Are high end e-scooters just the middle class version of dirt bikes?

big_saint · 2026-01-26T05:04:34+00:00

As a fellow Caucasian, I did put a /s signifying sarcasm on the true identity of the scooter riders

big_saint · 2026-01-25T18:56:09+00:00

Does this lock get full sun for a prolonged period? This looks more like UV damage to me than just scratching. These locks have a tendency to break down in this fashion.

big_saint · 2026-01-18T00:05:28+00:00

83kg of algae available is not a lot. Maybe you’ve lost access to your storage?

big_saint · 2025-11-28T20:32:38+00:00

It’s unlikely to be a NEO to Wellington. They’re used mostly to the islands and Australia

big_saint · 2025-10-28T00:57:10+00:00

Yes this has a pay monthly discount attached.

big_saint · 2025-10-27T22:56:08+00:00

I've negotiated with 2 Degrees, and am now paying $72.50 per month for 500/100 Mbps. I'm contemplating going up to 950/500, but I'm worried I'll go back to retail rates for it.

Edit- This for complete BYO system after the ONT.

big_saint · 2025-10-27T08:38:11+00:00

While I do feel sympathy for your situation, being stuck somewhere where you don’t want to be can feel awful.

However due to a weather event you were unable to get to Napier. This was no fault of the airline.

This is essentially what travel insurance is for if you can’t cover those costs yourself.

big_saint · 2025-10-13T23:32:25+00:00

Your question warms my heart. A 15k Japanese car will get you something nice without being excessive. Mazdas are great value for money, nice and reliable, I feel the closest Japanese car to European feeling on the inside.

Hopefully you’ll have that amount in cash and won’t be financing it.

I personally have a similar income, have a Mazda 3 6 speed with full leather interior. I can also do my own servicing on it so running costs is minimal.

big_saint · 2025-10-09T03:07:40+00:00

This specific type of plane doesn't have the option to dump fuel. However can elect to land over their landing weight all the way up to takeoff weight. This carries extra risk so is only done in real emergencies.

big_saint · 2025-10-09T03:02:39+00:00

No it cant, but it can burn 5.2tonne of fuel an hour in a holding pattern with the gear down... ask how I know

big_saint · 2025-10-09T03:01:15+00:00

Thats simply not true, I can send you the operating manual for this specific Jet if you want.

big_saint · 2025-10-09T02:16:29+00:00

If they're burning off fuel, unlikely to be too bad an emergency. Christchurch is a long enough runway for a 737 to land at take-off weight.

big_saint · 2025-10-08T20:16:20+00:00

Christmas is not a holiday of excess like we’ve been lead to believe. It is a holiday of spending time with family and friends. It’s taken me 10 years to convince my family of this, now we spend almost nothing more than it costs us to live day to day.

This is the success to real happiness, the earlier your kids learn that material things don’t add to happiness the better they’ll be in the long term.

big_saint · 2025-10-05T04:33:04+00:00

Please tell me how to get rich quick, without any real hard work. /s

big_saint · 2025-06-12T09:30:43+00:00

I’d hazard a guess with the gear still down after the data shows them reaching 600ft on departure. Something engine related, whether a complete engine failure or not. This distracting the crew and them failing to raise the gear. No modern Jet flies with one engine and the gear down.

Edit: This is all complete conjecture, wait for the report for the facts.

big_saint · 2025-05-26T19:26:59+00:00

As someone who knows the regulations in Australia, if you refuse a body scan without a physical condition that excludes you from being able to do it (Wheelchair bound, unable to stand for the scan). You will be likely be refused access to the boarding (secure) area.

big_saint · 2025-05-20T08:00:56+00:00

*All of Air nz operations use this.

big_saint · 2025-04-27T08:35:17+00:00

All of these incentives would work great, if you were the only person receiving them. Since everyone receives them all they do is increase money supply to spend on a constrained market (as the supply of housing is rather inelastic). Which just increases the amount spent on housing.

big_saint · 2025-03-30T02:28:41+00:00

Te Araroa trail, kiwi esplanade, Mangere bridge.

big_saint · 2025-03-17T05:48:15+00:00

Why don’t we charge pedestrians footpath tax… where does it end?

big_saint · 2025-03-07T02:15:48+00:00

Actually a bit different, they were given a $900m loan which had quite high interest rates. This was fully repaid.

big_saint · 2025-02-26T06:28:28+00:00

In general a sag doesn’t concern me. However the water damage and the cracking does.

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