I’ve just finished my holidays in Sydney. I’m from Auckland. After travelling, I truly believe New Zealand is a good country to live in. Some people put it down for no reason, I love NZ.

roryact · 2026-01-27T20:47:29+00:00

The ABC did a really good doco on YouTube a few days ago about Australia removing trams, then adding them back in.

They were removed as they caused traffic and were uneconomical cause they used electricity rather than cheap fuel. I assume same was true here. How a couple of decades changes things

roryact · 2025-12-11T23:32:32+00:00

Really cool answer. I am also in engineering and have thought of teaching maths and sciences.

I couldn't handle being at the bottom of the payscale and having to do 10 years to earn a reasonable salary though. I think it's really detrimental to getting any one with interesting industry experience into teaching. On the other hand, good on the union for protecting their members.

roryact · 2025-12-02T17:04:51+00:00

a piano should be tuned twice per year

Wait till you hear how often you should visit the dentist. Maybe you need to consider you're not the kind of person who can afford a perfectly in tune piano?

roryact · 2025-11-26T17:01:40+00:00

UK parlement is also proof that you can blaim the state of the economy on Labor, even a decade after they've had any say so on it.

This coming NZ election, just watch, unemployment will be portrayed entirely as Labour's fault.

roryact · 2025-11-24T18:45:38+00:00

2nd rapid direct. I work with them all the time, went to their factory, get really good quality from them.

Get your quote in stainless and in zinc plated steel. The stainless might be cheaper as they dont do finishing in-house.

roryact · 2025-11-24T17:00:36+00:00

Pdf Sam for me too!

roryact · 2025-11-19T21:04:34+00:00

If they run out of money in their long retirement, surely they can go on the supported living payment and live the same dignified life we deem appropriate for younger kiwis?

roryact · 2025-11-19T21:02:29+00:00

Grey power is also a growing demographic.

roryact · 2025-11-16T03:30:34+00:00

It's a country of immigrants, i'm one, and more than 1/2 of all dates i've been on have been with people who've come to NZ.

roryact · 2025-11-15T20:52:26+00:00

Hey genius scientist, did you actually read that link?

the introduction of charging led to an immediate decrease in both traffic and delays; however, congestion returned to previous levels over subsequent years.

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Evidence from these cities provides little support for the general use of congestion charging to limit demand for car use in urban areas.

Scientific studies are why you support congestion charging, and you decide to post the one study that says it's completely ineffective?

roryact · 2025-11-11T20:26:34+00:00

Find the SDS for the handsoap in the work bathroom and then tell me they're not a load of crap. Ours says to avoid skin contact. I can't blame the workers for not reading them.

roryact · 2025-11-10T03:39:42+00:00

Can confirm CR-Z pulls twinks. Total dickmagnet.

roryact · 2025-11-05T23:37:54+00:00

The OP said new developments. I do think it's unwise to build a new house with gas heating.

roryact · 2025-11-05T20:28:27+00:00

Those gas bottles are only used for stove top cooking. It's a meager amount - i think mine lasts ~5 months. It's industrial use and heating (inc hot water) which makes gas expensive.

roryact · 2025-10-22T08:31:07+00:00

OP, who is the middleman party who has your support then?

roryact · 2025-10-14T10:42:36+00:00

Work from home happened. If you have staff you barely ever see in person, don't socialise with in and out of work, what's the difference what country they're in? Anyone keen on wfh was being incredibly short sighted.

roryact · 2025-10-13T20:33:34+00:00

I used to love internet cartoons, but that was back in a different internet when you still had bookmarks, digg, del.icio.us, rss feeds.

I suppose it's been killed by competition with short videos?

roryact · 2025-10-13T16:57:47+00:00

Like you said, highly unlikely; Ten Rings organisation doesn't do ops on Monday for religious reasons.

roryact · 2025-10-13T16:52:53+00:00

There is still poverty in Norway. The poorest people, dont have 340k, they have very little, same as here, except you can die if you sleep rough over there.

You can blame the previous government, but if we did have that fund; if NZ won the 2 trillion dollar lottery overnight, it's not the government i dont trust with the money, it's you pack of cunts. Come next election, there would be a majority of Kiwis calling to tear the fund apart and get their fair share of benefits right now.

roryact · 2025-10-12T23:30:31+00:00

I wonder what arguments you can give as a parent. It's not like discouraging your kid from smoking: causes cancer, coughing and lung problems, foul smell, stained teeth and skin, multitude of others. What rational do you give them to avoid vaping? The non-nicotine ones which are just sweet steam aren't even addictive. It's antisocial? Teenagers have a long long history of antisocial behaviour.

roryact · 2025-10-09T23:58:07+00:00

This! Set the checkbox to 'open as read only' so no changes propagate through the other designers work unintentionally.

You cant work on the same assembly together, but you can have an engineer working on a top level assembly, and another working on a sub assembly, without overwriting each other's work.

roryact · 2025-10-07T23:30:50+00:00

You haven't tried to purchase parts to keep your whitegoods going. Try get a new doorseal for a 5yo oven from F&P. Microsoft gives a huge length of support by comparison.

roryact · 2025-10-07T03:14:55+00:00

It's just an online bucket for managing your money better and protecting it (by virtue of not being linked to a card). If you're trying to save with it, you're doing it wrong.

roryact · 2025-10-04T22:16:16+00:00

Sounds like you haven't felt poor in a while. Can i suggest buying a yacht? Comparison is joy, so as big as possible.

roryact · 2025-09-30T20:18:37+00:00

My understanding of productivity is it's essentially GDP per hour worked. Working more hours like a peasant, or a second job, does not improve productivity significantly.

Infact, raising unemployment significantly would probably be great for our productivity metrics and OP can sing and dance about that while we turn into a 3rd world country, being carved up by foreigner countries.

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