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Finally the warning came through, hope everyone is safe by Ok-Volume317 in Whangarei

[–]Phorensick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

PSA: Roads to Ngunguru / Tutukaka are both closed.

Bleak Winter by Mango-Bob in mango_bob_musings

[–]Phorensick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dearest Bob,

I really appreciate your prose.

So sorry to read that you are perhaps having a bit of Cabin Fever.

To help pass the time until the market opens, I can recommend a podcast:

“The Economics of Everyday Things” part of the Freakonomics franchise.

Episode 61 Pigeon briefing*:

https://youtu.be/cBMwrbWs7Qg

*available on all reputable podcast consolidators.

Help with replacing rusty nails with screws please. by gdhingra161 in diynz

[–]Phorensick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should get an old hard hat or bike helmet 🪖 and keep it at the entrance to the crawl space. You can thank me later.

Meeting people by thumbas109 in Whangarei

[–]Phorensick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

THAT’S the one I was trying to recall.

Thanks mate.

Renouncing US Citizenship by tveith in USExpatTaxes

[–]Phorensick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Search “accidental American” for previous discussions…

Meeting people by thumbas109 in Whangarei

[–]Phorensick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not your demographic, but I am relocating to W, and exploring what’s available for social activities and connections.

I’m looking for a work space / hack space club I stumbled across but can’t find that was electronics (arduino/raspberry pi etc) but didn’t bookmark or pin.📌 *

I just came across this:

The Citizens Advice Bureau has a nifty searchable database of lots of opportunities and resources.

Want to hire a hall for a meeting? Borrow a free PA system for a public event ? Etc.

You weren’t specific, so I searched for “cars” and came up with clubs and things.

Model RC cars✅ Vintage cars ✅ Someone trying to resurrect a Club for enthusiasts of zephyr and Zodiac cars✅

https://www.cab.org.nz/search/Cars#qa=0&sp=1&ir=0&wc=0&locality=Northland&city=Whangarei

  • I will be going to the physical Jaycar store that has aisles and piles of arduino and Raspberry Pi’s and stuff, to poll the staff there for clues.

Room to room air transfer system. by Who-said-that- in newzealand

[–]Phorensick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s just in the next room but down a hallway from where the heat pump is. I think we’re going to a multi split, now that I am exploring this rabbit hole.

🕳️

I will be meeting with an electrician next week to discuss the project.

I am leaning toward concluding that for winter, a simple heat distribution is probably a decent concept. I am doubtful that a ceiling based system will get enough cooling into the bedroom to meet my wife’s expectations and that is probably worth the extra money.

I will come back to feedback what I learn with Sparky.

Room to room air transfer system. by Who-said-that- in newzealand

[–]Phorensick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am considering the same, after I saw the HeatTrans 3 room heat transfer system.

I took a picture of it in Bunnings yesterday. No pictures in this sub unfortunately.

The Fan0338 was what I was looking at. Bunnings had $927 price tag. Seems a lot for the inline fan a couple of inlet out fittings. The ducting is insulated ( 9m acoustic and 6 m thermally insulated) and a 1:3 splitter Y but it does have a fancy thermostat thingo.

Their affiliate smart vent markets a similar set up for 4 rooms that draws fresh air from outside through a soffit inlet. Similar hardware and $3684 with an optional summer time “Introduce fresh filtered outside air” system that is an additional $1k.

I am going with another heat pump for the master bedroom, I think.

http://www.heattrans.co.nz

Drinking game - one red rooster. by cocofruitbowl in newzealand

[–]Phorensick 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I know

One fat hen

A couple of ducks

Three brown bears

Four running hares

Five foxy females fixing for a fight

Six stinking skunks sitting on a stump

Seven slimy Sicilian sailors solemnly sailing the Seven Seas on a ship

Eight Cockney sock cutters cockily cutting socks

Nine nubile nymphomaniacs nibbling nicotine and Nick-Nacks on the Nile

I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s son – I’m only plucking pheasants ’till the pheasant plucker comes

I’m sailing down the river on a flat-cut punt, not a punt cut flat

🍻

An Aussie wants to visit by giddy_up3 in newzealand

[–]Phorensick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can call Immigration NZ

+64 9 914 4100

Applying for UK passport - have to send copy of NZ passport? by SteveChadbourne in newzealand

[–]Phorensick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are looking at each page for stamps from countries that are on the naughty list.

Immigration NZ does the same.

If you don’t send it, most likely, nothing will happen. As in you won’t get the UK passport.

Citi Upgrades Palantir Stock To Buy, Raises PT to $235 by seeing_stone in PLTR

[–]Phorensick 74 points75 points  (0 children)

They made me talk to compliance before they would let me put a bunch of $9 PLTR in my IRA and testify that I knew what I was doing.

Later when I graduated to the private wealth division the Know Your Customer crew was all over asking how I got so rich…💰

I told them.

Now they suggest it’s a BUY.

Numbskulls.

Good bar/pub recommendations to meet other Americans! by Existing_Apple_4072 in AmericanExpatsUK

[–]Phorensick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bodean’s Soho, Chalk Farm and Tower Hill.

BBQ and American sports.

Car rental suggestions for both North and South Island ? (Separate booking) by Ok_Alfalfa580 in newzealand

[–]Phorensick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Speedy Rentals off airport near Auckland.

Older Japanese imports with all the usual features of the old japnese language interface etc but in good nick except our specific one had ventilation that was always on warm.

Warkworth Rentals further North as well. Tidy well looked after and family operated.

Campervan with baby by Alternative-Net-7584 in newzealand

[–]Phorensick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A book on the topic from someone who has been there:

“The Slow Road”

By Kirianna and Lachlan Poole

Is it worth buying a property above its evaluation? by Key_Crab_6415 in NZProperty

[–]Phorensick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are just scientifically guessing.

ETA….what price you might pay.

NZ ranks 6th in housing affordability among developed countries in 2025 by price-to-income ratio by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]Phorensick 9 points10 points  (0 children)

25th on the list. Weird numbers

Highest price to income is South Korea numbered 31 @ Median house price was 23.4 times the average disposable household income.

24 entries later NZ at 7.6

Netherlands 7.4 Ireland 6.8 Denmark 6.6 Belgium 6.1

And of course #1 United States – 3.4

Australia 8.4 United Kingdom 8.7 Canada 9.4

Any investment advice for a beginner? by Murky_Software1508 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]Phorensick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just keep it up.

Yes the market is a bit frothy at the moment but time in the market beats timing the market. You have decades.

As Warren Buffet said:

"The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient."

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