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@nzzp said in NZ Politics:
@booboo said in NZ Politics:
(gravel reheating, regarding, edge repairs, was out repairs) as opposed to a construction or reconstruction.
How do you cook the gravel?
"Resheeting"
Bloody phone has taken to auto correcting. Must be the updated android software.
Admittedly there were times when you just left it out on the road and it got hot all by itself ... 48 deg one day in summer ...
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I'm not ready to wear sandals yet, but I'm well converted to the bicycle argument for inner city. For obvious reasons, there does need to be large investment in NZ roads especially around growth areas (Auckland, Tauranga etc), but there should be equally large investment in bicycles.
Since I last worked in London (2004), things have changed so much. I now work in the city, and it's probably 3-1 bicycles to cars. And the city is so much better for it in just about every possible way. It's quieter, the air seems better, and traffic is a long way down. Yes, the congestion charge is a big factor here too, but it's not uncommon at 8am to see zero cars on a street, and 20+ bicycles.
I've taken to it like a duck to water, now boris biking every day to/from waterloo. Makes no difference to time of commute, but adds and enjoyment factor, and due to the reduced traffic, doesn't really feel that dangerous either.
More charges for cars, more funding for bikes.
It's just that easy!
(before anybody gets carried away, I know it's obviously not that easy ... but it should be the future)
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@booboo You obviously didn't check Barrier Airs safety record before you flew
I have flown with them on a couple of occasions out to the Barrier and agree the views are fantastic. Snowy would be better qualified to comment on some of the in-flight manoeuvres than me but I have certainly raised my eyebrows (and recollected the safety rating) at a couple of things.
As for cycling - London's a lot flatter than Auckland but the numbers here that do cycle are steadily increasing. Infrastructure wise it seems to be a case of build it and they will come - as long as the build encompasses something a little more sophisticated than a green stripe on the road.
Akl Transport has some good maps of existing infrastructure. there is more than you would expect
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
As for cycling - London's a lot flatter than Auckland but the numbers here that do cycle are steadily increasing.
E-Bikes make a massive difference to this. If you can cycle dressed for work, adn show up 'not sweaty' it's not dissimilar to a scooter/motorbike.
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@majorrage bare feet or jandals!
I was in bare feet or jandals as often as I could in the UK, if only to wind up the people I worked with! The few times I went bare foot in snow while trying to show nothing on my face though....
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@booboo You obviously didn't check Barrier Airs safety record before you flew
I have flown with them on a couple of occasions out to the Barrier and agree the views are fantastic. Snowy would be better qualified to comment on some of the in-flight manoeuvres than me but I have certainly raised my eyebrows (and recollected the safety rating) at a couple of things.
As for cycling - London's a lot flatter than Auckland but the numbers here that do cycle are steadily increasing. Infrastructure wise it seems to be a case of build it and they will come - as long as the build encompasses something a little more sophisticated than a green stripe on the road.
Akl Transport has some good maps of existing infrastructure. there is more than you would expect
I'm all for dedicated cycling lanes separate from the roads. It's cycling on the roads that is doomed to fail as it's too bloody dangerous with the high number of complete fucking idiots behind the wheel.
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@no-quarter said in NZ Politics:
@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
@booboo You obviously didn't check Barrier Airs safety record before you flew
I have flown with them on a couple of occasions out to the Barrier and agree the views are fantastic. Snowy would be better qualified to comment on some of the in-flight manoeuvres than me but I have certainly raised my eyebrows (and recollected the safety rating) at a couple of things.
As for cycling - London's a lot flatter than Auckland but the numbers here that do cycle are steadily increasing. Infrastructure wise it seems to be a case of build it and they will come - as long as the build encompasses something a little more sophisticated than a green stripe on the road.
Akl Transport has some good maps of existing infrastructure. there is more than you would expect
I'm all for dedicated cycling lanes separate from the roads. It's cycling on the roads that is doomed to fail as it's too bloody dangerous with the high number of complete fucking idiots behind the wheel.
And behind the handlebars ....
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@booboo I think most of their issues were when they had Trislanders and Islanders rather than the Cessna caravans that you would be on Boobs. Basically you will have one reliable PT6 turbine engine rather than 3 (or 2) awful piston ones. From memory they did have a couple of overruns (pilot screw ups), a fire (brakes) and some engine failures but all trislanders when the airline was grounded.
Not sure that I have made you feel any better there...I think that they also changed ownership a few years back.
I spent far too much time in Islanders, hated the things, although they did get a job done - just not really the job we needed them to. The Trislander has an extra engine to increase the chances of one failing. It also pretty much needed them all working to fly.The noise inside one has been described as a thousand skeletons fornicating in a trash can. The aesthetics and aerodynamics "that's not an aeroplane it is the box it was delivered in".
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@snowy As I said I have been across to the barrier with them twice.
First time I was amused that they were so anal about weighing every passenger and their luggage to make sure everything would work but ignored the fucking great dane that flew on its owners lap. Things got quite hairy (groan) when said pooch decided mid take-off that it didn't like flying - no sirreee - and tried to address this issue by jumping out of owners lap towards front windscreen and ended up on top of pilot. Did I mention this was while we were only a couple of hundred feet off ground? I fucking hate dogs. Things settled down after that - by settled I mean the dog howled all the way to Claris.
Last time was uneventful until final approach to Dairy Flat. I think pilot had mistaken Northern motorway for runway because that's where we were headed until he gunned it at last minute and we bunny hopped forward bounced a couple of times on the runway and then came to a stop.
But like @Snowy says @booboo I'm sure you'll be fine heh-heh
Little adventures aside the flight to the Barrier is amazingly beautiful. One other time we came back with a stopover at Mangere. Quite surreal taxi-ing out between an A380 and a 767. Fly up threw the city fantastic views of all the iconic sights Albany Stadium chez dogmeat etc
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@dogmeat said in NZ Politics:
First time I was amused that they were so anal about weighing every passenger and their luggage to make sure everything would work but ignored the fucking great dane that flew on its owners lap.
That would be because one of their incidents was a centre of gravity issue. Incorrectly loaded plane that the pilot couldn't get airborne. The great dane is different - but I think that has been addressed as well after they read your post
"Traveler Alert: Notice to Travelers with Dogs
All dogs travelling to/from Auckland Airport must be carried in an Airline Transport compliant cage/crate
Barrier Air will have a limited number of cages available for hire starting at $25.00 each way.I looked at their website to see if they had actually got rid of the Islanders (planes not people) and saw that.
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@taniwharugby said in NZ Politics:
@dogmeat did you not know @Snowy had a Great Dane and would often take it flying?
Used to take a mate's Jack Russel flying and discovered that with some negative G you could get the dog to hover and could move the aeroplane around him. He got a bit sick of floating around while we took the piss out of him and hid under the seat. He still loved flying though.
Um, so back to NZ politics and regional airports...
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Fuck. I'm flying QANTAS back to Brisbane ...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12057864
( @ploughboy ... )
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@ploughboy said in NZ Politics:
i wonder why i dont like flying.you guys arnt making it any easier
I refer you here:
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