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its the claim of being the most open and transparent gvnmt and "not going to lie' and "we're the source of all truth' re covid that gets me. there are some serious questions over the timelines of this and who knew what when. not that any of that matters we just need to get it done now,/rant there are some amazingly good studies now on 3 common cheap drugs that are proven to work, except facebook and youtube takedowns control the narrative.but you will be tarred and feathered if you mention them. Guess theres no money in it for them so shut it down quick

to be fair it's not their fault, it was always going to happen regardless of who was in power and did what ever, as soon as you open any border it was only a matter of time, you could test every single person, every airline staff shipcrew and hotel worker, it would still get out, nature has a way and nothing stops it people were living under a false hope, it was inevitable , blame is a waste of time

or cynically, a last gasp attempt at stockholm syndrome to get them thru as there latest internal polls weren't so good judging by the comments flying on SM i don't think the team of 5 mill is too happy this time

your arguing for the sake of it, its nothing like wearing a mask,where does it stop, bit like saying you can't own a v8 because every trip can be done in a safe economic green 4 cyl. you can't tint your windows cause its intimidating and gangsta, hell ford rangers are intimidating to other road users, this aint a communist state... yet

yeah the dealer said the 418d was lower specced and most ended up as rentals, about 20k less when new he said, still had HUD and all the lane camera stuff though, missing things little things like lumbar support?

looking for something with a bit of boot space, have had a e39 wagon but don't need to go that big so looking at a2017 ish 4 series 5door. Seems to tick all the boxes and drove a 4i8d yesterday which was nice, bit slow and steering was horribly light for what BMW are supposed to be but otherwise was a nice car. boot took 2m length of wood easily with seats down which is impressive. Would like to try a bigger petrol version. They seem well equiped for the money and are well under half retail with 2-3 yrs left of factory warranty. Anything to look out for on these Also after looking at competing cars theres the kia stinger and the A5 or S5 but Why are Audis worth so much more second hand, for everything you look at on trademe a bmw is always way higher specced and cheaper than an audi, is it just sheer numbers for sale?

serves you right for reading that left wing drivel, RIP haha you know you can setup adblockers and cookie/private browsing though, don't use chrome would be step one

there's no way I'd have alexa or a google home speaker but theres plenty that do, Just the other day Siri Piped up in the morning and asked me if I wanted to turn on my aircon. I thought I had disabled everything siri on my phone including location but apparently not. Worse thou just for giggles I said yes turn it on and it bloody did, considering how I have never set anything up on siri or the aircon giving anything like those permissions i was pretty surprised it worked. I love the ability to manually have control but this Ai crap is scarry. I don't want to know the traffic conditions to my work when I have never told it where I work dammit.

pretty hard to beat there wifi units quality for price thats for sure. I would consider something that was maybe homesmart now or in future because thats where everything is heading, from your aircon, to lightbulbs, etc, so something that can tie into google home or amazon or one of the competing ones. there getting better all the time and even most cheap aliexpress stuff now works on one of the standard systems

with the reports of general public actually going to the police station and reporting their suspicions of said gunman at the driving range and being laughed off then having guns stolen from their own police stations and some of the stories about buy backs it doesn't install much confidence in the thin blue line to organise anything gun related. apparently it is handled differently across districts rather than nationally and they have all channeled the funding away to other areas and let the gun license depts flounder very sorry for the poor bugger killed this week tho, very sad

the real bugbear was this all came out in first few weeks but the ever protective media chose to basically ignore reporting of it until now

there's also the improved safety features, the sometimes lower insurance due to better security, less theft, and the more fuel efficient motors and higher geared trans generally

so obviously an exception to the rule, what they hell did someone do to bugger a suspension in 50k and if they were that rough or the roads that bad there must be other issues?its not possible to bugger suspension without damaging other parts whether they were noticeable at the time or not,

if to be well looked after means spending alot of money on things that people don't usually spend money on, someone who has driven 300k has wound the window down alot more times is what I'm saying, worn a low spot in the seat cushion in that time, yes its all maintainable but at what cost, have you replaced all the clips on the door cards as they've aged and got brittle, or do they work so you left them but they have a little creak that wasn't there at new. does the glovebox door rattle or is it still like new, there's a lot of moving parts in a vehicle and every one of them has a life, an intended life and maybe someone who has pushed it past its originally intended life expectancy. your always going to find exceptions to any ,from a crappy new to a fastidiously maintained older car but car dealers charge more for low kms because the general rule is true.

to be fair low ks are better, 100k is not exactly high ks and is only just out of warranty nowadays so hardly a fair comparison and of course the japan market changes their usage entirely but lows is always going to be better (except those weird japanese issues of crawling in traffic) every moving part has done less work, be it a key/ door lock, a seat spring or seam, window motor,door hinge a clutch or brake, even the pedal hinges age with use, suspension and drive train, less creaks squeaks and rattles, brittle plastics from prolonged heating and cooling, paintwork there's just no way you can buy a 200k car and not feel the difference in a newer low ks car despite all maintenance being done, Ive owned plenty and now finally can afford to buy newer lower ks cars thankfully and the difference is startling. yes they can be mechanically sound and enjoyable but to deny they aren't more lived in is laughable I think, when I think of all my teenagers cars you remember the crap you just accepted as part of owning a car. now its just the odd tyre or oil change for me. as always you can get a lemon in any ks

read an article yesterday that said there were over 5000 rental cars in Queenstown. Thinking there could be a flood of late model cars appearing on the sale yards which could affect sale prices, might be some cheap campers for those that are looking.

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wait till you get to season 5 which is on right now, the first few seasons were interesting in a slow quirky way but It has finally caught up to pre Breaking Bad era and is off the charts season 5. Episode 8 last week would rate up there with any of the best eps from Breaking Bad. Bob Obenkirk and Jonathan Banks are mesmerising also if you get time this is outstandingly good, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2243973/ the production and shots, the acting, Mads Mikkelsen can give you the shivers just with his expressions,

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/pink-floyd-youtube-concert-series free concert being released tomorrow for fans of the floyd,

Bill Brysons new Book "The Body" was excellent all about human body one of those collections of interesting facts that he's so good at researching, you can just pick it up at any page and find something extraordinary in a few paragraphs https://books.google.co.nz/books/about/The_Body.html?id=856DDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

True Detective was good, but Fargo was better. Especially the Billy Bob Thornton series

We all have varied tastes but some things are worth a plug here's mine over last few days new pearl Jam album not their best but growing after a few listens the Sounds radios I'm painting all day inside they have been running a letter of the Day promo all sounds yesterday were V and W some great tracks being played, Westworld series 3 stunning visuals shot on 35mm digital, old fashioned one ep per week which I enjoy the anticipation over binging a whole season

http://www.meremeredragway.co.nz/events/325-AEROFLOW-OUTLAW-NITRO-FUNNY-CARS---MEREMERE-COMPETITION-MEETING-4.html and quoted from facewhere so not debating any facts or fiction below TOP FUEL ACCELERATION PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE * One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic-inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower (10,000 HP) than the first 5 rows at the Daytona 500. * Under full throttle, a dragster engine consumes 5.4 - 6.8 litres of nitro methane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced. * A stock Dodge Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to merely drive the dragster's supercharger. * With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive, the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition. Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle. * At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitro methane the flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F. * Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric water vapor by the searing exhaust gases. * Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder. * Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2 way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel flow. * If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half. * Dragsters reach over 480 KPH before you have completed reading this sentence. * In order to exceed 480 KPH in 4.5 seconds, dragsters must accelerate an average of over 4 G's. In order to reach 320 KPH well before half-track, the launch acceleration approaches 8 G's. * Top Fuel engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to light! * Including the burnout, the engine must only survive 900 revolutions under load. * The redline is actually quite high at 9500 RPM. * THE BOTTOM LINE: Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew worked for free, & for once, NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000 per second. 0 to 160 KPH in .8 seconds (the first 60 feet of the run) 0 to 320 KPH in 2.2 seconds (the first 350 feet of the run) 6 g-forces at the starting line (nothing accelerates faster on land) 6 negative g-forces upon deployment of twin parachutes at 480 KPH An NHRA Top Fuel Dragster accelerates quicker than any other land vehicle on earth . . quicker than a jet fighter plane . . . quicker than the space shuttle. The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.420 seconds for the quarter-mile (2004, Doug Kalitta). The top speed record is 540.12 KPH as measured over the last 66' of the run (2005, Tony Schumacher). Putting this all into perspective: You are driving the average $140,000 Lingenfelter twin-turbo powered Corvette Z06. Over a mile up the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged & ready to launch down a quarter-mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the 'Vette hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line & pass the dragster at an honest 320 KPH. The 'tree' goes green for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches & starts after you. You keep your foot down hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine that sears your eardrums & within 3 seconds the dragster catches & passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter-mile away from where you just passed him. Think about it - from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 320 KPH & not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed you within a mere 1320 foot long race!