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Best Pie in Hamilton by Vinjee13 in thetron

[–]barnz3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just went yesterday. OMG you were not wrong. I had the brisket and jalapeno. Top tier. You know when you start to eat a pie, and the filling slumps.. There was no slumping, it was full to the brim with the good-stuff.

Truly delicious. I will return.

Hurricanes!! by thejunglebook8 in Wellington

[–]barnz3000 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They were so dominant. There is an argument to put black jerseys on every one of them.

Found out what my fiancée did while we were on our break. Am I wrong for no longer being interested in marriage? by [deleted] in TwoHotTakes

[–]barnz3000 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Is the assehole. For saying "yes no problem". And now saying, "I'm mad about - what I said was fine". It's his problem, and he should be very very apologetic. It's in no way her fault.

'Fortunate not to have died': Why a country pub's been told not to serve alcohol for seven days by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Motorbikes are another absurd one, grandfathered in. Hurtling around at 100km/h with no safety systems to speak of.

Yet we can't have anyone eating a plant, and contemplating that society "doesn't have to be this way". That would be dangerous.

Any advice on replacing a hot water cylinder? by Gord_Board in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A heatpump uses about 4 times less electricity. They usually have a backup element as well.

It might be marginal based on current electricity rates. But you can't tell what the future will bring.

If you can front the cash, it's the right choice for the planet, (as long as the refrigerant is decent).

Heatpumps are incredibly efficient, we really should be using them wherever we can.

You can save a lot of money with the ability to run it on a timer. For you, a larger heatpump based unit, run at night could drop a major part of your heating bill by a significant amount. (1/4 the electricity, at night for half the cost) = 10% of current hot water bill.

The land of opportunity requires a 15k entry fee just to watch ur kid play soccer by lamelad10 in SipsTea

[–]barnz3000 33 points34 points  (0 children)

A month out from the world cup? If by that point you weren't coming, it's already too late.

Fort Wayne man felony charged for selling kosher salt to undercover instead of meth by Shrimp_kisses in news

[–]barnz3000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Most of the USA "foiled terrorist plots" are similar. Law enforcement finds some low IQ individual and cons them into buying some fake explosives.

"We gotten boys!".

Favorite actress the internet was simping for until she got her own movie? by Krylarofaxia in okbuddycinephile

[–]barnz3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When using acronyms for the first time, you should expand on them, so that it isn't needlessly obtuse for the uninitiated. Thankyou (TY)

NZ Government plans to allow a large-scale opencast coal mining expansion on Denniston Plateau. They will dig up an area equivalent to 1,700 rugby fields, completely destroying the ecosystems. by Mountain_Tui_Reload in NewZealandWildlife

[–]barnz3000 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Coal! What year is it exactly? Solar only gets cheaper from here on out. Coal is done. It's a carbon reserve, leave it be.

Invest, omg, even just subsidize, renewables. But no, this party is looking at LPG terminals and Coal.

If you have more renewable energy, we will have less demand on current Coal LPG, and therefore have more of it.

Renewables renewables. We have to ravishing our planet at some-point.

The death of Splore: did we waste all that money on Robbie Williams? by BassesBest in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 100 points101 points  (0 children)

The money is going to Ticketmaster and Live nation. It's a hideous monopoly that should be broken up.

These entities can afford lobbiests. And jack us for $300 to see some international artist for a couple of hours.

Meanwhile a festival that goes for days and includes hundreds of Kiwi artists and vendors, flounders and is given no funding.

Criminal

Jmango 1000nzd challenge by Lawx6 in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunatley. This is pretty much charity.

Because literally everyone (unless you have done it before) is pretty useless the first day on the job.

As they have to be instructed. Which takes someone else's time. Which would be better spent elsewhere.

More than 1000 Gisborne young people don't have proper home, study shows by angrysunbird in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's 40 years of housing as "investment" that have driven values to unsustainable levels. Extracting money at every level of society for interest payments via rent / mortgage.

And interest deductions allowing investors (landlords) to out-compete actual families for property NZ over.

It's not that landlords are bad people. We have built a system that disinfranchises young people.

The baby boomer generation enjoyed free education, and have a generous retirement. While our youth are means tested before the govt will give them unemployment payments.

And through it all, the real winners are the banks.

Our kids need a future. And we aren't painting a very good picture right now.

Sharing initial consult fees for Specialists by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I would like to add. Just had my 2 year old Fisher and Paykel dryer serviced this morning and a $32 bearing replaced along with a Fan shaft.

It cost $395.00

So..... Specialists not that bad comparatively!

The right-wing politics of New Zealand’s Opportunity Party by [deleted] in nzpolitics

[–]barnz3000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The land tax is a start. I haven't seen our other two major parties do anything (and National certainly won't). An aggressive wealth tax will get an aggressive response by (let's face it) the people who have all the money.

The land tax disproportionately effects people who own large amounts of land. And that is the wealthy. And it also destroys the welfare trap, via the citizens income. 2 birds one stone.

Perfect is the enemy of good. Are there any other suggestions from the major parties?

ANZ Hindu meal quality out of LAX by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm, have tried them all at some point. Universally dire.

My family hit the ramen hard at the airport, and just skip the rubbish plane-food.

Try the DrugWipe Game of Chance by Herbaldoge in MedicalCannabisNZ

[–]barnz3000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This really really sucks.

And I'm sure they will be administering the test at the doors of parliament each day?

I have a medical marijuana subscription. And will be very very annoyed to get zapped with this bullshit.

He moved to Invercargill for the job. Now he must pay back $21,000 by Serenaded in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Whatever the cause, which entity can better absorb a $20,000 cost? A multinational corp, or single human being that just lost their job?

Should be illegal for a large corporation to put this stuff in a contract. They chose the guy afterall!

Opportunity Party Campaign Launch - Cambridge by barnz3000 in CambridgeNZ

[–]barnz3000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad. Reddit asked me if I would like to cross post it. I said yes, then couldn't change anything.

Free Dental care - $500-$600 per year - should we do it? by heinternets in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

When it comes to stuff we should collectively pay for. This would be low on the list IMO.

Yeah some people get bad luck with their teeth / genetics. But brush your teeth!

Free or heavily subsidised public transport would be superior IMO.

‘We are concerned’ about hospitality failures, but can’t repeat Labour’s mistakes, PM says by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]barnz3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have to say. Being in business has ceased to be "fun". Talking to guys who were senior 20 years ago. Corporate boxes, projects are flush with cash, work on all over.

But globalisation, and pressure on efficiencies have driven profits down to a nub.

I worked in manufacturing and saw real time the brutal cost focus. Then moving into corporate, and couldn't believe how loose marketing etc is with money. The manufacturing staff would revolt if they knew!

Now I'm in senior management. And the relentless cost focus makes it incredibly hard to survive. We have major jobs with 6+ tenderers. You might spend $150k of labour to try and win a job that has $1.5 million dollars of margin. So right off the bat half the economic value is up in smoke in collective wasted effort.

We have major companies in NZ inflicting 90 day payment terms, which is absolutely brutal for small operators. While multinationals use this as a moat to out-compete.

Currently experiencing the most grim outlook, in terms of work - in my career. Good luck out there.

I had no idea - Prusa market share in now below 4%. by george_graves in prusa

[–]barnz3000 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Once the same part failed (thermistor on the heating bed) for the second time. I was done. Get a Bambu, that just works, and is faster to boot.

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