kwhelan
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a good conspiracy I heard today is that the current outbreak is pretty much overhyped /managed so that on friday they can say their team who have trained for this emergency have stepped in and saved us all from another lockdown with their procedures. The Rugby can go ahead on Saturday and everyone will rejoice and thank Jacinda for saving us again
no policies needed, election in the bag
hopefully thats what pans out, I was looking forward to the game
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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
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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
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46 minutes ago, Jacko said:Incompetence.
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
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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
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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?
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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?
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2 hours ago, B.M.W Ltd said:Try talking about a subject and the later on open your lpad and see what adds come up when you look at the Herald or Stuff
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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22 hours ago, Eagle said:Im no fan of car dealers but in their defense they tend to supply what the average car buyer wants\thinks is the most important - low k's and later models. That line of thinking stems from how the average NZ'er looks after their vehicles, but people making decisions based solely digits is like writing off someone because of their age.
One of the worst condition E39's ive ever seen was a 99,000km Singapore import, it obviously had to used as town car around Auckland for most its life and still mostly original parts.
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
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21 hours ago, qube said:yep, we bought an E91 325i wagon from a dealer a while back, freshly imported with only 50,000kms but suspension was buggered so did a whole overhaul on it to get it back to "normal". By contrast another same car we bought with 3x more kms was fine on its original suspension. so it all just depends on each individual example.
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,
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4 hours ago, Jacko said:Ill take this challenge, Ill tape up the odo on my 15 year old 130
K's mean nothing if looked after, I bet a well looked after 300,000km car has lower k's on individual parts on it than one with 100,000km on the dash.
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.
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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
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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,
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https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/pink-floyd-youtube-concert-series
free concert being released tomorrow for fans of the floyd,
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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
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On 4/12/2020 at 8:38 PM, Olaf said:Watching Altered Carbon now - it's sh*t hot, thanks for the recommendation. Even coming up 4K Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on my amp via Apple TV 4k.
Yep, True Detective must be consideded amongst the best of US TV ever. IMHO, of course.
True Detective was good, but Fargo was better. Especially the Billy Bob Thornton series
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Quick rant thread.
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bit harsh.humans are humans barely evolved from other animals in reality, its got nothing to do with where your from or your race or religion, theres good and bad in everyone and we can all have proud and shameful secrets