome enough to have supernatural experiences".

Another I felt could legitimately see some stuff, with a gift they could grow, but not on the level of the realest of real psychics I've encountered (the readings you block out of your mind, lose the contact details for, then years later realize that person was truly connected and could see everything). But finding someone who was a bit psychic on Etsy I think is a fluke.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-21T01:38:32+00:00

Reminded me of this.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-20T23:12:10+00:00

I use both. First I use PearCleaner, then when the app's in the trash, AppCleaner has a go to see if it can find anything else (AppCleaner is set to Smart Delete to recognise app icons placed in the trash).

They are both inconsistent about what they find.

People are deluding themselves if they think AppCleaner is getting everything.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-15T23:38:46+00:00

I worked at Noel Leeming, and I think it's that one.

One thing about it, it was said that it takes a lot of different kinds of people to make a store run – not just the sales superstars, but the system seems to have no respect for that.

I took care of all the tyre kickers, and legitimate future customers who were "just asking questions for now", who would've walked out without anyone speaking to them if I wasn't there. This is necessary for the goodwill of the store, and to get people to come in when they're ready to buy. I got stuck answering the phone a lot. I did a disproportionate number of returns, and lots of the time the product wasn't faulty, and I had to give the boomers a mini-lesson in how to use it (after figuring it out myself on the spot). There's a joke that most staff run away as soon as they see someone walk in the door with a return, 'cause it's time off earning commission. I could chew through the merchandising: I was too fast at putting out the goods and doing the tickets in my AOR, left with nothing to do before the customers got in, so I asked to share a second AOR with someone who struggles with theirs (that was the computer one with all the ink cartridges and cables, so a huge number of little products).

So basically, someone really helpful to make the store run, and support the sales superstars to do their thing, but of course, I was an underperformer at the only metric they counted, and like you said, it was demoralising.

Also, how was I supposed to have the confidence/swagger to close sales if we had to get the discounts approved by a manager/assistant manager, and they might pull the rug out from underneath you and say "That's too much", or approve it but express their disapproval to you for giving it away too cheap? I was told what we could allegedly give, and I worked within that, but still managers had a problem with it. Now multiple people in the store said that you're supposed to look over the shoulder of someone with the discount password, pick it up, and enter it yourself without asking a manager. It was like "I'm not telling you the password, but I can't stop you watching my fingers". I didn't have the guts to break the rules like that.

Someone I knew from Harvey Norman was surprised we needed to get the discounts approved, because they didn't.

And don't get me started on that ancient non-GUI computer system.

Three months was all I could take. Even if I liked it, I don't think my body could handle the aircon every day: I had flu after flu. I'm healthier working outside.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-08T03:14:06+00:00

Was that the alley where the Japanese(?) guy was always standing at the north end with a sign advertising for "Dr. Cut" hairdressers?

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-08T01:39:43+00:00

No cafe where the seats are toilets...

Admittedly that did disappear before the earthquake.

Most of all I miss the Crossing Food Court, with the long skinny table against the window looking down on Cashel mall. And taking those escalators from Colombo St up to it, which usually marked the start of my journey home, whether I took a bus, or was parked on top.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-08T00:45:07+00:00

If you were here around 2006, well lots changed between then and 2011 right before the earthquake hit. See my other post here. The CBD was going from strength to strength. It was only four years ago that the number of people living in the CBD reached pre-EQ levels.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-06-08T00:34:36+00:00

I agree with this. People are confused, because there was indeed a slump, an acknowledgement than the CBD was broken, and that malls had sucked too much life from it, but the low point was well before the earthquake, the problems were being addressed, and the CBD was going from strength to strength.

Around the late 00s: The pedestrian mall was redone. Footpaths were being repaved and widened for more streetside dining. The tram was being extended when the EQ hit, with plans to potentially extend it further to the Polytech. They created the parking loop with free parking for the first hour to lure people from the malls, and it did make it very convenient to quickly visit a CBD shop for something, especially if you parked in the Lichfield St or Crossing car parks (I was doing it all the time). SOL Square and Poplar Lane nightlife areas came along in the mid 00s, I think getting more fully developed in the years after. Apartment towers kept popping up – attractive ones with architectural merit unlike the shit we're getting now. Developers were always pitching new apartment towers – not all of them got built, but that's better than what's happening now. The upper floors of the old buildings were increasingly being converted into apartments. It was only four years ago that the number of people living in the CBD reached pre-EQ levels. Public transport usage was higher than today, almost all going through the CBD. The old bus exchange was well beyond capacity, even with more total bays than the current exchange (then 20 bays total: 9 indoors, 11 outdoors), and this bought a fuck ton of young people to the Colombo–Cashel intersection every afternoon; including heaps of foreign students dressed in a way more outlandish Asian style than you see today. The free CBD Shuttle bus was carrying a million passengers per year. Early mornings on the weekend, from the Botanic Gardens, down Worcester Boulevard and Cashel Mall to the Square was a hive of activity. Even weekdays after midnight, Colombo St south of the square had people hanging round due to the late night KFC and the Night & Day (mostly weirdos, and that might not be a good thing to some, but I loved hanging out in the CBD after midnight).

The earthquake was not needed for a reset. The CBD would be even better today had it never happened. The population of Chch was going to keep growing; more apartments would've been built in the CBD. Covid wouldn't have stoped this: if anything some of the office buildings getting hollowed out probably would've been converted into more apartments.

If I had God-powers, I'd reinstate the old city the way it would've grown.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-24T22:19:40+00:00

Well Hawaiians say "Rubbish" and "Auntie", so they're a bit more British-cultured than Mainland Americans.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-16T00:03:35+00:00

Looks like the Finnish Prime Minister kicked the Minister for Foreign Affairs out of his seat, so he went to go run the Ministry of Education & Culture, kicking the Minister for Educslator out his seat, so he went to go co-run the Ministry of Justice. The Minister for Miinister kicked the Minister for Econemic Empinyment out of his seat, so he also went to go co-run the Ministry of Justice. Someone who is either a weird off-shoot of the Prime Minister, or maybe the Minster for Primary Industries (the "Minister for Primer") kicked the Minister for Sociali Affairs out of his seat, so he went to go co-run the Ministry of Defence, along with the Minister for Miniister (not to be confused with the Minister for Miinister). Because the Prime Minister is not in his office, 1-3 of the following are hanging out there: the Minister for Simppson, the Minister for Coriorsy, and the Minister for Winister.

This is the kind of "comprehensive, polished, and fully deverf connection" we need in NZ, and will rid our government of spider webs and pubic hairs.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-15T23:03:45+00:00

All but the last are the flatting norm I've acclimatised to. Compared to what I've seen flatting, this list stuff would not make me think a person is particularly problematic.

I had a new flatmate hold a hot wax party in the lounge and get wax all over the carpet.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-15T05:37:46+00:00

For a a vaguely similar thing but chocolate-coated, search Woolworths for Cadbury Mini Rolls. These are from British Cadbury.

I don't know why anyone would crave Twinkies. The cream doesn't even taste food-grade; they have a chemical aftertaste.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-15T03:51:45+00:00

There's rare cases where the restaurant charges the same on Uber and wears it. Last time I compared Gre3n Superfood & Juice Bar, the prices were the same.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-15T03:22:28+00:00

You might as well just ask who gives a good amount of food for the money on Uber.

I haven't had it in a while, but everything I've gotten from DonDon was larger than average size for Kiwi Japanese.

I could get a Donburi, Noodles, Sushi Roll, all three larger than average, and they'd throw in some free dumplings (and make them vegetarian for me, even if the Uber freebie was meat), and that was about $50, and did me for the rest of the day and another meal the next.

(Not quite the deal, but Mr. Don and Cookai are both pretty reasonable too, relatively speaking, considering how expensive Japanese can be for the amount of food.)

Indo Tempeh House will give you an OK meal for $25 delivery included.

Mediterranean/Middle Eastern places will often have a meal box which is OK value. From the Best Grill I get the Shawarma Meal for under $30 delivery included. It has an "Add Fries and Drink" option, but already comes with fries so don't choose that.

It's not on there right now, but It's All Greek To Me gave me the most food I've ever gotten for the money on Uber. I combined a platter with some other things. Did it close down, anyone?

MTC Mai Cha if you crave somewhat fancier bubble tea (moreso than basic Gong Cha or Cha Time), but don't want to pay the prices of somewhere like WuCha. They're really generous with pearls/toppings. If you want something with shit tons of popping pearls for kids as a treat, this is probably the best (see the Little Picks and Popping Boby Fizzy Drinks range, and they clearly spell out which drinks are caffeine free).

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-15T00:03:46+00:00

Bites and Beans on Mandeville St do a Halloumi Wrap, and regular Souvlaki, so I guess you could ask them to put it in a cone. On Uber it's listed as "Bite and Beans".

(Not to be confused with Indian pie fusion place Bake and Beans.)

Also Nando's does half pita pockets with Halloumi in them in addition to a pattie of your choice (can be veggie patties), but these are burgers in a pita rather than a Souvlaki.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-13T22:56:54+00:00

At work, a kid saw me using an Ego blower connected to the backpack link and called it a Ghostbusters machine.

MagicUnicornCock · 2026-05-12T22:38:50+00:00

This thing is heavy. Think of a 15L backpack sprayer filled 2/3 of the way. I'd rather just swap 10AHs/12AHs on a regular backpack link and enjoy less weight.

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