Random Thoughts II - Page 1006

Ab · 25th May 2016, 18:22

I heard they were worshipping Satan

Spoon1 · 25th May 2016, 19:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

I'm one of those cunts.

Yes, yes you are.

crocos · 25th May 2016, 23:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by fixed_truth

Warning over 'sex roulette' parties
Aww hell naw

Did you even read to the bit where there's only one doc spreading the rumour, and even he's not willing to go on the record as explicitly stating these are happening for certain?

StN · 26th May 2016, 07:26

So..... just like rainbow parties then?

blynk · 26th May 2016, 10:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spoon1

Yes, yes you are.

Totally agree. At least he's not buying them in NZ

Ab · 26th May 2016, 12:45

Don't hate the player, etc etc. Least I'm not sitting on property in Auckland watching it skyrocket.

Ab · 27th May 2016, 12:27

In other news, we're all doomed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-he...-idUSKCN0YH2KT

spigalau · 27th May 2016, 12:33

There's about 80 odd old Auckland trains & carriages currently stored in Taumaranui (awaiting sale - yeah right). Why not move them back to Auckland and convert them to temporary accommodation units. Could be done behind the old train station.

crocos · 27th May 2016, 15:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

In other news, we're all doomed. Again.[/url]

FTFY

DrTiTus · 27th May 2016, 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by spigalau

There's about 80 odd old Auckland trains & carriages currently stored in Taumaranui (awaiting sale - yeah right). Why not move them back to Auckland and convert them to temporary accommodation units. Could be done behind the old train station.

Any practical suggestion of emergency housing will be castrated by health/safety regulations and NIMBYs. You would think places like maraes and churches (which benefit from not paying tax due to their social responsibility) could be set up as temporary shelters for homeless, but we won't do that because there is no crisis. Even if we did do that, there is no plan to actually solve the problem of affordable housing, so it would introduce overwhelming dependency that will be hard to dismantle. Hence, $5000 to get out of Auckland.

Better just to keep repeating that there is no crisis, and promise tax cuts (!).

MadMax · 27th May 2016, 19:13

Had a hell pizza roulette ... Was expecting hotter tbh. I had sweet chilli sauce added to the pizza which I think helped reduce the apparent heat. There was one mouthful of pizza I thought may have had some extra chilli sauce but didn't actually notice the heat until I'd finished the slice.

It's an odd heat too, the heat seems to be felt first in the stomach and slowly rises. Gave me a briefly runny nose, felt warm for a minute then nothing. I've had curries that were hotter. Pro tip: don't lick your lips which further adds to the weirdness of the heat - hot on my lips but next to no heat in my mouth.

StN · 27th May 2016, 20:13

Did you try the really nasty chilli pizza they did last year? That was a hot bastard. One slice was more than enough - and I think I only managed 3 bites. (Pussy factor at maximum).

As for turning train carriages into living spaces - FFS, you can't get a wheelchair in there!! And think of the OSH issues! Have they been blessed by a Kaumatua? Those could have been destined for the Tangiwhai line you know...

MadMax · 27th May 2016, 23:16

nope, i usually have dominos

palmy hospital is struggling to home elderly as the rest homes are full. it's also placing patients in motels due to lack of beds while having had to reduce bed numbers.

MadMax · 29th May 2016, 13:14

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11646925

"Number of suicides may be three times as high as recorded"

I wouldn't be surprised at all. When an aunty died of cancer a couple of years ago there was something about a large number of suicide deaths causing a bit of a backlog in Wellington

fixed_truth · 30th May 2016, 09:11

I get the outrage that a Gorilla was killed when it was probably the parents fault . . . but bottom line in this context the boys life has more value than the Gorilla's.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11647263

blynk · 30th May 2016, 12:18

Can someone answer me this.

In a rental property, who pays for the fixed rate on a water bill.
I've thought that for several years now, the tenant pays for the water usage, and the landlord pays for the fixed rates.

https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/rent-bon...ther-payments/
[quote]
Here’s an easy way to work out what costs the landlord has to pay for: if the costs still have to be paid when a tenant isn’t living in the house, the landlord has to pay them. For example, because the council still charges rates, the landlord has to pay them even if no one’s living in the house.[\quote]

but then on the same site, the page on water doesn't explicitly say that
https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/rent-bon...water-charges/

A person I work with has said they a pay the rates which I said they didnt have to, and apparantly their landlord went and checked with their lawyer and said the tenant had to pay for it.

Of course she doesn't want to push it anymore because she is worried they will put up the rent (even more) or kick here out.

Edit. And on the Citizens advice site, it states the landlord pays for it.
http://www.cab.org.nz/vat/hle/rt/pages/othercosts.aspx

Cyberbob · 30th May 2016, 12:30

Does your tenancy agreement mention it at all?

If you're going through a rental company, chances are it'll be in there.

Cyberbob · 30th May 2016, 12:41

p.s. I've been through something similar, where the agreement didn't mention it, and the owner assumed they paid for it so they happily did, until they mentioned it to a property lawyer, which suggested they could put the costs onto the tenant (i.e. me).

The water is in the name of the owner, so I'm not the account holder, but I'm happy to just reimburse the owner based on usage. It hasn't been a problem, and accountability squarely sits on the owner, but the grey area does concern me.

In future, always make sure water & power and any similar utilities are explained in the tenant agreement.

blynk · 30th May 2016, 13:37

That's interesting, because I thought the change that was made meant you couldn't write it into the tenancy. Like you can't write in a clause that states the landlord does not have to give any notice.

Maybe I have always been wrong about that.

I might ring the Tenancy people and just ask.

Ab · 2nd June 2016, 14:29

This is surprisingly clever.

https://mic.com/articles/144228/echo...ine#.27joJgdBe

MadMax · 3rd June 2016, 16:28

What sorcery is this slimline cat6?

StN · 6th June 2016, 12:43

Just out pruning a mint bush when I looked up to see a very big plane fly over. Hmmm. Didn't look like a 380, but did have 4 engines...

Yay - NASA is back!

MadMax · 6th June 2016, 16:37

Try sitting on the tarmac holding queue in a lowly turbo prop with an a380 behind you.

MadMax · 7th June 2016, 10:37

sending me back a sarcastic response to my reply on your email sent in error containing a trial login to your app ... [jackiechan-waaaaaat.jpg]

MadMax · 16th June 2016, 17:00

Tax agents (read: anyone) can get access to your IRD account and claim your tax credits.

MadMax · 16th June 2016, 17:20

I shit you not

You can register a business with a fake physical address, gmail email address and all then register with IRD as an agent then claim the country's tax returns.

The IRD doesn't check if you're a real person, a real business with a real address before blindingly granting access to *

StN · 16th June 2016, 19:45

I sense that there is more of a story behind this than Max has yet disclosed...

MadMax · 16th June 2016, 20:20

http://nzlreviews.com/penny-geni-u-ltd-auckland/

Tip of the iceberg http://i.stuff.co.nz/business/811317...rning-from-IRD

MadMax · 18th June 2016, 09:20

Have a criminal history and want to be a company director?

http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/...n-receivership

You can

StN · 18th June 2016, 09:59

It never ceases to amaze me how many people/companies are getting in the crap when the rebuild is providing so much business - over extension and inability to scale swiftly can't be the only things, although slow payments by the bigger players is certainly hurting the little ones.

The lucky ones would be the ones tied to the Govt contracts - the famous toolbox speech made within the first month is rumoured to be something like "Here we go boys, we should be milking this for 10-15 years!". Fletchers have enough to fall back on that they can delay payments to subbies - and there was stage when emergency repairs carried out by subbies on behalf of Fletchers were denied reimbursement if the hardware had been bought from Bunnings/Mitre10 and not Placemakers.

But there are a lot of new boats sitting in driveways of small business owners these days...

StN · 18th June 2016, 10:01

Watch out Meatloaf, 2016 is coming after you.

Lightspeed · 19th June 2016, 15:09

The Kraken surfaces.

MadMax · 20th June 2016, 13:18

Finda hacked

Kek

crocos · 22nd June 2016, 13:42

Home made pumpkin pie. Why? Why the fuck not!

Super Wines & Gingernuts in the base
Suitably spice-laden: Cardamom, Cinnamon, Clove, Nutmeg, All Spice and Ginger
First time I cooked it, but turned out pretty fucking good, if I say so myself.

Served with whipped cream blended with mascarpone for extra fat.

MadMax · 23rd June 2016, 14:45

Limped into the smoko room today and someone with their back to the door greeted me without looking up as I walked in. I wanted to make a comment about their seating position but sadly they wouldn't have got the reference.

Ab · 23rd June 2016, 15:59

https://www.instagram.com/only_implants/

url checks out

MadMax · 2nd July 2016, 13:45

I'm keen to try this

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...205532/?no-ist

DrTiTus · 9th July 2016, 10:33

Spector is to fonts as Shazam is to music...

https://blog.arduino.cc/2016/07/07/t...dentify-fonts/

spigalau · 9th July 2016, 11:14

Bacon... currently you can buy:

* Bacon (Pork)

* Chicken Bacon

* Whale Bacon

My kids just asked if it was possible to get Giraffe Bacon...

How does one respond to that ?

MadMax · 9th July 2016, 11:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMax

Finda hacked

Kek

Wow, I'm surprised there was no mention of this anywhere. I came across a spam that had links to a payload hosted by an obviously hacked finda page, apparently sent from them iirc

27th May 2016, 19:13	#40211
MadMax Stuff	Had a hell pizza roulette ... Was expecting hotter tbh. I had sweet chilli sauce added to the pizza which I think helped reduce the apparent heat. There was one mouthful of pizza I thought may have had some extra chilli sauce but didn't actually notice the heat until I'd finished the slice. It's an odd heat too, the heat seems to be felt first in the stomach and slowly rises. Gave me a briefly runny nose, felt warm for a minute then nothing. I've had curries that were hotter. Pro tip: don't lick your lips which further adds to the weirdness of the heat - hot on my lips but next to no heat in my mouth. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

27th May 2016, 23:16	#40213
MadMax Stuff	nope, i usually have dominos palmy hospital is struggling to home elderly as the rest homes are full. it's also placing patients in motels due to lack of beds while having had to reduce bed numbers. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity. Last edited by MadMax : 27th May 2016 at 23:18.

29th May 2016, 13:14	#40214
MadMax Stuff	http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11646925 "Number of suicides may be three times as high as recorded" I wouldn't be surprised at all. When an aunty died of cancer a couple of years ago there was something about a large number of suicide deaths causing a bit of a backlog in Wellington __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

3rd June 2016, 16:28	#40221
MadMax Stuff	What sorcery is this slimline cat6? __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

6th June 2016, 16:37	#40223
MadMax Stuff	Try sitting on the tarmac holding queue in a lowly turbo prop with an a380 behind you. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

25th May 2016, 18:22	#40201
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	I heard they were worshipping Satan

26th May 2016, 07:26	#40204
StN I have detailed files	So..... just like rainbow parties then?

26th May 2016, 12:45	#40206
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Don't hate the player, etc etc. Least I'm not sitting on property in Auckland watching it skyrocket.

27th May 2016, 12:27	#40207
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	In other news, we're all doomed. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-he...-idUSKCN0YH2KT

27th May 2016, 12:33	#40208
spigalau	There's about 80 odd old Auckland trains & carriages currently stored in Taumaranui (awaiting sale - yeah right). Why not move them back to Auckland and convert them to temporary accommodation units. Could be done behind the old train station. __________________ Spig.

27th May 2016, 20:13	#40212
StN I have detailed files	Did you try the really nasty chilli pizza they did last year? That was a hot bastard. One slice was more than enough - and I think I only managed 3 bites. (Pussy factor at maximum). As for turning train carriages into living spaces - FFS, you can't get a wheelchair in there!! And think of the OSH issues! Have they been blessed by a Kaumatua? Those could have been destined for the Tangiwhai line you know...

30th May 2016, 09:11	#40215
fixed_truth	I get the outrage that a Gorilla was killed when it was probably the parents fault . . . but bottom line in this context the boys life has more value than the Gorilla's. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11647263 __________________ Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.

30th May 2016, 12:18	#40216
blynk	Can someone answer me this. In a rental property, who pays for the fixed rate on a water bill. I've thought that for several years now, the tenant pays for the water usage, and the landlord pays for the fixed rates. https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/rent-bon...ther-payments/ [quote] Here’s an easy way to work out what costs the landlord has to pay for: if the costs still have to be paid when a tenant isn’t living in the house, the landlord has to pay them. For example, because the council still charges rates, the landlord has to pay them even if no one’s living in the house.[\quote] but then on the same site, the page on water doesn't explicitly say that https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/rent-bon...water-charges/ A person I work with has said they a pay the rates which I said they didnt have to, and apparantly their landlord went and checked with their lawyer and said the tenant had to pay for it. Of course she doesn't want to push it anymore because she is worried they will put up the rent (even more) or kick here out. Edit. And on the Citizens advice site, it states the landlord pays for it. http://www.cab.org.nz/vat/hle/rt/pages/othercosts.aspx Last edited by blynk : 30th May 2016 at 12:20.

30th May 2016, 12:30	#40217
Cyberbob	Does your tenancy agreement mention it at all? If you're going through a rental company, chances are it'll be in there. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

30th May 2016, 12:41	#40218
Cyberbob	p.s. I've been through something similar, where the agreement didn't mention it, and the owner assumed they paid for it so they happily did, until they mentioned it to a property lawyer, which suggested they could put the costs onto the tenant (i.e. me). The water is in the name of the owner, so I'm not the account holder, but I'm happy to just reimburse the owner based on usage. It hasn't been a problem, and accountability squarely sits on the owner, but the grey area does concern me. In future, always make sure water & power and any similar utilities are explained in the tenant agreement. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

30th May 2016, 13:37	#40219
blynk	That's interesting, because I thought the change that was made meant you couldn't write it into the tenancy. Like you can't write in a clause that states the landlord does not have to give any notice. Maybe I have always been wrong about that. I might ring the Tenancy people and just ask.

2nd June 2016, 14:29	#40220
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	This is surprisingly clever. https://mic.com/articles/144228/echo...ine#.27joJgdBe

6th June 2016, 12:43	#40222
StN I have detailed files	Just out pruning a mint bush when I looked up to see a very big plane fly over. Hmmm. Didn't look like a 380, but did have 4 engines... Yay - NASA is back!

7th June 2016, 10:37	#40224
MadMax Stuff	sending me back a sarcastic response to my reply on your email sent in error containing a trial login to your app ... [jackiechan-waaaaaat.jpg] __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

16th June 2016, 17:00	#40225
MadMax Stuff	Tax agents (read: anyone) can get access to your IRD account and claim your tax credits. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

16th June 2016, 17:20	#40226
MadMax Stuff	I shit you not You can register a business with a fake physical address, gmail email address and all then register with IRD as an agent then claim the country's tax returns. The IRD doesn't check if you're a real person, a real business with a real address before blindingly granting access to * __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

16th June 2016, 19:45	#40227
StN I have detailed files	I sense that there is more of a story behind this than Max has yet disclosed...

16th June 2016, 20:20	#40228
MadMax Stuff	http://nzlreviews.com/penny-geni-u-ltd-auckland/ Tip of the iceberg http://i.stuff.co.nz/business/811317...rning-from-IRD __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity. Last edited by MadMax : 16th June 2016 at 20:23.

18th June 2016, 09:20	#40229
MadMax Stuff	Have a criminal history and want to be a company director? http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/...n-receivership You can __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

18th June 2016, 09:59	#40230
StN I have detailed files	It never ceases to amaze me how many people/companies are getting in the crap when the rebuild is providing so much business - over extension and inability to scale swiftly can't be the only things, although slow payments by the bigger players is certainly hurting the little ones. The lucky ones would be the ones tied to the Govt contracts - the famous toolbox speech made within the first month is rumoured to be something like "Here we go boys, we should be milking this for 10-15 years!". Fletchers have enough to fall back on that they can delay payments to subbies - and there was stage when emergency repairs carried out by subbies on behalf of Fletchers were denied reimbursement if the hardware had been bought from Bunnings/Mitre10 and not Placemakers. But there are a lot of new boats sitting in driveways of small business owners these days...

18th June 2016, 10:01	#40231
StN I have detailed files	Watch out Meatloaf, 2016 is coming after you.

19th June 2016, 15:09	#40232
Lightspeed	The Kraken surfaces. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

20th June 2016, 13:18	#40233
MadMax Stuff	Finda hacked Kek __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

22nd June 2016, 13:42	#40234
crocos	Home made pumpkin pie. Why? Why the fuck not! Super Wines & Gingernuts in the base Suitably spice-laden: Cardamom, Cinnamon, Clove, Nutmeg, All Spice and Ginger First time I cooked it, but turned out pretty fucking good, if I say so myself. Served with whipped cream blended with mascarpone for extra fat. __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

23rd June 2016, 14:45	#40235
MadMax Stuff	Limped into the smoko room today and someone with their back to the door greeted me without looking up as I walked in. I wanted to make a comment about their seating position but sadly they wouldn't have got the reference. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

23rd June 2016, 15:59	#40236
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	https://www.instagram.com/only_implants/ url checks out

2nd July 2016, 13:45	#40237
MadMax Stuff	I'm keen to try this http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...205532/?no-ist __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

9th July 2016, 10:33	#40238
DrTiTus HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE	For Simon, and other font nerds... Spector is to fonts as Shazam is to music... https://blog.arduino.cc/2016/07/07/t...dentify-fonts/ __________________ Finger rolling rhythm, ride the horse one hand...

9th July 2016, 11:14	#40239
spigalau	Bacon... currently you can buy: * Bacon (Pork) * Chicken Bacon * Whale Bacon My kids just asked if it was possible to get Giraffe Bacon... How does one respond to that ? __________________ Spig.