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My thoughts exactly, how did this devolve into personal insults and then political ones?!

Don't stress, the valleys won't be silent. The blades on an electric mower still make a bloody racket, enough to justify hearing protection. I still love my ryobe one+ mower though.

If you want a really nice shiny finish it's all about melting the polish into the boot with a heated teaspoon and polishing it to a high shine with a fine mesh such as pantyhose. That will get you to a parade standard.

The give away is NZTA will always tell you which car (i.e make/model/year/rego). If it hasn't already got your details in it it's almost certainly a scam.

Why can't you call 105?

Fantastic weather we've been having lately has meant a lot of aviating. Test is coming up and I'm feeling good about it!

Don't forget the apathy of drivers towards temporary speed limits, which i the case of chip seal especially serve to allow the tar to rest and cure. Speeding through fresh chip seal (even if only doing 50) is enough to cause the tar to lift, and the seal doesn't last nearly as long as if it had cured correctly. The fog lights is mostly ignorance I think, they legitimately have no fkn clue they even have rear fogs. Button got pressed one day and hasn't changed since.

Not quite correct. It's the same motor worldwide, however we also ordered the armoured variant which retains the same powerplant whilst adding about 2 tonnes of armour and suspension upgrades. To say it's underpowered is an enormous understatement. The standard version is pretty good, in my experience it's always been enough grunt to do what's needed. For comparison the new Bushmaster they are replacing the armoured ones with has a 7.2litre caterpillar turbodiesel truck motor in it.

Yes, they are quite compact. I'm 6'3" and can't really sit perfectly straight but it's manageable. With a helmet on, less manageable. They have a 2.5litre Volkswagen TurboDiesel, the light truck motor. Mated to a 4 speed auto, which makes it kind of idiot proof and also even easier to go anywhere.

If going through the Desert Rd make your lunch stop Cafe Express in Waiouru. Probably the best pizza I've ever had, and every soldier tends to go back every time they end up spending any time in Waiberia for training.

@qube pretty sure he means Sanson. In the Manawatu. There's only one fish and chip shop in town (if you can call it a town)

Power outages in Auckland. Every. Single. Time. It. Rains. My neighbourhood even has underground services, but sadly fed by overhead from the surrounding areas.

People who just refuse to see anything positive and nitpick everything.

As far as I know there aren't any private ones over here. 6x6 Command and Control variant. If anyone is wondering, they do go basically anywhere off-road.

Haha I wish. Renewing my DDP, somehow managed to convince them to let me do it even though I definitely don't need it anymore as aircrew ?