Sherlock Holmes

10/10

bakedbean

Poo

Sherlock Holmes

We need another weather thread for when it's scorchio and freezio all at once.

Tuesday: 33

Wednesday: 40

Fair enough.

But Wednesday morning (i.e. between the two highs above) 6 flamin' degrees! Does it do that sort of thing in NZ as well?

mickey_d

Yep, a couple of weeks ago we woke up to snow on the ranges!! last week my thermometer recorded its highest ever temp in the 20years I've had it, of 38.2 deg.

MrsFychan

Car Dead

busiest day of the week, need to do shopping for work and somehow get it there along with all the folders and invoice paper work


so do not need this

AA is on the way, go knows how much this is going to cost

Tom1983

Aaaah found you

Time for another rant at this!!!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/new...iting-too-long

This is up there in the most load of bollocks i've ever heard.

Make the flashing red man faster, WTF! It goes quick enough as it is. Has this person ever attempted to cross Moorhouse Avenue, Fitzgerald Avenue, Bealey Avenue or any other road where there's 8 lanes and no middle intersection?

How on earth can lets say an old person for example get across within that time! For goodness sake, they cannot walk the same sort of speed as Usain Bolt.

Actually pointing that out, it does seem that the car drivers think that all pedestrians should walk the speed of Usain Bolt or Ben Johnson on steroids. How on earth can we do that?

If you are wanting to change the system, then stop it for 30 seconds to 1 minute and make it a go for all pedestrians. Not 5 seconds green flash and then 5 more seconds - especially on large roads

An absolutely pathetic idea, obviously one of these the car is king people. Is waiting at a junction for a few minutes to allow a pedestrian to cross really going to make such a huge difference to get to your destination? Try getting stuck behind some slow coach doing 30kmh on a 50 - that's far more frustrating than waiting someone to cross

Plus, most of the drivers seem to ignore this rule anyway. Almost got taken out by one when crossing whilst on the flashing red man. I swear I should take a 4 iron or something with me when going on walk. Then the next driver to do that gets a huge dent or a window smash for not following the rules.

BEVS

Quality rant. Karma.

scrubbedexpat094

Red Peppers $3.99 in Countdown. That's extortion

Bo-Jangles

No consolation I know but there were crate loads of them at 3 for $3 in Pak & Save yesterday. Quite obviously they were that price for a reason though, well past their best, sodden wet and possibly had been frozen, or near to it.

scrubbedexpat094

When I read your first sentence I was thinking "Bugger, should've made the extra effort & gone to Silverdale P'n'S". Your second sentence tempered that, so I'm back to square-one!

Bloomin' rip-off NZ.

Sherlock Holmes

Aha! At last! Something that is cheaper in NZ. The damned things are usually at least $6.99 a kilo here. The green ones are cheaper.

Bo-Jangles

Err not quite, we're talking $3.99 each: rarely are they sold by weight here.

jmh

You guys shouldn't live in such posh areas! Cheap as chips out my way.

Persephone

Where I am in America red peppers cost $3.99 each which is NZ$4.73 [and then they add tax on top when you get to the till]

Don't believe the myth that America is a cheap place to live

bakedbean

Good lord, that's expensive even without the tax. I bought a red pepper for 2 ringgits today... That's about NZD 0.78.