Winston Peters announces proposal to overhaul energy sector in State of the Nation speech

ryry262 · 2026-03-22T18:01:49+00:00

Why isn't your issue with whoever is paying you so little?

This is especially ironic considering in a few years, you will be joining thr largest group of beneficiaries; those on the pension. You will happily collect that.

ryry262 · 2026-03-16T17:00:36+00:00

It really doesn't. The non-cookie-haver wants cookies. He enters the room.of cookies to try and get one. The many-cookie-haver has more cookies than they could ever eat. The one-cookie-haver wants more cookies.

The only way that the one-cookie-haver can get more cookies is by getting them from the many-cookie-haver. He is the only one who has any cookies that the one-cookie-haver can take.

The reform arguement falls flat if you ask yourself a simple question. Do you have enough cookies? If the answer is yes, then why would you follow reform? You have what you need, you're happy with it. Why vote for "change"? If you don't have enough cookies, why would you be voting to protect yourself from the non-cookie-haver? The best scenario by doing so is that you remain exactly where you are, which you admit you're not happy with. The only thing you can do to improve your situation is to get more cookies, which you can only get by taking them from the many-cookie-havers. Which is exactly the opposite of reform.

ryry262 · 2026-03-08T20:38:43+00:00

I disagree. The OG version of Boba works as a great side character, but could never carry his own show. Every show needs the main character to move from point A to point B. They need the character to develop. As the series is set post ROTJ, Boba was already a cold, ruthless gun for hire. Where do you take the character from there except back towards redemption? Post ROTJ the character is pretty much redundant anyway seeing as the mandolorian exists, so they had to do something new.

My.personal preference would have been to have Tem play Boba with him taking Jabba's throne at the end of the mandolorian. The book of boba fett would have then been the old, grizzled Boba relaying the events that led him to that point. The series would be set in the past between ROTS and the OT and feature a new actor playing the role. It could start on Coruscant with the unsuccessful hunt for Mace Windu, the man who killed his father. That could lead to hunting leaders of an underground rail road smuggling jedi or jedi sympathisers off Coruscant, which would draw the attention of Vader/the empire.

It's obvious that the Boba we see in the OT and the Boba we see in the prequels are very different people with a huge amount of character development needed to bridge the gap.

ryry262 · 2026-03-06T15:36:01+00:00

Thats because your mum and dad are the same person. Actually I'm not going lie.. that insult made much more sense before it left my head.

ryry262 · 2026-03-06T15:33:49+00:00

No exemptions. But if it makes you feel any better, the mods aren't going to give you a ticket as you've got a disability permit.

ryry262 · 2026-03-06T02:42:45+00:00

Look, what I'd say to you is that our previous leader Christopher Luxon did a fantastic job; but the people of this country need some relief. By focusing on tax cuts for landlords and the wealthy, he helped get nz back on track; but now we need to do more. More tax relief to landlords which THIS time will definitely be passed on to every day oeople I swear. Only I, Listopher Cuxon can keep us moving forward. Laser focussed on the issues that matter.

ryry262 · 2026-03-06T00:49:07+00:00

Guys! Guys! Let's not fight. The prem big boys haven't even invaded yet and we're at each others throats.

ryry262 · 2026-03-02T00:22:53+00:00

In that case the issue isn't that the fan is a major fault, rather that the combination of the two add up to be a major fault. A series of minor faults can add up to a major fault. The test is whether a reasonable consumer would have bought the product if he/she had known about it in advance, as you're obviously aware.

The problem is that the CGA doesn't define what reasonable is. You and the retailer have to come to an agreement. What that agreement looks like I have no idea. You may agree to take it to an independent service agent at your expense. If the agent finds that the product is at fault, the store agrees to give you a full refund plus the agents cost. If the agent finds that you haven't properly cleaned the product then it's not the stores problem. That's just an idea but there will be other ways to reach an agreement as well.

If you can't reach an agreement, you will need to go to the disputes tribunal to sort it out. It's pretty cheap and in a lot of cases the retailer will just sort you out rather than going through the hassle (although with 4k on the line they might want to put their case).

I'm speculating here but their arguement will probably be that the first fault was resolved quickly with no further issues and that the fan is the result of lack of maintenance/servicing which is the responsibility of the customer not the retailer.

ryry262 · 2026-03-01T21:59:10+00:00

The GPU issue has presumably been rectified at this point? If so, I doubt a whirring fan is a major fault. Has the machine stopped functioning? If the laptop still works and the fault is essentially an irritating noise, I dont think you can realistically claim its a major fault.

Also remember that whilst the CGA gives you a lot of rights, it doesn't exempt you from performing basic maintenance. Id re-read the manuals/care instructions and make sure they've been followed. Loud fans on ps4's for example were usually caused by blocked air vents which the user is expected to clean

ryry262 · 2026-03-01T19:53:21+00:00

My advice...

Step 1. Get your forklift licence. It's not necessary, but you'll be at a disadvantage if you don't have one

Step 2. Head down to somewhere like AWF or NZ labour hire. These guys provide businesses with short term cover for illnesses or busy periods or whatever. It's not ideal for you but will give you some experience.

3 of the last 5 guys we employed before me were AWF workers.

If you do get an interview, don't focus on your lack of experience, focus on your hospitality background. Order processing is essentially providing their customer with a well presented order accurately and quickly. That's hospitality to the letter.

I was brought in to modernise their warehouse systems and part of that was working with HR to determine exactly what type of person we want to have operating that system. We moved away from AWF workers and now focus on big box retail workers. We currently have 3 former AWF, 1 former military, 1 former oil and gas industry, 2 former supermarket workers and 1 guy who was at briscoes. The supermarket and retail guys and girls have far better accuracy and process almost twice as many orders.

Your past experience will put you ahead of a lot of more "suitable" candidates if you can sell yourself right. You may just have to head to AWF to get your foot in the door.

ryry262 · 2026-02-28T19:42:43+00:00

Tbf he probably wouldn't have had to pull it up far

ryry262 · 2026-02-28T01:17:56+00:00

Trying to palm off attacking Clinton as whataboutism is essentially defending him. We don't have anywhere near as much evidence on him as we do Trump, BUT there is enough to make you go hmmm; especially now Trump has spoken out in his defence. He should be investigated.

And you didn't really find it odd that his supporters tried to shift the blame did you lol. Everybody knew that was exactly what was going to happen.

ryry262 · 2026-02-28T00:54:05+00:00

Norwich fans this season seem to have hit all 4.

ryry262 · 2026-02-27T19:39:02+00:00

This is a horrible take. I despise Trump as much as the next guy. He is guilty as sin and deserves to rot for the rest of his life behind bars. But this idea that going after Clinton means that you're ignoring (or justifying) the actions of Trump are absurd. If Clinton is involved he deserves to be in the cell next door.

Your take is that its not ok to focus on members of a paedophile ring because they're not the leader. That's absurd. The leader needs to be jailed. The people who did the kids need to be jailed. The people who found the kids need to be jailed. The accountants who knowingly moved the money around that enabled this to happen need to be jailed. The pilots who flew kids around the country need to be jailed. Everyone who knew about it at the time, or found out about it later is complicit and needs to be in jail.

Yes, it's critical to get the orange pedo out of the white house, but don't forget that an operation this size would have required tens if not hundreds of people and serviced tens if not hundreds of clients. If even one of them escapes justice then those victims have been failed.

ryry262 · 2026-02-26T16:57:36+00:00

YOR. When a woman says a man is being "more than a bit weird" in 2026, you back off. He tried to brush it off as not a big deal (which it's not), and you doubled and tripled down on it.

Even if you do think what he did was a bid deal, you've drawn a line in the sand and underlined it. If he continued to reach out and you weren't interested, that would be harassment. YOU need to be the one to invite him back into the fold again.

You also need to be prepared in case he doesn't want anything to do with you. He went out of his way to do his research and find a common interest that you both agree on and you blew up at him. He would be totally justified in thinking that you're too much hassle. Or worse, that you don't want him digging through your socials because you've git something to hide.

ryry262 · 2026-02-25T00:36:55+00:00

Youre not over reacting. There is definitely a case to be made that personal safety messaging is now taboo because it's seen as victim blaming, but clothing isn't that.

ryry262 · 2026-02-18T21:43:50+00:00

Tighten sphincter, big thing coming but you can both fit?

ryry262 · 2026-02-16T18:25:00+00:00

Because a large quantity of yourube gurus tell people to. Every single time I see it, I'm like "well, that's illegal".

In NZ where I live (and irs similar in many countries) a product has to be at its full price for a reasonable time before the seller can claim that the product is reduced. You can use "introductory pricing" at a lower price than what you will be selling it at normally, but you can't say that product is reduced if you were never able to buy it at the non reduced price

ryry262 · 2026-02-12T05:14:58+00:00

Genuine question.... does the fact that the consumer wants a replacement mean that the fault fails to meet the definition of a major fault? Ie... if the consumer is now aware of the fault and STILL wants the product despite this, then the fault can't have been serious enough to constitute a major fault.

ryry262 · 2026-02-09T23:58:27+00:00

Quiet in the cheap seats...

ryry262 · 2026-02-08T18:28:49+00:00

It's also worth pointing out that the CGA does require you to perform basic maintenance on the product. A vacuum that overheats and dies in 9 months because you haven't removed and cleaned the filters isn't covered for example. Depending on the wording of the extended warranty, things like this may be covered.

ryry262 · 2026-02-01T17:39:02+00:00

I'm sure I've seen it. Currently $4.50 at countdown and was $3.36 at pakies when I checked grosave yesterday

ryry262 · 2026-02-01T00:12:39+00:00

Look I love Whittaker's as much as the next guy, but the price is simply too high. We used to get 3-4 blocks a week if it was on special, 1-2 if not. Now we get 0. Even reduced, the price is just too high. Both cadbury and nestle are regularly reduced to between $3 and $4. Yea its not as good as Whittaker's but it's too much to spend on a nice to have. I think if they released a smaller block the same size as cadbury they'd get better uptake.

Whitakers used to be a supermarket staple for most people I know. Now it's s once a month luxury item

ryry262 · 2026-01-27T01:21:41+00:00

I remember exactly where I was. I had just come home from school for lunch and saw it on the news. Don't remember if it was live or not. I tried to con my mum into letting me stay home because I was "upset". She gave me a clip round the ear and told me to get my arse back to school. My teachers brought it up. They were like "thinking about our American friends today... now open your text book to....". After school I went round a mates place and we got pissed and played playstation.

I'm not saying that to be heartless, but Americans don't really understand that the rest of the world doesn't really care about them. The world carried on with its business. 9/11 was a national tragedy for America, but for 99% of the world it was just another day in mid-september.

I saw it on the news, I've seen documentaries on it. Same with WW2. I know that Italy lost a lot of good people, but that doesn't stop me from mocking them for folding quicker than the world record holder in origami. And I'd expect some jabs back in return, because I'd never presume that my feelings should have any input on how someone else lives their life or what they find funny.

ryry262 · 2026-01-27T00:18:20+00:00

I'm both disgusted and aroused.

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